Jim Rodgers, a professional teacher and woodturner, has been teaching woodturning for almost two decades as director of the Diablo Woodturning Center in Pleasant Hill, CA. The author of two woodturning books and countless articles about woodturning, he is long-time member of the American Association of Woodturners and the past president of the Bay Area Woodturners Association and the Segmented Woodturners. His online classes in segmentation for Craftsy. com have more than 1,200 current students. He'll be appearing as a demonstrator and panelist at the 2016 Segmenting Symposium in Boston, MA.