Woodworker Jerry Sheridan shares woodworking techniques with manufacturing systems students at Byron-Bergen High School. Provided photoWoodworker Jerry Sheridan visited students in Byron-Bergen High School’s manufacturing systems classes recently. Sheridan, a former Byron-Bergen Board of Education member, is a member of the Finger Lakes Woodturners Club and an avid woodturner.
Students learned about safety and proper techniques when turning wood as Sheridan demonstrated his skills for them. He displayed several of his pieces such as bowls, spinning tops, Christmas ornaments, and decorative spindles. Students learned ideas about how to create unique pieces of their own.
Sheridan said woodturning is a relaxing hobby for him, and that he enjoys sharing knowledge of the craft with others.
Over the years, the Finger Lakes Woodturners Club has made many wooden toys and has regularly made donations to the Golisano Children’s Hospital. The club also provides educational demonstrations throughout the region for various organizations and schools.
