Woodturning is a craft that requires specific tools, a certain skill and a lot of patience to carve pieces of wood into items as precise as a pen.
Our own Cameron McLean met a woodturner outside Chattanooga.
![John Dekle with his woodturning setup.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f7297b9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3276x2952+0+0/resize/880x793!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3a%2F83%2F2c87d7eb4bd2a31c0a8a13bf0946%2Fwoodturning-b.jpg)
Cameron McLean / WUTC
Woodturning is a craft that requires specific tools, a certain skill and a lot of patience to carve pieces of wood into items as precise as a pen.
Our own Cameron McLean met a woodturner outside Chattanooga.