Meet Our Instructors
Ernie Conover
Ernie Conover is a highly published author in the woodworking field with seven books, four videos and hundreds of articles to his credit. His work has received numerous awards and been the subject of several one-man shows. He lectures widely for clubs, trade show groups and woodworking stores and is frequently called upon as a consultant and expert witness in the woodworking field. When not writing, lecturing or consulting he is active in providing academic oversight and teaching at Conover Workshops—a craft school founded by the Conover family.
Scott Butler
Scott resides in nearby Chagrin Falls, Ohio where he is renovating a classic
house and building fine furniture to fill it. Scott also serves on the Conover
Scholarship Fund where he is the webmaster. When not devoting his time to
woodworking, Scott runs two usability consulting companies, Ovo Studios and The Usability Team.
King Heiple
King is a retired orthopedic surgeon who has written text
books on the subject. In preparing for retirement, King took
one of Ernie's woodturning classes. In Ernie's words: "King
commandeered the lathe closest to mine, watched everything
I did like a hawk and then returned to his lathe and did what I
did--only better!" Since retirement King has published a
dozen woodturning articles inAmerican Woodturner, More
Woodturningand Woodturning Design and demonstrates at
local clubs. When not turning like a pro; King shoots (and
wins) national skeet competitions.