<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">For those of you that aren’t members of AAW, here’s an important article. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Phil McDonald, Executive Director" <phil@woodturner.org><br><b>Date:</b> June 3, 2022 at 10:05:02 AM CDT<br><b>To:</b> rjpatros05@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>AAW Reiterates the Dangers of Fractal Burning</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> phil@woodturner.org<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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For the past five years, AAW has continued to monitor reports of death and serious
injury resulting from the technique known as fractal burning. The AAW Board of
Directors established a policy prohibiting this practice across all areas under AAW’s control in 2017. </p>
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text-align: left;">Following two recent deaths in Wisconsin attributed to fractal
burning, AAW’s Safety Committee, which is responsible for promoting safe woodturning
practices, again wants to raise awareness in the woodturning community about the
inherent dangers surrounding this technique. </p>
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the AAW Safety Committee</span></strong></p>
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<strong><span class="inline-color" style="color:#006496">Fractal Burning Kills; AAW Reiterates the Dangers</span></strong></p>
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14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;
text-align: left;">The AAW Board, through its Safety Committee, wants to re-emphasize
the dangers associated with the process known as Lichtenberg, or “fractal,”
burning, an embellishing technique that uses high-voltage electrical current to
burn patterns on wood. This often unsafe, life-threatening practice has once again
surfaced in the news and on social media, following a two-victim incident in April 2022.</p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;
text-align: left;">In 2017, the AAW Board of Directors voted to ban any fractal-burning
demonstrations and equipment sales at AAW-sponsored events. The ban prohibits
displaying fractal-burned pieces at any AAW-sponsored event and promoting the
practice via articles in AAW publications. Sadly, since the AAW Board adopted
its policy on fractal burning in 2017, there have been thirty-three reported deaths
directly attributed to fractal burning, and an unknown number of injuries and close calls.</p>
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text-align: left;"><strong><span class="inline-color" style="color:#000000">Learn
About the Hidden Dangers</span></strong></p>
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21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"> </p>
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#000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight:
normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;">Fractal
burning poses a significant hidden risk of electrocution. It speaks volumes that
there are no UL-rated fractal burning units commercially available. Many of the
YouTube videos that show how to build these devices at home do not adequately
address the inherent safety concerns. Many users think they are being safe, but
the number of serious injuries and deaths says otherwise.</p>
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font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top:
0; text-align: left;">To learn more about what makes fractal burning dangerous,
<a href="http://aaow.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zNjUyNzQwJnA9MSZ1PTQwNDI5OTI2MyZsaT0zNTU1NDEwMA/index.html" target="_blank" data-informz-link="true" data-informz-link-name="AAW Fractal Burning
webpage" data-informz-do-not-track="false" style="color: #1806cc; font-weight:
inherit; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver" style="">visit the AAW website</span></a>. This webpage lists known deaths, the AAW’s
official position on fractal burning, as well as other resources.</p>
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<strong>AAW Chapters Take Note</strong></p>
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AAW Board’s 2017 policy explicitly extends its position to its chapters: <strong>“AAW-chartered
chapters are strongly urged to refrain from demonstrating or featuring the process
in chapter events.”</strong> Yet the practice persists at the chapter level.
The AAW Safety Committee, with endorsement from the Board of Directors, requests
once again that its members and chapter leaders join in the AAW’s efforts to
discourage the use of fractal burning. Do not promote the practice via newsletter
articles or social media posts, and do not allow fractal-burned pieces to be displayed
in instant galleries, exhibitions, at chapter meetings, or on chapter websites.</p>
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text-align: left;">Further, due to liability concerns, <strong>the AAW Board has
decided to disallow chapters that promote, demonstrate, or allow the use of fractal
burning to be eligible to obtain, or renew, insurance through the AAW for their chapter.</strong></p>
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