Artistic Woodturners
July 2005
Newsletter
As far as I can tell the introduction to woodturning for the two young Jones boys that attended all the classes, turned spindles, weed pots, pens and the last session turned a bowl. They came back into town from Birmingham the night before Arlene hit the panhandle. The session was held in spite of the storm that fizzled out thank God for small miracles.
Thanks to all of the instructors for all your help. Next year we may be able to generate more young people after having this first session under our belts, and a little experience in how to contact students.
The clubs challenge for the month of July turn a Genie Bottle. Bill Bryan did a fine job of showing us how he turned the bottle, now it is up to the individuals to do their own and bring it to the show and tell portion of the meeting.
Augusts challenge is make a toy for your child or grandchild. Jack Diamond and Al McCoy will conduct the demonstration for this month. Jack will show you how to make a pull top and Al will show you how to make a throw top. Do it for the kids, the kid in you, just do it.
Demos coming up in August a suspended vessel and September a turkey call.
The auction was a success this past meeting. Lets keep up the good work and the money coming into the treasury for more club project. The auction doesn’t have to be limited to wood; you may bring in items that can be used for turning or woodworking, tools you no longer use, shop items, preferably usable items.
The AAW National Symposium at Overland Park, Kansas July 22-24.
Danny is looking for some fresh ideas to improve our web page as far as the layout and self help projects you can add to our web site.
The club has in our inventory for sale, tool steel, and friction polish if you need some of these items come to the meeting and purchase them for your own use.
Check out the web site for upcoming events providing you have a computer.
It seems that the attempt to get the Kingwood that Leland told the club about might not take place after all. The problems arising such as who will go to High Point and meet with Leland the day he is there, collecting the money prior to leaving to pay for the wood, how to keep the kiln dried wood dry in case of rain on the way home, who will store the wood, who will be responsible for seeing each person gets what he paid for, and collect the expenses to pay for the trip up and back. The $3.50 wood now becomes $4.00 to $5.00 once you figure in the expenses. If you would like to volunteer for this task please check with our president. See you at the meeting.
The woodturners met at 9am on Saturday the 18th of June. All had a good time and here are some of the highlights.
Here are some of the smiling faces that showed up for the fun and information. Thank you for coming, hope you enjoyed yourself and took away a little tidbit to help you on the road to becoming a better turner.
Show and tell.
Hot pursuit: by Caveman Leonard, nice job.
Durk Estes made a fine scraper from an old tool that he found and had wanted to make him something that he could use for finishing his turnings. Nice handle also.
Jack Diamond made a handle for an old spoon that he and his wife Sue have had since their wedding 55 years ago. Jack with a grin on his face confessed he got the challenge messed up thinking we were to make a handle vice a tool. Nice try Jack.
George McClure shows off his Kurwood Derby that he turned for Pinocchio. OB stands with his lance he said it was used for separating platters from a piece of wood, but he had a steed standing by out side the door and a suit of armor.
Paul Sherman holds up a fluted goblet made from a piece of Cherry with a top made from a piece of resin counter top similar to Corian, he donated a piece to the club auction. Thank you Paul.
Our President made an oblong-lidded box and hand painted a message in Japanese calligraphy you will have to ask him what the message was supposed to mean.
The Jones boys Michael and Roger show off their contributions to show and tell. These items were turned at the summer school provided by our club at the request of AAW. They still have one more session with some of our members instructing.
Ray Welsh made a very nice skew and handle to go with it. The tip was made from a hard piece of steel ask him about it.
Ray Welsh made this vacuum chuck for his president’s challenge. Nice work! Ray said the cost to build was reasonable and it will hold about 25 inches of Vacuum when in use.
Tom Tydlacka built this buffing system from two washing machine motors. Tom is a student at George Stone and the motors came from one of the repair classes that take place at this institution. All he had to buy was the buffing wheels; the rest was made out of discarded parts. Some of the other members of the class have Midi lathes and they make pens for some of their projects and use this buffer to polish them.
Show and Tell items. If you haven’t participated in show and tell or the President’s Challenge you are encouraged to do so, you will be a better turner for it.
Mike Peters holds up a Friction Turkey call that he will be showing the club how to make at a later time keep in touch if you are interested in making a call.
The Artistic woodturners presented a certificate of completion to Michael and Roger Jones, shown with Danny Haggard and James McClure, the two students that signed up for the summer classes on woodturning. They have learned to how to turn a piece of wood into a round cylinder then turn it into a weed pot, turned a spindle, and made some pens for Father’s Day gifts. Next thing they will do in the final session is turning a small bowl. Thanks to all of the instructors for your help in making this a successful program.
James Crafton displays the club logo he presented to our club president. Thank you James!
The Demonstration:
Bill Bryan’s demonstration was "how to make a Genie bottle". The presentation was conducted in a simple easy to understand demo.
First lets turn off part of the wood so we can use it to put on the bottom of the bottle after it is hollowed out. Lets make this tight so it will not fly off our new Jet lathe and hit one of our members.
Here Bill uses his fiber optic flashlight to check the inside of the bottle for depth and finish. The other hand "of the President holding our little TV camera to show inside on the TV screen".
Thank you, Bill for your presentation it was well prepared keep up the good work.