Last month we had quite a few people participating in the Jig and Fixture part of the meeting. If you liked what took place let the committee know with your feedback. We need to know if you the membership like the way the meetings have turned out. We hope you are learning some new techniques that will help you. We also have the mentoring program for people who want extra help with your turning. The mentors are Jack Diamond, Al McCoy, Bill Bryan; and George McClure if you want to be a mentor let the committee know.
You are encouraged to participate in a part of the meeting called The Safety Minute, with a safety tip that you use in your shop or at work that you feel we need to use, to protect ourselves from the hazards of dust, chemicals, and toxic woods that turners have to deal with around their shops.
The August meeting will be at the Woodman Lodge at 9 am Saturday the 18th. Bring a friend and show him or her what we do to help each other become better turners.
Coming up the schedule for September will be ornaments, in October Mike and James will try the rose engine if it is completed by then Mike had a little accident and hopes to be healed in time to complete the engine, November is under discussion and December will be the Christmas party. If you would like to see a special demonstration please ask a committee member.
Our library is very well stocked with books, tapes, DVDs and even some tools for you to use at your leisure. If there were something you would like to see in the library please let George know about it and he will try to get it for the club. See you at the meeting.
Looks like a large turnout for the Great Pig Out. I was told that the club had 63 people present for this outing, sorry that I missed it. I would like to thank Russ Revels for the fine photos that he took.
Looks like some old faces showed up for the indoor picnic, we had some new members here for the first time and quite a few visitors. A good time was had by all.
The show and tell table has three contributors George, Jack and Ralph. I hope the food table isn't this skimpy although some of us need to be on a diet self imposed or otherwise.
Darnell shows a nice natural edge cherry bowl, and a spaulted one thanks to mother nature, Darnell keep your lathe turning.
Nice to see more turnings from more people, which means we are learning how to keep motivated.
Durk keeps his interest up turning a new creation.
Frank Strong turns something very different. Is this one piece of wood or is he Houdini. Wish that I would have been there to see for myself.
George has flowers growing on that pot, looks good.
Looks like a golden ornament for on Gloria's Christmas tree.
George has been busy.
Jack shows of one of the three lidded boxes he brought for show and tell. Nice looking cherry Jack.
Ralph has several different shapes and different colors of aniline dye. He is very busy turning and experimenting with new techniques, I'll bet Ralph never gets bored. The following turnings are some of his efforts he has completed. Great job.
Ralph explains how the bottoms have been cracking on his open ended hollow forms.
Now we come to the part of the meeting that gives our members the opportunity to show us the Jigs and Fixtures that they have fabricated and what they have made on them. Here OB shows us a fixture he has made to hold a turning so that he can do carving, piercing and painting. I really like your shirt.
Jack's Jig that he is holding up is for mounting blanks of wood for making ornaments. Jack has taught many of our members how to make this jig and others for different applications.
A few examples of Jacks turnings using the jig he showed us.
Ralph shows a vacuum chuck that he made out of PVC, wood, and a seal. This device holds his bowls without marring them while he makes adjustments to his turnings.
I believe this jig is used for holding his open ended hollow forms. He was pictured earlier holding up a hollow form that he probably used this type of fixture to turn.
Ray Shows one of his special tools he makes out of a high speed drill bit, he uses it for ornaments.
Here Ray shows off a P& N Tool that he purchased without a handle and added his own Kingwood handle. The P&N tools can be purchased from Packard woodworks.
This Longsworth Chuck was made from plans Ray got off the internet.
If your interested in making this chuck just Google Longsworth Chuck.
Here Ray shows a scraper that he made out of a 1/4" file. Just be careful if you decide to try this, files are harden and can be brittle.
The old standby a Jam chuck good for finishing of the bottom of a bowl. This one has a face plate for attaching to the head stock to drive the turning you are working on.
James gives a report on the AAW symposium that he attended in Portland. He gets such a wealth of knowledge from all the symposiums he attends and they inspire him to move forward in his efforts to excel at turning.
Our auctioneer helped place $80 into our treasure, and thanks to those people who donated the wood. I understand that Leland brought five boxes of his scraps for the auction.
Looks like a big supply of wood. Thanks to the donors.
Then came the FOOD for the pig out.
The desert table has more choices than the S&T table.
Come and get it.
I got it. The BBQ was cooked by Ralph, thank you for the good food.
Here we come as fast as the line will let us.
Looks like Danny is trying to put on some weight.
Jim was overheard saying that we had a pig out. As Porky the pig says, Tha, tha, That's ALL FOLKS.