ArtisticWoodturners

                                                                     November 2007

Newsletter 

Where has all the time gone? I hope that you are turning and enjoying this time of the year. I get motivated in the fall. I believe it is the change in the weather I feel it every year I hope you can too.

  The club still needs to turn in more ornaments for the Optimist club. I received some information from Lee that the sale of Christmas trees does not start till the day after Thanksgiving on the 23^rd and you can bring your turnings to the meeting on the 17^th. I have given you some wrong information on what they made last year from the sale of the ornaments, it was around $600 not $900, but it was enough to fund one of there programs.

  This month we will be having more of the shop demonstrations. Bill Bryan will be showing you how to take care of your lathe. George McClure will show you how to turn spindles and how to use a tool that James made a few months ago. Mark McClain will show you how to do inside/outside turning. Al McCoy will show how to turn a pen for Christmas. Jack Diamond will show you how to do spinning tops and how to use a chatter tool. We hope to get all of this accomplished for you.

  The club made $64 from the sale of wood at our auction. Keep bringing in your wood for the sale. The money goes for a good cause.

  This safety moment should be followed every time you turn on your lathe. Remove rings, watches, no long sleeved shirts, and long hair should be tied up, all of these can be caught in your lathe and the results will be painful. Be mindful of the dangers of some of these deeds.

  The job of Treasurer will be coming vacant soon Ray is changing jobs and would like to turn this job over to another member. If you would like to help out the club let the committee know or talk to Ray.

  Do not forget we still have the mentoring program in place. Jack Diamond, George McClure, Al McCoy, Bill Bryan, Ralph Thomas and others have been helping members become better they just do it. If you want to help let some one on the committee know or just invite some one to your shop to help them out. If you want some help just ask they are willing to help you.

The show and tell table is looking pretty good lately. Keep the turnings coming in. We are looking for some new participants in this endeavor. Participation in this opportunity will make you a better turner by helping you refine your techniques and give you the confidence to do more turning. Turning is contagious the more you turn the better you become the better you feel about your abilities. Looking and wishing don’t help; trying to do better does help inspire you to keep going. Lets have some new entries into the show and tell you will enjoy the feeling.

  See you at the meeting!

The Peeples Challenge Issued by John's daughter MaryLou wife of Parting Tool. The winner must wear what Mike has in the bag. Three members of the family Bowl Gouge, Parting Tool, and Duck Tape have made a set of salt and pepper shakers and the club was asked to judge the entries. The winner will be announced later in the meeting.

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For the winner here in this brightly colored tote. On with the meeting.



We had a better than average crowd for Fred Bond's demo. I believe we had two new members sign up and one already has something for  show and tell.


Mark McClain had an update on OB. He said that OB was feeling good and his Doctor said that the Cancer was reduced by 75%. He and Sue were going to see some of the sights in Tampa while they were waiting on the next procedure.


Darnell shows off a cherry natural edge bowl that he made for a friend. Very nice.


The second half of a piece he created a few months ago, said that this was going to be the last time he would turn a piece of Pine. Too soft.


The mushrooms an inspiration from Leland. Darnell said  you don't have to worry about cracks and such, they just give the piece character.

Darnell created an ornament then he tried something new.  He drilled holes with a Forsner bit into the side of his turning using an indexer.  


He liked the results that he got so, the bowl was next in line. Good Idea.


Here Mike shows a turning that was on his lathe for a few months while he was working on a few other projects around the house. He came out of retirement and added this segmented ring to that piece of camphor. That tree was cut down in Warrington a victim of Ivan.  Mike said the wood was very stable. Good to see Mike back. He said it was enough to get him fired up again.


George shows a work in progress two bowls made out of Mulberry, said they were difficult to make the same size. He plans to pierce or dye something or the other.


Here he holds a Sunday bowl I believe it is holey spaulted wood.


George is holding a pierced ornament that is a work in progress, looks like Binh better watch out here comes George. Nice job!


Jack turns another nice looking ornament.


Mike is getting ready for a show by making small items that he thinks will sell. The furniture he makes moves very slow so he needs something to get back his entry fee. Here he holds up a kaleidoscope he made for the show.


Watch out Harry Potter here comes Mike.


Ralph shows a natural edge bowl. GREEAAAT !!!


A nice Oak burl turned very carefully using super glue along the way.


A piece of Red Mallee he received from Mike Peters to test his stock of this Aussie Burl.  Ralph used his center saver, says it cuts very well.


A small section of the turning.


Here is the rest of the nest, very nice grain.


The show and tell table. It appears that things are happening in the club with the amount of turnings coming every month. Keep up the good turning.


Here Chuck holds up a tiny bird house for a tiny bird, but I think it is for the dirty bird that lives with him.


Here Frank holds up a cane that he cut a spiral by hand using a rasp nice job.


Tom Tydlacka holds up a platter he made from a oak plank about 3/4 inch thick good job. He tried out his new vacuum pump. Said it works very well.


Al holds up an urn under construction, he said if you are interested in learning how to do segmented work to call him.


Al uses a computer program that helps with all of the math. Here he holds up a print out that shows the urn and the second page shows each layer and how big to cut the pieces. He says with this program the segments are easy to cut.


This glue strip is the start of the making of diamonds for the feature ring on your bowl. The strip is then cut into angled strips then cut into pieces of four which makes one diamond.


Here are the four pieces not glued being held together. They have to be glued and cut to the correct height and width with enough space on either side to cut the proper angle so that the 12 diamonds form a ring.


Al holds up part of a job that he is working on, says this keeps him from turning things for show and tell so he decided to show some of the things he has been doing.

Here is our newest member he goes by Bo, just joined at our October meeting and here are a few of his turnings.


This turning is made from a piece of Pecan that other turners would have thrown away. Very nice unique turning. Glad you moved back to Pensacola Bo.


If you look at the S&T table on the right in front of Jacks ornament and Mikes Kaleidoscope you can see the wood Bo's turning came from.


Here Bo shows an ornament that was made from a skid that some heavy equipment came on to the place he used to work. Said the wood was very dense and finished well. Welcome to the ArtisticWoodturners club, a very nice start.


And the winner is Duck Tape. He was heard mumbling it was fixed.


Do I hear a $5 for this box of wood from Leland.



Thanks to Leland we did have some wood for our Auction very nice pieces of Oak kiln dried.

Two nice pieces of laminated wood for a bottle stopper or a small lidded box, I am anxious to see what the winner makes from these pieces.


Fred Bond did his first demonstration for our club in October. He did a small box with a finial. Looking forward to more demonstrations from Fred.


Turning the walnut bottom for his box.


Fred uses a Forsner bit to speed up the demo. Drilling out the inside.


Cutting the slot for the insert of Holly the contrasting wood.


Preparing the insert on the Fred Bond jig. A 3/8" bolt chucked up in a spigot Jaw good idea worked very well.

Making sure to cut the insert correctly or you will have to redo it.

Glued in and turning the insert to the right size.


Hollowing out the inside with a small hollowing tool.


Turning the finial for the correct fit for the hole on the base.



Here is Fred's finished piece that he gave to Gloria our Librarian.
Good demonstration Fred.