Newsletter June 2011 Vol. 16 No. 6
Meeting Information: Saturday, 18 June 2011, 9 AM to 1 PM
Sharpening, Spindle Turning, Bowl Turning, and "Talk Woodturning"
At Cabrillo Middle School Wood Shop in Ventura
Located near the junction of Main and Santa Clara streets on Santa Clara St.
Note that due to insurance requirements only current AAW members may participate in using the lathes: but everyone can watch and learn.
As noted above in blue, our agreement with the school, and due to the AAW insurance policy that covers our activities, only current members of the AAW will be allowed to use the lathes. Whether or not they plan to turn at this meeting, we strongly suggest that all members of Channel Islands Woodturners join the national AAW for the many benefits including the excellent journal and the annual symposium. Non-AAW members are encouraged to attend the Hands-On and learn by watching. If you don't have a lathe and are considering whether to pursue this hobby, we will link you up with one of our mentors and you can practice in their shop.
Remember to bring your safety gear and also wood to turn, sandpaper, superglue, your turning tools (sharpened), and any finishes that you might want to use. The last twenty minutes committed to cleaning up the shop (if you turn you clean!).
Future Events
at the Rinde's, Camarillo
President’s Message
The presentation by David Springett stimulated the curiosity of a number of attendees. The simplicity of his woodturning methodology, combined with lively and fast moving presentation techniques, made the day move fast, very captivating, and thought provoking. I think we’ll see work from the membership show up at future show-and-tell sessions.
Prior to Springett’s session, we
announced AAW granted our club
$1,000 to be used toward the purchase of lathe for the Cabrillo Middle School
shop. Folks like Al Geller and
Eileen Rinde deserve all of the credit for their efforts to secure the grant.
Now we must make good in our commitment to purchase a quality lathe for
the advanced students to use while doing school projects, and to have available
for future guest demonstrators who visit our Club.
We estimate a lathe and its ancillary
equipment could cost $3,500-$4,000, the Club’s treasury can only afford to add
an additional $1,500 to the AAW grant, so we need to figure out a way to come up
with and an additional $1,000-$1,500.
As I write this message, some of the
members in the “Lathe Committee” are searching the internet to locate a lathe.
The objective is to find a reasonably priced lathe with a 20-inch swing,
variable (electronic) speed control, and that will accept commonly available
accessories. If anyone has a lathe
or knows of someone who has such a machine and might be willing to part with it,
please contact Al Geller or Sam Turner.
While thinking about ideas to raise
the additional $1,000-$1,500 needed, a number of ideas have surfaced, they range
from sale of members’ art work, to a request for cash donations from the
membership.
It occurs to me that if we ask each member attending the Summer Party
(Sat. July 16) for a minimum donation of $25.00, the Club will come close to
raising the needed amount. The donation will be voluntary and anonymous,
so bring whatever you can afford.
If you have any other ideas,
objections or suggestions, please bring them up at our
next meeting June 18, 9:00AM at Cabrillo.
Newer members are especially encouraged to bring their work for the
Show-and-Tell, and to actively participate in the meeting
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Mentors Available Bruce Berger Any topic including segmented turning Warren Brown Any topic David Frank Any topic Al Geller Open form bowls, natural edge bowls, bowl design Ron Lindsay Any topic including hollow turning freehand Jim Rinde Anything to do with using and turning resins, turning goblets, hollow turning with a boring bar with/without a laser Herm Ross Miniatures; tool making and metal work Chuck Stevenson Basic turning; he is learning to do segmental work Gary Toro Anything you want to make Sam Turner Any topic (if he doesn't know how, he will learn it with you) |
Turning(s) of the Month
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Questions and Answers (Q&A)
Question:
What kind of finish can be applied over a bowl that
has been coated with boiled linseed oil? (John Knittle A (Steve LeBlanc): I would use Tung Oil over your boiled linseed oil finish, either pure Tung Oil which seems like it takes forever to dry or a modified Tung Oil (my preference) with added hardeners and or drying agents. Along the modified type, I like Formby’s which behaves like a varnish and can be wiped on or brushed and allowed to dry as brushed. It is available at most hardware stores.
A (Ron Lindsay): Why not continue with a linseed oil finish?
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