President’s Message
It is hard to believe August is here and almost gone, soon it will be cool again!
Our meeting this month will be at Cabrillo Middle School, Saturday August 27 at 9:00 A.M., please bring your chairs or plan to sit on the stools.
Those who attended the Club’s summer potluck got to enjoy Eileen and Jim Rinde’s hospitality, eat delightful food, drink exquisite wine, and admire the excellent work presented during the show-and-tell while learning more about our fellow members and perhaps creating new friendships along with their significant others. Many thanks to Eileen and Jim and to all others who in some fashion contributed to a beautiful and most enjoyable evening. During the event, the Club was fortunate to collect nearly $400 in donations from our generous members in attendance. The money will be used to supplement the procurement of a Powermatic lathe to be used in the Cabrillo Middle School Educational Program and during demonstrations in our meetings.
Talking about this Club Lathe: Wendy and Bill Boettcher – the owners of Woodcraft in Ventura – have very generously offered a super donation to the Club, toward a brand new Powermatic lathe, complete with all its typical accessories, plus a Oneway Stronghold chuck with #1, #2 and #3 jaws, delivered to the school.
If we were going to purchase the same equipment in the open market, the Club would have to pay something in the neighborhood of $4,500 plus freight. We can obtain the lathe and chuck if we can raise an additional $500.
As we write this message, the Lathe Fund has $1,000 from AWW, $1000 from the Club’s Treasury, and approximately $500 from member donations for a total of $2,500. I am asking all of who have not already contributed, and who can afford to contribute, to please do so. You may either send your check to our Treasurer, Ron Lindsay at 1795 Lyndhurst Ave. Camarillo, CA 93010, or simply bring your contribution to the next Club meeting. We need to raise an additional $500 to get this lathe.
See you Saturday, August 27 at Cabrillo Middle School
Pedro
For photos of the July Summer Potluck at the Rinde’s see below.
For photos of the VC Fair Woodturning judging results see below.
For photos of the fair displays and booth activity taken 13 August see below.
Mentors AvailableThe following list of members have offered to act as mentors to any member of the club who wishes to have hands-on instruction. This can be done at the mentor’s shop or at the member’s home on their own lathe. It is an excellent way for beginning turners to quickly learn basic skills and safety and for more advanced turners to develop new ideas and skills. Using your member roster, give any mentor a call to arrange a time. If you don’t have your roster or want to add your name to the mentor list, give the newsletter editor a call.Each mentor can teach basic skills; some have also listed specific topics in which they are especially interested or have more advanced skills.Bruce Berger Any topic including segmented turningWarren 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) |
Questions and Answers (Q&A)This is a regular feature of the monthly Newsletter. Send your questions to the newsletter editor, Ron Lindsay, [email protected]. He will forward each question to our panel of experts. We will get answers to each question from at least two of our experts and publish them in a future newsletter in this Q&A section.Question:*** |
- Al
- Seth gets big maple burl with help of grandson
- Fran goes for gift certificates
- Robert M. with lidded box and star in cube
- Sam with Black Acacia vessel
- Steve with Black Walnut carved vessel
- Joe with Ambrosia Maple bowl
- Pedro with steptohedron cobra
- John A. with “Condor” vessel
- Warren with Baltic Birch plywood platter
- John K. with Norfolk Pine bowls
- Rick – Part 1 – Bloodwood inlaid platter and beer mugs
- Rick – Part 2 – inlaid table top
- David with grapefruit candle holder (Flaming Chalice)
- Bruce with open segmented vessel and Avisera decorated plate
- Jim with three different epoxy creations using bamboo and Norfolk pine
- Seth with Acacia bowl
- Jim W. with Walnut toothpick dispenser – also had pepper grinder and winged bowl
- Lee with captured pencil puzzle – and cross and ring puzzle
- Lee with segmented bowl
- Gathering for the potluck
- Appreciation gift for the Rindes
- Raffle prizes and school lathe donation fund
- Show and tell: Ron with Singapore ball, Finial vessel, and Norfolk Pine bowl
- The Show and Tell Table
- A sample of the goodies less dessert
- Let’s eat!
- The dessert table
- Tables 1
- Tables 2
- Gathering for the raffle
- Al talks Cabrillo mentoring
- Chrystal is our new fair coordinator looking for booth signups
- C01-HM John Ascheman
- C01-1st-Acacia Ron Lindsay
- C01-2nd-Carob Sam Turner
- C01-3rd Al Geller
- C01-x David Frank
- C02-3rd-Pine David Frank
- C02-HM-Norfolk Isl Pine John Knittle
- C02-x Norfolk Isl Pine Ron Lindsay
- C02-2nd Lee Truman
- C02-1st+SA Bruce Berger
- C03-HM-Spalted Birch Al Geller
- C03-1st Acacia Sam Turner
- C03-HM-Maple Burl Ron Lindsay
- C03-3rd Bruce Berger
- C03-2nd David Frank
- C03-HM-Maple Joel Oksner
- C04-2nd Al Geller
- C04-2nd Bruce Purvine
- C04-HM Walnut Jim Word
- C04-1st-Madrone Ron Lindsay
- C06-HM-Norfolk Isl Pine John Knittle
- C06-1st-Olive Ron Lindsay
- C06-1st-Redwood Burl Al Geller
- C07-1st Bruce Berger
- C07-2nd-Oak Ron Lindsay
- C07-3rd Tom Zanotti
- C08-1st+SA Maple Burl Ron Lindsay
- C06-HM-Grapefruit David Frank
- C08-1st John Ascheman
- C06-x-Mahogany Darrel Easter
- C06-3rd-Manzanita Jim Word
- C06-HM-Walnut Lee Truman
- C10-1st-Maple Burl Ron Lindsay
- C10-2nd-Maple Burl Bruce Purvine
- C10-3rd Joel Oksner
- C10-HM-Avocado David Frank
- C11-2nd Lee Truman
- C11-3rd T. Shipp
- C11-1st-Pine Ron Lindsay
- C12-HM-Olive John Knittle
- C12-3rd-Maple Burl Ron Lindsay
- C12-HM Lee Truman
- C12-2nd Al Geller
- C12-1st+SA Bruce Berger
- Turners display case (not judged)
- Judged case 1
- Judged case 2
- Judged case 3
- Judged case 4
- Judged case 5
- Judged case 6
- Judged case 7
- Miki Lawrence making tops
- Our first square top
- A small top
- Waiting patiently
- At last, with wax finish. Donation jar up to $55 + change