April Meeting

When:
Monday, April 13, 7 pm

How:
The meeting scheduled for Monday, April 13, will be a virtual meeting using the video conferencing program, Zoom.
We will accept log-ins at 6:30 pm in order to learn and test the Zoom program.
The meeting will come to order at 7 pm.
You will receive an email from Bob Bley with connection information and further instructions.
Please join us, this is an opportunity for us to get together and share.
This meeting will be mostly Show & Tell. Future meetings may incorporate demonstrations if it goes well.

Upcoming Events

June 4 -7
AAW Symposium Loisville KY
Due to the seriousness of COVID-19, and adhering to international, federal, and state advisories and legal impossibility mandates, the AAW Board of Directors unanimously approved the cancellation of the 2020 AAW Symposium on March 30, 2020.

August 28-30
Southwest Association of Woodturners
SWAT main page

September 18-20
Rocky Mountain Woodturning Symposium
Rocky Mountain main page

No meeting in March due to COVID-19
Instead see a virtual Show & Tell of members turnings

Olive hollow form by Dennis L


Redwood burl by Bob B


Manzanita by Kelly S


Interesting finial by Bob B

Olive by Kelly S


17inch Black Walnut with Nevada Turquois - Dennis L


by Tom G


Madrone Burl Natural Edge Bowls One has carved feet and turquoise inlay by Dennis L


by Jonathon B

Ornamental Turnings made on the Holtzapffel lathe by Jon S


by Tom G


wine stoppers by Claude G


ornamental top by Jon S


stone on the lathe by Gordon P

The President's Message from Tom Gaston

Greetings from my shelter in place. I hope all of you are doing well and have not gotten too bad a case of cabin fever. We are lucky that we can turn to woodturning to keep us occupied and distracted. At least for me, turned objects are spreading on my bench tops like a virus.

As we have not been able to have our regular meeting(s), I would like for you to send in pictures of your work for show and tell/President's challenge to be published in the newsletter. President's challenge: A turning(s) made during shelter in place. Call it Covid 19 series. If you have a particularly interesting piece or one that presented technical difficulties, send closeups as well.

As of the writing of this, some WBW and SVW members are working on holding virtual meetings. This may become the norm for our meetings for a while. Stay tuned for details. Please volunteer to help.

Tom

"As the Wood Turns" - by Dave Vannier

Well, most of us have all had a little more time at home. Hopefully this has given you time to finish up some of those projects that just haven't come to the top of the list. A lot of things that we have had to put off are going to consume our time when life returns to normal. Lots of takeout and tipping, hoping I can help reduce some of the financial strain, albeit in a small way.

My time has been consumed on a project I just hadn't made time for. One of the large pieces of ash that didn't get collected from Barry and Laura became a project. Just a small 20" diameter bowl, that I've named BBB (Baby Bath Bowl). It has been a reminder of what a pain very large pieces are to make. It also demonstrated the value in a coring system, and why I wish I had a #5 cutter, Oneway doesn't make one. I had to leave the walls thicker than I would have liked. As the wood was dry, After producing a barrel of shavings, a ton of sanding time, it is ready for finish. I have good turning days and bad days. Good days, I can start sanding with 180 or 240. Bad, well let's say I use a lot of 80 grit. This was a lot of 80 grit. After I finished, I think I figured out what I did wrong. The cutter would not reach as far out, diameter, as I wanted, but would reach the bottom. So, I only left about an inch in the bottom. Turned out to be more like 3/4". This, and turning speed resulted in vibration and tear out near the rim. Maybe a lighter touch, and slower speed would have resulted in a cleaner cut. But that would have required demonstrating patience, something I seldom seem to have. But, we are through that now, ready for some finish. Because I cored it, I have one very big bowl, 1 big bow, and one medium bowl. The small one is going to be pierced.

Recently a friend asked about finishing on or off the lathe. I think too often we share what we do, not enough of the why's. This results in lots of opinions on the "right" way to do it, that are all different. If you can make it work, that is the right way. I finish most pieces on the lathe with wipe on poly or GF salad bowl finish. My go to finish is GF, as I've learned how to get anything from a satin to a highgloss  with one product. It does dry slower, and usually some of the can goes bad before I use it up, but it is still my preferred finish. Both of these finishes require a mechanical bond, unlike lacquer which is a chemical bond. The theory is that as a film finish, not applying the finish to the bottom at the same time as the edge can result in an unattached edge. Personally I've never had a problem with this, but I might just be lucky.

Stay safe, see you on the other side of this event. Share your stories, it keeps us in touch.

Dave
www.daves-turned-art.com

2020 WBW board members and committee chairs

President: Tom Gaston
Vice President: Bob Bley
Treasurer:  Jon Bishop
Secretary:  Roman Chernikov
Member at Large: Claude Godcharles
Meeting Program Coordinator: Bob Hedges
Visiting artist Coordinator:  Bob Bley
Anchor seal:  Dennis Lillis
CA Glue:  Tom Kenyon
Craft Supply:  Richard Winslow
Coffee & Cookies:  Phil Feiner
Librarian: Kelly Smith
Audio Visual: Curtis Vose
Website & Newsletter:  Tom Haines

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Any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated.