John Beaver Wave Bowls Inside This John Used Dry Wood Preferably Stress As the Wood Moves

May 2015

Wave Bowl John Beaver Wave Bowls Inside this John used dry wood preferably stress as the wood moves. The issue hard maple wave should have an arc where or any hard the diameter of the bowl is the John Beaver ...... 1 radius of the arc. Try to bring domestic President’s Turn . ..7 wood. Soft- the peak of the wave to about April Minutes ...... 9 er woods 1/3 from the top of the bowl like soft with the bottom near the 2/3 Bocce Ball……...10 Bowl Blanks & Tools maple tends line to keep it artistic. Draw a Show & Tell …...11 line across the top of the block to shred out easily. The technique Next Meeting ..... 14 of this project can be expanded to at the Calendar ...... 15 3,5 ,7 etc. layers...... only odd peak of numbers. He used maple, walnut, the and spalted sycamore for this wave. demo. Drill 2 After decid- holes Drill Dowel Holes ing which each way the wave side of the center mark on the would go, he inside surface of the vessel. drew the They should be ½ inch deep bowl shape using a ¼ inch drill bit. Do not John Beaver on the wood allow these to go into the side Drawing Bowl Shape block sur- or bottom of the bowl. face. Next draw the wave that fol- Cut and fit two pieces of 1/4 lowed the growth rings to reduce (Continued on page 2)

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(Continued from page 1) more water. The wood may need to cook another 15 sec- inch dowel for the holes. Sand onds on high. Unwrap the the dowels to fit. wood and try bending it. If steamed sufficiently it will Cut the blank along the wave bend freely and not crack. The line on the band saw using a grain should be going the same Dowel Cutter slow speed with a 14-18 varia- direction as the two blank piec- ble tooth blade. This cut needs es. Drill holes in the thin wood to be to match the first set. Then smooth so it drill holes in the third layer and is important that the feed rate be kept the same there will be Sand Dowel to Fit no way to remove any Cut on Band Saw mistakes on Testing Dry Fit the surfaces. Select a piece of contrasting dry-fit layers together with wood sliced about 1/4 inch dowels in the holes. Now glue thick so it can be bent with using Tightbond Glue, dowels, steam. Wrap this wood in paper and clamps on the corners al- towel and saturate the towel low to dry for at least 24 hours. Clamped to dry. with wa- Use the band saw to cut off ter. Place the excess sticking out of the this in a block this will prevent any un- micro- expected tear out when turning. wave oven Mount the block between cen- at max ters. Turn the bowl so it is power and slightly closed to force the Moisten Paper Towel cook it viewer to look inside to see the 1st Bowl Demo Piece 1 minute 10 seconds on high. If the towel is dries out apply (Continued on page 3)

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(Continued from page 2) of masking tape so you can trace the profile on a piece of 1/2 inch wave. Turn a MDF. Do this for both sides of tenon so you the bowl at the peak of the wave. can mount in Cut two pieces of MDF to make in a scroll pedestals that will come to the 2nd Bowl Demo Style chuck. Now top of the bowl, but not beyond. you can turn Check that they match the inner Prepared Blank and finish the shape of the bowl. Now glue bowl on the scroll chuck. them into the bowl using hot glue be very generous with the hot The trick glue make sure there is plenty of to a good squeeze out and form it into a Slide Show Intro round bot- thick fillet. Excess hot glue can tom bowl be cleaned off with Isopropyl al- is to cohol. slightly flatten the Turned with Tenon Drill 1/4 inch alignment hole as bottom so vertical as the curve will seem to go into the possible into surface yet the bowl will look pedestals. like it is lifted off the top. The holes Sculpture Variation need to be deeper then the low point on Glue Tabs into bowl. the wave. Now mount the bowl still in the Open Bowl Sculpture Round Bottom View chuck on the circle jig where you can cut a radius that is the same Turn your bowl to a rather thick as the diameter of the bowl. You wall similar to a rough turned need to cut slowly and steady to bowl. Using a profile gauge copy keep the cut smooth. Catch the the interior of the bowl to piece (Continued on page 4) Open Segment Bowl

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(Continued from page 3) the holes are the top before you go all the way same through. Now reset the jig about depth. 1/4 inch closer and make the Drill them same cut to equally Three Ring Drill Depth Holes remove a spaced wavy donut. along a line from top to bottom Remember of bowl. your jig Shape the bowl against the should be Cutting Radius on Jig grain with the bowl gouge, roll- centered on ing the bevel to make a smoother Single Wave the teeth of the blade for a cut and taking light cuts from smooth cut. bottom of Put the two pieces of the bowl bowl to the with the donut removed back on bowl edge. the lathe be- John leaves Wave Bowl Set tween cen- walls at 3/16 ters after re- inch or thick- placing the er. Thin walls, in John's opinion, donut with a make the bowl less aesthetically filler of pleasing. Sand and finish the ex- MDF the same thickness as the terior of the bowl. donut. This will give you a Now put the bowl back together smoother cut without tear out. It Blue White Variation with the donut in place of the fill- does not have to be glued, but the er. Draw the edges of the bowl dowels can be used to align the on the donut with pencil. top and bottom. Sand thin layer manually. Round Drill holes on the surface the over the edges of the thin layer same depth as the amount of ring by sanding. At this point you can you want exposed. In this case it add color with Q-tips dipped in was 5/16th of an inch. Use a Open Sculpture piece of tape to make certain all (Continued on page 5)

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(Continued from page 4) On bowl number three it is nec- essary to cut the bowl down the color and center. John used spalted syca- touched to more for this one. This one the wood should be turned on the end grain edge, letting to keep the grain flowing the 3rd Bowl example the color same direction. Turn the vessel Staining Edge drift inward and finish the exterior before cut- toward the line. Texturing or air- ting. brushing color on are other op- Now mount it on a chuck with tions. Avoid getting stain or fin- cole jaws where the bowl will be ish on the area to be glued. held by the lip of the bowl. In- Put the three spect the piece to decide where layers back you want the fins to be. Using the Sawing from base to top together with center mark draw your lines for dowels and the cut make certain they inter- wood glue. sect on the center point. Use Q-tips John used a Bondhus allen and water to wrench for putting the buttons Reassemble with Donut remove on. It has a steel handle which is any seeping glue while the glue sturdier then the plastic ones that is wet. Letting the glue dry first come with the chucks. It gives and then trying to remove excess him a flywheel affect when tight- will stain the wood. Let the pro- ening buttons on. Set the circle Flatten the halves ject dry. John uses lacquer as a jig up square on the table. You final coat. want to be able to keep a straight Remove ped- cut the length of the vessel. We estals, turn start at the bottom so all the the center of vanes will intersect accurately. the bowl and Some drift will occur but as long finish interi- as it is away from the base it will Remove Pedestals or. Turn off not be noticeable. Keep your cuts Tracing the shape tenon. (Continued on page 6)

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slow and steady there is a lot of tension on the rubber buttons. Align the cut so your saw ends between the jaws of the chuck. Try to stop before going all the way through you can finish the cut by hand. Now the halves need to be flattened either on a Ready to saw shape disk or belt sander. Both halves must be flat so glue joint will be solid. Trace the inside and outside of the shape on your piece for the wings. Decide on what shape will be added. Cut the wings out with the band saw or a scroll saw. Finish the wings being care- ful not to get anything on the part where the glue joint will be. Now assemble both halves with the wing between them using hose clamps to draw it all together. Carefully clean the glue off the joints which should be pretty easy with the parts already fin- Glue together with hose ished. Give it time to dry before putting the piece on the Cole clamps jaws again and making the next cut. Again remember slow and easy with the cut going through the center mark. When all the wings are added you should be able to mount the piece in the scroll chuck and clean up the interior and finish it before re- moving the tenon. Kathy and Chuck Gies

Prepared blanks and glue Audio/Video Progress The problems with recording the audio from the demos have been fixed. There is a complete video from the April meeting. Currently the team is working on making them available to members on the web as the members requested. Thanks to Jerry, Tom , and Steve for all their hard work on it. John’s Tools

NORTH COAST WOODTURNERS PAGE 6 President’s Turn LET Three Months of Fun! (Less Experienced Turn- ers) President’s Turn June Three Months of Fun!

Brian Becker will offer a May, June and July are shaping up quite nicely class to turn a yarn bowl. for our club. The dates that are starred on my calendar are: November May 2 – Pete Wade demo at the club meeting. Denny Watson will offer a June 6 – Brian Becker demo at the club meeting and a LET class. class in spindle work June 13 – Doll Lumber picnic

June 25-28 – AAW Symposium in Pittsburgh

July 11-12 – Pro turner Rudy Lopez demo and hands on session Special Dates July 18 – Ice cream social

The fun starts in May with Pete Wade’s demo on cremation urns. I need June 13th Doll Lumber help on hollowing and this should be just the right demo for me. Last Picnic time I tried it, I was cleaning up the inside edge of a wooden vessel. An aggressive cut or disregard for leverage almost pole vaulted me to the other side of the lathe.

July 18th Ice Cream So- Brian Becker has the stage for the June demo where he will turn a yarn cial bowl and a yarn spinner. This will be a nice demo since it will cover both bowl turning and spindle turning. A LET class follows which should provide you with some good instruction on bowl turning and a nice item for the knitter in your life. I plan to make these items for two of my yarn weaving nieces.

The Doll Lumber picnic on June 13 with nearby woodturning club Buckeye Wood Workers and Wood Turners is always a fun event. Doll is located in Southington, OH which is about 35 miles east of our club meeting site. It’s worth the trip. Buckeye has their meeting as part of the (Continued on page 8) Turn and Learn table

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picnic and has a nice demo planned. Following that, there will likely be a tour of the mill. If you are looking for wood, Doll is the place to buy it. They have a great selection at reasonable prices and their curly maple is quite nice. A great selection of picnic food awaits for a low cost. After the picnic concludes, we are invited to fish at Doll’s stocked pond.

The AAW Symposium in Pittsburgh will be well attended by our members. If you’ve never been to one of these shows, this may be the closest it gets to Cleveland. The demonstrator team in- cludes fifty of the finest wood turners from around the world. Two and one half days of instruction, an instant gallery, a banquet and other attractions make this quite appealing. If you can’t make it this year, it will be in Atlanta in 2016. And it was just announced that the 2017 symposium will be in Kansas City.

“To everything, there is a season turn, turn, turn.”

July brings Rudy Lopez to our club. After fighting my way into the last Ohio Valley show to see Rudy’s demo, I became convinced this guy can take any old log or limb and turn it into a museum worthy work of art. Check him out at http://www.rudolphlopez.com

The ice cream social will be hosted by Ernie Conover at his home in Parkman, OH. If it’s anything like last year, there will be croquet, a manual pole lathe to try out and plenty of ice cream. Short mileage side trips to Doll Lumber or a meal at the noted Welshfield Inn in Burton can also be incor- porated into your plans.

When I’m not attending these events over the next few months, I’ll probably be down in the shop making my bocce ball for the August competition or getting a piece or two ready for the Wayne Arts show, which starts in September. Yes it’s going to be a great few months for us wood turners.

To everything, there is a season turn, turn, turn. Dan

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NCWT General Membership Meeting chased) $5.00 fee; Minutes – April 4, 2015 June 25/28- AAW Sym- posium in Pittsburgh; Ken Nuzum, Secretary July-pro turner Rudy President, Dan Maloney, Lopez (hands on class opened the meeting at is full with a waiting 9:30. He recognized one list); August-Tips and visitor and new member, Tricks with Bocce Ball Bob Maupin from Avon contest; September- Lake. Mike Nathal pro turner Dave Hout, platters; Octo- Announcements and Re- ber-pro turner Linda Suter-epoxy platter; ports: November-Denny Watson, spindles. Dan Maloney Dan announced that the ice cream social would be July 18th and hosted by Ernie Conover in Parkman. George Raeder indicated that the Wayne th There will be further details at next month’s Arts show will be September 10 through th meeting. October 19 in Wooster Ohio. The same categories and rules as previous shows will Dan reported that demo pieces from Dave apply. Hout’s demo were on the Show and Tell table. We will try to do this on an ongoing basis. Denny Watson indicated that first priori- There is a Delta lathe and tools for sale. ty for the Brian Becker LET yarn bowl class Information is on the bulletin board. will be given to those who had signed up for last November’s class that had to be There is a sign-up list for members interest- cancelled. ed in sharing a ride or room for the AAW symposium. Old Business: None

Mike Nathal listed the upcoming demos New Business: None and club activities: May- Pete Wade, cre- The business meeting mation urns; June 6-Brian Becker, yarn was concluded and bowls and an LET class; June 13-Doll Lum- Mike Nathal intro- ber picnic in collaboration with BWWT duced proturner, John (please sign up if attending so that the ap- Beaver. propriate amount of food can be pur- Denny Watson

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The board has decided to try a new contest to be held at the August meeting. We are looking to replace the top spin-off, with the idea that some variety will encourage more participation. Here is what arose through our meeting: George Raeder Nametag NCWT Bocce Ball Rolling Contest Rules 1.The object of the game is to turn a wooden sphere and use it in an accuracy contest. The contest will consist of rolling the sphere so that it stops close to a target located approximately 20 yards away. The sphere closest to the target will receive a $50 gift certificate to Craft Supplies. There will also be a $50 gift certificate awarded to the sphere judged as best appearance. Tom Olechiw Turn & Learn 2.The sphere must be between 3”and 5” diameter 3. The sphere shall be smooth, with no grooves or other textures added to the surface. Standard woodturning finishes like varnish or lacquer are allowed. 4.The sphere should be solid wood. Segmented construction is allowed. 5. First choice for the playing field will be the artificial turf of the soccer field. Alternate fields surrounding the building will be used Jim Mayer Interesting Turning if this is not available. If it rains, an indoor option will be used ---- a carpeted surface will be needed. 6. Players will not be able to knock away a previously rolled ball. We will use some kind of flat ball markers analogous to ball markers for golf.

Chuck Gies Show & Tell drawing

NORTH COAST WOODTURNERS PAGE 10 Dave Hout Tom Baylor Dave Hout Mike Hawkins

Ken Nuzum Bill Miloscia Tim Niewiadomski Chuck Gies

“ The speed of the grinding wheel doesn’t matter. They all remove metal. The faster wheel removes it faster. There is some justification for the new Woodturner to use the slower wheel.” Russ Fairfield

Rick Weinbrenner Ken Nuzum Mike Nathal Dave Hitchcock J. Perchinske

Chuck Gies Joe Smith Tim Niewiadomski Chuck Gies Tom Olechiw

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Joe Smith

Ken Nuzum Jim Mayer Chuck Gies

Jonathan Smith Ken Nuzum Dan Maloney Scott Brihn

“There is no truth to the myth that the gray wheels will damage the steel.” Russ Fairfield

Dave Hitchcock Chuck Gies Ken Nuzum Tom Sasalar

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J.F. Brandan Dave Hitchcock Tom Olechiw Tom Olechiw

“ A cheap grinding wheel is a cheap grinding wheel, whatever color it is. Good quality is more expensive. Lacking any other knowledge and specifications, the price is a good indicator of quality.” Russ Fairfield

Bill Miloscia Chuck Gies Denny Watson

J. Perchinske Stanley Stoberski Chuck Gies On-line April 2015 gallery

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Something to Look Forward to!

Next Meeting Pete Wade Cremation Urns

Turn and Learn project Natural Edge Bowl Show & Tell table Nametag Drawing Wood Raffle

NORTH COAST WOODTURNERS PAGE 14 North Coast Month Topic Woodturners January 3 Demo Tom Olechiw Doors open 9:00 A.M. Meeting begins 9:30 A.M. Burl Waterfall

Blossom Hill February 7 4450 Oakes Road Demo-George Raeder Vacuum Systems Brecksvulle, OH 44141 Debut of the “McCardel Vacuum system” President Dan Maloney March 7 (440) 871-4129 Demo Dave Hout (pro) [email protected] Natural Edge bowls (no Sunday Session)

Vice-President Mike Nathal April 4 Demo-John Beaver (pro) (440) 238-4586 Wave Bowl (no Sunday Session) [email protected]

Secretary May 2 Pete Wade Ken Nuzum [email protected] Cremation Urns (330) 466-3457 June 6 Treasurer Bryan Becker Ron Sieloff Yarn Bowls and Spinners [email protected]

Member-At-Large July 11 Demo-Rudy Lopez (pro) Tom Wisnieski Vessels/Bowls (Sunday Session) 440-233-6486 [email protected] August 1 Tips and Tricks Member-At-Large Bocce Ball Challenge George Raeder (330)576-3355 [email protected] September 5 Demo-Dave Hout (pro) Platters (no Sunday Session)

Newsletter Editor Chuck Gies October 3 Demo-Linda Suter (pro) (440)-647-0524 Epoxy Platters (Sunday Session) [email protected] November 7 Denny Watson Publicity and Community Spindles Relations Director Tom Nero December 5 (440) 526-4138 Annual Auction

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