Apple Valley Woodturners AAW Chapter in Winchester, VA http://www.applevalleywoodturners.org/ February, 2016

AVW Officers In this issue: President: AVW Bulletin Board … pages 2-3 Scott Schlosser FEB Programs 540-533-2007 Dave Hickman – Turning a Pen – (pages 3-5) [email protected] Tim Gregory – Peppermills – (pages 5-8) Vice-President: 2016 Monthly Programs and Challenges (page 9) Dave Hickman FEB Show-And-Tell (pages 10-14) 540-955-0330 [email protected] NEW Member Tips (page 15) NEW Items For Sale (pages 16-17) Secretary: AVW Library (page 17) Kellie Ferguson 540-771-8140 Support Our Friends (page 18) [email protected] Follow Other Virginia Clubs & Events (pages 19-24) Treasurer: AAW Turning Safety (page 25) Al Hays 540-888-4348 alhays@ Meeting Etiquette hickoryhillfarmsheep.com AVW is fortunate to have access to many talented woodturners who are Program Director: willing to share their skills and techniques at monthly meetings. We Lance Pearce should remember to honor their efforts and contributions to the club by 540-667-6412 [email protected] minimizing the distraction caused by side conversations during the presentation. Newsletter Editor: Warren Standley 703-395-3785 Monthly Health & Safety (H&S) Tip [email protected] This month, Dave Hickman presented a Monthly H&S reminder Rental: regarding the importance of wearing good eye protection when Gary Fillmore turning... protection that is appropriate to the size, condition, and 540-364-1428 complexity of the piece being turned... remembering that airborne dust [email protected] and small particles can be as detrimental to our eyes as the direct Website Director: impact from “thrown” pieces of . For information on assessing the Marcus impact risks, see the article from the 2014 issue of American 540-665-1839 Woodturner, Vol. 29, No. 3. Thanks to AAW, the article is reproduced [email protected] as an EXTRA on page 25 of this newsletter. AVW Bulletin Board This is a new section in the AVW Newsletter. It is where short items of current and immediate interest will be posted... sort of a one-stop shopping location for AVW-related items. Check here each month for late-breaking news! Blades Available: The following list of bandsaw blades will be put up for “auction” at the club meeting on March 19th. All blades in the list will go as a single lot, sold to the highest bidder with no minimum bid specified... proceeds going to the AVW treasury. The following lades are 80” long : 3/8” x 4 TPI; 1/16” x 20 TPI; 1/4” x 4 TPI; 1/2” x 6 TPI; 1/2” x 4 TPI; 1/2” x 4 TPI SKIP; 1/2” x 4 TPI; 1/2” x 6 TPI; 1/2” x 6 TPI; 3/8' x 6TPI; 1/2” x 6TPI; 1/8” x 20 TPI; 1/4” x 15 TPI; 1/8” x 15 TPI; 1/2” x 6 TPI; and others. Space May Still Be Available in the Mark St. Leger Workshop: There is space available in the March 18th hands-on workshop featuring Mark St. Leger demonstrating and coaching on the turning of Lidded Boxes. The fee for the workshop is $75. It will run from 8:00am-4:00pm with a short (30-min) break for lunch. Contact Lance Pearce (540-667-6412 or [email protected]) for more details and to enroll. Group Buy On AVW Apparel: Apple Valley Woodturners is conducting a group buy on apparel with our logo in it. Rich Vossler will have signup sheets available at the March and April meetings. If you are interested in purchasing any of the items please sign up at the coming meetings. If you are unable to make it to one of these meeting but are still interested, you may email Rich Vossler directly at [email protected].

The items are as follows: Item Cost, S-XL Cost XXL Colors T-shirt, screen-printed logo $10.00 $12.00 White... colors add $1 1/4-zip sweatshirt, embroidered logo $33.00 $35.00 Heather Woodturner's smock, embroidered $45.00 $45.00 Tan, charcoal, gray, logo royal Hat w/ contrasting-color embroidered $12.00 - See link below logo http://www.sanmar.com/sanmar-servlets/CatalogBrowser? productId=C830&prodimage=&swatch=Stone/%20Black&top=Y

February Raffle Results: The following folks won items at the February Raffle:

• Marcus Cooper – Pen tube insertion

• Jim Greer – 4-in-1 Screwdriver Turning Kit

• George Bucklin – Clamps

• Judy Rose – Wood Blank

• Bruce Cunningham – Vacuum-Chuck Foam

• Win 1 Turn 1 – Jack Beaty

Richmond Woodturners Annual Turning Competition & Exhibition: The Richmond Woodturners are an AAW Chapter a couple of hours to our south of us. They are holding their annual competition and exhibition on April 30th and are inviting AVW members to participate. There is no entry fee for the Competition... entries must have been turned during the past 12 months and entries and completed registration forms must be turned in no later than April 28th. Information on the Competition, including rules and an entry form, are included in this newsletter on pages 21-24.

Mid-Atlantic Symposium: The Symposium will be held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on 25-25 September, 2016. For more information, see page 20 in this newsletter or go to the following link http://www.mawts.com/

Dues Reminder: Don't forget to keep your AVW membership active by paying your dues for 2016. An individual membership is $30/year and family membership is $35/year. There is a $10 discount for active-duty military personnel and for individuals who are already a member of another area woodturning club. To make your payment, use the form provided here or see Al Hays, the AVW Treasurer, at the next meeting.

February Programs Dave Hickman – Pen Turning Fundamentals

Our first demonstration featured Dave Hickman presenting the fundamentals of pen turning. The basic elements of a pen are shown in the figure below, along with the process and a list of resources. Basic Process:  Select a blank (about ¾ x ¾ x 6)  Cut blank into upper and lower blanks (mark junction if grain is to match)  Mark center and holes in blanks  Scuff brass tubes with  Glue brass tubes in blanks (I prefer 5 min epoxy) and let it cure/dry  Use barrel trimmer to ends  Mount blanks on with appropriate bushings  Turn to shape paying particular attention to size at the ends  Sand through the grits (150-220-300-400- 600-1200)  Apply Finish  Assemble  Enjoy

Additional Articles/tutorials/websites:

● Revisit the Slim-line pen by Scott Greaves; American Woodturner; Winter 2009 Vol. 18 No. 4 pp 39-41

● 10 Steps to Better Pens by Kurt Hertzog; American Woodturner; Summer 2008 Vol. 23 No. 2 pp 46-49

● Celtic knot pens (link 1) - http://www.woodturningonline.com/Turnin g/Turning_content/DoubleCrossPen.pdf

● Celtic knot pens (link 2) – http://craobhcuigdeag.org/wp- content/uploads/2010/07/Making-a-Celtic- Knot-Pen-Ed-Blysard.pdf

● Scalloped pen blank - http://www.spswoodturners.org/wp- content/uploads/2011/03/Making-a- Scalloped-Segmented-Pen-Blank.pdf

● Links to many pen tutorials and ideas - http://www.woodturningonline.com/Turnin g/Turning_projects.php?catid=82

● Many Segmented ideas - http://www.distinctiveturnings.com/tutorial s/SegPenBlanks.pdf Resources:

● Rockler store here at McFarland's Mill

● Penn State Industries – Pen Kits; pen supplies; ; -- http://www.pennstateind.com

● Wood Turningz – Penn State reseller with better pricing -- http://woodturningz.com/Pen_Kits.aspx

Note: Dave reviewed his use of the “Sandpaper-Management Tool” he first showed off at an AVW meeting back in 2015. (See middle pic above.)

February Programs (cont.) Tim Gregory – Stave Construction of Peppermills

Our second program featured Tim Gregory presenting a demo on the construction of peppermills using glued-up staves that allow the turner to combine to produce interesting patterns in the final product. Tim first outlined his process for cutting and gluing-up the staves for his project. The dimension of the individual staves is based on the intended rough size for the peppermill blank and the design (i.e., the number of staves) of the particular blank. For a 10” peppermill, Tim usually builds a 15” long blank to allow himself enough wood for an extra top or a salt shaker. The stave dimensions can be calculated using an online calculator that is available from the link given below. Except for the length of the staves, it is the same process used to size and cut the segments used to glue up the rings for a segmented turning. The following link also allows downloading an app for your tablet or smart phone: http://www.woodturnersresource.com/extras/projects/segmentcalc/ Tim rips individual staves from a piece of stock that has been planed & squared. The key to this step is setting the angle of the blade precisely to the desired “cut angle”, as determined by the number of staves (sides) that will make up the turning blank. Precision is necessary here so that the edges of the staves form the blank without gaps. Once the saw is set up, it makes sense to do a “production run” and make enough staves for several blanks. Once his staves are ready, Tim uses good-quality, strong masking tape (3M is recommended) to set up an assembly “” like the one in the pic on the right below. The 3 vertical strips of tape are sticky-side up and are held in place on the flat surface of his storage box by the 2 horizontal strips of tape. Individual staves are laid across the sticky tape... tightly arranged edge-to-edge... until all the staves are in place. Tim recommends a test roll-up to make sure that the staves are going to fit into a tight blank without gaps between the staves. The assembly is unrolled and glue is applied to the mating edges of each stave (Tim prefers Titebond) and the package is rolled up like a jelly roll... with the excess tape wrapped around the assembly to hold the staves in place until hose clamps can be applied to provide clamping pressure while the glue cures.

Tim uses several hose clamps along the length of the blank, tightening evenly with a power driver and assuring that the staves in the bundle are adjusted to eliminate any slippage or mismatch that occurred during the roll-up and application of the hose clamps. Tim uses a shop-turned wood center...

He out the blank to accept the mechanism, rough turns the blank, and gives it its final shape. Alternating staves with various wood types can be used as a design element to create a variety of looks in the finished mill. The more “curvy” the body of the peppermill is, the more the color of the staves accentuates the curves. 2016 Monthly Programs and Challenges Remember: Each month, on the Thursday following the Saturday Monthly Program, there is a mentored skills-improvement session from 6:00-8:00 pm.

Date Program Monthly Challenge MAR 18 Mark St. Leger... Professional Turn something with a & 19 Turner... Lidded Boxes Fri workshop – Sat Club Demo

APR 16 Hands-On Demonstrations Turn a Box

MAY 21 Tom Zepeda... Bowl turning with Turn a Chess Piece optional gouges and chucks

JUN 18 Dale Winburn... Turn something you haven’t done before

JUL 16 Mark Zimmerman, Rich Vossler, Turn something for the kitchen Terry Fox... Embellishments

AUG 20 Turn an Apple or two.

SEP 16 Barbara Dill... Professional Turner... Turn a Finial & 17 Multi Axis Turning Fri Workshop – Sat Club Demo

OCT 15 Hands on Demonstrations Turn a multi Axis Piece

NOV 19 Turn something for your desk

DEC Christmas Party Ornaments, Battle Tops 3rd Annual Battle Top Championship February Show-and-Tell

Mike Fraser; Hollow Form; Pear; No finish (yet) Mike Fraser; #2 Morse Taper Lance Pearce; Toy Train Jig; ; No finish Engine; 2”x4” scrap; Non-Toxic Acrylic finish.

Lance Pearce; Cup; Holly Mike Fraser; Square Hollow Jack Klimek; Lidded Bowl; (MSV); No finish (yet) Form; Cherry; No finish (yet) Spalted Maple; Lacquer January Show-and-Tell (cont.)

Tony DeMasi: Hollow Form; Box Elder; Wood Turners Finish Tony DeMasi; Hollow Form; Tony DeMasi: Natural-Edge Box Elder; Wood Turners Finish Bowl; Cherry Burl;

Dave Hickman: Bowl; Spalted Maple; Currently Unfinished (Apologies to Dave for the J. C. Jennings: 30 Cal Mag blurred pic... the photographer Pen; ; N/A messed up!) J. C. Jennings: Bottle Stoppers; (a) Paduk and (b) Madagascar ; Paste Wax Finish January Show-and-Tell (cont.)

Don Maloney: Several Mark Baker Style Bowls; Maple; Walnut Harriet Maloney: Jewelry Box Oil Finish with Ring Holder; Maple Burl & African Blackwood; Oil & Wax Finish

Harriet Maloney: Five Cored Harriet Maloney: Four Lidded Bowls; Koa; Oil & Wax Finish Harriet Maloney: Lidded Pot; Pots; Norfolk Island ; Oil & Amboyna Burl & African Wax Finish Blackwood; Oil & Wax Finish January Show-and-Tell (cont.)

Ray Elashewich: Shop-Made Tool Support; Metal

Mike Cruz: Jimmy Clewes SME Platter; Curly Maple; Poly/Oil Necklace MK and Pokeberry DME Marcus Cooper: Kellie Ferguson: Bowl; Cherry; Stand; Cherry; Wipe-on Poly Satin Poly Finish Finish

Dan Sampson: Several Bowls; ; Satin Finish Jeff Shumaker & his son Caden: Bowls; Walnut (recovered from the roadside, turned green, dried, then completed); Linseed Oil Finish January Show-and-Tell (cont.)

Roy Aber: Tool Handle; Colorwood; Finish unknown

Roy Aber: Platters; Ash; Finish Tracey Worley: Salad Bowls; unknown Poplar; Salad Bowl Finish

Terry Fox: Bowl

Roy Aber: Kaleidoscope based on a design by James Duxbury; Wood maple and purpleheart; stave construction with front- surface mirrors inside

Terry Fox: Carved Bowl on Natural Base; Cherry & Osage Orange; Walnut Oil & Wax Finish Member Tips and Techniques This is a new section where we will post short tips and techniques submitted by AVW Members for the benefit of the whole Membership. To submit an item, including a link to some interesting article or YouTube video, just email it to [email protected]. Thanks!

DIY Buttons for Cole Jaws: Provided by Marcus Cooper from AAW.

Dear Marcus, Shop tip from AAW

Sometimes when using my jumbo/Cole-type jaws to finish the bottom of a bowl, I find the standard buttons are not tall enough. Looking around for something else to use, I noticed synthetic wine corks and decided to try them. I drilled through them on my lathe, held in a set of small spigot jaws. I added some M6-1 × 50mm bolts and the new, longer buttons work super.

I have since discovered a commercial product similar to my idea, but mine uses something that would otherwise be thrown away, is fun to obtain (drink responsibly), and costs about $2. Also, they leave no black or other colored marks on the surface of the wood.

- Don Orr, Schenectady, NY Items for Sale

This is where AVW Members can post items they have for sale or advertise for items they wish to purchase. Send the description of your item(s), including asking price and your contact information, to [email protected].

• FOR SALE: Jet 1014 Mini Lathe, variable-speed 500-3900rpm, with standard base and additional supports for bed (extension not included, tools not included). Asking $500. Contact Lance Pearce @ 540-247-9078 (cell)

• FOR SALE: Mobile stand for , 27.25” wide, 24” deep, 24.75” tall asking $50.00. Contact Scott Schlosser @ 540-533- 2007

• FOR SALE: Cutterhead for delta 6” with extra set of knives, selling because it was replaced by a segmented carbide-cutterhead... $50.00. Contact Scott Schlosser @ 540-533- 2007

• WANTED TO BUY: Metal lathe and mill/drill... contact Scott Schlosser at 540-533-2007 or [email protected]

• FOR SALE: Miscellaneous shop tools (see below). Contact Joyce Badanes @ home (540) 955-1395 or cell (540) 533-1325 or email [email protected]: -Total Shop Planer, 2 hp, 240V, $500 -Delta Unisaw , Tablesaw, 1 hp, 240V, $700 -16” Walker-Turner Bandsaw, 11” depth of cut, $300 -10” Milwaukee-Delta-Homecraft Bandsaw, 6” depth of cut, no motor, $25 -12” Rockwell-Delta , $600 -6” Delta Jointer, ½ hp, $400 -Total Shop Dust Collector, PS 110, 4” hose, 1 hp $50 -Miter Box, Millers Falls, no saw $20 -10” Powercraft Bandsaw, 5” depth of cut, 1/3 hp -Montgomery Ward Compressor, 12 gal tank, 100 psi, 6.3 cfm, $75 -9” Disk-6” Belt , $125 -Craftsman w/ table, $65 -12” Belsaw Planer, model 9123, $750 -48” Delta-Powermatic Lathe, gap bed, guard, $750 -10” Tablesaw, no motor, $100 -Bostitch nailgun $75 -Porter Cable $20 -Durafast nailers (3) $100 -Black & Decker , ¼ sheet sander, $10 -Makita , 9038, $20 -Craftsman Belt Sander, 4” x 24”, $20 -Rockwell ½” Drill, 7564, $25 -10” Craftsman Radial Arm Saw, $100 -8” Craftsman Drill Press $250 -Dayton 80 Gal Compressor, 5 hp, model 331, $250 -Craftsman Skilsaw, 7 ¼”, $35 -Wellsaw, model 400, $40 -Nailguns, assorted, $25 each -Handcart, $10 -Shop-Vac, $15 -1” Belt-8” Disk Sander, IMS, BDS-185, looks new, $100

AVW Video Library

This is just a reminder that items in the Video Library are available to dues-paid AVW members for a nominal, monthly rental fee of $2 per item. There is a catalog of library holdings where you can browse for items of interest. The videos are arranged by Catalog # in trays that are put out at every AVW meeting and, to sign out a particular item or items, simply fill out a line in the Sign-Out Sheet that is next to the DVDs and leave the $2/DVD fee in the red container. Remember to return DVDs at the next meeting.

Thanks! Support Our Friends!

http://www.mcfarlandsmill.com/ 587 Round Hill Road, Winchester, VA 22602 Phone: (540) 667-2272 FAX: (540) 722-6261 Hours: Mon-Fri 7:00-3:30; Thu 7:00-6:00; Sat 8:00-1:00 We all know and appreciate what McFarland's Mill does for our club. Please stop by to thank them for their help and, even better, purchase your turning supplies from them to support them for supporting us! Stephanie and Robert will appreciate your patronage, for sure. In case you don't already know, they carry a variety of items from the Rockler catalog and, if they do not have something in stock, they will order it for you (sale prices, discounts, and specials apply) and you will not have to pay for shipping... a good deal! Contact Stephanie by phone or email... [email protected]

http://www.exoticlumberinc.com/ 329 East 2nd Street, Frederick MD 21701 Phone: (301) 695-1271 Toll-Free: (888) 262-7338 Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00-4:30; First/Last Sat each month 9:00-1:00

Exotic , which started in Annapolis in 1994, operates as a specialty lumber yard with two operations to serve the Washington/Baltimore area. We ship lumber to customers throughout the United States and, with over 130 species in stock, we have one of the widest selections of lumber available on the East Coast. Our customers include cabinet makers, furniture makers, millwork shops, boat builders, woodturners, etc. We have no minimums - you can purchase 1 board or 1000bf. Have a look through the pages of our website as we constantly upload new images... email us, phone us or, better still, visit us at either our Annapolis or Frederick warehouses where you are most welcome to select your own lumber from our neatly stacked racks. You can also find us on Facebook! Show your AVW Membership Card to receive a 10% discount! Follow Other Virginia Clubs!

This is a new section of the newsletter that lists information about fellow wood-turning clubs in Virgina.

Capitol Area Woodturners Who: Serving NoVA, DC, and MD... 200 members, mostly hobbyists Contact: Bob Pezold, President, 703-799-1034, [email protected] Meetings: Bryant High School, 2709 Popkins Lane, Alexandria VA 22306... second Saturday of each month, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm. Web: http://www.capwoodturners.org/

Catoctin Area Turners Who: Serving western Loudoun County, Maryland... 70+ members of varying skills who are interested in learning and promoting the art of turning wood. Contact: Email form provided on the web site... no other contact information. Meetings: Thursday before the 3rd Saturday each month, 6:30-? pm at the Leesburg Volunteer Fire Department, 215 W. Loudoun Street, Leesburg, VA (Note: See web site for meeting exceptions in January and July.) Web: http://catoctinareaturners.org/v5/

Central Virginia Woodturners Who: Serving the foothills of the Shenandoah Valley and neighboring West Virginia... 69 members with skills ranging from novice to professional Contact: Dennis Hippen, President, [email protected] Meetings: Third Tuesday of each month, 7:00-9:30 pm, at the Crimora Community Center, 1648 New Hope and Crimora Road, Crimora, VA 24431, Web: http://www.centralvawoodturners.org/

Mid-Maryland Woodturners Club Who: Serving the Frederick, Maryland, area. Contact: Arnie Miles, President, [email protected] Meetings: Second Wednesday of each month, 7:00-? pm at Exotic Lumber, 329 East 2nd Street, Frederick, MD. (Note: limited parking, see web site for additional parking) Web: http://www.mmwtc.org/

TidewaterTurners Who: Serving the Norfolk, Virginia, area... 120 members dedicated to the craft of woodturning; sharing the interest and knowledge of woodturning; and promoting the advancement of skills. Contact: Dave Zurek, President, [email protected] Meetings: Fourth Tuesday of each month (except December), 6:30-8:30 pm, at the Woodcraft of Norfolk/Virginis Beach (The Shops at JANAF... map link provided) Web: http://tidewaterturners.net/ Follow Other Virginia Clubs! (cont.)

Woodturners of the Virginias Who: Serving the foothills of the Shenandoah Valley and neighboring West Virginia... 60 members with skills ranging from novice to professional Contact: [email protected] Meetings: First Saturday of each month, 9:00 am – noon, at Peter Shoemaker's "Phoenix Shop" at 5906 Main St., Mount Jackson, VA (Note: There is also a “skills enhancement” session held on the 3rd Saturday, same time/location, for hands-on, skill-building activities.) Web: http://www.woodturnersofthevirginias.org/

Mid-Atlantic Woodturning Symposium

Dear Chapter Officer, You may have heard from other sources about the first ever Mid Atlantic Woodturning Symposium. Our executive committee would like to make a special request to you to please share the following with your members. The event is a 2 day event with a total of 32 rotations. It will be held in Lancaster, PA on September 24-25, 2016. A limited number of hotel rooms are available at a special reduced rate in the Marriott Lancaster, the site of the event. We have a terrific lineup of demonstrators including Mike Mahoney, Binh Pho, Cindy Drozda, Al Stirt, Eric Lofstrom, Mark Sfirri, Kurt Hertzog, and Dennis Fuge. The rotation schedule will be published soon. We also have numerous vendors coming to display their turning related items at our tradeshow. Our website has links to each of the vendors. Registration is now open, and with the response so far, we expect to reach our limit of attendees and hotel reservations. If you are interested in attending, early registration is highly recommended. Please visit our website at http://www.mawts.com/ for more information. We hope to see you there! Thank you, Ron Sheehan, Vice President Richmond Woodturners Competition

We received the following competition invitation from a fellow club in Richmond. A copy of the rules and an entry form are included on subsequent pages. Dear Scott,

The Richmond Woodturners are hosting a Woodturning Exhibition and Competition on Saturday, April 30, 2016. Our club President, Ray Deyo, asked me, as Chairman of the Competition, to extend an invitation to you and members of your club to participate. There are four classes (Youth to Expert/Professional) and six categories (bowl, hollow form, lidded box, mandrel, spindle, free form, and embellished), plus an exhibition (not judged). There is no cost to enter the competition and ribbons are awarded in each class and category.

Entries can be dropped off at the Richmond Woodcraft store any time before 5:00 PM on April 28th. Entries may be removed after 5 PM on Saturday. Arrangements with Woodcraft or our club can be made if necessary to retrieve an entry after Saturday.

I have attached the rules and registration forms for more detailed information. Entry forms are also available at the Woodcraft store. Please share this information with your club and contact me, [email protected], if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Jim James P. O’Hanlon Chairman 2016 Woodturning Exhibition and Competition RICHMOND WOODTURNERS’ ANNUAL TURNING COMPETITION & EXHIBITION APRIL 30, 2016 Hosted by:

9862 W. Broad St., Glen Allen, VA 23060 [email protected] 804-355-3945

CATEGORIES

Bowl Hollow Form (vessels and ornaments) Lidded Box (Turning with removable lid or top) Mandrel (Pen, Atomizer, Magnifying Glass, Etc.) Spindle (traditional and eccentric, goblets and scoops) Free Form (artistic and non-functional) Turned and embellished (carved, burned, textured, colored, Etc.)

Exhibition Only (Not Judged)

ELIGIBLE CLASSES

Youth - Under 18 years old Adult Novice – (Any apply) turning less than 6 years, turned less than 50 pieces; still learning the basics; prior Youth Best of Show ribbon winner Adult Experienced- (Any apply) prior Novice Best of Show ribbon winner; turned more than 50 pieces; comfortable with turning techniques; demonstrator at club events; may sell at craft shows Expert/Professional – (Any apply) prior Advanced Best of Show ribbon winner; serious turner with extensive experience; teacher of turning techniques/classes; demonstrator at major events/symposia; sells pieces at art shows/galleries; works displayed/published in national magazines ENTRY RULES

1. Competition is open to all turners. 2. All turning entries must have been produced within the last 12 months. 3. All entries must be turned on a lathe and made primarily of wood without the use of any form of duplicator. Synthetic materials may be used as accents; mandrel entries can be made of any material. 4. Entries must be dropped off with completed entry forms by Thursday, APRIL 28. 5. A maximum of six pieces may be entered with no more than two pieces in any one category, except Exhibition Only has no limit and will not be judged. 6. Turnings will be judged on appeal, technique, creativity, and finish. 7. Entrants are responsible for placing their entry in the appropriate category, however, the judges, at their discretion, may move a turning into a more appropriate category. 8. All entries will be available for public viewing Saturday, April 30 and may be removed after 5pm. 9. Winner must be agreeable to having his/her picture taken and posted in the store and on the store’s and RW websites/Facebook pages at the conclusion of the competition. 10. Judges’ decisions are final. 11.Every precaution to make sure entries are protected and handled properly will be taken, but submissions are at the risk of the entrant.

AWARDS

First Place - Blue Ribbon Second place - Red Ribbon Third place - White Ribbon Honorable Mention – Yellow Ribbon Best of Show - prize will be awarded in each eligible class Richmond Woodturners’ 2016 TURNING COMPETITION & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION FORM Fill out one form for each item entered. Fill out both top and lower portion of form. Upper portion will be retained for RW records; lower portion will be attached to your entry when it is registered for competition. There is no entry fee for this competition.

Entry No. ______(Leave Blank) INDICATE LEVEL OF ELIGIBILITY

Youth Adult Novice Adult Experienced Expert/Professional

PLEASE PRINT: Name ______

Address ______

City ______State ______Zip Code ______

Phone ______Email ______

Category ______Piece name/description ______

Please check if you would like to be notified of next year’s competition.

Check if you would like to receive by email the RW newsletter for 3 months

------Entry No. ______(Leave Blank)

Category ______Piece name/description ______

Additional forms can be obtained from: www.woodcraftrichmond.com or www.richmodwoodturners.org

ENTRIES WITH ACCOMPANYING REGISTRATION FORMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THURSDAY April 28

EACH ENTRY MUST HAVE ITS OWN ENTRY FORM SAFETY MATTERS: From the Eye of a Survivor AW, vol 29, no 3 2014 ASSESS YOUR RISK Lynne Yamaguchi

The point of this exercise is not to get precise numbers, but to get a sense of the range of potential impacts you may encounter in the kind of turning you do.

1. Choose an unturned blank that is 3. Choose a few lathe speeds typical typical of what you turn. Weigh of what you would use for a blank it and a finished object of similar of your chosen size. Divide each size, using kilograms as your unit. lathe speed by 60 to convert it to Divide the weights—half, a third, revolutions per second. a quarter, a fifth—to estimate the My riot helmet and half-mask respirator Photo: Karen Barber weight of typical fragments. 4. Multiply the circumference by the converted lathe speeds 2. Convert the diameter of your blank to get the velocities in meters 5. Find the kinetic energy (the and object to meters and multiply by per second. energy of an object in motion) π (3.14) to get their circumference. of the potential projectiles by multiplying mass times veloc- ity² times ½, or ½mv². In other Comparison of kinetic energy values words, plug the velocities and KE the estimated weights of various Regulatory test or example Condition (joules) fragments into the following Z87.1 non-impact test 1" steel ball dropped from 50" 0.8 formula: Z87.1 high-velocity impact test: glasses ¼" steel ball traveling 150 ft/sec 1.1 0.5 × kg × m/sec² = joules Z87.1 high-velocity impact test: faceshield ¼" steel ball traveling 300 ft/sec 4.4 (Notice that, in contrast to mass, Z87.1 penetration test 500-g pointed projectile dropped from 50" 6.2 velocity affects kinetic energy AS/NZS 1337.1 high impact resistance test 6-mm 0.86-g steel ball traveling 1 6.2 exponentially.) EN 166 medium energy impact test 20 m/sec AS/NZS 1337.1 extra high impact resistance test 6-mm 0.86-g steel ball traveling 6. Compare the numbers you get 15.5 EN 166 high energy impact test 190 m/sec with the following figures: 0104.02 impact test 5.1-kg assembly traveling 6.6 m/sec 111.1 • 4.4 joules: the impact standard 0104.02 penetration test 3-kg pointed striker dropped from 3.00 m 88.2 for American faceshields 1-kg fragment of 10"-dia. vessel • 15.5 joules: the impact My accident 127. 2 turning at 1200 rpm standard for European 0.05-kg fragment of 7"-dia. bowl (“high energy resistant”) Bowl fragment 1 3.1 turning at 1200 rpm and Australian and New 0.05-kg fragment of 7"-dia. bowl Zealand (“extra high impact Bowl fragment 2 10.5 turning at 2200 rpm resistant”) faceshields 0.05-kg fragment of 12"-dia. platter Platter fragment 1 9.2 • 111.1 joules: the impact stan- turning at 1200 rpm dard for American riot helmets 0.2-kg fragment of 12"-dia. platter Platter fragment 2 36.6 turning at 1200 rpm Is your faceshield adequate?