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A Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners A Chapter of The American Association of Woodturners Volume 19, Issue 3 The woodturners local resource March 2014 Presidents Message Quick Updates The facts of our situation are these: we are paying $175 per Northwest Woodturners month to store the clubs equipment and in the near future our meetings are held on the 1st Thursday of each month 7:00PM access to Franklin High School is going to end. We had no idea Franklin High School how good we had it back in the days of our meetings at February 2014 Challenge ChemWest. As I see it, NWWT faces two pressing problems, 1) March Challenge...eggs we have no permanent location to hold our monthly meetings April Challenge… toy and demonstrations and 2) we have no place to hold classes. We President know membership and participation has dropped over the last Mike Meredith two years. I am pretty certain that the problems mentioned [email protected] phone 503-522-0531 above are contributing to this loss. It is possible that an associa- tion with the Multnomah Art Center (MAC) provides an answer to both our issues. V. Presidents On Tuesday, 25 February, a meeting was held at the MAC concerning the development of a MikeWebb & Bill Giffin woodworking/ woodturning facility. Present were myself, and David Williams for NWWT; Secretary Joe Jedrychowski was there wearing two hats, NWWT and the Oregon Guild of Woodwork- Open ers; Dale Larson and Gary Sundquist represented Cascade Woodturners. Members of the carving club and other representatives of area woodworking organization were also present. Treasurer Michael Walsh represented the MAC. Roger Crooks When NWWT met in January in Cottage 5, the thought was that building could become a Members-at- Large workshop and meeting place for NWWT. The consensus of the membership was that the loca- Richard Hall tion, the Multnomah Arts Center, would be satisfactory. There was some question about Max McBurnett whether the room itself was big enough for our meetings. The question of space was rein- Bob Mach forced when we began laying out the location of machinery to be located in the room. The Steve Newberry availability of the large auditorium addresses the question of space. I think it seems more likely Jim Schoeffel that we could meet in the auditorium. We could have a lathe and other meeting items, in- Librarian cluding the library, stored in the building. Eventually, meeting supplies would probably be Denvy Larson used jointly with Cascade Woodturners. Cottage 5 would be renovated into a woodworking Lynne Hemmert space that we could use for classes and other hands-on events. Raffle Let us be clear that this new meeting space will cost money. There is a $50 per month fee to John Neumann gain access to the facility as a subscribing organization. That gets us significant reduction on the rental rates when we do use one of the rooms. Meeting in the auditorium will cost us $25 an Supplies hour, a very reasonable fee. Use of the cottage/workshop would be about the same. If we Roger Crooks were able to store some equipment on the premises the rate would be $.65 per cubic foot per month. So in a month where we held a three-hour club meeting and a four hour learn to turn Newsletter & Web Barbara Hall it would cost NWWT $225. Twelve such months would cost us $2700 per year. There would Jim Schoeffel be months when a monthly meeting was the only function to be held. Those months would be, of course, less expensive. But, I think the class activities are among the most important Official Greeters functions of this club so I think we better budget with that in mind. That means the fi- Jim Moore nancial footing of Northwest Woodturners must change. Clearly, a new business model for Northwest Woodturners needs to be defined. What that model looks like is yet to MyFamily Administrator Owen Lowe be defined but we can be sure it's going to cost every member a little bit more. Howev- [email protected] PagePage 3 2 Volume 19, Issue 1 President’s Message - Continued er, I am also pretty sure that a revitalized, dynamic Northwest Woodturners will attract new members and encourage the old ones to remain active. David Williams is undertaking the design for renovation of the cottage. These renovations would include upgrading the electrical system in the building, installing a digital key system and dust removal system, better lighting, installing lock- able storage cabinets and removal of the carpet to be replaced by a more practical floor. A rough estimate of the cost is $20,000. I think a good guess is that between NWWT and Cascade Woodturners we are going to have to come up with about $10,000 in cash, material and sweat equity. As I said, our financial footing will be changing. As I know more, you will no more. As I know more, you will no more. This is the time for a true discussion to begin. I'll take the first unpopular step by suggesting that beginning in 2015 our dues increase to $50 a year. That's $15 a year or $1.25 more per month. I would also suggest if you can make an outright donation (like maybe an extra $15) to Northwest Woodturners, Roger would be happy to deposit your check or swipe your card. You also need to deposit your ideas. How do we go about raising money? How do we sustain club income to fund new opportunities? It's really very simple, if Northwest Woodturners has value to us, we are going to have to pay for that value. Mike Our march demonstrator ….. Jim hall Jim says, “I will be bringing a hand-out for each attendee at the meeting that will give a picture of what I do. I think that is the important point of this whole thing, not just what I have done. So I will be handing out some six pages that briefly note my philosophy as well as how I go about doing the things I do and finally where you get some of he materials and tools to accomplish the treatment on and to the pieces.” Should be interesting! Library Wagon News: february … 2014 So many books, so many DVD’s and so little space in this newsletter, so I will get busy. This month I have chosen “Segmented Turning” by Bill Kandler. “Techniques and Projects for Beginner to Pro” We have so many books in our Library, it is difficult to pick just one. Example: this month we have 4 new publications that were added to our library. I will have them in stock-ready for you to check out at out next meeting. We also have 84 publications that have been checked out and have not been returned but may be returned at our next meeting. Your Library is run on an honor system, check it out and return it. Thanks. In Bill’s book, page two, Paragraph 1.1, “What Kinds of Things Can You Make?” The list is there! Paragraph 1.2, “What’s in this Book?” “ …I’ll talk about:” “Tools of the Art/Trade, Designing a Project, Selecting Your Materials, Pre- paring Your Materials, Cutting Rings, Gluing Rings, Flattening Rings, Mounting Your Piece for Turning, Stacking up the Project, Sanding, Finishing, Photographing the Result, Documenting Your Masterpiece, And when we’re finished with that, I’ll lead you through a photo essay of one of my project where I’ll try to bring all this into focus on an actual segmented vessel.” Not all wood turners focus on segmented turnings, so I am assuring you, we have a great library where you, my friend and fellow wood turner will find probably what you are looking for. See you at the next meeting. Check your shelf, if you have an item to return to the library, or donate, bring it. See you there. Denvy Larson, Librarian Volume 19, Page 3 Page 3 Volume 19, Issue 1 George Lailey: Wood Pole Lathe Turner: (1869–1958) Lailey lived in Miles Green, near the Berkshire village of Bucklebury Common. Both his grandfa- ther, George William Lailey (1782–1871) and his father William (1847–1912) were also bowl- turners, specializing in the production of bowls and plates from elm wood using a pole lathe. George Lailey was particularly noted for his exceptional skill of turning bowls in a 'nest', one in- side another. After being mentioned in Henry Vollam Morton's popular 1927 book, In Search of England, Lailey's work became increasingly desirable, and he began signing and dating his pieces. Lailey Nesting Bowls Lailey's workshop had the form of a Grubenhaus (a sunken-floored building of early medi- aeval type), though it dated from the nineteenth century. He did not install an electricity supply, although one was available. Lailey made a variety of items (including wooden ladles); but concentrated mainly on bowls, and produced them in a variety of sizes. For bowls, elm logs were seasoned for at least two years, sawn with a crosscut saw, and then trimmed using a side axe; the blanks were then roughly turned, stored for a further short period and finished on the lathe. He applied a polish of beeswax and turmeric root. Lailey made most of his specialist tools. Wooden bowls were the standard eating vessel across Europe from about 500AD to 1600AD. When Lailey passed away at the age of 89, turning a bowl the day before he died; this rich international scope of ancient technology died with him.
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