The CNEW Skew © 2012, Central New England Woodturners

Next Meeting - Thursday, Dec. 6, 2010 - 5:00 PM Demo Topic: Holiday Party Speaker: Meeting Minutes: 11/1/2012 Eric Holmquist

Learn & Turn: None Attendance: 30 +/-

Leader:  Charley ran a quick business meeting in Dave’s absence.  Visitor: Jack Locke, Holden  Previous minutes accepted  December meeting at potluck dinner and elections will be held  Jim Metcalf brought in fresh beeswax that has high oil content and will be great for finishing  Need articles, product reviews, book & video reviews, etc. for the newsletter  Project Goodwill in Boston raised $2,900 plus a matching grant  Cheryl found a new distributor for the Crush Grind mechanisms that should be a better deal than buying from retailers such as Craft Supply  Worcester Center for Crafts craft show is Thanksgiving weekend. Contact Reid Gilmore for details  Bill LeClerc mentioned the Wood Show in Springfield, January 11,12,12 2013. We will share a booth with Western Mass Woodturners and Central Connecticut Woodturners. Sign up with Bill to ensure this event is well supported Crush Grind Mechanisms

Crush Grind by Ideas Denmark The US distributor is in Ontario, Canada. Use spray lacquer, spray shellac or CA glue to stiffen wood fibers on torn or bruised grain areas Cam Lavers Designs Inc./CrushGrind.us when power sanding on the lathe. Spray the 5 Erinwood Drive damaged grain area, let it dry for a few minutes and resume sanding. Erin, ON NOB 1TO 905-703-8112 In This Issue Minutes 1 www.crushgrind.us Show & Tell 2,3

CrushGrind WOOD $12.95 US Demo—Ornaments– Frank White 4, 5 CrushGrind SHAFT 123 mm $7.95 US Learn & Turn 56,7 CrushGrind SHAFT 260 mm $12.95 US Club Information 8 CrushGrind SHAFT 470 mm $14.95 US

Frank White

Officers for 2012: President Dave Eaton, Natick MA 508-353-4129 [email protected]

Membership Application Vice-President Jim Metcalf, North Brookfield MA 508-867-4245 To join or renew membership, please complete this [email protected] form and a check made payable to CNEW and bring it to a CNEW meeting or mail it to: Treasurer Mike Peters, Sutton MA 508-865-0392 [email protected] Treasurer, Central New England Woodturners c/o Mike Peters Secretary Eric Holmquist, South Windsor CT 860-289-4791 3 Forge LA [email protected] Sutton, MA 01590 Newsletter Editor Art Bodwell, Holden, MA 508-829-9951 Annual dues: $30 including e-mail delivery of newsletter; $35 for postal delivery of [email protected] newsletter. Show and Tell Photographer Peter Wilcox, Boylston MA 508-869-6180 pwil- [email protected] Video Librarian Ray Asselin, Wilbraham MA 413-596-8292 [email protected] Central New England Woodturners Project Goodwill Coord. Charlie Croteau, Worcester MA 508-756-2049 A Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners [email protected] WCC Show Coordinator Reid Gilmore, Upton MA 508-603-1248 [email protected] Learn 'N Turn Coord. Richard Hunt, Auburn MA 508-832-4425 [email protected] Video Equip. Steward Art Bodwell, Holden MA 508-829-9951 [email protected] Big Name Demo Coord. Earl Powell, Woburn MA 781-756-0603 [email protected] Club Store Manager Joe Giroux, Marlborough, MA 508-229-7769 [email protected] Find us on the web @ www.cnew.org Contributing Editor Steve Reznek, Concord MA 978-287-4821 [email protected]

Membership Application To join or renew membership, please complete this form and a check made payable to CNEW and bring it to a CNEW meeting or mail it to: Treasurer, Central New England Woodturners c/o Mike Peters 3 Forge Lane Sutton, MA 01590

Annual dues: $30 including e-mail delivery of newsletter; $35 for postal delivery of newsletter. Name: ______Please check appropriately below Street: ______New Member City: ______Returning Member State: ______& Zip: ______e-Mail Newsletter ($30.00) e-Mail: ______Snail Mail Newsletter ($35.00) Please let us know of your interests: How long have you been turning? ______What programs would you like to see at meetings? ______Would you like to demonstrate at a meeting? Yes/No If so, what topics do you offer? ______

Next Meeting - Thursday, Nov. 1, 2010 - 5:00 PM Demo Topic: Ornaments Speaker: Frank White Meeting Minutes: 10/4/2012 Eric Holmquist

Learn & Turn: Ornaments Attendance: 30 +/-

Leader:  Charley ran a quick business meeting in Dave’s absence.

 Previous minutes accepted

 Charley talked about the great success of “Miracles of Motion”, Orange County, Ca for Project Goodwill. They raised over $1M!

 Charley has flat stock available,

 Bill Leclerc sent around a signup sheet for the Wood Show, West Springfield, January 4,5,6 2013. The current plan is to have one large booth with CNEW, WMW, and CCW.

Treasurer Report:

Start $4,000 Income $815 Exp. $812 Bal. $4003

Support the CNEW store and video rentals!!

To quickly clean abrasive disks when power sand- November 23, 10:00-5:00 ing, mount a crepe abrasive cleaner near your November 24, 10:00-5:00 headstock. When your abrasive disk begins to clog, sand the crepe cleaner block for a second or November 25, 11:00-4:00 two and resume sanding.

All CNEW members are In This Issue encouraged to provide Craft Show, Minutes 1 Shop Safety—Kevin Nee 2 items for sale. Show & Tell 3, 4, 5 If interested, contact Reid Gilmore at Mentors 55 [email protected] Demo—Peppermills—Bill Leclerc 6,7 Learn & Turn Or 508-603-1248 7 Club Information 8 Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 1 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 9, October 2012 knew the wood was cracked, and I had wrapped the outside with duct tape, but apparently not enough to Shop Safety hold it together. I didn’t even get a catch, wasn’t even touching a tool to the wood: the crack just gave. The Kevin Nee vessel broke into three pieces; I think one piece split when it hit the wall. The piece that hit me weighs a little over a kilogram. I had removed my face shield, - How many people have a project so only my half mask respirator and glasses (with pol- ycarbonate lenses) were between me and the wood. around the shop that looks like this? Pretty much all of the bones in the left half of my face were fractured. My jaw doesn’t seem to have been injured. My eyeball did not rupture. In August while turning this 14 inch Birch Burl Bowl Surgery the following day repaired the bone damage. I it suddenly it exploded taking with it the overhead flu- lucked out in having as a surgeon one of the doctors orescent light bulbs causing a very loud noise. I turned who pieced Gabrielle Gifford’s eye orbit back togeth- away not knowing what exactly what had happened. er. He used four titanium plates to reconstruct my The lathe still running with a very unbalanced piece face, and he also stitched my eyelids back together. was bouncing around, (POWERMATIC 3520B) After I’m told I look “100% better” than before the surgery, getting the lathe turned off and assessing the damage I so he did a great job. And he did the surgery through thought that I was lucky that I was not injured and to the roof of my mouth, so there won’t be any scarring be just out a couple of light bulbs. My first thought apart from my eyelids. Remarkable! The ophthalmolo- was I have got to start wearing my face shield. I was gist who saw me pre-surgery and two days after was ANGRY that I lost a $150 bowl. astonished at how good I looked. He had expected me to be swollen to the size of a watermelon, based on my FAST FORWARD EARLY OCTOBER pre-surgery state. I can talk and eat soft food with I answered an ad on craigslist for some BURLS the small bites, and my energy level is good and improv- gentleman told me he had quit turning and was selling ing daily. his BURLS I took a ride to Connecticut just over the I’ve since learned that the lens in my left eye has been border and was expected to meet with an older man displaced, which will require surgery to correct. The who was giving up turning. It was a man about 35. I real question is whether the retina and optic nerve are asked why he had given up turning. He had an acci- damaged, for concussive damage to them would not dent with a bowl that had exploded and hit him in the be reparable. There is still too much blood in the eye face. He had to be LIFE FLIGHTED to a hospital se- to see what’s going on, so it may be a few weeks be- vere damage to his face & teeth. He was happy that fore I know if my vision can be restored. I am hopeful, they could do most of the repair from inside of the because when the accident first happened, I couldn’t mouth. $30,000 (yes thirty thousand dollars of dental see anything. After the surgery, I could see some light, work) He looked good considering. The ride home and by the next day, I could detect motion as well, was full of thought that it could have been me. I decid- with a black hole in the center of everything; that’s the ed to upgrade my face protection. The next day while holding status of my vision for now. So, please, con- surfing the internet I came across the following article. centrate any positive thoughts you want to send me on my having an attached, intact retina and healthy optic nerve; this will offer me the

An accident best chance at full recovery.

Thank you so much for your

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Lynne Yamaguchi: prayers and positive wishes. Your individual and collective I had a terrible accident with my lathe last Friday af- support means so much to me. ternoon, September 21. A large (10-inch-diameter), I have high hopes for full re- heavy, partially hollowed mesquite vessel came apart covery, thanks to all your good while rotating at about 1200 rpm (too fast, I know). I wishes.

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Current CNEW Mentors

Below is a list of members willing to spend their valuable free time with other members in hope of helping to promote education and skill building by sharing of their knowledge. Anyone interested in being "Mentored" by a more advanced or seasoned turner please contact one of the members below. RICK ANGUS - Moosup CT 860-564-3660 [email protected] RAY ASSELIN - Wilbraham MA 413-596-8292 [email protected] RAY BOUTOTTE - Lancaster MA 978-368-0004 [email protected] DAVE EATON - Natick MA 508-653-6364 [email protected] AL FAUL - Leominster MA 978-534-3683 [email protected]

Bill Leclerc

Officers for 2012: President Dave Eaton, Natick MA 508-353-4129 [email protected]

Next Meeting - Thursday, Oct. 4, 2010 - 5:00 PM Current CNEW Mentors Demo Topic: Small Peppermills Speaker: Bill Leclerc Below is a list of members willing to spend Learn & Turn: Small Bowls their valuable free time with other members in hope of helping to promote education and Leader: Todd Heino skill building by sharing of their knowledge. Anyone interested in being "Mentored" by a more advanced or seasoned turner please President’s Message: contact one of the members below. Dave Eaton RICK ANGUS - Moosup CT

860-564-3660 [email protected] This last month's demo was RAY ASSELIN - Wilbraham MA once again a great hit with 413-596-8292 [email protected] CNEW hosting the world re- - nowned Binh Pho, a gifted and talented RAY BOUTOTTE Lancaster MA carver, painter and piercing specialist. 978-368-0004 [email protected] Thanks again to Jerry Sambrook and crew DAVE EATON - Natick MA for making the event possible! Of course 508-653-6364 [email protected] your turn is soon to come as 'tis the time of AL FAUL - Leominster MA - year to start thinking of club elections what 978-534-3683 [email protected] will you do for CNEW in the coming year?

Measuring the height of the tool rest is not important. Riding the bevel of the gouge on the Regards, Dave wood is important. The tool rest has to be at whatever height makes that happen while the handle of the tool is held in a comfortable Website of the month: working position. Woodturningvideosplus.com In This Issue Very informative web site by professional woodturner Steven D. Russell. This site provides President’s Message , Mentors, Tips 1 tool reviews, resource links, interesting tips, video Editor’s Comments, Lathe Speed 2 tips, glossary of terms, woodturning education arti- Benefits of AAW membership 3 cles and other useful information for all levels of woodturners. You can also sign up for a monthly Binh Pho Demonstration Photos 24-6 email newsletter, “lathe talk”. All in all, worth a Product of the Month 7 look. Club Information 8 Art Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 1 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 8, September 2012 How fast should I run my lathe? Meeting Minutes: 9/4/201 Eric Holmquist By: Kurt Hertzog, AAW

A brief business meeting was held The question often asked, especially by newcomers, is Attendance: 30 +/- "how fast should my lathe be running?" The answer, President: as facetious as it sounds, is "it depends." The guiding

principle must always be that you run the lathe no Dave reported that project Goodwill raised over  faster than is safe. Generally, the quality of the cut is $1,000,000 this year. Charley sends his thanks better with the wood moving faster by the edge than  October & November learn/turn open. Dave slower. That is, of course, with sharp tools and appro- asked for volunteers priate tool presentation and there is a point of dimin- --  Need an October demo ishing returns. Depending on the activity roughing, interrupted cuts, finishing cuts, detailing, sanding -- Keith Tompkins will demo at Western Mass  different speeds are appropriate. Woodturners at their October Meeting (re- scheduled from September meeting). Cost is $15 There are many things that will influence your deter- Support the CNEW store and video rentals!! mination of how fast to run your lathe. These include: size and balance of the material; size of the lathe; mounting technique; cut being performed; tool being Editor’s Comments: used; your experience; and more. Again, the overrid- From time to time, articles, infor- ing factor is safety. Never turn any faster than is safe mation of interest and product high- and that you feel comfortable with. If you have any lights will appear as space permits. doubts, always err on the side of safety. Going slower and making judicious increases in speed, if appropriate, will be a much wiser choice. If anyone has an article or product they feel would Good practice when turning on a lathe, for everyone be worth sharing, please send me the information. If from the beginner to the professional, is to know what you have written an article, as have several mem- the speed is set, prior to turning on the lathe. Set the bers this year, send it along. Everything received speed to be slower and safer than needed prior to turn- will be stockpiled for future use, again, as space ing on the lathe. After ensuring that the speed is safe, permits. This newsletter is for the members, the double checking the work mounting, and checking for more the members contribute, the better it is. rotational clearance between the work and the tool rest, you are now ready to turn on the lathe. Be sure In this issue you will see an article on lathe speed you are positioned safely when turning on the lathe and one on the benefits of AAW membership, both and then speed up the lathe from your safe start up

reprints from the AAW website. I would highly rec- speed to your desired turning speed. ommend AAW membership, if for no other reason Rotations Per Minute is really not a useful concept in than receiving the magazine six times a year. It woodturning. Surface feet per minute, however, is an alone is worth the price of membership. important consideration. A pen blank might be safely turned at thousands of RPM while a 30” platter might only be safe at a couple of hundred RPM. Always be Also in this issue is a an article about Vermont Nat- cognizant of the size and speed relationship with your ural Coating. Their PolyWhey product was intro- lathe speed selection. Always remember that there is duced to us by Eric Holmquist when he used it on no advantage to going faster than appropriate. Not on- some of his air brushed items. I have used it on ly do you put safety at risk but you gain no improve- several projects and find it very easy to use, while ment in work quality or rate. Start slow, speed up as is providing an excellent, durable finish. It is virtually safe. odorless and for those ecologically concerned

among us, very environmentally friendly. Art Reprinted from AAW website Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 2 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 8, September 2012

Benefits of AAW Membership  Six issues of American Woodturner annually  Automatic participation in periodic drawings for prizes  Access to all past issues of American Woodturner viewable through the website members area  Access to machine-readable American Woodturner issues for those members who are visually impaired and utilize screen reading software.  Marketing opportunities on our website for artists, collectors, galleries and museums  Group rates for health and life insurance  Group rates for commercial business insurance  Bodily injury insurance for chapter-affiliated demonstrations or events under the liability insurance that AAW provides to local chapters  Savings of up to 50% on AAW merchandise, including project books, DVDs, logo apparel and more  Merchant discounts available exclusively to AAW members  Eligibility to apply for AAW Educational Opportunity Grants  AAW Forum and member-only access to articles and resources on our website  Eligibility to vote in AAW board elections if a member before the end of August in that year.  Eligibility to apply for membership in the Professional Outreach Program (POP).  Access to POP Fellowship grants.  Exhibit opportunities - AAW members may enter work for the annual juried member exhibit featured at the Symposium, the Gallery of Wood Art in St. Paul, and other venues.  Annual International AAW Woodturning symposium.Demonstration opportunities at AAW symposiums. AAW Resource Directory that contains a complete listing of contact information for members, local chapters, demonstrators, and other woodturning resources. Updated listings are available to members through the AAW website.  More than 300 AAW local chapters that offer workshops, camaraderie, opportunities to share ideas and techniques, and access to lending libraries, discounts, and volume purchases. Online ($43 per year) All of the benefits listed above Available to all members, both new and current/renewing - worldwide. Online members do not received printed versions of the American Woodturner journal and the " Resource Directory, available through online access. AAW membership cards will be supplied in a self-print format via email or through the members' area of the website, logon required. General ($53 per year) All of the benefits listed above, including home delivery of six printed issues of American Woodturner annually and the "Resource Directory" bi-annually

See AAW website for additional membership types (www.woodturner.org) Reprinted from AAW website Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 3 CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 8, September 2012

“My work primarily reflects the Far East culture and my Journey to the West. I love to bring the beauty of nature and hand-creation techniques together to create character and soul in a piece.” Thin Wall Turning Demo

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Officers for 2012: President Dave Eaton, Natick MA 508-353-4129 [email protected]

Next Meeting - Thursday, Sept. 6, 2010 - 5:00 PM Current CNEW Mentors Demo Topic: Speaker: Binh Pho Below is a list of members willing to spend Learn & Turn: None their valuable free time with other members in hope of helping to promote education and Leader: None skill building by sharing of their knowledge. Anyone interested in being "Mentored" by a more advanced or seasoned turner please President’s Message: contact one of the members below. Dave Eaton RICK ANGUS - Moosup CT

860-564-3660 [email protected] We had another good meeting in RAY ASSELIN - Wilbraham MA August with Reid Gilmore running the Learn and Turn to make 413-596-8292 [email protected] refrigerator magnets. I understand there was so RAY BOUTOTTE - Lancaster MA much interest and the lathes were so busy the guys 978-368-0004 [email protected] almost ran out of wood and material. Just goes to show how popular the Learn and Turn remains even DAVE EATON - Natick MA after many years of running it. Remember we run it 508-653-6364 [email protected] almost every month starting at 5pm. Come on by! AL FAUL - Leominster MA Rich Angus was kind enough to perform the month- 978-534-3683 [email protected] ly demo on Texturing and Coloring. He had some various woods he burnt, scraped, sanded and colored for a variety of effects. Most of the forms were At over 14,000 members, the American Association simple bud vases with green, gold and other col- of Woodturners, (AAW) is the largest organization ors layered on. in the world dedicated to the advancement of I'll look forward to the next meeting where we will woodturning. The Association consists of over 300 have world renowned turner Bin Pho showing us local and internet based chapters worldwide. his special art of piercing and decorating. We won't be holding a LNT or Show and tell but bring things In This Issue in the following meeting. Although we didn't discuss a club challenge perhaps the October meeting President’s Message , Mentors 1 we can bring in pierced, carved, colored or other- Minutes, Franks Picnic 2 wise colored turnings since we are sure to learned Binh Pho Demo information 2-3 many techniques to try out in both August and Sep- Show & Tell 24-5 tember. See you soon and keep turning! Rick Angus Demo—Texturing & Coloring 6-7 Regards, Dave Club Information 8

Meeting Minutes: 8/2/201 Eric Holmquist Attendance: 30 +/- Visitor: Cliff Freedom of San Diego President:  Previous Minutes Accepted  Bad Dog Burls trip was well attended, around 20 people showed up, enjoyed a great barbeque and bought even nicer burls  Picnic at Frank White’s home was great fun. Everyone was amazed by the beautiful garden and Frank’s bountiful wood supply.  September demo will be Binh Pho with a cover charge of $20. There will be a minimal business meeting with no Show and Tell  Discussion held on the January Big E Wood- working Show. Motion passed to join forces with Central CT Woodturners and Western Mass Woodturners in a single extra large booth.  Central CT Woodturners has a booth at the Heb- ron Harvest Fair September 6-9, CNEW is welcome to participate. Contact Joe Stajduhar [email protected] if interested in either demoing or selling.  Binh Pho will be doing an all day demo in Lebanon CT on September 8, cover charge is $25. Contact Lynda Zibbideo lzib- [email protected] if interested  Big Leaf Maple Burl group buy being organized by Bob Lebreq. Bob Lebreq also led a discussion on Band Saw Safety  Hands on Tool Demo – Eric Holmquist on Artic- ulated Arm Hollowing Systems  Dave Eaton encouraged folks to conduct more Hands on Tool Demos on the big lathe during the Learn and Turn time window. If anyone has some new/unusual tool that they are willing to bring in and let folks try out before the meeting, please do so.  Main Demo – Rick Angus on Coloring and Tex- turing turnings Treasurer: Starting balance $4154 Income $43 Expenses $97 Closing Balance $4,100 Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 2 CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 7, August 2012 I will demonstrate how to use a conventional bowl gouge to Coming to CNEW turn a bowl with 1/16” wall thick- September 6, 2012 ness, using green wood and a light “My work primarily reflects the Far East source to gauge the wall thick- culture and my Journey to the West. I love ness. If you are to bring the beauty of nature and hand- intimidated with the thin wall turning now, please creation techniques together to create char- come to see this demo, I guarantee that it will change acter and soul in a piece.” your mind.

PIERCING TECHNIQUE ON THIN Biography: WALL TURNING On April 30, 1975 the war was ended in Vietnam. Binh began his flight from Vietnam and after  Bowl or vessel preparation for piercing. several attempts finally Septem-  Piercing tools selec- ber 29, 1978 Binh Pho and 38 tion, their availability companions reached the Freedom on the market Soil after seven days on the small boat floating across the Gulf of  Piercing techniques Siam to Malaysia. Due to vast numbers of refugees at that time, he spent eight Confused about what kind months in a Refugee Camp located on a deserted of tool can cut the intricate lacey like pattern, come to island outside of Kuala Lumpur. see this demo, I will demonstrate the piercing tech- The date was May 7, 1979 when he was re-united nique that I use the ultra speed dental drill to cut with his family in St. Louis, Missouri after four of the longest years of his life. Now he resides in Maple Park, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, where he designed and built a 1,500 square-foot stu- dio next to the house.

Presentation outline

TURNING THIN WALL BOWL 1/16” thickness wood like butter. I also discuss the design possibilities of using negative spaces to enhance the colorful airbrush design.  Using conventional bowl gouge to turn a thin wall, open bowl in green wood The will be a small admission charge  Using light source to gauge wall thickness of $20/person for this very special  Using home made scraper to shear scrape the surface event

DemoDemo——RickRick AngusAngus

Officers for 2012: President Dave Eaton, Natick MA 508-353-4129 [email protected]

Next Meeting - Thursday, August 2, 2010 - 5:00 PM Current CNEW Mentors Demo Topic: Texturing, Coloring Speaker: Rick Angus Below is a list of members willing to spend Learn & Turn: Fridge Magnet their valuable free time with other members in hope of helping to promote education and Leader: Dave Eaton skill building by sharing of their knowledge. Anyone interested in being "Mentored" by a more advanced or seasoned turner please President’s Message: contact one of the members below. Dave Eaton RICK ANGUS - Moosup CT

860-564-3660 [email protected] Hello everyone, sorry I RAY ASSELIN - Wilbraham MA didn't make a last month's 413-596-8292 [email protected] meeting but I understand it - was a good time with Jerry Sambrook doing RAY BOUTOTTE Lancaster MA a demonstration of thin stem goblets without 978-368-0004 [email protected] using a tail stock for support. Come again DAVE EATON - Natick MA next month for another exciting demonstra- 508-653-6364 [email protected] tion as always. AL FAUL - Leominster MA Don't forget also that there is a club picnic at 978-534-3683 [email protected] Frank White's house on July 21 and then the following weekend on July 28 we have our If you need to use superglue (CA glue) to fix a visit to Bad Dog Burls. Rob Doyle will be crack, you can stop the glue staining the wood by hosting a cook out for us to enjoy by cook- applying sanding sealer to the wood before using the glue. If you are in the middle of turning, you can ing up some ribs and chicken with us turn the surface again to get rid of the sanding sealer providing the side dishes. Be sure to bring once all the gluing is done. something to share. Keep turning and I we'll see you soon. In This Issue President’s Message , Mentors 1 PS: Frank is at 26 Cottage St West Brookfield MA 01585 and Bad Dog Burls Minutes, Binh Pho, 2 is at 26 Barton Ave Belchertown, MA 01007 Wet Turning-Marty Ring, create interesting vessel 2-3 Long Stem Goblets—Jerry Sambrook 24-5

Show & Tell 6 Regards, Dave Learn & Turn—Pens –Richard Hunt 77 Club Information 8 Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 1 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 6, July 2012 Turning Green Wood

Meeting Minutes: 7/5/201 Art Bodwell for Eric Attendance: 23 Visitor: Russ & son Alexander Marty Ring President: Nothing pleases me more than to turn No President agenda really wet green wood. The smell is Jerry Sambrook chaired meeting in Dave’s absence awesome, especially the local cherries Coming Events: and maples! This spring was so early and slow that a significant amount of wet logs become available as August 19 – Open Shop at Eric Holmquist shop in early as February - the South Windsor CT, All day 9:00 AM till when maple was running in

ever February! (And people September meeting—Binh Pho were doing yard Treasurer: work!!) Along with Starting balance $4,089 some local cherry, hick- ory, pear and apple, I

Income $215 got three logs of really This is what most of my logs look like after halving. The entire pith has been Expenses $150 nice Ambrosia maple removed and all cut surfaces are Closing Balance $4,154 with fantastic colora- sealed with end grain sealer. This one tion. I could hardly is 16" across the flat, and it is Pear wait to get it onto my that was growing in Natick. Learn & Turn - turning Pens lathe to see what else was inside! Demo - Thin stemmed goblets, Jerry Sambrook I know of two usually-effective ways to turn green wood. One is to turn it all the way to the final shape Library: Rent more videos! (it will be warping on the lathe if you're not quick), Store: Buy more stuff! and if the wall is turned thin and fairly uniform in thickness the bowl will probably dry and warp without cracking. I'm not so fast and for me this method usually results in non-uniform wall thickness because of the “My work primarily reflects on-lathe warping - the bowls the Far East culture and my become oval right before my Journey to the West. I love to This is a roughed-out Am- eyes. Sometimes I do this any- brosia Maple bowl from a bring the beauty of nature and tree that grew in Hudson way just to make some mulch hand-creation techniques to- Ma, 11" diameter x 5" and enjoy the turning. Another gether to create character and high. Date the rough, way to turn fresh cut wood is to because who remembers!

soul in a piece.” rough-turn the bowl so that the thickness is about 10% of the diameter, let it dry & “East does meet West with elegance and style in warp, and then turn it to the final shape. This method the work of Binh Pho, a Vietnamese-born wood- really improves if an end-grain sealer is applied right carver and multimedia artist whose tumultuous after the rough turning is completed; the cut end-grain life story is inextricably wound into his multifac- on the rough turning needs to be sealed, but the face- eted creations." Orange County Register grain does not. This slows the drying process in the end-grain direction and really reduces the potential for Coming to CNEW—Sept. 6, 2012 cracking.

Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 2 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 6, July 2012 There are several formulations of end-grain sealer halt and offer to help. I'm that are water based emulsions so both use and not a large man - I'm fairly cleanup are a snap. These end-grain sealers are also small - but within a few really good at keeping bowl blanks and logs from minutes I can usually drive checking, or at least helping in that endeavor. While away with a nice 3-4 ft log this is the process I use, there are alternatives to us- into my car. Maybe even ing sealers; some folks two. park their rough turnings Finished bowl resulting from the If I have any green wood in in paper bags, some use half-turning process, 11" diameter x 4" high, Cherry that grew my supply, that's my first drying chambers like mod- in Newton, Ma. choice for a few hours of ified old refrigerators, I've turning. Every now and even heard of using micro- then, there's an abundance. When that happens, I cut wave ovens, etc. the logs in half along the center, essentially removing I have successfully used the pith (where all cracks emanate from). I actually remove about an inch thick board from the center and both of these methods for Same Maple bowl from the natural edge and flat edge bottom; dark area is dried toss it into the scrap pile, and then I apply the end bowls, but when I want to end grain sealer, light area is grain sealer to the entire cut surface of the half-logs. bare unsealed face grain. The make a really nice piece, tenon will have to be re-trued These waxed half logs can sit around in my garage for me and my skills it's to round when it's time to complete the turning. I usual- for quite a while without cracking too much. That's worth the wait to do it ly leave the dent from my live how I keep my blanks, and that's my process in a nut slowly. It not only lets the center in the bottom of the shell. Marty wood dry and relax, it lets bowl to help me re-align later on; it's sort of obscured by me think about the bowl For a non-commercial article on Ambrosia Beetle: AMBROSIA bark in this view. As of 7- BEETLES - a study in symbiosis , see http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/ that's still inside the June, there are no cracks lands_forests_pdf/ambrosia.pdf after about 4 months of dry- blank. I let my rough turning, but it's not at all ready to ings sit around on wire finish! shelves for quite a while, for years in some cases, and not so long in others. I don't use a moisture meter, but I sort of feel how Creating a vessel that is much lighter it has become, and I look to see that there's a lot of warp, and then I finish the turn- static vs. dynamic can simply be a matter ing. Anyway, I actually like my finished bowls to of changing the placement of the largest diameter. have a bit of warp so long as the bottom or foot has a Moving it away from the centerline flat, and that can be achieved on a disk or belt sander creates a sense of movement or lift. once the warp is completed. Using the golden mean*, which places the largest diameter at about The other thing about green wood is it's usually the 1/3 point is usually the most vis- free! I have ually pleasing location. By breaking friends all around the symmetry between the top and the bottom, the that call me when- balance is disturbed and a more interest- ever they have or ing piece is created. Notice also that the see something that foot and opening are not the same size, I might like. Most creating even more visual interest. It is Natural-edged bowl that used the half- of these friends are turning process, 5x6.5x2" high Maple often said that a vessel that can be turned home owners, oth- from Ashland, Ma. Not remarkable, but upside down and still look good is well proportioned. hey, pretty good! ers are in the construction business, *Golden Mean : the ratio of the length of the entire line (C) to and a few are with tree cutting companies. I am also the length of larger line segment (B) is the same as the ratio of the length of the larger line segment (B) to the length of the a beggar. Whenever I see someone cutting a tree, be smaller line segment (A). This occurs only when A is 0.618 of they town employees, contractors or home owner, I B and B is 0.618 of C. Compiled by Art Bodwell from various sources Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 3 CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 6, July 2012

Jerry Sambrook

Pens

Officers for 2012: President Dave Eaton, Natick MA 508-353-4129 [email protected]

Speaker: Michael Goodman The June meeting is your last chance to Learn & Turn: Wine Stoppers 5:00 to 6:30 PM bring your items in for this years sale Leader: Richard Hunt

Pleasing Profiles President’s Message: Every cut you make at the lathe involves a

Dave Eaton straight line, cove, or bead. The success of your piece depends on how you put the three What a nice turn out we together. had for the Tibbetts demo -David Nittmann on segmented turnings. Malcolm always has some great info that helps inspire segmented work and some good info that is transferrable to Minutes: 4/3/2012 Eric Holmquist others who don't do such specific lay ups. Attendance: 50 ± Thanks to all who attended and those who participated in the demo by being involved, Business meeting was suspended to allow all asking questions and the like. Oh and good meeting time to be devoted to the presenta- luck to you if he has inspired you to try a tion by Malcolm Tibbetts. shot at your first segmented art form. Spe- cial thanks goes out to Jerry Sambrook who Library: Rent more videos! not only coordinated the demo but also

housed Malcolm for us. Thanks! Store: Buy more stuff! See you all once again very soon for our next exciting meeting. Remember to please In This Issue bring in a piece or two of some nice wood President’s Message 1 for the woodswap and that our club chal- Malcom Tibbetts Presentation 2-2-3 lenge is back on - bring a show and tell item Open Shop 3 that is a box or cup based on the type of AAW Safety Tips 2-4-5 work Frank White demoed. Pen Assembly Press 6-7

Regards, Dave Club Information 8

Malcolm’s First Segmented Project

Malcolm Tibbetts was enthusiastically received by He started the evening over 50 very interested turners. His very interesting with a showing of his and varied presentation of segmented turning tech- first video, “Seggy’s niques generated numerous questions throughout Dream”. This is an in- the evening. teresting over view of segmented wood tuning He started the even- with the message that ing by giving a gen- energy and persistence eral overview of his conquer all things. career and how he evolved into a Seggy woodturner and spe- His initial message for segmenters is that the most cifically a segment- important considerations are “form”, “joinery” and

ed woodturner. “consistent grain direction” He went on to discuss several additional things to be aware of, including Originally a New Englander, born in North Con- “ the base should only be large enough to support the way, NH, he moved to Lake Tahoe some 40 years vessel”, “gentle curves are better than straight lines”

ago to begin a career in the ski industry. “ there should be smooth transitions between curves” “generally thin walls are better” and “gravity produc- As most turners, Malcolm started young with flat- es the most pleasing curves” work and migrated to turning and segmented turning about twenty years ago. To demonstrate the gravity comment, he held a rope

in both hands and observed the resultant curve.

He went on to explain that the most common mistake

Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 2 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 4, May 2012 is the failure to accommodate for wood movement. Wood changes dimension sideways, not lengthwise. Creating a glue joint at 90 degrees to an adjacent Open Shop with Todd Heino segment longer than about 1” is generally asking for trouble. Todd Heino, who lives in Natick, opened his shop to club members on Saturday, April, 29. Todd is a carpenter, by profession, who two weeks earlier bought a new Jet lathe, similar to the one owned by the club. His shop is on the second floor of his spacious garage. Todd has plenty of wood logs stored outside, including

cherry and birch. In attendance were John Robin-

son, Mike Smith, Bob Kennedy, and Don Pillsbury.

While Todd and John were doing some pen turnings Explaining how to add a ring to a vessel on Todd’s mini-lathe, Mike and I decided to baptize

the new Jet lathe. I had trouble rounding a burl I He continued discussing design by explaining the brought along even with the help of Mike Smith. use of the “golden ratio” to locate designs and fea- After some frustrating minutes, Bob Kennedy no- ture rings in a vessel. The golden ration is 1.618, ticed to our embarrassment which is the one point where when cutting a length that the head stock was not into two parts, the ratio of the short section to the tight, but in fact moving along long section is equal to the ratio of the long section the lathe bed. Todd had just to the whole. set up the new lathe the previ-

ous week and it was largely There are many ways to apply the golden ratio. If unused since then. Mike you design a turning 12” tall and want a pleasing brought along some green location for the feature ring, or just the largest diam- walnut and we decided that eter, divide 12 by 1.618. The result of 7.4” (from would be an easier project to either end) would be a good location for the feature make use of a variety of new ring. hollowing tools Mike had brought with him. Every-

one got a chance to do some hollowing. Lunch was He concluded by briefly discussing stave and ribbon very appetizing and included some delicious potato construction. salad and very chocolaty brownies.

We learned quite a bit about each other’s hobbies in addition to wood turning. In the early afternoon we helped Todd turn a bowl from a nice birch log, and Todd mentioned that he had such a good time he is thinking about having another Open Shop later in the summer.

Richard Hunt

Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 3 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 4, May 2012 Safe, effective 6. Tie back long hair, do not wear gloves, use of a wood and avoid loose clothing, jewelry or any lathe requires dangling objects that may catch on rotat- study and ing parts or accessories. knowledge of 7. When using a faceplate, be certain the procedures for work piece is solidly mounted with stout using this tool. screws (#10 or #12 sheet metal screws as a minimum). Do not use dry wall or deck Read, thoroughly understand, screws. When turning between centers, and follow the label warnings be certain the work piece is firmly on the lathe and in the owner/ mounted between the headstock driving operator’s manual. Safety center and tailstock center. guidelines from an experienced 8. Make certain that the belt guard or cover instructor, video or book are al- is in place. so a good source of important 9. Check that all locking devices on the tail- safety procedures. Please read stock and tool rest assembly (rest and the following guidelines careful- base) are tight before operating the lathe. ly. 10. Make sure the blank is securely fastened. 1. Always wear safety goggles or safety 11. Rotate your work piece by hand to make glasses that include side protectors. Use sure it clears the tool rest and bed before a full face shield for bowl, vessel or any turning the lathe “on.” Be certain that the turning involving chucks and faceplates. work piece turns freely and is firmly 2. Fine particles from a grinder and wood mounted. A hand wheel on the headstock dust are harmful to your respiratory sys- simplifies this process of spinning the tem. Use a dust mask, air filtration hel- lathe by hand before turning on the met, proper ventilation, dust collection switch. system or a combination of these to deal 12. Be aware of what turners call the “red with this serious issue. Be especially zone” or “firing zone.” This is the area mindful of dust from many exotic directly behind and in front of the work woods, spalted woods or any wood from piece—the areas most likely for a piece which you notice a skin or respiratory to travel as it comes off the lathe. A good reaction. safety habit is to step out of this zone 3. Wear hearing protection during extend- when turning on the lathe, keeping your ed periods of turning time. hand on the switch in case you need to turn the machine off. When observing 4. Turn the lathe “off” before adjusting the someone else turn, stay out of this zone. tool rest or tool rest base (banjo). 13. ALWAYS CHECK THE SPEED OF 5. Remove chuck keys, adjusting wrenches THE LATHE BEFORE TURNING IT and knockout bars. Form a habit of ON. Use slower speeds for larger diame- checking for these before turning on the ters or rough pieces, and higher speeds lathe.

Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 4 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 4, May 2012 for smaller diameters and pieces that 21. Keep tools sharp and clean for better and are balanced. Always start a piece at a safer performance. Don’t force a dull slow speed until the work piece is bal tool. Don’t use a tool for a purpose anced. If the lathe is shaking or vibrat which it was not designed or intended. ing, lower the speed. If the work piece 22. Consider your work environment. Don’t vibrates, always stop the machine to use a lathe in damp or wet locations. Do check the reason. As a starting point, not use in presence of flammable liquids consult your operator’s manual for rec or gases, and always keep a fully-charged ommended speeds for a particular fire extinguisher close at hand. Keep lathe. Make sure the lathe speed is your work area well lit.

compatible with the size of the blank. 23. Stay alert. Watch what you are doing, pay 14. Exercise extra caution when using close attention to unusual sounds or vi stock with cracks, splits, checks, bark brations - stop the lathe to investigate the pockets, knots, irregular shapes, or pro- cause. Don’t operate machines when you tuberances. Beginners should avoid the- are tired or under the influence of drugs se types of stock until they have greater or alcohol. knowledge of working such wood. 24. Guard against electric shock. Inspect 15. Hold turning tools securely on the tool electric cords for damage. Avoid the use rest, holding the tool in a controlled but of extension cords. comfortable manner. Always contact 25. Never leave the lathe running unat the tool rest with the tool before con- tended. Turn power off. Don’t leave

tacting the wood. lathe until it comes to a complete stop.

16.When running a lathe in reverse, it is 26. A significant number of accidents to possible for a chuck or faceplate to un- woodturners occur while using saws, es screw unless it is securely tightened or pecially band and chain saws. Learn and

locked on the lathe spindle. follow the safety guidelines for these ma 17. Know your capabilities and limitations. chines before operation. An experienced woodturner is capable Reprinted from American Association of of lathe speeds, techniques and proce- Woodturners website. dures not recommended for beginning turners. List of current CNEW Mentors 18. Always remove the tool rest before Below is a list of members willing to spend their valuable free time sanding, finishing or polishing opera- with other members in hope of helping to promote education and skill building by sharing of their knowledge. Anyone interested in tions. being "Mentored" by a more advanced or seasoned turner please 19. Don’t overreach, keep proper footing contact one of the members below. and balance at all times. Rick Angus Moosup CT 860-564-3660 [email protected] 20. Keep lathe in good repair. Check for Ray Asselin Wilbraham MA 413-596-8292 [email protected] damaged parts, alignment, binding of Ray Boutotte Lancaster MA 978-368-0004 [email protected] moving parts and other conditions that - - may affect its operation. Dave Eaton Natick MA 508 653 6364 [email protected] Al Faul Leominster MA 978-534-3683 [email protected]

The first step was to cut the base. I cut it ~4 inches wide and 24 inches long. Then I made a handle that was 3/4 There are many ways to assemble a turned pen. I inch square and 14 inches long. I used the router to wanted a way to assemble my pens which was round over the edges on the first 7 inches. I placed the easy and portable. You can buy assembly presses two bottom lever blocks on each side of the handle and in the stores and catalogs but I wanted to make screwed them to the base. my own using my years of experience. This is my second generation effort. Building the first generation prototype allowed me to work out all the bugs and to arrive at such a strong final unit.

Once the bottom lever blocks were installed. I used the drill press to drill a hole through the blocks and the handle. I planned to use 3/16 inch steel rod as my lever pin. I bought 3 feet of it from the local hardware store. Here are all the parts that I cut to make the unit. They are mostly 3/4" stock with the exception of the joiner board (connects the handle to the slide) and the top to the slide guide. All of this wood was scraps in the shop. You can pick your own sizes for all the pieces. I've layout out the pieces basically in the way that you would use them. The top piece is the base. In the second row, from the left to the right, you have the bottom lever blocks, the joner board, the

slide sandwiched by the bottom slide guides, to the right of the slide (and guides) is the top to the Next I took my 3/4 inch square slide and attached it to slide guide and finally the press board. The last the slide joiner board by drilling it and inserting a piece on the bottom is the press handle. Approxi- length of the steel pin. I used a hacksaw to cut the steel mately 1/2 of the handle has been rounded over to pin. You can also see that I've rounded over the end of make holding it more comfortable. the joiner board with a belt sander.

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Now I've attached the joiner board to the handle with To work, the slide must press against something, so another steel pin. You can also see that I've decided to I've created a stop using a peg and a set of holes set notch the bottom lever blocks to give me more clear- 1/2" apart. I've seen stepped stops but I like the ance. The key to the entire jig is that the distance from ability to move the press board in small increments. the bottom to top pins on the handle is equivalent (or close enough) to the throw of the slide.

Here is the finished unit. The last thing that I did To ensure that the slide runs parallel to the base, I've was to use CA glue to attach a piece of thin (1/16") added a slide guide. It's just two blocks (one on either plexi-glass to both the end of the slide and the end side of the slide) and a top. The screws go all the way of the stop. This way, the sharp point of the pen into the base. I made the length of the slide guide so tips will not damage the wood. that the joiner board barely hits it when the handle is completely down and the slide sits slightly proud of Best of luck in making yours!! the guide when the handle is up. Originally printed in Woodturning on line.

Re-printed with permission

An accident at the lathe can happen with blinding suddenness— other problems can happen over years

Here is a side view of the slide guide

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Officers for 2012: President Dave Eaton, Natick MA 508-353-4129 [email protected]

Membership Application Vice-President Jim Metcalf, North Brookfield MA 508-867-4245 To join or renew membership, please complete this [email protected] form and a check made payable to CNEW and bring it to a CNEW meeting or mail it to: Treasurer Mike Peters, Sutton MA 508-865-0392 [email protected] Treasurer, Central New England Woodturners c/o Mike Peters Secretary Eric Holmquist, South Windsor CT 860-289-4791 3 Forge LA [email protected] Sutton, MA 01590 Newsletter Editor Art Bodwell, Holden, MA 508-829-9951 Annual dues: $30 including e-mail delivery of newsletter; $35 for postal delivery of [email protected] newsletter. Show and Tell Photographer Peter Wilcox, Boylston MA 508-869-6180 pwil- [email protected] Video Librarian Ray Asselin, Wilbraham MA 413-596-8292 [email protected] Central New England Woodturners Project Goodwill Coord. Charlie Croteau, Worcester MA 508-756-2049 A Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners [email protected] WCC Show Coordinator Reid Gilmore, Upton MA 508-603-1248 [email protected] Learn 'N Turn Coord. Richard Hunt, Auburn MA 508-832-4425 [email protected] Video Equip. Steward Art Bodwell, Holden MA 508-829-9951 [email protected] Big Name Demo Coord. Earl Powell, Woburn MA 781-756-0603 [email protected] Club Store Manager Joe Giroux, Ashland MA 508-881-4708 [email protected] Find us on the web @ www.cnew.org Contributing Editor Steve Reznek, Concord MA 978-287-4821 [email protected]

The CNEW Skew © 2012, Central New England Woodturners Next Meeting - Thursday, May 3, 2010 - 6:30 PM Minutes: 4/5/12 Eric Holmquist Demo Topic: Segmented Turning Attendance: 40 ± Speaker: Malcolm Tibbetts Visitors: Howard, a new turner Learn & Turn: None Learn & Turn: Frank White—Boxes Leader: Demo: Frank White—Lidded Boxes

President: Secretary: Minutes accepted President’s Message: Treasurer: Dave Eaton Starting Balance: $3808.25 Hey fellow woodturners lets get

ready for a really great demo this Income: $ 565.00 month with “Big Name Turner” Expenses $ 150.00 Malcolm Tibbetts. Be sure to get Closing Balance: $4223.25 to the church early for the best

seats. We’ll be setting up the video Store: Be sure to visit our store! equipment as well so the view Library: Rent more videos! should be great from anywhere. A couple months General: after Malcolm, come on back for Binh Pho as well. - More on his demo later… Norton Abrasives visit April 9th - Thanks again to everyone at the meetings who helps Bad Dog Burl visit date to be determined out! Whatever you do. We seem to be gaining mo- Marshfield Fair-3rd weekend in August mentum and as I look out among the members I am Frank White-July picnic-date to be determined always happy to see smiling faces. In fact I have heard from a few members recently that the meet- In This Issue ings are “fun” and enjoyable. We are getting more participation every day, and I think that’s what President’s Message; Minutes 1 makes the club events pleasurable. Whether you are Open shop-Mike Smith; Sambrook Demos 2-2 cleaning up, bring in wood for the swap or merely Malcolm Tibbetts; Open shop-Peter Wilcox 3 fork out the old $1 for a slice of wood I thank you Demo-Frank White for being there and becoming involved. We’ll try to 2-4-5 keep Norton Manufacturing visits, tree identifica- Show & Tell 6-7 tion walks and open shops happening on a regular Officers; Membership information 8 basis.

Thanks to Charley for arranging the Norton visit. Unfortunately only six members attended a very interesting and informative tour. The manufacture of the grinding and cutoff wheels we all use is a precise and de- tailed process from a specific design mix of various powered abrasives, to pressing into a wheel shape and finally firing in an oven to complete the process. Hundreds of types are manufactured to custom specs. for shipment to companies worldwide. A visit to the company store for discounted products ended the tour.

Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 1 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 3, April 2012 Open Shop with Mike Smith Back on February 12th, Joe Giroux, Don Pillsbury, Ron Rucci, Todd Heino and I converged on Mike Smith for his open shop. Mike’s shop is located in The Seventh New a building separate from his house. It is large, well lit and spacious. In addition to his England Woodturning Oneway 2436, he has a Laguna band- saw, General cabinet saw and a piece of metal working equipment too com- Symposium plex for me to figure out what it does. The shop was so clean that I was wondering if he May 5, 2012 8:00A.M— suffers from OCD or just cleaned up for us. His shop was spotless and well organized. He gener- 5P.M. at Pinkerton ously provided us with Dunkin Donuts coffee and donuts. The five hours were relaxed and comfortable. Mike Academy, Derry, NH spent some time helping Ron shape a new tool handle. Joe mounted a piece that was too big for his Sponsored by “The Guild of New Hampshire lathe and with Mike’s guidance and suggestions, Woodworkers” and “The Granite State Joe turned it to a reasonable size and shape that he

could continue it at home. I spent some time shap- Woodturners” ing a piece of wood from Mike’s yard to a roughed out condition. Lunch was ordered from a local sub shop and the added anchovies really hit the spot. Registration fee is $65 including Overall, it was a great way to spend a Saturday. If Lunch! you have not gone to an open shop or offered one, consider it. It’s a great way to spend a few hours with good people. Scheduled Demonstrators are:

Joe McGill Al Stirt David Belser Harvey Fien Beth Ireland Michael Kehs Ralph Tursini Peter Scheffer JoHannes Michelson Jerry Sambrook to demo at AAW Andy DiPietro Claude Dupuis Charlie Sheaff Donald Briere Donna Banfield Fred Chellis Congratulations to Jerry Sambrook for his selec- Dick Batchelder Peter Bloch tion as a demonstrator at the AAW national sympo- Ed Kelle Andre Martel sium in San Jose, CA. Jerry’s demo is entitled Jack Vesery Marcel Durrette Keith Tompkins Jon Siegel “Different Pens from the Same Kit”. The demo de- Mike Foster Alan Carter scription as published in the April issue of Bob Rosand “American Woodturner” is shown below: Symposium Registration at: www.GNHW.org “There are quite a few different pen-kit styles on the market. I will show how a simple kit can be Or used to make a variety of different-looking pens, Mail Check Made out to “Guild of NH Woodworkers” to: most with no special techniques. I will discuss how Bob DeAngelis, I approach pen-making in general, and emphasize 470 Newmarket Rd. preparation and simple inlay/segmenting work. Warner, NH 03278 You will learn a unique approach to using an old [email protected] golf club head to create a collector’s style desk pen.”

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est, he will show how to add elements to vertical- Coming to CNEW grain oriented components without creating unac- May 3, 2012 ceptable cross-grain joinery. This session will also include basic “ribbon” construction. Malcolm Tibbetts #4 Tricks and Tips for Segmenters Malcolm Tibbetts is the premier This will be about making segmented turnings segmented woodturner in the coun- “faster” and being more accurate. He will take try, if not the world. His turnings the mystery out of many feature ring techniques have won many awards and prestig- and show the use of various jigs that help simplify ious collectors around the world the construction process. have acquire many of his pieces. He has used a knowledge of carpentry to develop innovative techniques to stretch the limit of segmented #5 Segmented Sculptures woodturning. His “how to” book, The Art of Seg- Along with advanced techniques such as tapered mented Woodturning, published in 2005 has become rings and mitered triangles, he will also discuss the go to instruction book for segmenters. Several the “why” of this type of work. This session subsequent DVDs have only added to the spread of should be of interest to non-segmenters as well as his knowledge. Malcolm is a founding member and segmenters that are ready for the next step. current president of Segmented Woodturners, a virtual club of the AAW. With approximately 500 members worldwide, Segmented Woodturners is the larg- The will be a small admission charge est club in the AAW. of $20/person for this very special

Malcolm’s CNEW presentation will include, as time permits, the following: Open Shop with Peter Wilcox, Boylston, MA

#1 Intro to Segmented Woodturning On a dreary morning in March Steve Jewel and I This will be about how to “design, cut, and assem- arrived around 9:00 AM. Peter’s shop is very spa- ble” a stacked ring construction – not just for begin- cious located in a relatively new garage/barn. Its ners. By using photos, video, and live demonstration, footprint is almost as large as that of my house. A he will go through the entire process of creating a complete line of power tools is well organized on typical segmented vessel. the first floor with storage for wood on the second floor. A Nova lathe and a Jet mini-lathe were available. Steve turned a neat bowl on the Nova, #2 Checkered Hollow Form maybe maple wood, and I turned a small cherry Using no math and no miters, in this demo, He will bowl on the mini-lathe. Pictures show Steve in show how to stack “angle-cut” rings of laminated earnest making wood shavings. Peter gave us im- material into vessels with a huge WOW factor. As- portant polite suggestions that I found very helpful. semble precision is required, but this is a relatively Perhaps the highlight of the session was a delicious easy technique to get started in segmented turning. lunch prepared by Peter. He made pulled pork sandwiches on his new “smoker.” Steve and I are perhaps intermediate turners and that made the #3 Stave Construction turning experience with Peter’s help ideal. I was This session will be about how to use “compound- impressed by the extensive nature of the power miter” staves in segmented turning. Through video tools, jigs and hand crafted set ups in the shop. and “live” demonstration, he will take the mystery Peter may have more clamps than Norm Abram! out of compound-mitered staves. Of particular inter- Richard G Hunt

Sometimes things don’t go as planned! Such was 3. Decide how large a cover you want, perhaps ¼ to the case with my demonstration of making simple ½ of the total length of the box; then with the parting boxes at the April 5th meeting. The problems were tool cut about a 5/16” wide x ¼” deep groove to form essentially twofold. First, my choice of a turning the cover tenon that will fit into the body of the box. blank for the demo was less than stellar, actually Make sure the tenon is parallel to the axis of the box not even satisfactory. I had not noticed that the and not tapered. If the walls of the tenon and socket piece of spalted apple that I was going to turn was are not straight and parallel, the cover will not seat seriously checked and enough over- the-hill to be a properly and tend to slip off. little punky. I think that the wood, even though it 4. With a thin parting tool part had been in my shop for ten years or more, had off the cover leaving a trace of some internal stresses that caused it to move just the tenon (about 1/32”) on the enough to prevent the cover from fitting when it body of the box that is held in should have. the chuck. This trace tenon This demonstration delineates a process of making will be your guide when cut- small boxes from a single piece of long grain ting the socket in the body of wood. The process is applicable to a wide variety the box to fit the cover tenon. The thin parting tool of designs ranging from cylindrical to bulbous to allows you to remove a smaller amount of wood be- spherical, with or without decorative beads and tween the cover and the body of the box than is possi- scoring lines, carving, texturing, or other decora- ble with a regular parting tool. Thus, any strong tion. grain figure or other features found in the cover and body can be more accurately matched up. If you Method A below, as presented for the Learn & don’t have a thin parting tool, you will need to make Turn, describes the simpler way to make the cover the groove wider to compensate for the thickness of but leaves a very heavy cover and does not allow the tool and live with the results. for shaping or finishing the inside of same. Meth- od B adds a couple of steps that result in a more 5. Hollow out a cavity in the body of the box using finished and pleasing box. With both methods you the spindle gouge. Lay the gouge on the tool rest can also add a knob or finial of a different wood to with flute facing up and the cover if so desired. the point at the center of the piece; tilt the gouge Method A slightly to the left so that 1. Select a piece of wood of your choice: a 2” x 2” the cutting edge is just be- x 3”-4”, long grain blank is suggested as a starter. low the horizontal axis and Mount the blank between centers and, using a pull from the center out- roughing gouge, turn it to a round form and with a ward in a gradual arc. parting tool cut a short tenon on one end to fit your This cut should produce shavings instead of chips as scroll chuck. a scraping cut would do. Be careful not to remove 2. Remount the blank in the trace tenon. the chuck, true it up, and 6. Using a square end scraper or a diamond point smooth the surface using scraper, cut the straight-sided socket for the cover the roughing gouge as a tenon. Carefully push the tool straight into the side skew. Position the gouge of the cavity cutting away the trace tenon in small at about 45 degrees to the increments. You want to achieve a tight fit between tool rest with the bevel parallel to the work piece cover and body so that the cover will stay in place and pointing toward one end; then raise the handle while you turn it to shape. Make your last few cuts until the tool begins to cut. Make a planing cut especially fine and test fit the cover tenon to the towards the end of the work piece; reverse the tool socket after each pass. If you do not have either of and work toward the opposite end. Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 4 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 3, April 2012

the above scrapers, use a parting tool to cut the is riding on the wood. Carefully raise the handle socket. You may want to use a skew chisel to make of the gouge so that the tip starts cutting and take the final cuts. Lay the chisel flat on the tool rest light cuts toward the center. Warning! It is very with the long point at the left. Gently push the easy to get a catch at this point. You may find it point into the wood to widen the socket ever so easier and less intimidating to use a scraper. slightly. Repeat this technique until the trace tenon With a scraper you work from the center out pull- disappears and you achieve a good fit between cov- ing the tool towards you.

er and body of the box. 12. After the box is finished, it will probably be 7. Clean up the cavity in the body of the box with a necessary to relieve the tight fit between the cov- round nose scraper. Make sure the edge of the er and the body of the box by light hand sanding. scraper has a nice burr, which is the cutting edge of While the tight fit is necessary during the turning this tool. Again, use a pulling cut and work from process, it is not desirable for a usable box.. the bottom center to the top of the cavity. Sand and finish the cavity as desired. Do not sand the socket, or mortise, that receives the cover. Method B 8. Fit the cover to the body of the box. Align the Same as Method A except that this approach ena- grain and/or other features as best as possible before bles you to hollow and finish the inside of the beginning to shape the box. If the cover fits loose- cover making for a more sophisticated box. ly, engage the tailstock to hold it in place while Make the following changes to the above direc- turning. Begin turning the cover and the body of tions. the box to the desired shape but leave enough wood 4. Before parting off the cover, cut a tenon on the at the base where it is held in the chuck to maintain end of the cover so that you can mount it in a stability. It is helpful to have both the cover and the chuck. Then with a thin parting tool part off the body joined together while turning the box to shape cover leaving a trace of the tenon (about 1/32”) so that you can see the whole piece as it takes on the body of the box that is held in the chuck. shape. Lightly relieving the edges of the cover If you don’t have a thin parting tool, you will joint and cutting a scored line on either side of it need to make the groove wider to compensate for can help to disguise the joint line. the thickness of the tool. Since you are able to mount both pieces in the chuck, you can leave the 9. Finish turning the cover to desired shape, remem- long tenon on the body of the box so that it slips bering to leave material at the top to make a finial into a socket in the cover. One real advantage is or knob. If the cover is too loose to be turned with- that once you have finished turning the cover, you out tailstock pressure, wrap a strip of masking tape can lightly sand down the tenon on the lathe to or fiber packing tape around the joint between the create a looser fit on the finished box. cover and the body of the box so that you can remove the tailstock while you shape the knob. 4a. Before removing the body from the chuck, mark its orientation in the chuck by putting pencil 10. Turn a foot or a simple flat surface on the bot- lines on the tenon indicating the location of two

tom of the box as desired. Sand and finish box. adjacent jaws; also record the number of one of 11. Part off box from waste piece with a parting these jaws. This will give you a better chance of tool. If large enough, the waste piece can be used centering the piece when you remount it in the as a jam chuck to finish the bottom surface of the chuck. Remove body from chuck and mount the box. With a parting tool cut a short tenon on the cover in chuck. Hollow out a shallow cavity in waste piece that will fit the opening of the box. Fit the inside of the cover following instructions in the box onto the tenon, and using tailstock pressure, Step 5 in Method A. Sand and finish. Again do if necessary, smooth the bottom face with the spin- not sand tenon, but you can apply finish as it may dle gouge. Place the gouge on the rest with the make for a tighter fit. flute facing the tailstock so that the cutting tip is 90

degrees to the rest and the bevel

Officers for 2012: President Dave Eaton, Natick MA 508-353-4129 [email protected] Vice-President Jim Metcalf, North Brookfield MA 508-867-4245 Membership Application To join or renew membership, please complete this [email protected] form and a check made payable to CNEW and bring Treasurer Mike Peters, Sutton MA 508-865-0392 it to a CNEW meeting or mail it to: [email protected] Treasurer, Central New England Woodturners Secretary Eric Holmquist, South Windsor CT 860-289-4791 c/o Mike Peters 3 Forge LA [email protected] Sutton, MA 01590 Newsletter Editor Art Bodwell, Holden, MA 508-829-9951

Annual dues: $30 including e-mail delivery of newsletter; $35 for postal delivery of [email protected] newsletter. Show and Tell Photographer Peter Wilcox, Boylston MA 508-869-6180 [email protected] Video Librarian Ray Asselin, Wilbraham MA 413-596-8292 [email protected] - - Central New England Woodturners Project Goodwill Coord. Charlie Croteau, Worcester MA 508 756 2049 [email protected] A Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners WCC Show Coordinator Reid Gilmore, Upton MA 508-603-1248 [email protected] Learn 'N Turn Coord. Richard Hunt, Auburn MA 508-832-4425 [email protected] Video Equip. Steward Art Bodwell, Holden MA 508-829-9951 [email protected] Big Name Demo Coord. Earl Powell, Woburn MA 781-756-0603 [email protected] Club Store Manager Joe Giroux, Ashland MA 508-881-4708

[email protected] Find us on the web @ www.cnew.org Contributing Editor Steve Reznek, Concord MA 978-287-4821 [email protected]

Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 8 CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 2, March 2012 © 2012, Central New England Woodturners The CNEW Skew © 2012, Central New England Woodturners trying to make this year. If you have ideas of how Next Meeting - Thursday, April 5, 2010 - 6:30 PM to improve the club or make an addition that you Demo Topic: Turning Pens think would be beneficial please let our officers Speaker: Jerry Sambrook know. We need your input and your feedback to drive the direction of the club course at which you Learn & Turn: Simple Box 5:00 to 6:30 PM wanted to be going. Leader: Frank White One of the programs we have spawned this season is the monthly club challenge. Last month we had built tools with our lathe, any tool, any lathe. This President’s Message: month the challenge follows up on Richard Hunt’s Dave Eaton coffee scoop and Steve Reznek’s segment insert bowl - to be any item made of two pieces of wood or I am sitting here with the weather at more. We would love to see for contrasting pieces 72° F as I write this president’s of wood used such as maple and walnut, but even a message. It’s funny to think that single piece of maple cut in multiple pieces and a month ago we had a snow-out at glued back together or otherwise assembled would the last meeting. Welcome to New be fine. Let’s see what interesting types of products England once again where the our marvelously talented Turner population will weather changes every 5 bring us. minutes. With the warm weather and springtime our open shops program continues this weekend Thank you again for all your sincere in continued with Peter Wilcox opening his shop for us to ad- support. mire. Please make sure that you enjoy some of the -Dave open shops that are occurring this season since first of all they are for you to enjoy a learn from. If you do attend please consider taking a few pictures and “It is not the workmanship that is so difficult, but the writing a couple paragraph article for the newsletter design. That never gets easier. In design, very small to honor your host and record the day. differences make all the difference. The difference As we carry on our successful learn and turn ses- between the thing which sings and the thing which is sions and our demonstrations during the meetings forever silent is often very slight indeed.“ we continue to gain momentum and build camara- David Pye, British Craftsmanship in Wood derie. This is the best thing that we can possibly do as a club and a solid organization. As a matter of fact did you know that the CNEW was the first In This Issue AAW club in New England? We have a history President’s Message 1 that goes way back into the 1980s. We’re a strong Meeting minutes, Fuller Craft Museum 2-2 club, and one of the most successful and we hope to Malcolm Tibbetts continue our trend with your help. This month to 3 enhance our demonstration process we will be im- Symposia Information 2-4 plementing a new video screen so that our member- Demo - Steve Reznek 5 ship can see the demonstrator working close Show and Tell 2-6-7 up. This is just another of the improvements we’re

Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 1 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 2, March 2012 Minutes: 3/8/2012 Eric Holmquist Wood Pieces at Fuller Craft Museum Attendance: 40 ± Steve Reznek Visitors: Bob Poulet, John Learn & Turn: Richard Hunt-coffee scoop My wife and I visited the Fuller Craft Museum, as we do Demo: Steve Reznek-splined bowls occasionally. There are three exhibitions that are definite- President: ly worth your time. Two of them have nothing to do with wood or woodturning. Of the two the most fantastic is the For future reference, the church is closed when the smallest – origami from MIT. We had seen a number of Worcester School System is for weather closed, presentations and exhibitions on modern, fantastic origami check the School Website for updates during in- before. If this will be your first introduction, you will not clement weather. believe that each object is made out on a single piece of paper. The posting on the Fuller website shows a very There was a great open shop at Mike Smith’s convoluted folding. You can believe that this is a single We would like to try to have at least one open shop piece, but the items in the display – dragons, beetles, peo- per month. ple – are beyond comprehension. Possible field trips: The other non-wood exhibition is glass. The artist is Dan Dailey. It is really good. It is not on the scale and the Norton Abrasives pieces are not as elaborate as the recent MFA exhibition of Bad Dog Burls Chihuly, but it is worth seeing. The pieces are sort of modern-art / art-nouveau figures. Some are just designs, Chain saw party at Al Gilburgs, Reesborough, VT but others look like things or people. There are two large April 10, 2012, 10:00 AM glass vases, one looks like a comic book person’s head and the other an alligator’s. Even if you are not a fan of art- Motion passed to purchase a screen for video of nouveau you will be at least amused by the show. demos. Maximum expenditure $165 The largest exhibition is an artist who works in wood and Next month challenge-any two or more pieces of metal, for the most part in combination. The artist is Mi- wood glued together chael Cooper. The quality of the wood working is truly outstanding. For the most part the objects are very elaborate artistic interpretations of things like wheeled chairs, Secretary: Minutes accepted bicycles, racing carts, etc. One is a sort of one person, Treasurer: open helicopter. The wooden parts of the objects are elab- orately shaped, complex pieces. A few years ago the piece Start $3808 that won the AAW club competition was a model of an old Income $565 fashion, piston airplane engine; if you remember it. The Expenses $150 turned pieces in one of Cooper’s objects are often more complex and interesting than that engine was. Just the End $4223 wheels in one of his racing cars could be a display object Store: Doing well on their own. There is a film that is quite long and has him talking about his work. Most of it is artistic interpretation Library: RENT MORE VIDEOS! and history, but small segments show some of his techniques. Some of the wooden parts most interesting to me are shaped from complex laminations. One film segment shows how he makes the lamination. Learn & Turn� April 5th meeting Cooper is also a gifted wood sculptor. One or two were human torsos. I wish I could do something like that. Making Simple Boxes with Frank White.

Again if you want to see a truly excellent wood worker These will be spindle turned so bring a spindle who will either make you jealous of, or depressed by, his gouge, a round nose scraper, and a parting tool if skill. Go to Fuller’s show of Michael Cooper’s work. It you have them. Tools will also be available. runs through May 13th. I guarantee you will not regret it.

Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 2 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 2, March 2012 grain oriented components without creating unac- Coming to CNEW ceptable cross-grain joinery. This session will also May 3, 2012 include basic “ribbon” construction. Malcolm Tibbetts #4 Tricks and Tips for Segmenters This will be about making segmented turnings Malcolm Tibbetts is the premier seg- “faster” and being more accurate. He will take the mented woodturner in the country, if mystery out of many feature ring techniques and not the world. His turnings have won show the use of various jigs that help simplify the many awards and prestigious collec- construction process. tors around the world have acquire many of his pieces. He has used a knowledge of carpentry to develop innovative techniques to #5 Segmented Sculptures stretch the limit of segmented woodturning. His Along with advanced techniques such as tapered “how to” book, The Art of Segmented Woodturning, rings and mitered triangles, he will also discuss the published in 2005 has become the go to instruction “why” of this type of work. This session should be book for segmenters. Several subsequent DVDs of interest to non-segmenters as well as segmenters have only added to the spread of his knowledge. that are ready for the next step. Malcolm is a founding member and current president of Segmented Woodturners, a virtual club of the AAW. With approximately 500 members The will be a small admission charge worldwide, Segmented Woodturners is the largest of $20/person for this very special club in the AAW. evening

Malcolm’s CNEW presentation will include, as time permits, the following:

#1 Intro to Segmented Woodturning CNEW Winners at the This will be about how to “design, cut, and assemble” a stacked ring construction – not just for begin- Lexington Arts & Crafts Society ners. By using photos, video, and live demonstra- Juried Wood Show tion, he will go through the entire process of creating a typical segmented vessel. Woodturning Section

#2 Checkered Hollow Form `1st Prize Using no math and no miters, in this demo, He will show how to stack “angle-cut” rings of laminated Frank White material into vessels with a huge WOW factor. As- semble precision is required, but this is a relatively easy technique to get started in segmented turning.

#3 Stave Construction 2nd Prize This session will be about how to use “compound- miter” staves in segmented turning. Through video Art Bodwell and “live” demonstration, he will take the mystery out of compound-mitered staves. Of particular interest, he will show how to add elements to vertical- Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 3 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 2, March 2012 .Totally Turning Symposium The Seventh New Saturday/Sunday, March 31 and April 1,2012 England Woodturning Saratoga Springs, New York. Sponsored by Symposium Adirondack Woodturners Association Every Totally Turning registrant May 5, 2012 8:00A.M— will have full access to BOTH 5P.M. at Pinkerton the woodturning rotations of Totally Turning 2012 and to all of SHOWCASE 2012. Academy, Derry, NH

This years Symposium features Sponsored by “The Guild of New Hampshire many of the world's leading woodturners: Woodworkers” and “The Granite State Trent Bosch, Glenn Lucas, Giles Gilson, Sharon Doughtie, Woodturners” David Nittmann, Kurt Hertzog, Chris Registration fee is $65 including Pytlik, David Lindow, Joe Herrmann, Lunch! Matt Clarke, and Peter Lovallo. Scheduled Demonstrators are: Visit their website for more info: Al Stirt David Belser www.totallyturning.com Harvey Fien Beth Ireland Michael Kehs Ralph Tursini Peter Scheffer JoHannes Michelson tr yi Andy DiPietro Claude Dupuis Charlie Sheaff Donald Briere Donna Banfield Fred Chellis 26th annual AAW Dick Batchelder Peter Bloch Ed Kelle Andre Martel Jack Vesery Marcel Durrette Symposium Keith Tompkins Jon Siegel Mike Foster Alan Carter It's not too early to plan for Bob Rosand the AAW symposium Symposium Registration at: www.GNHW.org June 8-10 San Jose, CA. Or Mail Check Made out to “Guild of NH Wood- See the web site, workers” to: www.woodturner.org Bob DeAngelis, for details and presenters. 470 Newmarket Rd. Online registration is now Warner, NH 03278 [email protected]

Youth Symposium� Friday May 4.

Rabbets filled with splines of a contrasting color are a way of making “segmented” turnings without having to cut n-sided rings.

Cut the splines 3/32” Glue splines into precut slots

Prepare waste block Glue blank to waste block

Design showing

Ready to turn

Looking Good Examples of what you can do!

Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 5 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 2, March 2012 Show & Tell S. Jewell - Butternut Bowl, Walnut Letter opener, Oak Mallet Frank White - Hawthorn Hollow Form, Spalted Ash Hollow Form Todd Heino - Wine glass with turned stem Art Bodwell - Laminated Bowl, Segmented Clock Mike Smith - Cherry Bowl Bill LeClerc - 2 Hollow forms Reid Gilmore - 2 Disk Ball Hollow Forms and the Jig to make the disks Eric Holmquist - Pierced / Airbrushed Peace Heart, 2 Wave Boxes, Articulated Arrm Hollowing System Al Glburg - Dyed Platter Dave Eaton - Dyed Bud Vase Various - Tools

Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 6 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 2, March 2012 Thank you� Ron Rucci My name is Ron Rucci. I just joined in October and have only been to the meetings a couple of times. On Saturday, Feb. 11th, I was invited to spend the day with Mike Smith and some other woodturners from CNEW. Mike opened up his shop and spent time with us from 9 to 2 PM. I had a great time. He showed me a lot, as I do not have any experience. Mike also made me an oak knob for my Oil Lubester that I am restoring. I don’t think Mike thought it was a big deal to make it for me, but it was a big deal for me. It finished my Lubester for me and it looks awesome. So if you can thank Mike Smith in the newsletter for me I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance, Ron Rucci.

Open Shop� Peter Wilcox

I'm hosting an open shop on Saturday March 31, 2012 from 9:00am until 2:00pm

Come turn something, have some fun and eat good food. If you don't have wood, I have a pile of it thanks to the local DPW. Two lathes will be available, a 16" and a mini.

Let me know if you are coming by noon on March 28th so we can plan accordingly.

Thanks. /Peter Wilcox 508-869-6180 11 Bay Path Dr. Boylston, MA 01505 (if using google maps, use 11 baypath dr)

For Sale SHOP FOX W1666 2HP 2 bag dust collector. Runs on 220 only. I will also throw in some 4 inch fittings. $75.00 E-mail Christa and Kevin Nee or call 508 450 5764

Monthly Newsletter of the Central New England Woodturners Page 7 PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 2, March 2012 Officers for 2012: President Dave Eaton, Natick MA 508-353-4129 [email protected] Membership Application Vice-President Jim Metcalf, North Brookfield MA 508-867-4245 To join or renew membership, please complete this form and a check made payable to CNEW and bring [email protected] it to a CNEW meeting or mail it to: Treasurer Mike Peters, Sutton MA 508-865-0392 Treasurer, Central New England Woodturners [email protected] c/o Mike Peters 3 Forge LA Secretary Eric Holmquist, South Windsor CT 860-289-4791 Sutton, MA 01590 [email protected] Annual dues: $30 including e-mail delivery of newsletter; $35 for postal delivery of Newsletter Editor Art Bodwell, Holden, MA 508-829-9951 newsletter. [email protected] Show and Tell Photographer Peter Wilcox, Boylston MA 508-869- 6180 [email protected] Video Librarian Ray Asselin, Wilbraham MA 413-596-8292 Central New England Woodturners [email protected] A Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners Project Goodwill Coord. Charlie Croteau, Worcester MA 508-756- 2049 [email protected] WCC Show Coordinator Reid Gilmore, Upton MA 508-603-1248 [email protected] Learn 'N Turn Coord. Richard Hunt, Auburn MA 508-832-4425 [email protected] Video Equip. Steward Art Bodwell, Holden MA 508-829-9951 [email protected] Big Name Demo Coord. Earl Powell, Woburn MA 781-756-0603

Find us on the web @ www.cnew.org [email protected] Club Store Manager Joe Giroux, Ashland MA 508-881-4708 [email protected] Contributing Editor Steve Reznek, Concord MA 978-287-4821

Membership Application To join or renew membership, please complete this form and a check made payable to CNEW and bring it to a CNEW meeting or mail it to:

Treasurer, Central New England Woodturners c/o Mike Peters 3 Forge Lane Sutton, MA 01590

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Next Meeting Details its inception several years ago and thanks to Richard Topic: Steve Reznek—splined bowls in the years we have continued to have a very reli- able Program Manager at the meeting site early to Speaker: none set up and get things going. Keep up the great work Date: Thursday, March 1, 6:30 p.m. Richard we are all counting on you and wholeheart- edly appreciate your efforts. Learn & Turn Vice president Jim Metcalf spoke about his club sur- 5:00 to 6:25 p.m. vey at the meeting which among other things included a list of top demonstration requests. Jim's Topic: Coffee Scoop survey is providing much useful information, in fact Leader: Richard Hunt the number one top requested demonstration was reported to be bowl work, and that's why we chose a natural edge bowl demonstration for the meeting President’s Message: Dave Eaton demo topic. Of course this demonstration made a lot of chips and a big mess so at the end of the night it I would like to thank all the members for a terrific was critical that we cleaned up the floor virtually to meeting last month. Not only did we have a lot of a spotless condition since the church is preparing to participation during the meeting but we also en- put down a new floor quite soon. I smiled when I joyed had a simple and fun Learn and Turn, great realized that we had more members helping cleaning Show and Tell, copious Wood Swap, and pretty up than I think I have ever seen before. I wonder if good Demo also. It felt like there was a lot of en- something is happening to our club that is helping to ergy in room and that's what I really like to see. I'm motivate our members? That would be terrific. I sure it provides for a more exciting couple of hours hope it is not only motivation to help the meetings, and makes it so you look forward the next month but such that it might carry over to your own turning with anticipation. I would specifically like to thank at home with any luck. those members which chipped in a little extra during this meeting to help set up or cleanup or do This weekend we start our first Open Shops visit at something a little above and beyond. Thanks espe- Mike Smith's place in Holliston MA, and there are cially to Art Bodwell and Jerry Sambrook for get- several more on the way during February, March, ting the video system running and letting everybody April and May. Having fun at meetings and having see what was happening at the lathe. This is some- fun in your own shop or somebody else's shop is thing we will try to have in place each month so that the quality of the demonstration and the infor- In This Issue mation conveyed by the demonstrator is much easier to understand when sitting in the ranks. Other President’s Message 1-2 recognition of note is of course our ever enduring Member Information 2-2-3 Richard Hunt and crew who set up the Learn and A walk in the woods with Ray Asselin 3 Turn every month including hauling the three lathes Symposia Information 2-4-5 and equipment from the back room “a mile down the hall” before opening and after closing. The Show & Tell 5-6 Learn and Turn event has been very successful ever Demo—Dave Eaton 2-6-7 Drying Kiln—Joe McGill 7

PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 1, February 2012 Internal VP - Jim Metcalf really key to enjoying your turning hobby. After all that's why we do this stuff. To have FUN! Reported on survey So thanks again to everyone who has either helped Some Black Locust is available, contact Jim for de- out at the meetings, helped outside the meetings, or tails is even considering helping in some manner this Developing a Teaching Program to match up new year. Sure there are big jobs to do but there are turners with experienced turners many smaller jobs too, just enough for everybody Up Coming Events: in the club to help in some way or fashion in fact… (ha ha) I am sure glad to have everyone's March 31/Apr 1 -Totally Turning – support behind me as President and continue to Saratoga Springs, NY look forward to an excellent year! Lastly don’t for- May 3—Malcolm Tibbetts @ CNEW get next month’s Turning Challenge of making a tool. Any kind of tool is acceptable where at least May 5- New England Woodturning Sympo part of it is made on the lathe, such as a scratch sium – Pinkerton Academy, Derry NH awl, mallet, screwdriver, garden dibble or other Field Trips: things. These items will be added to the show and Tree ID walk with Ray Asselin was well received tell area for all to look at. Let's see how many different things get made and how each individual’s Norton Abrasives visit in the works different methods of work produce similar items. Show and Tell: This is yet another way we hope to spawn camara- Eric Meskus Butternut Bowl, Cherry Vase derie and share knowledge among ourselves. Art Bodwell Segmented gyroscope Dave Frank White Cherry Bowl (2x), Cherry Burl Bowl, Teapot Earl Powell Teapot Minutes: 2/2/2012 Eric Holmquist Eric Holmquist Norway Maple Bowl (2x), Attendance: 40 ± Pierced Bowl and Plate, Natural Edge End Visitors: None Grain Bowl Learn & Turn: Dave Eaton - Awl Steve Reznek Calla Lillies, Splined Lids and Demo: Dave Eaton-Turn a bowl Bowl President: Reid Gillmore Claro Walnut Bowl, Big Leaf Called for volunteers to fill open staff positions: Maple Bowl, Morell Burl Webmaster: Jim Metcalf and Ray Asselin Bowl will help New Business: News letter Editor: Art Bodwell agreed to be the editor after the meeting. March Flea Market for sales of old tools, 50% to club Secretary: Minutes accepted Open Shops: Treasurer: Jerry Sambrook Start $2844 Mike Detery March Income $1114 Peter Wilcox April Expenses $150 Frank White April End $3808 Mike Smith Feb 11 Store: Doing well Todd Heino April Library: Rent more videos!

PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 1, February 2012 New Officers for 2012: President Dave Eaton, Natick MA 508-353-4129 A Walk in the Woods with Ray Asselin [email protected] by Larry Graves, WMW Vice-President Jim Metcalf, North Brookfield MA 508-867-4245 [email protected] With our bellies full of breakfast and coffee, six of us headed off to a local wooded park in Belcher- Treasurer Mike Peters, Sutton MA 508-865-0392 town for a wintertime tree identification walk. We [email protected] spent the next four hours craning our necks to look Secretary Eric Holmquist, South Windsor CT 860- at the tops of the trees and bowing our heads, chal- 289-4791 [email protected] lenging our eyesight looking for fallen leaves. All Newsletter Editor Art Bodwell, Holden, MA 508- in hopes of successfully identifying some of the local deciduous and non deciduous trees. With refer- 829-9951 [email protected] ence books, magnifying glasses and a sense of curi- Show and Tell Photographer Peter Wilcox, Boylston osity we set off down the trail. What a fun-filled MA 508-869-6180 [email protected] educational experience. In the first hundred yards, Video Librarian Ray Asselin, Wilbraham MA 413- Ray, our guide, was surprised by a stand of trees. 596-8292 [email protected] He pointed out the smooth, mottled bark and identified a tree which I am pretty sure none of us had Project Goodwill Coord. Charlie Croteau, Worcester ever heard, the Ailanthus ,Tree of Heaven! MA 508-756-2049 [email protected] As we meandered down the trail, we fell into a WCC Show Coordinator Reid Gilmore, Upton MA rhythm: we would stop at a tree, examine its bark, 508-603-1248 [email protected] declare its name and wait for Ray to show us other Learn 'N Turn Coord. Richard Hunt, Auburn MA indicators to support our convictions. Do not just 508-832-4425 [email protected] look at the bark! Bark is not the best indicator "It's Video Equip. Steward Art Bodwell, Holden MA an oak!" We proudly declared. "Yeah but what 508-829-9951 [email protected] kind?", Ray queried. Ray taught us how to distin- guish between red and white by the nodes or points Big Name Demo Coord. Earl Powell, Woburn MA of the leaves. Bristle-tipped lobes is a red and 781-756-0603 [email protected] rounded (no bristles) lobes is a white oak. Simple! Club Store Manager Joe Giroux, Ashland MA 508- It's a Maple! How do you know? He directed our 881-4708 [email protected] vision to the youngest twigs to determine if the Contributing Editor Steve Reznek, Concord MA branches are opposite or alternate. If they are oppo- 978-287-4821 [email protected] site he taught us a mnemonic to limit the field of possibilities : “MADHorse“, which stands for Ma- ple, Ash, Dogwood or Horse chestnut. What type of maple? Red or sugar? Look at the end of the branch, the newest growth. If it has a red color it is red maple … if it is brown it is sugar maple. Demo Notice It's an Aspen! We learned to confirm it by looking at the very top of the tree and the end branches are white like white birch. Also, on the ground we The CNEW demo on 3/1/12 will be on using rab- found big tooth Aspen, and Quaking Aspen leaves bets and splines to make \"segmented\" bowls? as identified by looking at the leaf edges. Ray ex- I will sell kits for $5 for small ones and a few for plained that the leaves have flat stems which allows the leaf to gyrate even in the slightest of $10 for a little larger ones. breeze unlike a round stemmed leaf. All money will go to Project Goodwill/Charlie. Its Grey Birch or maybe Cherry! We were again Steve Reznek only staring at the bark! On one part it curled like

CNEW Skew: Volume 26; Number 1, February 2012 like Birch but further up it looked more like . Cherry. We cut off a dead limb. Neither Grey Totally Turning Symposium Birch nor Cherry, it was green inside, Sumac! Saturday—Sunday, March 31 and April 1,2012 Once again, the bark can be an elusive revealer as an identifier. We also learned to identify dif- Saratoga Springs, New York. ferent Conifers, Willow and Walnut trees. Sponsored by No walk in the woods is complete without find- Adirondack Woodturners Association ing at least one burl. We found quite a few burls. Bob, with machete in one hand and in the other, Every Totally Turning registrant his newly purchased Big Boy Saw check name! will have full access to BOTH from the Wood Show, braved the bittersweet the woodturning rotations of Totally vines and the prickers to gather up a few smaller vase-style burls. It was almost like a door prize. Turning 2012 and to all of SHOWCASE 2012. We all certainly left with many prizes that day. A great way to get inspired to know more about This years Symposium features tree identification is pack a book, go for a walk in the woods with an expert like Ray as your many of the world's leading woodturners: guide. We are looking forward to a spring identi- Trent Bosch, Glenn Lucas, fication walk. Giles Gilson, Sharon Doughtie, David Nittmann, Kurt Hertzog, Chris Pytlik, David Lindow, Joe Herrmann, Matt Clarke, and Peter Lovallo.

Visit their website for more info: 26th annual AAW www.totallyturning.com Symposium

It's only February, but not too early to plan for the AAW symposium June 8-10 San Jose, CA. See the web site, www.woodturner.org for details and presenters.

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ShowShow The Seventh New England Woodturning && TellTell Symposium May 5, 2012 8:00A.M— 5P.M. at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH

Sponsored by “The Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers” and “The Granite State

Woodturners” Registration fee is $65 including Lunch! Scheduled Demonstrators are:

Al Stirt David Belser Harvey Fien Beth Ireland Michael Kehs Ralph Tursini Peter Scheffer JoHannes Michelson Andy DiPietro Claude Dupuis Charlie Sheaff Donald Briere Donna Banfield Fred Chellis Dick Batchelder Peter Bloch Ed Kelle Andre Martel Jack Vesery Marcel Durrette Keith Tompkins Jon Siegel Mike Foster Alan Carter Bob Rosand

Symposium Registration at: www.GNHW.org Or Mail Check Made out to “Guild of NH Woodworkers” to: Bob DeAngelis, 470 Newmarket Rd. Warner, NH 03278 [email protected]

Youth Symposium—Friday May 4.

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ShowShow NaturalNatural EdgeEdge BowlBowl

DaveDave EatonEaton && TellTell

First cut a blank from a log using a template

Tools of the trade various spur centers Mount it up Bark side to the head stock

Roughing it out

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Finish the bottom

Done ! That was Turn it to easy! desired shape

Drying kiln from a converted upright freezer Joe McGill Total cost < $25 Materials/tools 4 1/8” hole saw 1 “ hole saw 2 plastic blast gates 1 cabinet fan 1 old lamp 1- 100w light bulb Reverse and An instant read meat thermometer hollow

First have the refrigerant removed from the system! Why deplete the ozone? Using a bi-metal hole saw drill a hole on the side of the freezer near the bottom and a second hole dead center on the top. Affix one blast gate to each hole using liquid nails, silicone caulk or other adhesive. Drill a hole the diameter of the meat thermometer somewhere Prepare a jam chuck where it will be easy to see and read and the 1” hole through which you can feed the wires from the fan and the light. Place the cabinet fan on the inside of the freezer at the bottom hole and place the light at the bottom of the freezer. Shove the thermometer into the hole, Reverse again feed the wires out through the 1” hole and plug them in. By regulating the air flow through the blast gates I was able to achieve a consistent 80 degree internal temperature.

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Treasurer, Central New England Woodturners c/o Mike Peters 3 Forge LA Editors note: Sutton, MA 01590 Articles needed for future issues. Any ideas Annual dues: $30 including e-mail delivery of newsletter; $35 for postal delivery of newsletter. you may have—turning techniques, design innovations, jigs, specific projects, tools or equipment you may have or built that you would like to share (see article by Joe Central New England Woodturners McGill, page 7, this issue), book reviews, A Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners symposium or show reviews or anything else you may like to share. All are welcome and will help to make this newsletter more informative for all. Email to me at [email protected] Art Bodwell, Editor

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