President's Letter

Association News and Notes

From the Editor President’s Letter Copying can be a controversial topic among woodturners. Opinions range from “it’s okay, The AAW 25th Anniversary Symposium there’s no problem with copying promises to be the biggest and best AAW cel- pieces that appear in magazines ebration ever. All living Honorary Lifetime and exhibits” to “no one should Members have been invited to participate. David copy someone else’s work. Ever.” Ellsworth (a founding member of the AAW Years ago while teaching a class and our first president), Dale Nish (a founding at Arrowmont School, I noticed member), Bonnie Klein, Ray Key, Nick Cook, a student tracing one of my sculptures into his sketchbook. Alan Lacer, and Al Stirt have all accepted the I didn’t think much about the invitation. Many other outstanding wood- incident. A year later, a friend turners will be in attendance such as Michael told me that this student used his Hosaluk, John Jordan, Clay Foster, Hayley copied version of my sculpture to Smith, and Chris Stott. successfully jury into a guild. Was Exhibitions will include “Roots” and a Retrospective on David Ellsworth. he wrong in copying? Woodworkers and woodturners Collectors of Wood Art (CWA) will meet in Saint Paul in conjunction with are conditioned to copy. the AAW symposium. For information on their events, visit the AAW website. Magazines offer project articles, Friday’s Special Interest Night (SIN) sessions offer information for a wide complete with plans—we buy range of interests. Session titles are: Ornamental Turners International, them, go to our shops, and make Principally Pens, Segmented Turners, Antique and Reproduction cabinets, candleholders, vases, Lathes, Gizmos and Gadgets, Bowls: Utilitarian and Artistic, First Aid and bookcases. Some of those for Woodturners, Collectors of Wood Art, and Why the Heck Should My creations take up residence in our homes. Or, we go into production Chapter Be a Nonprofit? mode and sell through craft fairs The Saturday evening banquet will feature the Educational Opportunity or galleries. Grant (EOG) auction. The Professional Outreach Program (POP) auction A lot can be learned from will be held on Sunday. Both auctions and the Instant Gallery offer excellent copying someone else’s work: opportunities to acquire the world’s very best wood-turned art. form, line, embellishments, If your spouse isn’t a woodturner, she or he can visit the Spouse Craft Room and color combinations. As our creative vocabulary expands, we and see demonstrations on jewelry making, cake decorating, quilting, kaleido- may begin to experiment with scope making, and a presentation on America’s First Ladies. If you would like new ideas, eventually finding to demonstrate your craft, contact the AAW office. innovative expressions of our own. If you love lathes and equipment, the tradeshow is for you! Every major man- For those who choose to make ufacturer of lathes, tools, and accessories will be there to let you see, test, and work based solely on imagination, purchase the latest offerings. Wood selection will be vast. life experience, and influences, a Consider submitting your own woodturnings to display in the Instant marvelous experience is to be had; the satisfaction is unparalleled. Gallery! When you visit the Instant Gallery, don’t forget to vote for the That state of creating and best Chapter Collaborative Challenge, purchase a bowl from Return to the connecting is called flow. Community, or acquire a turning from the “25 for 25” exhibit. At the top of my list for students And stop by the AAW Corporate Office and take in the AAW Gallery of is No More Secondhand Art by Wood Art in historic Landmark Center. Our gallery is beautiful! Peter London. I hope that student Visit the AAW website at woodturner.org to register for the symposium, from years ago has discovered the creativity within reserve your hotel room, and access the latest symposium information. While himself, as well as you are there, click on “25th Anniversary Symposium Video” to view an excel- the insight within lent video about the symposium. the pages of this book. With warm regards, —Betty Scarpino

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Join us in Saint Paul for AAW’s 25th Anniversary International Symposium!

The American Association June 24—26 of Woodturners You won’t want to miss the fantastic of interests. Visit the February journal 25 celebration we have planned! We have and the AAW website for the list of Years 1986-2011 a full lineup of woodturning demon- feature demonstrators. This issue high- strations and panel discussions that is lights selected demonstrators as well guaranteed to appeal to a wide range as additional family activities planned for the weekend. The Minneapolis/Saint Paul Lindbergh Accommodations Airport is ten miles from the RiverCentre Hilton Garden Inn Convention Center and hotels. The 411 Minnesota St. AAW office and Gallery of Wood Art are Saint Paul, MN 55101 located close to the convention center. 651-291-8800 We hope you will stop by for a visit. 877-782-9444 (toll free) For the latest information about the (0.2 miles from city center) symposium, visit woodturner.org. Holiday Inn Make your reservations now—see 11 E Kellogg Boulevard you in Saint Paul! Saint Paul, MN 55101 651-225-1515 800-465-4329 (toll free) Rate: $134/night (.95 miles from city center) Be sure to mention American Association of Woodturners to get the discounted room rate.

FEATURED Demonstrators Dixie Biggs Ray Key Nick Cook Bonnie Klein David Ellsworth Alan Lacer Clay Foster Dale Nish Dick Gerard Hayley Smith Mike Hosaluk Al Stirt Todd Hoyer Chris Stott John Jordan Malcolm Tibbetts Jerry Kermode See the February issue for rotation descriptions and titles.

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AAW 25th Anniversary International Symposium in Saint Paul Selected Demonstrators Alan Carter, Illinois Turn It Thin Enhance Join this demonstration and see how to turn long, thin stems for goblets and your vessels while focusing on developing tool control and achieving precision when working with small fragile turnings, Jérôme Blanc regardless of their shape. Learn how to prepare and secure the blank to maintain Creativity its structural integrity without sacrificing Jérôme Blanc, Switzerland the delicacy of the finished product. Turning and Acrylic Inlay There Be Goblets Amongst Us Learn about several methods of inlaying acrylic in wood and the marriage of This session follows up on “Turn It Thin” wood and acrylic, assembly, drying, and gluing. See how acrylic can be textured as small delicate goblets and vessels that using an Arbortech grinder and a wire brush. Images of the technical and artistic sit atop stems are turned. See how thin approaches will enhance the demonstration. walls can be achieved and how to add Sculpture on the Lathe variety to the shapes and woods. Various Using the reverse rotation of the lathe, see how the lathe can be used as a sculpting embellishments and design elements tool. Learn how to texture with an Arbortech grinder and drill as well as use dye to used to enhance the uniqueness of the achieve various effects. Images will illustrate technical and artistic approaches. finished pieces will be discussed.

Giles Gilson, New York Painting and Finishing Discover how to paint your turned Alan Carter objects with professional flair! Find out the many painting and finishing Panel Discussions Open to all attendees techniques learned from a lifetime of working with automobiles, airplanes, The Artist and the Collector, Arthur Mason, David Ellsworth, Jane Mason, and wood sculpture. David Waterbury, Ron Kent, Jeff Bernstein 25 Years of Bad Wood Art, Co-sponsored by the Collectors of Wood Art, Betty Scarpino, Louise Sacco, John Kelsey, Terry Martin Artists, Collectors, and the Stories Behind the Relationships, Kevin Wallace, Giles Gilson, Jacques Vesery, J Paul Fennell, Jeff Bernstein, Dave Long Giles Gilson Demystifying “DESIGN,” The Role of Observation in Design Inspiration, Keith Tompkins, Andi Wolfe, Robert Sutter, Dick Gerard Future of the Field, David Ellsworth, John Jordan, Albert LeCoff, Dick Gerard Andrew Glazebrook, Alberta Colorful Ice Cream Cones (Youth Class) Legacy and Continuum in Woodturning, Giles Gilson, Kevin Wallace, The concept of this fun project is intended Mark Lindquist, David Ellsworth for emerging woodturners and lends Preservation of Woodturnings, Laura Kubick and Hugh Shockey, itself to learning between-center turning. Lunder Conservation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum This project will use all of the cuts needed to develop basic skills on the lathe, while Self-Critique, David Nittmann, Cindy Drozda, Curt Theobald keeping with the theme of fun. Social Networking, Andi Wolfe, Mike Mahoney, Katherine Kowalski Youth Class The Craft Fair, Deborah Kermode, Jerry Kermode Watch a The Unknown Woodturner: Furniture and Architectural Turning, Jerry Kermode, variety of Mark Supik, James Santhon projects being finished at a Turning to the Future, Albert LeCoff, Claude Lethiecq, Jacques Vesery, quick pace. Jennifer Komar Olivarez, John Kelsey, Ray Leier Entertaining Woodturning: From Convention to Art, J Paul Fennell, Binh Pho, Mike Mahoney, Bill Luce for all ages! Andrew Glazebrook

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Stephen Hatcher, Washington Fun Activities for Your Family Inlaid Rims Create accents Tours • Craft Room to platters and bowls with inlaid Sign up for one of the three fascinat- all-access one-game fun package. rims. Several ing packaged tours of the Saint Paul/ Watch Johannes Michelsen as he Stephen Hatcher methods, Minneapolis area at woodturner.org. throws out the first ball of the game! Further details and more activities including the • Saint Paul Tour use of mineral for your family adventure are at crystals, mother-of-pearl, glass, and metal • Stillwater Tour woodturner.org. wire, will be discussed. The entire process • Best of Minneapolis from start to finish will be demonstrated. The craft room expanded at the Inlaid Imagery Hartford symposium last year and was Free Symposium Create accents to platters and boxes with inlaid imagery. The design possibilities a roaring success. This year’s activities Handbook will be equally interesting! Bring your are limitless when using inlaid mineral This comprehensive handbook fea- crystals. Learn the materials used, the craft items to work on and share. Ques- tures all of the demonstrators, shows carving technique, and requisite tools as tions? Contact [email protected]. images of their work, and contains the entire process is demonstrated. Looking for family entertainment while valuable how-to information on topics Turn a Teapot in Saint Paul? The King Tut exhibit will covered in demon- Create a hollow-form teapot from the be at the Science Museum of Min- strations. You will inside out. This technique involves turning nesota with special pricing for AAW

want to buy an Paul Saint 2011 mirrored halves that are glued together and members, tickets available on the extra copy to share turned like a sphere, which is then given a extra copy to share AAW website. Or, take in a lively minor final shape using abrasives. Learn how to with your wood- league baseball game. The Saint Paul American Association of Woodturners go from the initial design to final shaping. turning friends Saints minor league team offers an back home. handout book

Tim Heil, Minnesota Name Handles, Handles, Handles Duane Hill, Wisconsin Contact Info Doesn’t everything need a handle? Three Ways to Thread Wood Learn about handles for screwdrivers, Interested in adding threads to your work or simply want to make jigs/ bench chisels, jump ropes, fishing rods, attachments for your lathe? Using taps, learn how to thread jigs and bicycle grips, paintbrushes, doorknobs, attachments for the headstock and live center. The demonstration will pogo sticks, giant spinning tops, include how to use a threading jig, like the Baxter Threadmaster, and potato mashers, toilet plungers, and how to hand-chase threads on the lathe. This session incorporates woodturning tools. After turning a golf using alternate materials, such as UHMW (ultra high molecular weight) tee to warm up, see how to turn a handle plastic and MDF (medium density fiberboard). Traditional for a bowl and nontraditional woods will be discussed. gouge. Design, Duane Hill wood selection, drilling, ferrules, gluing, and EOG Auction finishing will After Saturday evening’s banquet, join us for a fast-paced, spirited auction of high- be discussed. Tim Heil quality turned objects. Proceeds from the auction benefit the AAW Educational Opportunity Grant (EOG) program. We award grants from this program to AAW chapters, AAW members, and woodturning programs, national and international.

Rex Burningham, Utah One-of-a-Kind Twist Pens Master See how to make one-of-a-kind pens from basic twist-pen kits. Three different designs result from basic, inexpensive the parts. Learn how to make jigs and fixtures and discover tips and tricks to create unique designs. Process Rex Burningham woodturner.org 7

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Jon Magill, Washington Demystifying the Rose Engine Lathe Tried your hand with the rose engine? View a variety of techniques used in ornamental turning (OT) (newbies may Explore find some aspects of this session beyond their experience level). Everyone can new move up the complex ladder of skills required to master rose engine turning and incorporate OT into their turning repertoire. Learn about cover settings and setups that will exemplify the John Calver Methods range of possibilities and patterns using John Calver, Ontario the lathe, as well as Eccentric Chuck for Rose Engine insights into using See how a shopmade, indexable eccentric chuck on a rose engine can be used. The assorted OT chucks effect of off-center turning on a rose engine can be as appealing as off-center and and cutting frames. eccentric turning on a wood lathe. Applications for this process will be discussed. Jon Magill

Jim Jacobs, Minnesota James McClure, Florida Jigs, Gadgets, & Tips Strategies for Turning Teardrop, Discover the various jigs and gadgets this demonstrator has made Calabash, and Other Challengingly to fit his JET mini lathe: a rollerblade steady rest, disc sander, and Shaped Bowls indexing system. See how these jigs are easily made with a small Reduce your turning frustration investment of time and money, with great results. Several quick by learning various strategies and tips for all skill levels will be offered. techniques for turning all forms of bowls. To illustrate the use of a bowl Jim Jacobs gouge for creating perfect bowl forms, AAW 25th Anniversary a calabash-inspired bowl will be turned. Book Signing Fundamentals of Bowl Turning Friday Special Ever asked yourself when, why, and Friday Night how each cut should be used in order Pre-order your copy now and Interest Night to quickly and efficiently turn an open, pick it up at the symposium. Join us Friday evening to attend one of flat-rimmed bowl? Learn how to use a variety of special interest sessions to and quickly sharpen a bowl gouge, as discuss ideas and make new friends. Additional topics may be added. well as how two different grinds are complemen- If you have an idea for a Special Interest Night session, contact Dale Larson at tary. The result [email protected]. will be a Why the Heck Should My Chapter Be a Nonprofit? Cindy Bowden, AAW Executive cleanly cut Director and Karl Warden, Attorney surface, which will reduce Antique and Reproduction Lathes, Dick Enstad sanding time. James McClure Gizmos and Gadgets, Rob Wallace Bowls: Utilitarian and Artistic, Greg Haugen Ornamental Turners International, Steve White, President, Ornamental Turners Collectors of Wood Art Principally Pens, Kurt Hertzog, President, Principally Pens The Collectors of Wood Art Forum will be held in Segmented Woodturners, Malcolm Tibbetts, President, Segmented Turners conjunction with the AAW symposium. For information about CWA and their schedule of events, First Aid for Woodturners, Stan Wellborn, Board Member visit collectorsofwoodart.org or email Sheryl and Patrick Sullivan, MD Wallace at [email protected]. The CWA will Collectors of Wood Art, Joe Seltzer, President CWA host panel discussions and tours of exhibits and local collectors’ homes.

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Ken Nelsen, Nevada Custom Pen Making: Acoustic Guitar Woodturning Tradeshow Learn how laser cutting can be used Most of the major lathe manufacturers and specialty suppliers will be set up and to create the pieces necessary for making an acoustic-guitar rollerball ready to offer the latest in woodturning supplies and equipment. You won’t see a pen. Discussion and demonstration will larger woodturning tradeshow anywhere! Ongoing demonstrations let you per- include assembly of wood, silver wire, sonally observe tools and machinery in action, so plan plenty of time to see it all. aluminum shim, Airbrush-on-Wood Lindow-White and metallic Alan Lacer Machine Works Win a Powermatic thread, methods Lyle Jamieson for successful American Craft Council One Good Turn/ Lathe! Custom- turning, and Bad Dogs Burl Source Hosaluk Tools finishing. Tips, Canyon Studios, Inc. Painted by Binh Pho! Oneway Manufacturing tricks, and jigs! Carter Products Co. Walter Meier Inc. Powermatic/JET Packard Woodworks, Inc. Century Tree Turnings donated the lathe. Binh Pho painted Ken Nelsen Preservation Solutions, Choice Woods it. The Chicago Woodturners chapter LLC Classic Wooden Watches will transport the lathe to Saint Paul. Ron Odegaard, Wisconsin Robust Tools, LLC CPH International, You could be the lucky winner! Raffle Serious Toolworks, Inc. Furniture/Antique Spindle Starbond tickets are $10 and will be avail- Repairs and Reproducing SmoothTurning.com Craft Supplies USA able through your local chapter, as Architectural Spindles SS Niles Bottle Stoppers well as at the symposium. Proceeds Learn how to repair a broken chair Curt Theobald Segmented Wood Stuart Batty Enterprises, support activities of the American spindle so it is as strong as or stronger LLC than the original, using the lathe Doren’s Artistic Association of Woodturners. Stubby Lathe USA, Inc. and accessories most turners already Woodturning have. Participants will discover how Dunlap Woodcrafts The Crafts Report to make repairs for friends, neighbors, (Woodfinder) The Sanding Glove relatives, and profit. The second half of D-Way Tools Inc. Thompson Lathe Tools the demonstration covers how to get Exotic Woods USA Trent Bosch organized when reproducing multiple GRS Tools Woodturning Workshops spindles for architectural restoration. HannesTool Turningwood.com Time permitting, Up North Burls an architectural House of Wood, Inc. Vince’s WoodNWonders spindle will JET/Powermatic be turned. John Jordan Woodturning Binh Pho Piercing and Airbrush JT Turning Tools, LLC Woodline USA Kallenshaan Woods Woodworker West Ron Odegaard

Allen Jensen, Colorado Turning Bowls Watch as locally harvested urban timbers are turned into beautiful salad bowls. Using wood the right way ensures that bowls can dry correctly and withstand daily use. Topics to be discussed: selecting and harvesting, rough turning, drying, remounting, re-turning, sanding, reverse-chucking, and food-safe finishing. This fast-paced, in-depth session is for Transform anyone interested in turning bowls. Hollow Vessels Hollow vessels provide unlimited options for shape and Raw surface embellishment. The possibilities begin with the wood, to which color and texture can be added. While focusing on the outside form of a hollow vessel, learn how a bowl gouge can be used to obtain a smooth surface. Watch Materials as the vessel is hollowed with a variety of tools. Additional topics to be discussed: sanding, mounting the vessel to remove the chucking point, and finishing. Allen Jensen

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Jim Sannerud, Minnesota Krympburk (Scandinavian Shrink Box) By combining traditional slöyd (Swedish hand-craft) techniques with the Experiment modern lathe you can create a Viking- era styled, watertight vessel called a krympburk from a combination of green and dry wood. Learn the entire with Technique process including endgrain-hollowing techniques using hand-forged hook

Photo: Andi Wolfe tools. Learn how to lay out traditional Claude Lethiecq, Quebec and contemporary patterns to carve Tour de Force Turning— on an oval form and hand-carve those Complicated Chinese Balls patterns using traditional knife cuts. Discover the secrets of making advanced Chinese Finishing touches using traditional egg balls, such as a ball with a 12-point star inside and tempera will be discussed. through a 20-point star, detached. Learn how a 12-point star can be created inside two concentric Jim spheres. Find out how it is possible to make a 12- Sannerud point star inside three concentric spheres, all of which Claude Lethiecq are inside a sphere with an opening of only 80°!

Bill Ooms, Arizona Patterns and Recipes for Rose Engine How are all those pretty patterns made by a rose engine lathe? Learn how simple rosettes can be used to make stunning patterns on turned wood Merryll Saylan, California objects. In addition to having a recipe book of patterns, the attendees will Different Tools, Different Textures gain an understanding of how to make their own creative patterns. There is a wide assortment of implements for carving—from power Bill Ooms tools to hand chisels. Learn about the various tools and the marks they Pascal Oudet, France make. Topics to be covered: How do French Dentelles you decide what texture to use or Watch as green wood is transformed into transparent where to use it? What is appropriate pieces. The methods to be presented can be applied to any for your piece? What are the pros, thin turning. The basics of sandblasting techniques and cons, and aesthetics of using an equipment will be discussed. Pascal Oudet Arbortech, Foredom, Dremel, and die grinders? Spiky Creatures Using a root with its original branches, see how you can create reserved areas during the From Dyes to Paints turning to carve them later to create additional interesting features that cannot be done Learn various low-tech methods for on the lathe. In this case it will be applied to a creature with many legs and spikes, but applying dyes and paints to stain and you can imagine many other uses: pictures of other possibilities will be shown. There color wood and how texture plays an will be a detailed discussion of choice of wood; orientation of it on the lathe to take important role in color. Topics to be advantage of its features; turning an appropriate shape; and carving with power tools. covered: transparency versus opaque coloring; how AFTAB Traveling Exhibition to navigate the Every two years, the French Association for Artistic Woodturning (AFTAB) organizes a array of materials traveling juried exhibition. In this slideshow, see the latest edition (2010–2011) of about available; the 50 pieces representative of the current French (and more) turning scene. benefits and disadvantages Joshua Salesin, California of using various Tips, Tricks, and Traps from a Decade of Turning Boxes materials. See This slideshow illustrates my approach to the ornamental how to change a turned box. It includes strategies for the languid color with the use woodturner as well as insights for the ardent collector. of glazes. The illustrations demonstrate how tools, technique, and artistry have an impact on results. Joshua Salesin Merryll Saylan

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David Schweitzer, Washington Introduction to Off-Center Turning Woodturning Exhibits! Using a 4-jaw chuck and a screw chuck, see two off-center turned projects be created: a crescent-moon platter and an offset beaded • Instant Gallery Not only is the AAW’s platter. Design, setup, and tool usage will be presented. Instant Gallery the largest display of turned-wood objects shown under one Hollow Forms and Finials roof, the work is interesting and varied. See how different tools and techniques can be used in making Bring three of your best pieces to add to a hollow vessel with a complementary elegant finial. The project uses commonly available tools. Grain orientation and the excitement. While there, vote for your how that affects design will be covered. favorite chapter-challenge project and visit the special areas set aside for EOG Hollow Forms and Fluting David auction items, award winners, emerging Hollow-form fluting made easy! Topics to be covered: design Schweitzer issues and layout, tools, and carving techniques to turn and artists’ demonstrations, return to com- embellish a hollow vessel with elegant fluting. munity project, and other craft items. • “Turning 25—A Celebration” This Craig Timmerman, Texas diverse exhibit will feature objects made Turning a Torus Vase by AAW’s local chapters. Be sure to In geometry, a torus is a surface of revolution generated by check out the fantastic talent highlighted revolving a circle in three-dimensional space about an axis by our local chapter members. coplanar with the circle, which does not touch the circle. Okay, a simple definition: a torus is a doughnut or inner-tube • “ R o o t s ” is the Professional Outreach shape. This fun project covers how to turn a torus-shaped Program’s themed exhibit, which will vase/weed pot with glass tube insert. The vase will be turned Craig include a catalog for sale at a nominal on multiple axes, using multiple-chucking techniques. Timmerman price. All the objects will be auctioned Turning a Multi-Axis Vase off to raise funds for POP activities, Learn how to turn a vase with a neck that is off-center using multi-axis turning which support programming at AAW’s (also known as spout-off vases). All the steps in the process will be covered. symposiums among other things. • “David Ellsworth: 2011 POP Merit Award Winner” David is the 2011 Rob Wallace, Iowa Professional Outreach Program’s Merit An Introduction to Wood Identification Many turners recognize various species of woods based on Award recipient. This exhibit honors past experience, but what if you have never seen the wood David’s outstanding career. before? This demonstration will present the basics to begin Special/Interactive Exhibits identifying wood through the use of identification keys. • “Empty Bowls, a Grassroots Move- The characteristics of the wood's cells and their structural ment to Help End Hunger” will be arrangement will be discussed. Participants will see examples held in the Instant Gallery. Bring a bowl of what structures to look for, how to begin identification, and how to use available information to successfully identify wood. to donate. Buy a $25 ticket to purchase We will use samples to view the characteristics to assign names someone else’s bowl. Together we raise Rob Wallace to unknown species. Wood toxicity, chatoyance, and structural money to donate to local food banks. This features relevant to wood drying will also be reviewed. Bring a will be the biggest Return to the Commu- 10× hand lens and see for yourself! nity project to date; send your bowl to the AAW office or bring it with you in June. Steve Worcester, Texas • “Doing a Good Turn: A $25 Souve- Hemisphere Hollow Forms is an opportunity to Learn how to mount the wood, make a template for nir for the 25th!” the half-circle shape (no math needed), cut the shape, make and purchase a souvenir of AAW’s and easily refine the curve of hemisphere hollow forms. celebration symposium. Make a piece Different methods for hollowing will be demonstrated. (any turned item), sign it with your name Also covered will be removing shavings from the form and “AAW’s 25th Anniversary,” donate and reverse turning. Steve Worcester the item, then purchase a ticket to A Treatise on Hollowing Tools acquire someone else’s prized object. From handheld to captive D-bar systems and The public is welcome to tour the exhibits; articulated hollowers, learn about the various methods registration is not necessary. Please encourage of hollowing. See firsthand the limitations of effective and not-so-effective local friends to stop by, see what woodturners tools. Types of inserts for many of the popular brands of hollowing tools will be make, and perhaps purchase a bowl or two! discussed, as well as what can be accomplished with them. woodturner.org 11

to have someone like her donate the tre- Youth Turning Room mendous skill, time, and energy it takes Youth between the ages of 10 and 17 are eligible to register for free hands-on to manage a class of 25 children with instruction. Youth must be accompanied by an adult who is registered for sharp gouges and 25 lathes spinning at high speeds. The class was safe with an the symposium. Students will make a variety of projects. assistant instructor for every two stu- On Sunday, twenty-five youths will win a complete turning package, includ- dents, the atmosphere cooperative and ing a lathe, tools, and faceshield! fun, and the children demonstrated Classes are taught by Andrew Glazebrook, Bonnie Klein, Joe Ruminski, and great enthusiasm and creativity. Avelino Samuel, along with twelve volunteer assistant instructors for each session. Jacob practically skipped to the To help make this program successful, donations include: escalator as we left, holding my hand in one hand and his new stick pen in • Walter-Meier Powermatic/JET, twenty-five JET mini lathes with stands Photo: Ed Kelle the other. He looked up at me, pulled • Crown Tools, twenty-five sets of woodturning tools on his AAW registration name tag and • Woodcraft, twenty-five faceshields said, “Daddy, I want to join this club • Vince’s WoodNWonders, sandpaper too…please sign me up for more classes next year!” • The Sanding Glove, glue I look forward to many more years • Teknatool, twenty-five chucks and safety centers of woodturning with Jacob and his younger sister Molly Rose. Bonnie, my son’s class with you is one that he will not soon forget. You provided The Youth Turning Program: him with excellent instruction and a sense of accomplishment. Thank you. The AAW at Its Very Best My wife loves the compliments from Peter J. Snyder colleagues on her stick pen and enjoys their reactions when she proudly tells As a fairly new member of the AAW father of a young child who is thrilled them our child made it. and a relative newcomer to woodturn- to work in the shop with me, the Before leaving, Jacob and I stocked ing, I seized the opportunity to attend opportunity to share in this special up on bowl blanks and new tools, and the symposium in Hartford. The program together was tremendous—it after wandering through the Instant program was filled with fantastic dem- left huge smiles on our faces. Gallery, we have some new big ideas to onstrators, and the Instant Gallery was When I received an email from Larry work on together! mind-expanding. The highlight for Miller asking which YTP class Jacob me, however, was sharing the weekend would like to attend, I wrote back that Peter J. Snyder is a neurology professor at the with my son. he would enjoy Bonnie Klein’s stick Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and he is the Vice President for Research I sincerely appreciate the indi- pen turning class if it were possible for for Rhode Island Hospital and the Lifespan viduals who selflessly donated their him to attend. After confirmation that Hospital System (Providence, RI). Peter has time and expertise to the Youth Jacob could participate, I told my eager been turning for the past five years. Turning Program (YTP). Organized son that he would be taking a class by Bonnie Klein and Larry Miller, and with one of the most prominent and Bonnie Klein and led by world-class instructors Nick influential woodturners in the United Jacob Snyder Cook, Joe Ruminski, Barry Gross, States. Jacob was thrilled! at Hartford symposium, 2010. Avelino Samuel, and Bonnie Klein, When we arrived at the class, Bonnie this program is a testament to the introduced Jacob as most likely the Association’s commitment to develop- youngest child to ever participate in ing the next generation of artisans, the YTP. The entire class greeted Jacob and to providing children with top- warmly. As a professor and educator notch educational activities that will myself, I thought that Bonnie demon- lead to years of creative discovery and strated superlative talent as a teacher, shared interests with parents. As the and this Association is truly fortunate

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AA W Board of Directors Local Call for Nominees Chapter Gem The AAW offers much to its members and we are looking for a few good If you are interested in serving The AAW offers much to its members. people who can contribute something on the board, please email the Maggie Gorishek, a member of the in return. Do you have the time, following to the executive director Stateline Woodturners (serving north- energy, and ideas to be a part of the ([email protected]), no later west Arkansas and southwest Missouri) AAW operations as well as a willing- than May 1: for three years, serves as club secretary. ness to help make it a better organiza- She is a member of the AAW and an 1. A statement of intent, including tion? Help with planning for AAW’s avid woodturner and quilter. Her qualifications and reasons future—run for a position on the husband, Frank, is also a woodturner. for applying. AAW Board! Over the last few years, Maggie The AAW elects a volunteer nine- 2. Letters of recommendation from attended many seminars and classes, member board to represent the mem- two individuals who can attest receiving instruction from Mike bership and move the organization to your organizational and Mahoney, Kirk DeHeer, Alan Lacer, forward. If you have been a member leadership abilities. and Andi Wolfe, among others. She in good standing for the past three 3. A high-resolution photograph and Frank have attended SWAT and years, you are eligible. The nominat- of yourself. the AAW Symposium. She enjoys ing committee will select the six best hands-on woodturning and learning candidates. From these six, members The nominating committee will review new techniques. will elect three candidates to serve application materials and schedule Maggie’s positive enthusiasm is a three-year term, beginning in phone interviews in late May and early contagious; she is always right in the January 2012. June. Candidates will be presented in mix at Saturday meetings where club the journal, ballots will be sent out in For information on the duties of members gather at Mark Ost’s shop the fall, and election results will be an- Board members, call any current board for hands-on turning instruction. nounced in late 2011. member or visit the AAW website at She is usually one of the first to try woodturner.org/info/bod/ for details. something new and the last person to leave at the end of the day. Maggie is a huge asset to our organization! Website Winner —Paul Moore

The January contest on the AAW Check out the AAW forum for the forum was to create a suspended next contest at woodturner.org. form that is at least ¾" (20 mm) Thank you to Neil Scobie for being the above the sitting surface. There can juror, and thanks to the many turners be a base or legs (any number), but who entered! the primary form must be suspended. If a winged form is used, the primary form must be of a different material than the legs. Alan Carter, Proud Mary, 2011, Maggie Gorishek and Paul Moore with the Congratulations to the winners! Maple, bubinga, African quilt she made for a gift exchange at the First place, Alan Carter blackwood, oak, brass, Stateline Woodturners Club’s Christmas party. The quilt depicts turnings found on the Second place, Ray Muniak 29" × 11" × 3½" club’s website, statelinewoodturners.com. Third place, Rick Crawford (74 cm × 30 cm × 9 cm) Paul was the lucky recipient of the quilt. woodturner.org 13

Call for Entries 2012 Annual Juried Member Exhibit “A Walk in the Woods”

In honor of California’s many majes- Guidelines tic forests, the theme for the 2012 1. The exhibit is open to any member exhibit is “A Walk in the AAW member. Woods.” Do you see the forest or the 2. Entry fee is $30. trees? Explore this theme with creativ- 3. You may submit up to three ity! All AAW members are eligible to pieces for consideration enter this juried exhibit, which will ($30 total entry fee). premiere at the 2012 AAW Symposium 4. Work must be created at least in 9. When packed for shipment, the in San José, California, before travel- part on the lathe. maximum box size (two × width, ing to other venues. 5. Work must have been created in plus two × depth, plus the length) Entries will be accepted online the past 24 months. may not exceed 108" (270 cm). November 1, 2011, through February 6. An artist statement describing 10. No more than three digital images 3, 2012. The link for submissions will how the piece fits the theme is per submission are allowed: one be provided in the October journal required. Statements may be or two images of an overall view, and will be announced on the AAW edited for length and clarity. and one image showing significant website in October. 7. A 45% commission will be charged detail of the piece. Uploaded images Questions? Contact Tib Shaw on sales made during any of the should be in jpg or tif format, high at the AAW Gallery of Wood Art, exhibition venues. resolution (300dpi), no larger than [email protected] or call her at 8. Work will stay with the exhibit 1,000KB in file size, and 7" (18 cm) 651-484-9094. through multiple venues. on the largest dimension.

Prize Drawing for AAW Members Congratulations One of the many benefits of membership in the AAW is our monthly prize and year-end grand 2010 Grand prize drawings. Thank you to the vendors that donated this year’s prizes, which include tuition scholarships, $100 certificates, sanding supplies, DVDs, chucks, grinding jigs, and lathes! Prize Winner! When you patronize our vendors, please thank them for their support of the AAW. Visit our web- Cliff Mann from Arizona won the Pow- site at woodturner.org/org/mbrship/drawings_winners.htm to see each month’s prizes and winners. ermatic 3520B lathe! He designated the At the end of 2011, we will draw another name from our membership roster to give away a Southern Arizona Woodturners Association Powermatic 3520B lathe. That winner will name a local chapter to win either a JET 1642 or five JET to be the recipients of the JET lathes. A mini-lathes. The Powermatic and JET lathes are donated by Walter Meier Powermatic/JET. Included huge thank-you to Walter Meier Power- is free shipping in the continental USA, or up to a $500 allowance for international winners. matic/JET for donating the lathes!

2011 Donors (Others may be added during the year.) Hunter Tool Systems hunterwoodturningtool.com Anderson Ranch Arts Center andersonranch.org Mike Mahoney bowlmakerinc.com Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts arrowmont.org Oneway Manufacturing oneway.ca Trent Bosch trentbosch.com The Sanding Glove thesandingglove.com John C. Campbell Folk School folkschool.org Thompson Lathe Tools thompsonlathetools.com Choice Woods choice-woods.com Walter Meier Inc. Powermatic/JET powermatic.com Craft Supplies woodturnerscatalog.com and jettools.com David Ellsworth ellsworthstudios.com

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A Good Turn in Tulsa

For more than twenty years, the volunteer labor, we had our tenth sufficient additional funds from Northeastern Oklahoma Woodturners and permanent home. other sources to modernize the Association (NEOWA), located in In July, the club appointed a build- balance of the warehouse. Tulsa, met in ten different locations. ing committee to determine the cost When he presented the club with Lack of funds prevented the club from of building out a large classroom and the title, our benefactor, who started purchasing or leasing a permanent converting one-fourth of the remain- turning after his retirement at age location of adequate size to conduct ing space into a studio with nine 78, said, “The excitement and enjoy- meetings, have demonstrations, permanent lathe stations. The cost ment I have found in learning to teach classes, and store equipment. At estimate was $25,000, provided club turn and in helping the club grow times, we transported equipment from members furnished the labor. has added years to my life and will storage to a donated classroom and In August, our benefactor chal- continue to provide pleasure in the back again. lenged the membership: If we wanted years to come.” With the leadership of our tireless to develop an exemplary organiza- president, Almeta Robertson, along tion, reach our true potential, and with the dedicated efforts of the contribute $25,000 for the build- —Ken Hager governing board, many committed out, he would donate to the club members, and the incredible gener- the building and land, which was Photos: Bob Hawks osity of a new and recently retired appraised at $210,000. member, the club now is the proud Also in August, a widow, whose owner of a 4,300 square–foot build- late husband left her with a working in an excellent location in Tulsa. shop full of equipment and supplies, In June 2010, the city of Tulsa noti- told a club member that if we would fied us that our one-year contract clean out and sell all the contents of for the use of one of their build- the shop, we could keep 20 percent ings would not be renewed; we had of what we collected. Club members thirty days to find new quarters. Our moved all the equipment and sup- new member/benefactor told us we plies to the warehouse and con- could use his vacant warehouse and ducted a sale. With $4,000 from our just pay the insurance, taxes, and share of the sale and $25,000 in con- John Scott teaches beginning turner Rex Taylor utilities. One-fourth of the build- tributions from the membership, we how to make a cut. ing had been used for offices. It has surpassed our goal. two bathrooms and a heating and Our club received the deed to cooling unit. With $600 of club the property on November 29. The money and hundreds of hours of next great challenge is raising

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Waste blocks Instead of cutting waste blocks using the bandsaw or with a hole saw, I glue scrap boards together in layers to form lengths 3" thick by 20" long (8 cm by 50 cm). I turn the lamination to a cylinder of a diameter that will fit my chuck. I cut thick- Raise one leg and place dollies under feet. nesses as needed, using the bandsaw with the cylinder safely held in a V block. I generally use a section that is 2" (50 mm) thick so that the project is kept away from the chuck, but you may wish to have the bottom of the turning blank rest on the shoulder of the chuck jaws for additional support. Because I am gluing endgrain, I use five-minute epoxy to glue the waste block to the turning stock. It is a nice way to make use of bland or damaged wood. — Thomas J Daluisio, Virginia

Shark jaws A fellow woodturner from Russia retired after forty years as a musician. He was looking for a way to express himself, and after a course from Eli Raise the other end. Avisera, he realized the endless possibilities of self-expression that turning Moving a “mustard monster” Thread lock offered. It has been ten years and he I do not have a reason to move my There are several grades of thread lock, has made amazing progress. Along the Powermatic 3520 lathe on a regular each one fairly expensive. I have used way he has come up with many new basis, but I am sure the time will fingernail polish with good results. ideas on how to get things done. come. Rather than wait until I need Inexpensive bottles are available at One idea that stands out is his use of to move my “mustard monster,” I discount stores. I use the polish on shark jaws. This device is able to hold devised a solution. adjustment bolts to keep them from wood in its jaws as well as at the tail Purchase a small automotive hydrau- vibrating loose. It provides just the right end. The heart of the shark jaws is a lic jack, the type with wheels, and two amount of stick and the bolt can still be 5000 kg (11,000 lb) hydraulic jack. The 6" (150 mm) steel tri-dollies with 1¼" adjusted. It’s great for screws as well. jaws are sharp and have a wide capac- (32 mm) plastic wheels. (The smallest — John Kaner, Arkansas ity. You can also utilize a hydraulic jack jack I found has a much larger capacity with a chain in order to hold wood than needed, but you may be able to Got a Great Idea? down on the other side. For more infor- find a smaller jack.) Share your turning ideas! If we mation on the shark jaws, visit Valery Center the jack under one of the publish your tip, we’ll pay you $35. Zhukov’s website valeryzhukov.com. lathe’s legs and raise the leg just high — Ron Zalk, Israel enough to place one tri-dolly under Send your tips along with relevant each footpad. Slowly lower the jack, photos or illustrations and your ensuring that the feet are centered in name and mailing address to: the tri-dollies. Betty Scarpino Move to the other end of the lathe American Woodturner and again center the jack under the 5246 Evanston Ave. lathe’s leg. Raise the jack just high Indianapolis, IN 46220 enough to lift both footpads off the [email protected] floor. The lathe can now be moved. — Bob Gerenser, California

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Larger knob Mineral sifter The wing nut used to tighten the leg If you are like me and would rather a few additional boxes to the correct on my Wolverine Vari-grind sharp- crush your own minerals to add to size if you acquire new screen.) ening jig is difficult to loosen and your turning, but find it awkward Next, place a thin 2" × 3" (50 × 75 mm) tighten. The wing nut is a standard ¼" to hold several sifters with different plastic strip on the bottom of each × 20 (6 mm) thread so it can easily be mesh sizes to separate the material, side of the upper boxes. These strips replaced with a larger knob that makes here is a solution. will keep the box aligned with the it more user-friendly. You can even First, remove the metal screens from box below. The plastic strip should make your own knob with a leftover the sifter handles that you have and hang down at least a ½" (6 mm) spindle scrap and a ¼" (6 mm) T-nut. flatten the screens. The size of each below the box on all sides. Attach the — Mike Peace, Georgia screen will give you the measurements plastic strip with medium-thickness to create a frame. CA glue. I used plastic from an old For my boxes, each has equal sides faceshield. It is easy to cut the plastic of 1½" × ¾" × 4" (40 × 20 × 100 mm) with shop scissors. made from trim wood I had lying in For the bottom box, I cut a larger the scrap bin. I used a nail gun and piece of plastic and glued that to the a square to put together each box. sides of the bottom box. Make sure that the box is square since To use, pour ground-up minerals the boxes will be stacked on top of into the top box, which should have each other. the coarse mesh screen. Subsequent Stretch the screen mesh over the boxes will have less coarse mesh. box, ensuring the screen makes it to all Gently shake the tower back and forth edges. To hold the screen down I used and gravity takes care of the rest. some narrow strips of trim that I held I use an inexpensive ketchup bottle in place with help from a staple gun. from the discount store to dispense the Make sure you hold the trim tightly minerals to my project. It has a great in place before shooting the staples. I shape to direct the minerals to the made a box for each mesh size screen. project—just don’t squeeze the bottle. (For future use, you may want to make — Chester Gelnet, Texas

Wooden running pads I sometimes need to use my live center to support a turning attached to the drive center without the metal pin of the live center poking into the wood. I custom-make wooden pads that slip over the live center. True up a small cylinder of wood and hollow out a recess deep enough for the White board for designing live center to slip into cleanly. There One of the best, but least expensive, enough of the form to preserve the should be very little or no play in the fit. additions I have made to my shop is a idea and then get back to the project Cut the desired working profile and simple dry-erase board with magnetic at hand. part that section free. The profiles are markers that stay on the board so a When I take a break, I often sit typically a cone—some shallow, some marker is always handy. Many times gazing at the crude ideas on the board steep—but any profile can be made, as I am working on a project, I will and develop them from there--the dry even a long dowel shape. have a flash of an idea and my sketch- erase makes it simple to make changes I keep these running pads stored book is in the house. By the time I and the board is large enough to give close to my lathe so that they are super trek into the house, the idea is gone! a full perspective. It can really help in quick to slip on and off as needed. With my dry-erase board hanging on revving up spontaneous creativity. — Thomas Trager my shop wall, I can quickly sketch — Carole Valentine, Virginia woodturner.org 17

Workstation Black stains My shop was chaotic. I had tools and My shelves are about 30" (75 cm) wide; Some types of wood acquire black stains materials stored in every direction: I selected that size to get as many pieces from contact with metal faceplates or turn to the left for a chuck, turn to the as possible from an 8-foot (240 cm) chucks. I use a layer of sandwich bag right for another chuck, turn around piece of plywood. The highest shelf is or waxed paper to keep the wood from for a gouge, where's the wax? Every around 5' 6" (170 cm), about eye level. I direct contact with the metal. Usually, surface in every direction held some- connected the shelves by running 1" by the stain does not appear. thing I used daily. I was also short of 4" pine (1 cm by 10 cm) on the outside. — Richard Preston, South Carolina floor space. To remedy the situation, I used ¾" (19 mm) screws to attach the I devised a workstation, which has plywood and 1¼" (32 mm) screws to join Safely mount worked well. It began as an experiment the side supports to the shelves. natural-edge bowls and has sufficed for three years. To keep shavings from accumulat- Use a Forstner or spade drill bit that is I used lightweight materials such as 1" ing in the unit, I bought used louvered the same diameter as your spur-drive by 4" pine (1 cm by 10 cm), ¼" (6 mm) doors from Habitat for Humanity ($3). I center to drill a hole about ½" to ¾" (13 plywood, and plastic sheeting. First, I hinged them onto one side of the unit, to 19 mm) deep in the center of what will built two shelves, which I attached per- then removed the louvers from the top be the top or inside of your bowl blank. manently as the top and bottom. These portions and replaced the louvers with When you mount the wood, the spur shelves provide rigidity for the unit. A plastic. That reduced weight, allowed center will act like an extra hand to hold third shelf can be unscrewed and posi- light to flow into the shelves, and kept the piece so you can use two hands to tioned higher or lower, as needed. shavings away. On the side, I made a bring up and center the wood onto the For mobility, I attached wheels onto wooden cleat to hang a broom from. tailstock. Additional benefits include the bottom shelf. Several smaller There is plenty of room on the sides to creating a flat surface when turning a shelves are freestanding and easily hang other things. The unit works well natural edge blank, removing punky moveable. Some are as deep as the and takes up about 20 percent of the bark or sap wood to get to the more solid main unit and some are not, depend- floor space previously occupied. wood below, and the wood can’t fly off ing upon their purpose. — Richard Preston, South Carolina the lathe even if it is unbalanced. — Steve Schwartz, Virginia

Workstation, door closed Workstation, door open Workstation, side view, front door closed

Lathe height adjustment When I am doing spindle work or be lower. It would be too much effort to I use four mats in an L shape so making small items such as pens or raise or lower my lathe every time, so I that I will be standing on mats when miniatures, I am most comfortable with adjust my body height using puzzle mats. I am on the side or end of the lathe. my lathe at a certain height. When I am To begin, I adjust the height of my For me, three layers are sufficient turning bowls or vases, I like the lathe to lathe so that the center point is at the for adjusting the height. Six mats highest I want while standing on one are about $20, not too much of an layer of puzzle mats. When I want the investment to always be comfortable lathe to be lower, I add layers of puzzle at your lathe, being kind to your back mats, which positions my body higher and feet. relative to the height of the lathe. — Dan Burleson, Missouri

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Hands-free spindle lock Easy 3520 spindle lock The JET 1642 EVS does not have a a ¼" × 1¾" (6 mm × 45 mm) cotterless Another AAW member had the same hands-free spindle lock. I have to hitch pin will hold in the spindle lock idea as Don for a spindle lock for his manually hold in the button. Here is button. Reinstall the U Channel. Powermatic; however, he uses a scratch my remedy for that situation. To lock the spindle, hold in the button awl to hold in the button. This modifi- Remove the U channel that surrounds and insert the cotterless hitch pin (Photo cation has been in place for five years. the spindle lock button from the lathe 2). To unlock, slide the hitch pin off — Wes Jones, Georgia by removing the two hex bolts. Drill a the button before putting the lathe in 9⁄32" (7 mm) hole through the two wings motion. You now have that extra third of the U channel (Photo 1). Make sure hand to help you when you need it. the two holes line up low enough so that — Don Doyle, Florida

A simpler hands-free 1 2 spindle lock I discovered a simple way to Prevent CA stains lock the spindle We have all experienced the frus- For sealing the wood, about a 1⁄10- on a PM 3520. tration of stopping a small crack or pound cut is plenty, however the ratio is All that is check in our woodturnings with not critical. The dilute shellac should be required is a 1" thin CA glue and then found a stain about the color of tea and feel sticky as (25 mm) diam- in the wood left by the CA glue that it dries, but it should not leave a residue. eter rare earth magnet. Place the is nearly impossible to remove. The I apply the dilute shellac mixture magnet on the lock button. The cir- stain prevents any dyes or oil finishes with a chemical-resistant spray bottle cumference of the magnet is larger from being absorbed correctly into (USPlastic.com SKU 66444). When than that of the button. When the the wood. If a coat of dilute wax-free sprayed on wood, it dries in a few button is pushed in, the edges of shellac is applied first, the CA stain can minutes (in seconds if dried with com- the magnet stick to the housing of be prevented without reducing the CA pressed air) and leaves a very slight the lathe and hold the button in glue adhesion. gloss. Spray the wood thoroughly place. When not in use, the magnet Shellac is the universal finishing around the crack or check, let dry, then can be removed and stuck close by sealant. Everything sticks to shellac apply the CA glue. When you finish anywhere on the lathe. The outer and shellac sticks to everything. It turning and/or sanding there will coating of the large magnets tends is non-toxic and readily available. be no stain and the wood will finish to chip off over time, so I covered Diluted in denatured alcohol, it makes blemish free. the surface with duct tape. a very useful CA glue sealant and I have used shellac with many but — Robert Silberman, New York sanding sealer. not all woods. Test it first on the woods Buy a small can of wax-free shellac you use. If the shellac is not sealing the I also apply a coat of dilute shellac such as Zinsser's or a bag of super- wood enough, add a little more shellac to my woodturnings before I draw on blond shellac flakes at a woodwork- to the mixture. If the shellac seems them with pencil (when designing an ing store (there are many on-line to gum up your sandpaper, dilute it a embellishment). With a coat of shellac sources but I use ShellacShack.com). little more. Once you have the right on the wood it is easier to erase graph- The shellac must be de-waxed or wax- concentration for your work, you will ite marks without smudging. Once free. A normal mixture is called a have enough for a year. After about one the design is completed on the wood, "one-pound cut." This is one pound year the dilute shellac degrades and apply a second coat to fix the drawing of shellac flakes in one gallon of dena- should be replaced with a fresh batch. onto the wood. Now, the drawing will tured alcohol; however, do not mix If you use the normal one-pound cut not smudge as you work on the piece. more than a small amount. as a finish, replace it every six months. — Stephen Hatcher, stephenhatcher.com woodturner.org 19

Chainsaw Safety

Our snowy winter weather broke for As I worked my way up a branch had been completely stopped, I a few days around the beginning of that was lying on the ground, cutting am certain I would have been the the year, and we took advantage of it into firewood, I failed to see a previ- subject of a 911 call. it by felling a large oak tree in our ously cut length near the tip of the The impact tore loose three of the backyard that had died suddenly two saw. My first inkling that something four fasteners holding the faceshield summers ago. In my haste to clean up was wrong was that my helmet, to the helmet; they were nowhere the mess before snow fell again, I was faceshield, and hearing protectors to be found. Fortunately, our local working in very cold temperatures, had been knocked violently from my hardware store had the necessary with a stiff wind blowing. The wind head. Only then did I realize that I had replacement parts and I was able to caused my eyes to tear, and some of just experienced my first chainsaw reassemble the safety gear, albeit the tears fell into my glasses, compro- kickback, after a few decades of tree with a couple of nicks to help me mising my vision. felling, and having worn out two pre- remember the importance of using vious saws. My Stihl protective gear the proper safety equipment. saved me from what would have been As the cut began on the small branch, the tip moved toward and caught the end grain of the an extremely nasty meeting of the saw —Steve Sinner large piece, flipping the saw instantly toward and my forehead, quite likely includ- my head. ing my right eye. What surprised me most was how quickly this happened. I had always Online Journal thought I was prepared to arrest a for Visually kickback and that the chain brake and my own reflexes would keep me Impaired safe. Not so, as the damage to the For the exclusive use of AAW mem- helmet suggested that the chain had bers who are visually impaired, not completely stopped by the time there is now special access to PDF of contact, although the brake had versions of journal articles, which operated correctly. Even if the chain will enable those with special soft- ware to “hear” the journal and not need a sighted person to read it to them. Contact AAW webmaster for special instructions. Russ Fairfield

In January, the woodworking and and his extensive contributions, par- woodturning world lost a major ticularly to the area of pen turning, contributor. Russ Fairfield was a the chapter initiated an annual Russ well-known writer on Internet Fairfield Memorial Pen Contest. forums such as Badger Pond and More details can be found at WoodCentral. He was also an active principallypens.com/contest. At the contributor at many woodturning request of his wife, Gerry, the chapter gatherings, freely sharing his many also established an education fund in years of experience. Russ’s honor; donations will be used Russ was one of the founding for turners’ education. members of the Principally Pens chapter of the AAW and served as Vice — Kurt Hertzog President. In honor of Russ Fairfield President, Principally Pens Chapter

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Calendar of Events June issue deadline: April 15 August issue deadline: June 15 Send information to [email protected]

Australia or contact Marsha Barnes at 828-837-6532 or Center. Featured demonstrators include Marilyn 2012 Turnfest! For information, visit turnfest.com.au [email protected]. Campbell, Emmet Kane, Mike Mahoney, Pascal Oudet, Richard Raffan, and Les Thorne. They, along with United Kingdom April 30, in conjunction with the Southern States regional demonstrators, will present 63 August 12–14, AWGB Biennial International Seminar Woodturning Symposium, Chattahoochee sessions (7 periods of 9 rotations). Visit northcarolina- at Loughborough University. Featured demonstra- Woodturners will present two rotations titled woodturning.com for developing information. tors are Marilyn Campbell, Michael Mocho, Hans “Planning and Presenting a Woodturning Weissflog, John Wessels, Yann Marot, Les Thorne, Demonstration,” featuring Frank Penta. These ses- Ohio Paul Coker, Nick Arnull, Tobias Kaye, and Tracy sions are for woodturners who would like to develop July 10–August 21, “National Treasures,” exhibit at Owen. Honored guest is Richard Raffan. Trade or improve their demonstration skills. For informa- the Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus. For more infor- stands and gallery, all accommodations, restaurants, tion, contact Jerry Chandler, [email protected]. mation visit ohiocraft.org or contact William Jewell at and bars are on the university campus. For informa- [email protected]. Indiana tion, contact Reg Hawthorne at reg.hawthorne@ February 19–April 10, “Through the Woods, Around September 30–October 2, “Turning 2011,” 7th btinternet.com or visit woodturners.co.uk. the Block: A Juried Exhibit of Turned Objects,” biennial symposium, sponsored by Ohio Valley California Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City. Woodturners Guild. The event takes place in sub- April 29 entry deadline for the annual Design in Information can be found at lubeznikcenter.org. urban Cincinnati and features Benoît Averly, Jimmy Wood Exhibition, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Clewes, Keith Holt, Richard Raffan, Avelino Samuel, Maine Fairgrounds, Del Mar, June 10–July 4. The theme for Betty Scarpino, Al Stirt, and Kimberly Winkle, plus July 15 deadline, Maine Wood 2012 Biennial, call for 2011 is “Race to the Fair.” The competition is open to local guest demonstrators. There will be a trade show, entries. Exhibition dates December 2, 2011–February all woodworkers and includes several woodturning auction, and lots of good food. Additional details can 3, 2012 at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. categories. Awards total more than $21,000. Entries be found at ovwg.org or by contacting Bob Cochoy at This juried biennial showcases the breadth, creativ- can be made online in mid-February at sdfair.com/ 937-427-2555 or [email protected]. ity, and excellence of wood craftsmanship in Maine. index.php?fuseaction=exhibits.wood. To request a There will be $2,250 awarded in prizes. More infor- Texas paper entry form, mail a self-addressed, stamped #10 mation is available at woodschool.org or by calling August 26–28, Southwest Association of Turners envelope to Design in Wood Entry Office, San Diego 207-594-5611. 20th Annual Symposium, Waco Convention Center. County Fair, PO Box 685, Solana Beach, CA 92075. Featured demonstrators include Nick Arnull, Kip Massachusetts Colorado Christiansen, Nick Cook, Douglas Fisher, Dave Hout, February 5–September 11, “Loom and Lathe: The September 10, 11, Rocky Mountain Woodturning Alan Lacer, Robert Rosand, and Curt Theobald. For Art of Kay Sekimachi and Bob Stocksdale,” Fuller Symposium, Loveland. Demonstrators include more information, visit swaturners.org. Craft Museum, Brockton. For more information, David Ellsworth, Dixie Biggs, and Al Hockenbery. For visit fullercraft.org. Utah more information, visit rmwoodturningsymposium. May 19—21, Utah Woodturning Symposium, McKay com or contact Allen Jensen at [email protected] or Minnesota Events Center, Orem. More than 80 demonstra- 970-663-1868. March 1–June 19, “Roots: An Artist’s Voice,” AAW’s tions, featuring some of the top turners in the world: Gallery of Wood Art, Landmark Center, Saint Paul. Florida Bonnie Klein, Dick Sing, Katherine Kowalski, Richard For more information, visit galleryofwoodart.org. February 3–5, 2012, Florida Woodturning Symposium, Raffan, Rudy Lopez, Carole Floate, Dale Nish, Hans Lake Yale Convention Center. Featured demonstrators June 17–September 4, “Conversations with Weissflog, Jakob Weissflog, Mike Jackofsky, Nick will be Tim Yoder, Dick Sing, Mark St Leger, and Don Wood: Selections from the Waterbury Collection,” Cook, Ray Key, Bob Rosand, Pete Holtus, and Jason Derry. Local demonstrators are Lee Sky, Nick Di Mona, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis. This exhibit Breach. For more information and to register online, Norm Rose, and Tim Rowe. Workshop leaders are features more than 80 spectacular pieces of wood art go to utahwoodturning.com. Don Geiger, Ted Smith, Charlie Schrum, Kurt Hertzog, collected by David and Ruth Waterbury, residents of Washington and Rudy Lopez. Mark your calendars now and check Minneapolis. For more information visit artsmia.org. July 23, “Creativity in Woodturning,” 4th annual sympo- out our website for online registration after May 15 at June 22–26, Collectors of Wood Art Forum (CWA), sium, Komachin Middle School, Lacey. Demonstrators floridawoodturningsymposium.com. Saint Paul. Program includes panel discussions, include Stephen Hatcher and Mike Mahoney. Two day- Georgia slideshow and talk by Lynn Yamaguchi, presenta- long workshops follow, Sunday and Monday, led by April 29, 30 and May 1, Southern States 11th tion by Dr. Schmidt of the Minneapolis Institute of Mike Mahoney. For more information, visit woodturner- Woodturning Symposium, Georgia Mountains Arts, tours of collectors’ homes, and an open house sofolympia.org or call Al Price at 360-791-0396. at David and Ruth Waterbury’s to see their col- Center, Gainesville. Featured demonstrators include July 8–24, Camping and Turning Rendezvous, Ellensburg, lection. Limited seating is available for a museum Beth Ireland, Mark Gardner, Robert Rosand, and Kittitas Valley Event Center, Rodeo Grounds, north RV lot. tour and dinner Thursday evening. For more Steve Sinner. Forty rotations, Instant Gallery, gift Join us for an unstructured camping and outdoor turning information, contact Joe Seltzer, President of CWA, certificates, door prizes, large vendor area and get-together. Bring your mini lathe and stay for as long [email protected] or 215-635-5157. banquet and auction Saturday evening. Lists of as you wish. For more details email Julian Lee, julian.s@ demonstrators and vendors, along with the latest North Carolina comcast.net or call 360-299-2900. Information about a updates on demonstration description and rota- November 4–6, North Carolina Woodturning companion carving event is available at cascadecarvers. tions can be found at southernstatessymposium.org Symposium, Greensboro Coliseum Special Events com, click on Carving Academy. woodturner.org 21