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R I C H M O N D W O O D T U R N E R S
NOVEMBER 2016 WWW.RICHMONDWOODTURNERS.ORG! PAGE 1
ThedemostartedwithBobshowinghisdisplayoftoolsandmaterialsusedtoturnhisornaments.Asampleofthistypeofornamentwasshownandhungnearby-seephotos.
ThedemowascenteredondealingwithUrchinshellsandhowtoa<achfinialsratherthanthetechnicsofturningfinials.Several@pswereprovidedthatmakingtheseornamentseasier:
1.Toughentheinsideoftheshellswithwateredthinnedwoodglue(orModPodge),
2.Cutsquaredfinialblanksintooctagontoshortenturning@me(seebelow).
3.Use@ghtgrainwoodtoobtainfinerdetailoffinials.
4.Drillholeforscreweyebeforeturningupperfinial
5.Shapeopeningsofshelltocircularusingataperedsandingspindle.
N E W S L E T T E RBob Tingle
Turning Urchin Tree Ornament
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6.Turntopandbo<omfinialswithlongenoughtenonssothattenonscanbeconnectedtoeachother.Theshell“floats”betweenthefinialsandnotgluedtoeitherfinial.Onewayistohaveonetenonsizedtofitintoaholeintheother–orbothtenonssizedtofitintoablock.
ItwassuggestedtoviewMakingSeaUrchinTreeOrnamentsoninternet-herearesome:
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Howformanoctagonshapedturningspindlefromasquaredstock(crosssec@onisasquare)ontablesaw:
1.Setbladeto45degree
2.Holdasidefaceofstockonbladewhileres@ngavertex(corner)ofsideonsawtable–stockmustNOTfallintobladeslotoftableinsert.Longstockshouldstraddleinsert,shortstockcouldbeheldattablelevelwithverythinveneerors@ffpaper.
3.Moveripfencetojusttouchstockatadjacentvertex.
4.Lockripfence
5.Ripstockwithfaceheldonsawtableandagainstfencefour@mes.
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S h o w a n d T e l l
RollieCherry Platter
RollieNatural Edge
RollieBowl
Don RoweBox Elder
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S h o w a n d T e l l
Bob SilkensenPoplar Colored
Dick HinesHolly Box
Robert GundelCherry Burl
Bill Jenkins
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S h o w a n d T e l l
Jim O’HanlinFinish-Beeswax
Gordon KendrickMaple & ??
Dan LuttrelCherry (Forestry Project)
Wally UbikMagnolia (Forestry Project)
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S h o w a n d T e l l
Wally UbikBig Leaf Maple
Matt BakerSilver Maple
Jim BumpasElm & Inlace (Forestry Project)
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E d i t o r s C h o i c e T i e
Robert GundelCherry Burl
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E d i t o r s C h o i c e T i e
Dan LuttrelCherry (Forestry Project)
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I,again,learnedavaluablelessonthispastmonthmanyofyoumayhavealreadylearned-ifyoudon’tkeepupwithit,@mewillbegintoerodeyourskillandprecision.Inprepara@onforlastmonth’sannouncedre@rement,muchhadtobedonewhichtookmeawayfromthelatheforacouplemonths.Whenfinallygehngbacktoit,thatfirstpiecehadtoolmarks,inconsistentthickness,sandingscratchesandpoordesign.Fortunately,theyallhidtheoccasionalcatchnoonewilleverknowabout.TimewasmyenemyandIwassurprisedhowmuchdamageameretwomonthshaddone.Fortunatelyafewhoursofprac@cebroughtitallback.
Nowre@red,oneofthefrequentlyaskedques@onsiswhatIwillbedoingwithmy@me.Amongusturners(mostothersprobablywouldn’tunderstandthis)Iamgoingtorelearntheturninghobby.ThinkabouttheJamisontorsos,Jordancarvings,Clewescoloring,Dilleccentrics,O’Neillchainsawart,etc.PickupanyAAWjournalandyouwillseeexactlywhatIamreferringto.It’s@metopulloutallthosear@clesanddemonstra@onnotescollectedforyearsandtakethismachine(thelathe)foraspintoseewhatitcanreallydo.Yes,therewillbesometravelandalltheotherre@rementstuff,butit’stheshopthatwillbeinthecon@nuouscrosshairs.
Tostarttheprocess,nextmonth’schallengehasraisedastrongcuriosity.Wetypicallyconsideroffcenterturningasashilingofthespindletovarying(andolenpredetermined)posi@onsbetweencenters.Ibelieveourdemowillclearlyshowhowitisdone.But,offcenterturningcanincludefaceplateturningaswell.Byposi@oningthetenonatvariousloca@ons,thepla<erorbowlwillbecomeoffcenter.Thentherearethejigsthathelpplaceoffcenterdesignsinsmallerpieces.Combiningthevariousmethodscancreateveryuniqueresults,especiallywhenaddingcolor.Oneofourpastmembers(PhilEnglish)usedthismethodtodevelopwallartwhichsoldexcep@onallywellatveryhealthyprices.Ihopeeveryonewillgiveitatryandpleaseletusseethe“not-so-goods”,too.Some@mestheyarethebestlearningpieces.
Iamlookingforwardtonextmonth’sholidaypartyandhopeeveryonewilljoininandpar@cipate.
Besafeandhappyturning.
Ray
F r o m O u r P r e s i d e n t
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From Ou r Pe n-tu r ning Frie nds
RichmondPenturnersNews
TheRichmondPenturners’meetinginNovembercoveredtwotopics.PartoneenabledallmemberstomakeasnakeskinblankforuseinaWallStreetII/Sierrastylepenkit.Parttwowastheassemblyofaslowspeedmicrolatheorslowspeedturnertobeuseforabuild-upofCAaroundtheblank.
Membersfirstusedapieceofprairierattlerskinandgluedittothetube.Forthosewantingtocastthisinresin,CAwastheadhesiveofchoice.Forthosewantingtobuild-upaclearCAfinish,weusedaspray-onrepositionableadhesive.
Fortheslowspeedturners,a9voltbatteryservedasthepowersource,aPWMcontrollertoreducethespeedanda30rpmlowvoltageDCgearmotor(whichwaslatersloweddown)toturnamandrelwiththeblankconnected.Afewpicturesshowitallhappening.Afterassembly,CAwasappliedinthinlayerstobuildupthediametertofinalspecifications.
RichmondPenturnersmeetat6:30onthesecondThursdayofoddmonthsatRichmondWoodcraft
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RICHMONDWOODTURNERSCHRISTMASMEETINGOurDecember15thmonthlymee@ngwillcon@nuethetradi@onofaholidaypartyatWoodcral.Wearelookingforwardtosharingamealtogetherwithmembersandspouses/guestsaswellashavingfunwithagilexchange.Witheveryoneina<endance,wewill,again,taketheopportunitytoshoweachotherwhatwehavedonethroughouttheyearandtheeccentricturningchallengewillbecomepartofthefes@vi@es.Allinall,itlookstobeanothergreatholidayevent!
Belowisanoutlineoftheevening
FOODTABLES
Whatbe<erwaytosocializethanwithfoodanddrinkinhand.Turkeyandhamhavealreadybeendonatedandtheclubwillprovidepaperproducts,utensilsand(lotsof)rolls.Tabledecora@onsandicewillbeprovidedbyRoyalandGeorgiaWoodbutweneedhelpwiththerest.
Tomakesurethereisampletreatsforall,wehavedividedtheclubrosterintofourcolorswithgeneralassignmentstoeach.
• RED–Drinks
• BLUE–Appe@zers
• PURPLE–SideDishes
• GREEN–Deserts
U p c o m i n g E v e n t s
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PLEASEHAVEYOURCONTRIBUTIONSATWOODCRAFTREADYFORSETUPBY6:15PM.
TOHELPTHOSESETTINGUPFORTHEMEAL,THEDINNERROOMWILLOPENTOTHEGENERALMEMBERSHIPPROMTPTLYAT6:30PM.
CHINESEGIFTEXCHANGE
Thosewhopar@cipatedinthispartoftheeventlastyearhadagreatdealoffunandwearelookingforamuchwiderpar@cipa@onthisyear.Hereishowtheexchangeworks.
1) Atyourarrival,pleaseplaceyourWRAPPEDgilontheexchangetable
2) Par@cipantswillbeassignednumberssequen@ally.
3) Alerdinner,whenyournumberiscalled,youwillselectanyonedesiredgilsonthetable.Or(andhereiswherethefunstarts…)
4) Youcanchooseoneofthegilsalreadyselectedbyanothermembertherebygivingthemtheopportunitytoselectanewgilfromthetable.
5) Thisselec@onprocesscon@nuesun@lallgilsonthetablehavearrivedattheirrecipients.
BUT…
6) Tobefairtotheveryfirstpar@cipantwhoreceivedthefirstgil,thatperson,andonlythatperson,willhavetheopportunitytoexchangetheirgilwithanyothersiftheysodesire.
Thereareonlythreerulestotheexchange:
1) Thegilmustbeturned;
2) Nogilcanchangehandsmorethanthree@mes,and
3) YouMUSThavefun.
DISPLAYTABLES
Thisisthe@meforeveryonetoshowofftheirfavoriteorbestpieceturnedin2016.Pleasebringyouroneitemandplaceitonthetableforalltosee.Helpusshowournonmemberguestswhatweareallaboutandhaveonemorechanceforanewideatotry.Hopefullywewillneedtwotablesbecauseeveryonewilladdtothedisplay.
QUARTERLYCHALLENGE–ECCENTRIC/OFFCENTERTURNING
Perhapsthehardestoftheyear,thisquarterlychallengelendsitselftosomecrazyyetimpressiveideas.Wewillhaveatableespeciallyreservedforyourchallengepiece.
Don’tforgetwewillneedtoexitby9pm,socleanupwillbeginabout8:30.
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U p c o m i n g E v e n t s
November meeting11/17/2016
December meeting12/15/2016
January meeting1/19/2017
Febuary meeting2/16/2016
March meeting3/16/2016
April meeting4/18/2017
May meeting5/18/2017
June meeting6/15/2017
July meeting7/20/2017
August meeting8/17/2017
September meeting9/21/2017
October meeting10/19/2017
Christmas Celebration
• See details above for food assignments• Dining room open promptly at 6:30 (no nibbling
before)• Chinese gift exchange• Table for your best of year piece• Quarterly challenge-Eccentric/off center turning
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December ChallengeOff-center turning
2017 Challenges
1st Qtr: Finial longer than 6” (one continuous piece no thicker that 1”: longest finial gets the prize.
2nd Qtr: A turning where one piece fits into another (not permanently glued)
3rd Qtr: Turn something out of a tree branch less than 3” is diameter.
4th Qtr: Turn a mixed media piece (must be primarily wood but includes other media (i.e.: polymer clay, metal, glass, anything)
Please remember to wear your name-tags
The results are in! Thanks to all who “turned” in tops this year. The count is 1393 tops for Operation Christmas Child.A special thanks to Rollie who turned in 2 large boxes.
U p c o m i n g E v e n t s
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November Snacks & Drinks
Georgia Wood Ice 10 lb bag with coolerBen Green Two 2-liter diet drinksBetsy Mack Two 2-liter regular drinksBill Buchanan Two 2-liter non caffeine drinksBill Jenkins Sweet snacks (cookies, etc)Bill King Sweet snacks (cookies, etc)Bill Talbott Sweet snacks (cookies, etc)Bill Walters Salty snacks (p-nuts, etc)Bob Hudson Salty snacks (p-nuts, etc)Bob Silkensen Salty snacks (p-nuts, etc)
December Snacks & Drinks
Christmas Party
You can switch with someone if you are unable to bring those items for the month assigned.
Financial Report
Balance $7,292.00
RICHMOND WOODTURNERS
QUARTERLY CHALLENGE
TheChallengewillnowberegularlyscheduledforthethirdmonthofeachquarter(March,June,September,andDecember)withthesubjectannouncedatthebeginningofeachquarterandincludedinthenewsle<er.EntrieswillbeplacedonatableseparatefromtheShow-n-Tell.
ChuckHortonrecommendedayoutubevideofeaturing several master woodworkers from the Big Island of Hawaii. The video can be seen by clicking
HERE
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President: Ray Deyo
1st Vice President: Matt Baker
2nd Vice President: Joanne Fisher
Treasurer: Jim Bumpas
Secretary Phil Duffy
Newsletter Ray Melton
Resource Manger: Jerry Fisher
Membership Manager: Danny Luttrell
Information Manager: Stan VanDruff
Past President Board Members:
Dick HinesLee Scarbrough Mike Lane Jim Bumpas Dan Luttrell David SterlingGerry Cambell
2016 Elected Board
UpcomingDemonstra5ons
Demo schedule for 2016
Nov. 17th Barbara Dill Multi Axis TurningDec. 15th Christmas Celebration
Show and Tell
When filling out your “ticket” please include your name, type of wood, and any description you would like. Also if you have small items such as ornaments or pens, feel free to bring a stand with you so that they will photograph better.
For sale or tradeIf you have any items to list here, please email me at
forsale@richmondwoodturners.org.
Please remember that each item needs a description, price, city, seller's name and contact info (phone/email).
You can include pictures if you like. They will run 1 month unless notified to “re-run”.
Commi7eeChairpersonsBarbara Dill Chairperson of the AV committee. (That committee is responsible for the camera changes in process.)
Jim O’Hanlon Chairperson for the Turning Competition committee
Lee Scarbrough Chairperson of nominations
Visitors/New Members1stTimeVisitors
CannonDiradour
NewMembers
SteveFriedman
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RICHMOND WOODTURNERS
INFO
Dues:$25individual,$35family&$15student.Memberapplica@onsareavailableuponrequestatmee@ngsorviaemail.
Library:Contacttheclublibrariantoborrowtapesandotherpublica@onsrelatedtowoodturning.Thelistisonthewebsite.Loseitandyouboughtit.
Website:www.richmondwoodturners.orgUpdatedregularlyandcontainslinkstootherVAclubs.
AAWMembership:Duesare$53/yearforprinted,$43/yearforemail.Forthis,youreceive6issuesof"TheAmericanWoodturner"agreatresourcedirectory(over450pages),ahugeannualsymposium,per-sonalgrantopportuni@es,thirdpartyliabilityprotec@on,andmuchmore.Ifyouaretheleastbitseriousaboutwoodturning,youcan'taffordtomissoutonallthis.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
SPINNING TOPS
Thankstoallwhoturnedtops.For2015weturnedin1,330Letsgetstartedfornextyearstotal.
Hereisalinktoavideotoshowjusthoweasytheyaretomakeifinterested....
h<p://youtu.be/UWpV9dBpbME
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For Sale VB36 Master Bowlturner Lathe
Unit made in Sussex, England - approximately 10 years old, used gently, but capable of turning massive pieces The VB36 Master Bowlturner Lathe - a masterpiece of English engineering is now being manufactured in Olbernhau, Germany, by Steinert since June 2013. The design of the VB36 allows unlimited access to the piece of wood - perfect for turning large bowls. The mainshaft is runs in lubricated plain bearings, bringing smoothness and almost no noise. The VB's total weight is 265 kg. The high weight resists heavy and even non centric workpieces. Speed range: infinitely variable speed in 3 ranges Pulley step 1: 50 - 500 rpm ; Pulley step 2: 150 - 1350 rpm; Pulley step 3: 250 - 2600 rpm Motor: 2HP (1.5 kW), 415 V 3 phase continuously rated motor with inverter, 230 V AC VB36 offered at $ 3850 ($7208 new) Long bed tailstock is included at no cost ($2543 new) Contact: Spencer Gay spencer.gay@gmail.com 434 989-8800
Location: Charlottesville, VA- walk out basement shop
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