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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:

h<ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMZ8jIkcB-o

h<ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tynZwHZvdiU

h<ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZOVj2Pb0y0

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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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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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

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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

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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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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.

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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

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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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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