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Have you ever tried to tell a kid what to do, or what not to do? Good luck. Go ahead, and tell them not to get a tattoo. Guess what? They’ll come home with an eagle on their back. When I was a young boy I used to see my neighbor working in his yard, and he had this Marine tattoo, and I really wanted to get a cool tattoo like he had. When I asked him about it he told me that it was one of the dumbest things he had ever done. He also told me that he couldn’t wash it off, and that his mistake was there for life. For some reason I listened to him, and I remain ink free to this day. If it had been my father telling me what not to do I’d probably look like a comic book today.

The point I am try to make is that most kids are apt to be influenced by the things that are going on around them outside of the home, and if they perceive something to be “cool” they’re going to give it a try unless they have a mentor who has been there, and done that, and can share the results of what happened to them rather than tell them what they shouldn’t be doing. Mentors are hard to come by these days, but the OC Fair Exhibit Center has been doing something about that for a number of years now with their Youth Expo.

This year’s Expo is called “Imaginology Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead”. It’s kind of a steam punk theme, and the S.T.E.A.M. stands for Science, Technology, Engineer-ing, Arts, and Mathematics. It will be from April 11th, through April 13th, and the OCWA has been invited to set up a booth there to do demonstrations. We’ll have a mini lathe there, so we can turn tops for the kids, or per-form some other type of demonstrations. We can bring examples of our work either in photo form, or actually have some examples on hand.

If you are interested in being involved in this effort we will have a sign up list at the March general meeting. This event should be a lot of fun for you, and the kids.

Contests Last year we had the famous 2x4 contest, and it was so successful that we had one member enter the contest. Needless to say he won.

We would love to have another contest this year, but if the participation is on par with last year what would be the point, so what I need to know is what sort of contest you, the member, would be interested in participating in. If not 2x4’s then what would be of interest to you? We, the Board of Directors, are not mind readers, and we do want to have activities that our membership can enjoy, and participate in, but we need your feedback on what it is that floats your boat, so please feel free to give us your ideas on what kind of

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Volume 31Volume 31 Issue 3Issue 3 March 2014March 2014

I N T H I S I S S U E

President’s Message 1

Woodworkers’ Sawdust 2

Woodturners’ Shavings 3

Calendar of Events 3

Show and Tell 4

Toy Story 5

Freedom Pen Project 6

The Scrap Bin 7

Meeting Dates 8

President’s MessagePresident’s Message James SanthonJames Santhon

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Welcome Welcome -- New Members!New Members!

Edward Athey Santa Ana

Interest: General Woodworking

Linda Bruins Bellflower

Bill Genevro Capistrano Beach

Interest: General Woodworking, Toys, Furniture

Bob Loschy Lake forest

Interest: Woodturning

David Runnion Yorba Linda

Interest: Woodturning

Jeff Sadler Norco

Dan Stephens Orange

• C L U B O F F I C E R S & C O M M I T T E E S •

Board of Directors Club Committees Woodturners Committees

President James Santhon 949-481-2821 Badges Len Musgrave 714-532-4778 Outside Programs Bill Haskell 714-528-4783

Vice President Greg Madrigal 714-539-1818 Mentor Chairman Fred Wilmott 949-367-6671 Challenge Ross Gilroy 714-680-4570

Treasurer Ralph Crowther 949-588-2922 Webmaster Larry Marley 949-412-6710 Special Projects Jerry Nininger 949-631-7530

Secretary Jerry Nininger 949-631-7530 Toy Program Bill Rogers 714-637-2912 Pen Projects John Marshall 949-582-2997

Turners President Robin Hoff 714-505-2688 Refreshments Jim Steinmetz 714-842-8793 Audio/Video Ralph Alder 714-614-4461

Public Affairs Larry Marley 949-412-6710 Resources George Plummer 714-540-4527 50/50 Drawing Al Whitcomb 714-931-0555

Director at Large John Marshall 949-582-2997 Library Ollie Vaughan 949-278-5939 50/50 Drawing Bill Rogers 714-637-2912

2nd Director at Large Ollie Vaughn 949-278-5939 Welcome Art Dunbar 714-536-4568 Refreshments Jim Steinmetz 714-842-8793

Director at Large Al Missbrenner 562-866-2873 Newsletter David Tilson 714-330-4786 Wood Supplies Jeanette Gonzales 562-417-7750

Property Master Ralph Alder 714-614-4461

things you’d like to see at our meetings.

Show and Tell I know one thing that I’d like to see more of, and that would be your projects on the Show and Tell table. We did a little better last month, but there is still a lot of empty space on the table that needs filling up with your heirloom pieces, and we would love to see them.

Eh! What Did You Say? When we talk about safety we usually talk about eye protection, hand protection, lung pro-tection, but we don’t talk too much about your ears.

Hearing loss is cumulative meaning that being subjected to loud noise over a period of time will lead to more, and more damage to your hearing eventually leading to deafness. The easy solution to this is to always wear foam ear plugs, or ear muffs. I work in a very noisy shop, and I always wear ear protec-tion, but I still have trouble hearing what my wife is saying to me. She calls it selective hearing loss.

Anyway, always protect your hearing. You’ll be glad you did.

- James Santhon

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It seems that the membership was very happy to host Frank Cummings III in February as I heard many compliments about how we’ve raised the bar for speakers, etc. I hope to continue this trend with March’s featured speaker, Greg Dahl, of Oregon Burls. Greg will be driving down and bringing a trailer full of burl to sell at a discount to OCWA mem-bers. Please arrive early for best selection, and bring your wal-lets! Greg Dahl will be out front selling before & after the meet-ing. (We’re aiming for 6-7, and after 9pm.) In his presentation, he will share with us how he hunts burls throughout the Pacific Northwest, removes them, mills them, and offers them for sale. Greg just wrapped a NatGeo cable show on burl hunting too.

If you have any completed pro-jects to donate for the June 1st Chili Cook-off, please bring

them in and place them on the Show & Tell table. Be prepared to talk a bit about what you made & why during the Show & Tell. If you haven’t made any and want to, please go to the OCWA Member’s Area, log in, and go to Project Plans. We need all the participation we can get. Wanna make 1, GREAT! Wanna make a dozen, or one of each? Even better.

Don’t forget your Show & Tell projects! We can use more participation here. Show off your jigs/fixtures, prototypes, tools, or finished projects.

See you in March,

- Greg Madrigal

THIS JUST IN: Greg Dahl will have a special gift for every OCWA member who attends his presentation March 6th! Must be there to receive it!

Woodworkers’ SawdustWoodworkers’ Sawdust Greg MadrigalGreg Madrigal

• M A R K Y O U R C A L E N D A R •

Lie Nielsen @ Sierra Madre Sawing & Milling Sierra Madre Mar. 7-8

SD Fair Registration Deadline www.sdfair.com May 2

Utah Woodturning Symposium Orem, UT May 15-17

OC Fair Registration Deadline www.ocfair.com Jun. 1

San Diego County Fair Del Mar Jun. 7-Jul. 6

AAW Symposium Phoenix, AZ Jun. 13-15

Furniture Society Symposium Port Townsend, WA Jun. 19-21

Orange County Fair Costa Mesa Jul. 11-Aug. 10

International Woodworking Fair Atlanta, GA Aug. 20-23

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February was another great month for the OCWT. Our monthly meeting was highlighted by a great demonstration on the turning of natural edge bowls by visiting turner Richard Gould. The quality of his finished works was really great. Thanks to Richard and to Jeanette Gonzalez for letting us know about him. Rich-ard is a member of the El Camino Wood Turners.

In March, we have a real treat. Our own Larry Marley will dem-onstrate how he makes his wonderful ebony penguins. In par-ticular he will show some of production techniques that enabled him to make a “passel of penguinos” this past holiday season. You may expect an engaging, informative and humorous pres-entation by an outstanding turner. Personally I am a penguin junkie, (owls too), so I am really excited about seeing this dem-onstration.

The balance of the year’s monthly meeting demonstrations will feature the many and varied talents of our own members. Thanks to the good work and coordination of Ross Gilroy, we have the following great demonstrators:

APRIL: Ralph Crowther will demonstrate and discuss inlay on off center turnings utilizing both wood and wire.

MAY: Don Scott will show how to find a “pot of gold at the end of the rainbow” with a discussion and demonstration of applying variegated color to enhance curly maple. He hopes to integrate an airbrush into his presentation.

JUNE: El Jay Overholt will draw on his lifetime of experience as a woodworker and international wood working teaching to present a “mystery” project. It sure would be

interesting to hear some anecdotes of his time teaching in Australia.

JULY: David Tilson will demonstrate advanced pen turning techniques that he describes as “If Jimmy Clewes and Ken Cowell collaborated on a pen design?”

AUGUST: Joe Berger, DDS Retired. He expects to carve, pierce and embellish a turning. Joe is particularly adept at utilizing unconventional tools in his work. The actual location of the August meeting is presently uncertain, as the Tustin Area Senior Cen-ter will not be available due to scheduled extensive month long facility maintenance.

SEPTEMBER: Frank Andrews’ topic is known only to Frank but I expect it will involve a high degree of precision and creativity that are earmarks of his work.

OCTOBER: Harry Williams says his topic is “The Scraper is your Friend.” He will show and use numerous types and shapes of scrapers to include the carbide tipped scraper by Easy Wood Tools.

NOVEMBER: Hal Metlitsky will “Build a Bowl from a Board.” He plans a multimedia presentation to include turning with a special tool he designed and made for his special techniques.

DECEMBER: Bruce Lewellyn will describe and turn some “smile bowls with carved feet.” These marvelous colorful vessels will make you smile and they make great gifts or sales items.

Realizing that life is uncertain and conflicts do occur Ross has several back up demonstrators ready to go. Someone once said, “Life is what happens while you are making other plans.”

Another “shout out” to Bill Rogers who is now teaching woodturning to 13 & 14 year old Middle School students. He could use some assistant instructors. Contact him if you can help in this VERY important project.

Turn Safely: Wear Your PPE, (Personal Protective Equipment)!

- Robin

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At the February Toy Workshop we had 48 people there, which is the largest gathering of toy mak-ers to date. Now the current thinking is to come early so you can get a good parking spot other-wise you can get your morning exercise walk in on the same day.

Ed Smet had his usual 40 or so Keepsake boxes to assemble and prepare for the next step. Allen had many legs, paws and wheels for his pull toy that needed sanding and spraying. George Beach had some 60 walnut heart boxes to get sprayed and he received his 2013 Toy Maker Certifi-cate. Again, this month we had six members of the Honors Society from Orange High School helping us to sand and spray. It is refreshing to see some young help there instead of a bunch of grey haired old men. It is hard to tell from the group photo but under those yellow hats there is grey hair if their lucky. Mag, Debbie, Karen and Carol were busy mak-ing dolls for the cradles. We will have plenty of kits for the March meeting so feel free to come and learn how to make them.

The March toy workshop will be March 8th at Bill Rogers’ house from 9 am to noon.

- Bill Rogers

Toy StoryToy Story Bill RogersBill Rogers

Our February demonstrator was Frank E. Cummings III. His work in the arts was overwhelming to all of us and it will be great inspiration for us in the years to come. Frank showed us his work as it evolved from the begin-ning to the present. His slides and words demonstrated his wide artistic talents from furniture to jewelry to turnings. His artistry ran the range from carved chairs to the delicate from of wooden clocks works and lace work on his vases. His background included a BA and MA in the arts and he was a full Professor and Art Administrator at both Long Beach and Cal State Universities. His work can be seen in many private and national mu-seums. He is particular proud that his work is in the Renwick Museum in Washington and was selected as one of the greatest media artist in the country. With this honor he had dinner with President Clinton in the White House when he was presented with this honor. For all those in attendance it was a true pleasure to see him again and know that he is still active in his work. As you can

see from the photos he is a true artist, those lace vases are made from one piece of wood: one slip and its over. Frank also keeps my theory alive you can always tell a true artist from the hacker, the true artist always has a pony tail.

- Len Musgrave

February Demonstrator Frank Cummings February Demonstrator Frank Cummings

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