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NORTH COAST WOODTURNERS PAGE 1
Inside this
issue
John Beaver ........ ..1
President’s Turn . ..7
April Minutes ..... ..9
Bocce Ball……...10
Show & Tell …...11
Next Meeting ..... 14
Calendar ............. 15
1
John used dry wood preferably
hard maple
or any hard
domestic
wood. Soft-
er woods
like soft
maple tends
to shred out easily. The technique
of this project can be expanded to
3,5 ,7 etc. layers......only odd
numbers. He used maple, walnut,
and spalted sycamore for this
demo.
After decid-
ing which
way the wave
would go, he
drew the
bowl shape
on the wood
block sur-
face. Next draw the wave that fol-
lowed the growth rings to reduce
stress as the wood moves. The
wave should have an arc where
the diameter of the bowl is the
radius of the arc. Try to bring
the peak of the wave to about
1/3 from the top of the bowl
with the bottom near the 2/3
line to keep it artistic. Draw a
line across the top of the block
at the
peak of
the
wave.
Drill 2
holes
each
side of the center mark on the
inside surface of the vessel.
They should be ½ inch deep
using a ¼ inch drill bit. Do not
allow these to go into the side
or bottom of the bowl.
Cut and fit two pieces of 1/4
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John Beaver Wave Bowls
Bowl Blanks & Tools
Drill Dowel Holes
John Beaver
May 2015
Drawing Bowl Shape
Wave Bowl
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inch dowel for the holes. Sand
the dowels to fit.
Cut the blank along the wave
line on the band saw using a
slow speed with a 14-18 varia-
ble tooth blade. This cut needs
to be
smooth so it
is important
that the feed
rate be kept
the same
there will be
no way to
remove any
mistakes on
the surfaces.
Select a piece of contrasting
wood sliced about 1/4 inch
thick so it can be bent with
steam. Wrap this wood in paper
towel and saturate the towel
with wa-
ter. Place
this in a
micro-
wave oven
at max
power and
cook it
1 minute 10 seconds on high.
If the towel is dries out apply
more water. The wood may
need to cook another 15 sec-
onds on high. Unwrap the
wood and try bending it. If
steamed sufficiently it will
bend freely and not crack. The
grain should be going the same
direction as the two blank piec-
es. Drill holes in the thin wood
to match the first set. Then
drill holes in the third layer and
dry-fit layers together with
dowels in the holes. Now glue
using Tightbond Glue, dowels,
and clamps on the corners al-
low to dry for at least 24 hours.
Use the band saw to cut off
the excess sticking out of the
block this will prevent any un-
expected tear out when turning.
Mount the block between cen-
ters. Turn the bowl so it is
slightly closed to force the
viewer to look inside to see the
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John Beaver Wave Bowls
Testing Dry Fit
Sand Dowel to Fit
Cut on Band Saw
Dowel Cutter
1st Bowl Demo Piece
Clamped to dry.
Moisten Paper Towel
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Open Segment Bowl
wave. Turn a
tenon so you
can mount in
in a scroll
chuck. Now
you can turn
and finish the
bowl on the scroll chuck.
The trick
to a good
round bot-
tom bowl
is to
slightly
flatten the
bottom so
the curve will seem to go into the
surface yet the bowl will look
like it is lifted off the top.
Turn your bowl to a rather thick
wall similar to a rough turned
bowl. Using a profile gauge copy
the interior of the bowl to piece
of masking tape so you can trace
the profile on a piece of 1/2 inch
MDF. Do this for both sides of
the bowl at the peak of the wave.
Cut two pieces of MDF to make
pedestals that will come to the
top of the bowl, but not beyond.
Check that they match the inner
shape of the bowl. Now glue
them into the bowl using hot glue
be very generous with the hot
glue make sure there is plenty of
squeeze out and form it into a
thick fillet. Excess hot glue can
be cleaned off with Isopropyl al-
cohol.
Drill 1/4 inch alignment hole as
vertical as
possible into
pedestals.
The holes
need to be
deeper then
the low
point on
the wave.
Now mount the bowl still in the
chuck on the circle jig where you
can cut a radius that is the same
as the diameter of the bowl. You
need to cut slowly and steady to
keep the cut smooth. Catch the
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Prepared Blank
2nd Bowl Demo Style
Sculpture Variation
John Beaver Wave Bowls
Open Bowl Sculpture
Slide Show Intro
Turned with Tenon
Round Bottom View
Glue Tabs into bowl.
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Open Sculpture
Single Wave
Blue White Variation
top before you go all the way
through. Now reset the jig about
1/4 inch closer and make the
same cut to
remove a
wavy donut.
Remember
your jig
should be
centered on
the teeth of the blade for a
smooth cut.
Put the two pieces of the bowl
with the donut removed back on
the lathe be-
tween cen-
ters after re-
placing the
donut with a
filler of
MDF the same thickness as the
donut. This will give you a
smoother cut without tear out. It
does not have to be glued, but the
dowels can be used to align the
top and bottom.
Drill holes on the surface the
same depth as the amount of ring
you want exposed. In this case it
was 5/16th of an inch. Use a
piece of tape to make certain all
the holes
are the
same
depth.
Drill them
equally
spaced
along a line from top to bottom
of bowl.
Shape the bowl against the
grain with the bowl gouge, roll-
ing the bevel to make a smoother
cut and taking light cuts from
bottom of
bowl to the
bowl edge.
John leaves
walls at 3/16
inch or thick-
er. Thin walls, in John's opinion,
make the bowl less aesthetically
pleasing. Sand and finish the ex-
terior of the bowl.
Now put the bowl back together
with the donut in place of the fill-
er. Draw the edges of the bowl
on the donut with pencil.
Sand thin layer manually. Round
over the edges of the thin layer
by sanding. At this point you can
add color with Q-tips dipped in
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John Beaver Wave Bowls
Three Ring
Cutting Radius on Jig
Drill Depth Holes
Wave Bowl Set
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color and
touched to
the wood
edge, letting
the color
drift inward
toward the line. Texturing or air-
brushing color on are other op-
tions. Avoid getting stain or fin-
ish on the area to be glued.
Put the three
layers back
together with
dowels and
wood glue.
Use Q-tips
and water to
remove
any seeping glue while the glue
is wet. Letting the glue dry first
and then trying to remove excess
will stain the wood. Let the pro-
ject dry. John uses lacquer as a
final coat.
Remove ped-
estals, turn
the center of
the bowl and
finish interi-
or. Turn off
tenon.
On bowl number three it is nec-
essary to cut the bowl down the
center. John used spalted syca-
more for this one. This one
should be turned on the end grain
to keep the grain flowing the
same direction. Turn the vessel
and finish the exterior before cut-
ting.
Now mount it on a chuck with
cole jaws where the bowl will be
held by the lip of the bowl. In-
spect the piece to decide where
you want the fins to be. Using the
center mark draw your lines for
the cut make certain they inter-
sect on the center point.
John used a Bondhus allen
wrench for putting the buttons
on. It has a steel handle which is
sturdier then the plastic ones that
come with the chucks. It gives
him a flywheel affect when tight-
ening buttons on. Set the circle
jig up square on the table. You
want to be able to keep a straight
cut the length of the vessel. We
start at the bottom so all the
vanes will intersect accurately.
Some drift will occur but as long
as it is away from the base it will
not be noticeable. Keep your cuts
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Remove Pedestals
Reassemble with Donut
3rd Bowl example
John Beaver Wave Bowls
Staining Edge
Sawing from base to top
Flatten the halves
Tracing the shape
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slow and steady there is a lot of tension on the rubber buttons.
Align the cut so your saw ends between the jaws of the chuck.
Try to stop before going all the way through you can finish the
cut by hand. Now the halves need to be flattened either on a
disk or belt sander. Both halves must be flat so glue joint will
be solid.
Trace the inside and outside of the shape on your piece for the
wings. Decide on what shape will be added. Cut the wings out
with the band saw or a scroll saw. Finish the wings being care-
ful not to get anything on the part where the glue joint will be.
Now assemble both halves with the wing between them using
hose clamps to draw it all together. Carefully clean the glue off
the joints which should be pretty easy with the parts already fin-
ished. Give it time to dry before putting the piece on the Cole
jaws again and making the next cut. Again remember slow and
easy with the cut going through the center mark. When all the
wings are added you should be able to mount the piece in the
scroll chuck and clean up the interior and finish it before re-
moving the tenon.
Kathy and Chuck Gies
The problems with recording the audio from the demos have
been fixed. There is a complete video from the April meeting.
Currently the team is working on making them available to
members on the web as the members requested.
Thanks to Jerry, Tom , and Steve for all their hard work on it.
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Audio/Video Progress
John Beaver Wave Bowls
Ready to saw shape
Glue together with hose
clamps
John’s Tools
Prepared blanks and
glue
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President’s Turn
Turn and Learn table
(Less Experienced Turn-
ers)
June
Brian Becker will offer a
class to turn a yarn bowl.
November
Denny Watson will offer a
class in spindle work
LET
President’s Turn
Three Months of Fun!
May, June and July are shaping up quite nicely
for our club. The dates that are starred on my calendar are:
May 2 – Pete Wade demo at the club meeting.
June 6 – Brian Becker demo at the club meeting and a LET class.
June 13 – Doll Lumber picnic
June 25-28 – AAW Symposium in Pittsburgh
July 11-12 – Pro turner Rudy Lopez demo and hands on session
July 18 – Ice cream social
The fun starts in May with Pete Wade’s demo on cremation urns. I need
help on hollowing and this should be just the right demo for me. Last
time I tried it, I was cleaning up the inside edge of a wooden vessel. An
aggressive cut or disregard for leverage almost pole vaulted me to the
other side of the lathe.
Brian Becker has the stage for the June demo where he will turn a yarn
bowl and a yarn spinner. This will be a nice demo since it will cover
both bowl turning and spindle turning. A LET class follows which
should provide you with some good instruction on bowl turning and a
nice item for the knitter in your life. I plan to make these items for two
of my yarn weaving nieces.
The Doll Lumber picnic on June 13 with nearby woodturning club
Buckeye Wood Workers and Wood Turners is always a fun event. Doll
is located in Southington, OH which is about 35 miles east of our club
meeting site. It’s worth the trip. Buckeye has their meeting as part of the
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Three Months of Fun!
June 13th Doll Lumber
Picnic
July 18th Ice Cream So-
cial
Special Dates
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picnic and has a nice demo planned. Following that, there will likely be a tour of the mill. If you
are looking for wood, Doll is the place to buy it. They have a great selection at reasonable prices
and their curly maple is quite nice. A great selection of picnic food awaits for a low cost. After the
picnic concludes, we are invited to fish at Doll’s stocked pond.
The AAW Symposium in Pittsburgh will be well attended by our members. If you’ve never been
to one of these shows, this may be the closest it gets to Cleveland. The demonstrator team in-
cludes fifty of the finest wood turners from around the world. Two and one half days of instruc-
tion, an instant gallery, a banquet and other attractions make this quite appealing. If you can’t
make it this year, it will be in Atlanta in 2016. And it was just announced that the 2017 symposi-
um will be in Kansas City.
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July brings Rudy Lopez to our club. After fighting my way into the last Ohio Valley show to see
Rudy’s demo, I became convinced this guy can take any old log or limb and turn it into a museum
worthy work of art. Check him out at http://www.rudolphlopez.com
The ice cream social will be hosted by Ernie Conover at his home in Parkman, OH. If it’s anything
like last year, there will be croquet, a manual pole lathe to try out and plenty of ice cream. Short
mileage side trips to Doll Lumber or a meal at the noted Welshfield Inn in Burton can also be incor-
porated into your plans.
When I’m not attending these events over the next few months, I’ll probably be down in the shop
making my bocce ball for the August competition or getting a piece or two ready for the Wayne Arts
show, which starts in September. Yes it’s going to be a great few months for us wood turners.
To everything, there is a season turn, turn, turn. Dan
President’s Turn
“To everything, there is a season turn, turn, turn.”
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NCWT General Membership Meeting
Minutes – April 4, 2015
Ken Nuzum, Secretary
President, Dan Maloney,
opened the meeting at
9:30. He recognized one
visitor and new member,
Bob Maupin from Avon
Lake.
Announcements and Re-
ports:
Dan announced that the
ice cream social would be July 18th and
hosted by Ernie Conover in Parkman.
There will be further details at next month’s
meeting.
Dan reported that demo pieces from Dave
Hout’s demo were on the Show and Tell
table. We will try to do this on an ongoing
basis.
There is a Delta lathe and tools for sale.
Information is on the bulletin board.
There is a sign-up list for members interest-
ed in sharing a ride or room for the AAW
symposium.
Mike Nathal listed the upcoming demos
and club activities: May- Pete Wade, cre-
mation urns; June 6-Brian Becker, yarn
bowls and an LET class; June 13-Doll Lum-
ber picnic in collaboration with BWWT
(please sign up if attending so that the ap-
propriate amount of food can be pur-
chased) $5.00 fee;
June 25/28- AAW Sym-
posium in Pittsburgh;
July-pro turner Rudy
Lopez (hands on class
is full with a waiting
list); August-Tips and
Tricks with Bocce Ball
contest; September-
pro turner Dave
Hout, platters; Octo-
ber-pro turner Linda Suter-epoxy platter;
November-Denny Watson, spindles.
George Raeder indicated that the Wayne
Arts show will be September 10th through
October 19th in Wooster Ohio. The same
categories and rules as previous shows will
apply.
Denny Watson indicated that first priori-
ty for the Brian Becker LET yarn bowl class
will be given to those who had signed up
for last November’s class that had to be
cancelled.
Old Business: None
New Business: None
The business meeting
was concluded and
Mike Nathal intro-
duced proturner, John
Beaver.
April Minutes
Denny Watson
Mike Nathal
Dan Maloney
NORTH COAST WOODTURNERS PAGE 10
Bocce Ball
The board has decided to try a new contest to be held at the August
meeting. We are looking to replace the top spin-off, with the idea
that some variety will encourage more participation. Here is what
arose through our meeting:
NCWT Bocce Ball Rolling Contest Rules
1.The object of the game is to turn a wooden sphere and use it in an
accuracy contest. The contest will consist of rolling the sphere so
that it stops close to a target located approximately 20 yards away.
The sphere closest to the target will receive a $50 gift certificate to
Craft Supplies. There will also be a $50 gift certificate awarded to
the sphere judged as best appearance.
2.The sphere must be between 3”and 5” diameter
3. The sphere shall be smooth, with no grooves or other textures
added to the surface. Standard woodturning finishes like varnish or
lacquer are allowed.
4.The sphere should be solid wood. Segmented construction is al-
lowed.
5. First choice for the playing field will be the artificial turf of the
soccer field. Alternate fields surrounding the building will be used
if this is not available. If it rains, an indoor option will be used ----
a carpeted surface will be needed.
6. Players will not be able to knock away a previously rolled ball.
We will use some kind of flat ball markers analogous to ball mark-
ers for golf.
George Raeder Nametag
Tom Olechiw Turn & Learn
Jim Mayer Interesting Turning
Chuck Gies Show & Tell drawing
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“ The speed of the grinding wheel doesn’t matter. They all remove metal. The faster
wheel removes it faster. There is some justification for the new Woodturner to use
the slower wheel.” Russ Fairfield
Dave Hout
Rick Weinbrenner
Tom Olechiw
Bill Miloscia Ken Nuzum
Mike Nathal
Chuck Gies Joe Smith Tim Niewiadomski
J. Perchinske
Chuck Gies
Dave Hout
Mike Hawkins
Chuck Gies
Tom Baylor
Ken Nuzum
Tim Niewiadomski
Dave Hitchcock
NORTH COAST WOODTURNERS PAGE 12
“There is no truth to the myth that the gray wheels will damage the steel.” Russ
Fairfield
Jim Mayer
Chuck Gies
Joe Smith
Ken Nuzum
Ken Nuzum
Dan Maloney
Chuck Gies
Dave Hitchcock
Jonathan Smith Scott Brihn
Chuck Gies Ken Nuzum Tom Sasalar
NORTH COAST WOODTURNERS PAGE 13
Tom Olechiw
Chuck Gies Ken Nuzum
Dave Hitchcock J.F. Brandan
Bill Miloscia
“ A cheap grinding wheel is a cheap grinding wheel, whatever color it is. Good
quality is more expensive. Lacking any other knowledge and specifications, the price
is a good indicator of quality.” Russ Fairfield
On-line April 2015 gallery
Denny Watson
J. Perchinske Stanley Stoberski
Chuck Gies
Tom Olechiw
Chuck Gies
Bill Miloscia
NORTH COAST WOODTURNERS PAGE 14
Turn and Learn
May: Natural Edge Bowl
June: Wave Bowl
July: Cremation Urn
August: Yarn Bowl
Next Meeting
Pete Wade Cremation Urns
Turn and Learn project Natural Edge Bowl
Show & Tell table
Nametag Drawing
Wood Raffle
Something to Look Forward to!
NORTH COAST WOODTURNERS PAGE 15
North Coast
Woodturners Doors open 9:00 A.M. Meeting
begins 9:30 A.M.
Blossom Hill
4450 Oakes Road
Brecksvulle, OH 44141
President
Dan Maloney
(440) 871-4129
Vice-President
Mike Nathal
(440) 238-4586
Secretary
Ken Nuzum
(330) 466-3457
Treasurer
Ron Sieloff
Member-At-Large
Tom Wisnieski
440-233-6486
Member-At-Large
George Raeder
(330)576-3355
Newsletter Editor
Chuck Gies
(440)-647-0524
Publicity and Community
Relations Director
Tom Nero
(440) 526-4138
Month Topic
January 3 Demo Tom Olechiw
Burl Waterfall
February 7 Demo-George Raeder Vacuum Systems Debut of the “McCardel Vacuum system”
March 7 Demo Dave Hout (pro) Natural Edge bowls (no Sunday Session)
April 4 Demo-John Beaver (pro) Wave Bowl (no Sunday Session)
May 2 Pete Wade Cremation Urns
June 6 Bryan Becker Yarn Bowls and Spinners
July 11 Demo-Rudy Lopez (pro) Vessels/Bowls (Sunday Session)
August 1 Tips and Tricks Bocce Ball Challenge
September 5 Demo-Dave Hout (pro) Platters (no Sunday Session)
October 3 Demo-Linda Suter (pro) Epoxy Platters (Sunday Session)
November 7 Denny Watson Spindles
December 5 Annual Auction