Jaxturners Sea Shell Demo
The North East Florida Woodturners (Jaxturners) have uploaded a video of their April meeting demonstration. In this demo, Ed Malesky demonstrates turning, carving and texturing Sea Shells.
What’s Happening at Other Chapters
The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon will be meeting on April 4th. The demonstrator will be Neil Seigel. The Inland Northwest Woodturners in Spokane Valley are meeting on April 4th. Frank Hutchison will be demonstrating candlesticks. The Southwest Idaho Woodturners will be meeting on April 9th. The program has not …
Tongue Drum Mallet
Michael Dresdner came to our last meeting representing the Evergreen Woodworkers Guild. They are working on their current year project is support of Camp Goodtimes. Camp Goodtimes is a camp operated by the American Cancer Society for children who had or have cancer. Last year the guild prepared ukulele kits …
Rockler Super-Bowl Contest
Rockler Woodworking is conducting a contest through their Facebook page. All you have to do is upload a picture of a turned bowl or carved bowl through their FB page. There is a People’s Choice award and a Judge’s Pick award. You can find out more on the Rockler FB …
March Demonstrator – Paul Crabtree
Paul began woodturning January 2003, in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He was not interested in turning anything but hollow forms. Though both his mentors strongly suggested he start with something easier, all he wanted to do, really, was hollow forms. The problem was, there were no hollowing tools he liked. George …
Bangle Bracelets
There are a wide variety of objects that turners create. Those of us with mini-lathes turn things like pens, bottle stoppers & pepper mills. More recently are projects like razor handles and brushes, pendants and bracelets. I came across the website of Eric Goertz, a turner who has designed and …