• John Howard and team will have the club store open

   

   

   

   

   

• Devin Garlick and team will be hosting wood sales;

   

   

   
  
  

• Brandi Lowrance will be signing up new members and answering your membership questions;

   

   

   
  
  

• Ed White discussing member engagement;

   

   

   

   

SPSW Member Demonstrations:

Sharpening & Sharpening Station Set-up – Dennis Craughan;

 

 

 

 

Pen Turning – Gary Amerson;

 

 

 

 

Christmas Ornaments – Jim Robson;

 

 

 

 

LOGO engraving with X Tool – Joe Kubistek;

 

 

 

Bowtie or butterfly ~ crack repair – Kent Horton & Brian Finch;

 

 

 

AAW Sign-up information / sign-up drive – Kent Horton doing double duty;

 

 

 

• Club member Dennis Craughan will be demonstrating sharpening;

   

   

   

• Club Member Pat McCart will be demonstrating how to turn tower tops;

   

   

   

   

• Club Member Kent Horton will be demonstrating how to spindle turn a whistle;

   

   

   

   

• Club Member Jeff Marshall will be demonstrating spindle turning;

   

   

   

• SPSW Webmaster Tim Spaulding will be available to aid club members with access to the SPSW website and the Member’s Only section. Do bring your own computer if you need assistance;

   

   

• SPSW Vice President Ed White will be available at the member engagement table to get input from members on desires for future demonstations;

   

   

   

   

• Club Member John Howard and the Club Store Sales Team will be on hand to help you stock up on shop supplies. Support the SPSW club through your supply purchases;

   

   

   

• Club Member Devin Garlick will be heading up the wood sales table. Support the SPSW club through your wood purchases;

   

   

   

• Club Member Jimmie Allen his storefront of D-Way and BoxMaster tools for the ease of shopping for your favorite woodturner’s critical needs.

   

   

   

Happy Holidays to you all!

Kathy Garlick

Note – This post is from our newsletter archives. It was the President’s message by Pat McCart from the March, 2009 issue of Chips & Shavings.

I was recently explaining the markings on the bottom of a highly figured spalted maple bowl with stone inlay to a coworker who remarked that I had a story for each piece that he had seen me turn. That is when I had one of those wow moments to which I stated that I probably had at least a half a dozen for each piece that I had ever turned, some pieces have even more.

When you consider all the steps that go into turning an item worthy of display it should not be a surprise to me that many of lifeʼs little stories would become imbedded in that bowl.

Stories like, where did you get the wood? Buy it or get it free? Cut it green or starting to punk out? What shape. Where did it go? What tool to use? Is it sharp? What cut? How much? How thin? What shape now? What finish? Who is it for? What piece is next?

If you have a favorite story about a piece of wood, and your journey with it into a turned item and on, let me know.

Trent will be demonstrating Hollow Forms – Hollowing for Anyone during our October meeting as a remote demonstration from his home in Colorado. The October meeting will be a hybrid meeting. Which means we will meet at our new normal location in the Allmendinger Center and watch the IRD from that location via Zoom.

Paid members have access to our demo videos on our website. We currently have 48 prior demo videos on here.

You can also check out our upcoming programming on our calendar – https://spswoodturners.org/events and in our newsletter.

Stop by at our next meeting if you’re in the area and see what we offer. And if you are not in the area, we also have remote members that log into Zoom to see our demonstrations.

Note – This post is from our newsletter archives. It was the President’s message by Pat McCart from the August, 2008 issue of Chips & Shavings.

Well, its the end of August and Summer will be quickly fading to Fall. With Fall, in the great Northwest, comes rain and long periods of time spent indoors. As woodturners, our hobby keeps us indoors most of the year – except to occasionally forage for wood, we seldom see the light of day.

But now is the time, dare I say, to step away from your lathe and get outdoors. Take the rest of August and go enjoy the sunshine, experience all that nature has to offer. Or should I say observe all that nature has to offer. Just because we have come out of our shops and into the light of day doesn’t mean we should stop being woodturners. We should always be on the lookout for inspiration for our work.

Woodturning is a very visual endeavor, shape and proportion are critical to producing a visually pleasing piece of work. With long hours spent holed up in our shops, many may find that their work has become repetitious and uninspired. Outside, the careful and even the casual observer will be able to see endless examples of forms and shapes that are blended to perfection by nature and hopefully be inspired by them.

This inspiration can be had for free as well, no need to buy the latest DVD or book. Just get outside- go walking in a park, go hiking on the many trails in our area, visit the sea shore, rivers, lakes, go downtown, even your own backyard, all have inspiration to offer if you only look. The curve of a flower stem and its leaves, the shape of a weather worn rock or a piece of drift wood, the shape of the trail ahead of you or the curve of a tree branch are a few examples.

Digital cameras make capturing inspiration easy as well. Take one along with you and take lots of pictures of anything that catches your eye. The pictures can be retrieved later during the winter when your creative battery may be in need of recharge. Take a sketch pad if you don’t have a camera. If you are like me and can’t draw, a camera is definitely a good investment.

All too soon it well be Fall and the rain will be back, so get out now and enjoy Summer. Your lathe will still be there waiting for you when you come back to it in September. And who knows perhaps you will have finally found the inspiration you need to turn that prized piece of wood you’ve been saving for all those years.

He appreciates the systematic approach in Elemental Turning and considers these books great resources for those who want or need to use a diagram. He self-confesses, “I am not an artist”. Thus, the detailed plans, illustrations and dimensions in these books provide the starting point for his woodturning passions.

Today Rick is a highly competent and thoughtful woodturner as well as a fantastic instructor. His primary passion is spindle turning. His clear, concise and easy- going teaching approach provides the learner with confidence from the very beginning and throughout the session. For those able to view the taped session from AAW 2024 Symposium, Rick’s session titled Three-Piece Dish clearly displays his teaching approach and mastery of the skew chisel.

Rick will be demonstrating Spindle Turning a Candle Stick Holder.