I use a system introduced to me by Dan Ackerman which allows for do multiples without compromising the use of your lathe for other turning.
Looking forward to sharing the evening with all of you.Tones
What’s Happening at Other Chapters
The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon are meeting next on November 2nd. Jerry Harris will be demonstrating how to turn a cowboy hat from green wood.
The Inland Northwest Woodturners are meeting November 2nd at the Woodcraft in Spokane Valley. The presentation will be on turning a candlestick.
The Fraser Valley Woodturners Guild in Abbotsford, B.C., are meeting on November 9th. This will be a Hands-On night turning scoops.
The Willamette Valley Woodturners in Salem, Oregon will be meeting on November 9th for their annual auction and potluck.
The Seattle Woodturners are meeting on November 9th. Tones Briggs will be demonstrating ornaments with finials.
The South Coast Woodturners in CoosBay, Oregon will be meeting on November 11th. The program for the morning has not been announced.
The Mid-Columbia Woodturners are meeting on November 11th. Wes Pilley will be demonstrating a Singapore Ball.
The Cascade Woodturners in Portland, OR, will be meeting on November 13th. Dan Tilden from Oregon will be demonstrating wearable turnings.
The Woodturners of Olympia are meeting next on November 14th. Carol Zandell will be demonstrating fun and easy holiday turnings.
The Northwest Washington Woodturners in Mt. Vernon will be holding their annual Holiday Potluck Party on November 16th.
The Beaver State Woodturners will be meeting on November 16th. Michael Meredith will be demonstrating Crush Grind Peppermills.
The Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild in Vancouver, B.C. is meeting on November 23rd. Art Liestman will be discussing textures and colours, eh. And I have to mention that they have a great newsletter, I recommend that you take a look.
The Island Woodturners Guild on Vancouver Island will be meeting on November 25th. The program for the afternoon has not yet been announced.
The Strait Turners in Sequim, WA are meeting on November 28th. Jimmy Allen will demonstrate turning boxes.
The Olympic Peninsula Woodturners holding will be meeting on November 29th. Jack Wayne will demonstrate platters and fancy embellishment.
October Demonstrator – Michael Dresdner
Michael Dresdner is a nationally known finish-ing, woodworking, and guitar making expert, consultant, lecturer, columnist, and author of five books, seven videos, and over ten thousand articles on woodworking, finishing and guitar making. He has been a contributing editor or columnist for over half a dozen publications including Fine Woodworking, American Wood-worker, and Woodworker’s Journal, was the “answer man” at www.woodanswers.com, and is a former editor of the Woodworker’s Journal eZine.
What’s Happening at Other Chapters
The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon are meeting next on October 5th. Dan Tilden will be the demonstrator for the meeting.
The Southwest Idaho Woodturners Association in Boise, Idaho will be meeting on October 10th. The program for the evening has not been announced.
The Fraser Valley Woodturners Guild in Abbotsford, B.C., are meeting on October 12th. The program for the evening has not been announced.
The Willamette Valley Woodturners in Salem, Oregon will be meeting on October 12th. Hal Schalles will demonstrate segmented turning.
The Seattle Woodturners are meeting on October 12th. Eric Lofstrom will be demonstrating the skew chisel.
The Cascade Woodturners in Portland, OR, will be meeting on October 19th. This meeting will feature the club auction.
The Northwest Washington Woodturners in Mt. Vernon are meeting on October 21st. Molly Winton will discuss the importance of form; design elements and composition of a piece; sources of inspiration; critiques and their role in improving your work; and overcoming an ‘inability to draw’.
The Olympic Peninsula Woodturners holding will be meeting on October 25th. Molly Winton will be demonstrating design and wood turning.
The Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild in Vancouver, B.C. is meeting on October 26th. Steve Hansen will discuss Woodturning on Netflix, or how to hollow while watching television.
The Island Woodturners Guild on Vancouver Island will be meeting on October 28th. Rob Dunlop will offer a demonstration on turning ornaments followed by a demonstration by Gil Heise on how he creates bracelets using custom jigs he has designed.
The Strait Turners in Sequim, WA are meeting on October 31st. Russ Neiman will discuss CA glue uses.
September Meeting – Mini Symposium
This month we are having our second 2017 Mini Symposium. These events are special in that they offer the opportunity to ob-serve several different aspects of turning and decoration at one event. They are also special in that the demonstrations are per-formed by our own members. This club is very proud to have members of all skill levels. We can all learn something new and woodturners are, in large, well known for their willingness to share their secrets with all.
Demonstrators so far are:
- Roy Lane – hollow form
- AlisaBeth Nash – Christmas ornament or pens
- Jeff Marshall
- David Best – power carving tools
There will be no Show and Tell this month but feel free to bring your projects for display.
August Demonstrator – John Howard
Like so many of us, John Howard had a decades long break between being introduced to woodturning in high school wood shop classes and taking it up again. In the interim, he completed a Biology degree, served 5-years in the Army, and had a long career as a teacher dean of instruction, first at Portland Community College and then at Bates Technical College in Tacoma.
John returned to wood turning shortly before he retired from Bates in 2012. He joined the South Puget Sound Woodturners in 2014, and since then joined the SPSW board and often acts as a mentor at monthly sawdust sessions.
At the SPSW’s August meeting, John will demonstrate how to make a segmented pen, which is a relatively simple project, that is a good introduction to more complex segmented turning projects. Also highlighted during this demonstration will be using a skew chisel to minimize tear out and use of cyanoacrylate (super glue) as a finish.
