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 yet been announced.
The Seattle Woodturners next meeting is on April 11th. Larry Hauch will be demonstrating thin vases.
The Fraser Valley Woodturners Guild in Abbotsford, B.C. will be meeting on April 11th with a presentation by world-class turner Binh Pho. There will also be hands-on and demonstrations throughout the weekend.
The Willamette Valley Woodturners in Salem, Oregon will be meeting on April 11th. The program for the evening will be Jim Hall demonstrating decorating and embellishing. This looks like a good follow up to March’s demo by Jon Magill.
The Northwest Washington Woodturners are meeting on April 18th. Molly Winton will be demonstrating mini-hollow forms and how to make your own mini-hollowing tools. Molly will also be conducting classes on the 19th and 20th.
The Cascade Woodturners are meeting on April 18th and will have a demonstration on wave bowls by John Beaver.
The Island Woodturners Guild on Vancouver Island will be meeting on April 27th. The demonstrator will be well known turner Jimmy Clewes.
The Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild in Vancouver, B.C. is meeting on April 24th. The program for the evening has not yet been announces.
The Olympic Peninsula Woodturners will be meeting on April 24th and will be holding a mini-symposium.
The Woodturners of Olympia are meeting on April 25th. The demonstrator will be Stephen Hatcher who will be talking about what makes good form.
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 for the kids to build and take home. This year they are providing tongue drum kits. As part of the kits they need a pair of sticks for each. This is where Michael asked for help from the SPSW. He asked for volunteers to spindle turn the drum mallets for which he provided a sketch. Michael has blanks available. Here are a few FAQs:
1. The head size can be larger than 1 inch, but preferably not smaller.
2. No finish or wax on the mallets.
3. They need to all be the same. It works best when giving them to children, less contention and fewer hurt feelings if they are all the same.
4. It can be turned between centers, so no chuck is required, and can be done with only three or four turning tools.
5. Maple is the wood of choice.
Here is the sketch:
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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 page.
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 and Lee, his mentors, invented the out rigger idea for a hollowing tool.
That very crude hollowing tool became popular in his club. After about a year, George began to pursue development of the tool. After much R&D the tool came to be what it is today. Paul has had two very interesting challenges since he started turning, hollow forms and the tool to make them.
Bangle Bracelets
I came across the website of Eric Goertz, a turner who has designed and is producing hardware for creating bracelets. These are made out of machined stainless steel and copper and make the resulting bracelet have a very finished, professional look.
Eric has created a series of videos which are available on You Tube that shows the process from start to end. His website is bangleguy.com.
I found several people on the woodturning/woodworking forums who have used Eric’s hardware to make bracelets and all have very good reviews. So if you are looking for something different as a gift or to add to your craft show items, check out bangleguy.com.
Here is the first video in his series.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zax4jIjScrM
