November Woodturning FUNdamental

The AAW has published the latest edition of Woodturning FUNdamentals. There are lots of good tips here including:

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  • Tips on using the indexing function on your lathe with illustrations by Keith Tompkins
  • Response by Jim Rodgers, Secretary of the Segmented Woodturners chapter, on how to build a feature ring design in a Ray Allen bowl
  • Don Derry tells his favorite safety tip
  • Part 3 of Joseph Herrmann’s series on processing wood from tree to blank. In this installment he gives tips on preparing the lumber to be cut into a blank on the band saw.
  • A nice reprint of an articles from the American Woodturner archives on Pitfalls for Beginners by Dick Sing
  • A woodturning project from Linda Van Gehuchten on turning angels
  • Another woodturning project, this one from Jerry Hubschman, on turning coasters from your “can’t part with” wood scraps

The Woodturning Fundamentals is a email publication of the AAW and is available to any AAW member. You can sign up here.

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Maple Valley Craft Show

We are in the craft show season running up to the Christmas holidays and member Jarred Hoffpauir wanted to pass this one along for anyone who is looking for a venue to sell their creations. The Maple Valley Community Center is holding a craft fair on December 1st. Tables are $35 before 11/16 and $45 after that. Not a bad price for a fair to sell your works. If you think the membership would like to hear about it the link to the flier and form are here.

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Woodturning Wiki

There are many good sources of woodturning information on the internet, but that information is spread out among many different sites. So to try to centralize a location to woodturning terms and turners we are launching the Woodturning Wiki. It is built using Wikimedia software so if you know how to use Wikipedia you can use the Woodturning Wiki. It is currently open for anyone to contribute and our hope is that it becomes the first place to look for anything woodturning.

Take a look and let us know what you think.

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What’s Happening at Other Chapters

The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon will be meeting on November 1st at the former Hollywood video store at the mall. Stephen Hatcher will be demonstrating tips and tricks, as well as wood banding for inlay. Its also election time for board officers.

The Inland Northwest Woodturners are meeting on November 1st at the Woodcraft in Spokane Valley. Dan Chadwick will demonstrate how he makes those little needle cases and pill boxes.

The Seattle Woodturners next meeting is on November 8th with a demonstration on ornaments by John Shrader. The chapter will also be electing officers at this meeting.

The Woodturners of Olympia are also meeting on November 8th when Jerry Bahr will be demonstrating ornaments.

The Fraser Valley Woodturners Guild in Abbotsford, B.C. will be meeting on November 8th. Allan Busworth will demonstrate bowl turning.

The Willamette Valley Woodturners in Salem, Oregon will be meeting November 9th. Dean Jordan will be demonstrating embellishment techniques.

The Southwest Idaho Woodturners are meeting November 13th. John Lee will be demonstrating segmented turning. Also, on November 3rd the chapter is holding a Turn for the Troops pen turning event. They are planning on turning 1,140 pens! Way to go guys.

The Northwest Washington Woodturners are meeting on November 15th for their annual holiday party with a potluck and raffle. All of the raffle money will be dedicated to the chapter’s Educational Outreach Program which is headed by Past President George Way. This program is currently helping Sedro Woolley High purchase turning related equipment.

The Cascade Woodturners next meeting will be November 15th at the Franklin High School wood shop. At this meeting they will be having a demonstration on turning ornaments.

The Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild in Vancouver, B.C. next meeting will be November 28th. This meeting will be the annual Christmas Potluck.

The Island Woodturners Guild on Vancouver Island will be meeting on November 28th. Also, the IWG are holding a 5 session beginning woodturning course beginning November 3rd for up to 5 turners. These sessions feature the top turners in the IWG.

The Olympic Peninsula Woodturners are meeting on November 28th and will have a demonstration by SPSW member Eric Lofstrom.

The Beaver State Woodturners in Eugene, Oregon will be meeting on November 29th (one week later that normal to account for Thanksgiving).

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What’s New on the SPSW Website

September Membership Meeting

Tones BriggsPhotos from Tones Briggs ornament demonstration have been added to the gallery under Demonstrators.

The October Newsletter

If you missed this month’s Chips & Shavings, it has been added under Newsletters.

Board Minutes

For SPSW members, the September 2012 Board of Directors meeting minutes are posted under the For Members link.

Segmented Woodturners Symposium

Segmented Woodturners Instant GallerySPSW Webmaster Tim Spaulding attended the Segmented Woodturners symposium last week in South Lake Tahoe and posted photos of some of the pieces in the instant gallery. You can find these under Galleries, Outside Events.

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