The local chapter of the International Association of Penturners is holding their next meeting on July 8th from 1 to 3, at Woodcraft in Seattle.
At this meeting there will be a demonstration on making a mandrel to hold a closed end pen. The mandrel will be for a Navigator style pen but the technique can be used for other styles of pen also.
As usual bring any pens you’ve made for show and tell, and any pen blanks you may want to trade.
Woodcraft is located at:
5963 Corson Ave S # 120
Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 767-6394
The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon will be meeting on July 5th at the former Hollywood video store at the mall. The meeting will feature Terry Gerros demonstrating salt shakers.
The Inland Northwest Woodturners in Spokane Valley are taking July off but will meet again in August.
The Seattle Woodturners next meeting on July 12th will feature a tool swap.
The Fraser Valley Woodturners Guild in Abbotsford, B.C. is on their summer break and will meet again in September.
Elling HoemThe Willamette Valley Woodturners in Salem, Oregon will be meeting July 12th. WVW’s own Elling Hoem will give a presentation about Safety on the Lathe.
The Beaver State Woodturners in Eugene, Oregon will be meeting July 26th. The program for the evening has not yet been announced.
The Northwest Washington Woodturners are hosting their second annual Camping and Outdoor Woodturning Rendezvous on July 16th – 18th at the Ellensburg, Rodeo grounds North RV lot [Kittitas Valley Event Center]. Join in for an unstructured camping and turning get together. Bring your mini lathe. Come early and stay late. Plan to be entertained by Don Derry on the 17th.
Eli EviseraThe Cascade Woodturners will hold their next meeting on July 19th with a demonstration by Eli Evisera at the Franklin High School wood shop. There will also be and all-day demonstration by Eli at Dale Larson’s shop.
The Olympic Peninsula Woodturners are meeting on July 25th and will also be hosting a demonstration by Eli Evisera. They will also have a two-day turning class with Eli on the 26th and 27th.
The Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild in Vancouver, B.C. is also on their summer break and will meet again in September.
The Island Woodturners Guild on Vancouver Island is also on their summer break and will meet again in September.
If you have had the opportunity to turn on a lathe that has reverse capability you may have discovered how the sanding process can be improved in reverse. Some of you can get a beautiful finish with just your skew (Eric!) but most of us still have to sand. There are a few folks who also do part of their turning in reverse. There is a discussion on the Sawmill Creek forum about this.
I had the opportunity to use a lathe with reverse during a woodturning class I took from SPSW member Ed Quesnell at Ted Bartholomew’s shop. I have a Jet 1014VSI mini-lathe which does not have reverse. However, there are some instructions on the web for installing a reverse switch on this lathe. The Front Range Woodturners has a file written by Brandon Mackie based on instructions written by Bruce Perry. The Gulf Coast Woodturners has one written by Mack DeBose. There may be others, but these are the most common.
One thing I noticed on these instructions is that they appear to bypass the breaker switch. I’m not sure if this would potentially cause damage, but I know from experience that that breaker does go off when there is strain on the motor. So I decided to look for an alternative.
As it happens, the American Woodturner issue in December 2011 had an article titled “Add Reverse to a Mini Lathe”. The directions here do not get into the controller box to add the switch, but cuts into the line from the controller box to the motor and adds a switch. This appeared to be more straight forward to me and I could always rebuild, or replace, the motor cable.
So off I went in pursuit of the materials and will say that I have experienced success. My mini lathe now rotates in both directions!
Now for the disclaimers, or more accurately, the AAW disclaimers. In the February 2012 issue of American Woodturner there was a follow on article: “Warning On: ‘Add Reverse to a Mini Lathe’”. These include
A warning NOT to change the reversing switch while the lathe is running. Use the main power switch to turn off the motor before changing the direction.
Use precautions to secure the chuck or faceplate to the spindle before using the lathe in reverse.
Make sure that the handwheel grub screw is tight or the handwheel could come loose and potentially cause damage to the bearings.
If you are wanting to try reversing your mini lathe and are somewhat adventurous, check out these resources and you too can go backwards.
Here we go again, one of the most enjoyable meetings each time we do it. Here is your chance to visit with friends and wander the hall learning something new or a different way of doing what you already do.
Demonstrating this month will be:
Roy Lane – Turning tops
Stephanie Lane – Pyrography
Brad Husby – Using a Vacuum Chuck
Paul Crabtree – Hollowing
Dave Schweitzer – Sharpening with Diamond Wheels
Andy Firpo – Safety
Ted Bartholomew – Sage Advice on any Turning Problems
Warren Swift – Turning Bird Houses
There will be a Show Table this month so bring your prized turnings to share with the membership. We will not be doing the Tell portion, but everyone still likes to see your turnings.
Again, if you have problem pieces or tools that need to be sharpened bring them with you. This is the time to get the help you need to become a better turner.
Note – The following was taken from a recent AAW newsletter, but I thought it was important enough to repost it here.
“I know of a young man who uses a wheelchair who wants to learn woodturning. Can you help?”
It was a heartbreaking phone call. My lathe and shop are not wheelchair accessible, and there are no schools or instructors nearby who offer that service. This young man is not the only person whose interest in woodturning is not yet fulfilled because of lack of access to handicapped-accessible woodturning machines. Many veterans return home from Iraq and Afghanistan with disabilities. Surely many of them would love to take advantage of an opportunity to pursue woodturning.
The Northeast Florida Woodturners Association (Jaxturners) have posted the video of their January meeting demonstration on YouTube. In this video Bob Hunt and Chuck Molnar demonstrates discuss many different chucking methods.
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