Segmented Woodturners Symposium Scholarships Available

prayer wheel
Prayer Wheel by Tom Hohl
The Board of Directors of the Segmented Woodturners have announced the availability of two scholarships for registration fees for the Segmented Woodturners Symposium coming up in October. These scholarships are valued at $250 each.

The puropse of these scholarships is:

  • To increase educational resources to turners with a special interest in segmented woodturning who may otherwise not have the financial resources to attend the symposium.
  • To make educational opportunities available to those who are willing to bring lessons learned back to the club level. A benefit of these efforts is a likely increase in our club membership as well as an increased interest in segmented woodturning.

Criteria for consideration should include a well defined plan for making use of the educational opportunity and how you will use it to promote segmented woodturning.

Members may nominate other members who have the need or desire to further their education and may not have the resources to do so. This should be done, however, with the knowledge of the applicant.

If you are a member of the Segmented Woodturners and would like to apply for yourself, or know someone who would not be able to attend otherwise, you can find the scholarship application on the Segmented Woodturner’s website.

chapter profile / scholarships / segmented / symposiums

Open Spaces for Demo with David Belser

David BelserWe still have space available for this Thursday’s demo with David Belser.

around the blockOn Thursday, March 29th we host David Belser, http://davidbelser.com/ . David will be sharing with us his sources of creativity and his fearless attitude to try new concepts. He will demonstrate how his use of un-conventional mediums of holding wood for turning, in-cluding wax and ice, allow him to stretch beyond the conventional. Demonstration is at Nancy Sweazey’s from 9:00am-3:30pm, admission is $30.

This demonstration open to any interested woodturner. Contact Eric Lofstrom for information and directions.

demonstrator / techniques / woodturning events

What’s New on the SPSW Website

carol zandell demoPhotos from Carol Zandell’s fun demonstration in February have been posted under Galleries/Demonstrators.

Dan Stromstad provided a tutorial on turning bowls from fresh logs to dry bowls. This is posted in our Learning Center under Tutorials.

In case you missed it, the March Newsletter has been added here.

For members, the February 2012 board of directors meeting minutes have been added.

There have also been several updates and additions to the chapter calendar.

demonstrator / techniques

March 2012 Wodturning Fundamentals

Have you signed up for the Woodturning Fundamentals newsletter from the AAW? This is an email publication that comes in the months opposite from the American Woodturner magazine. There is a lot of great information for new and intermediate turners.

The March issue was just emailed out and it contains several interesting articles. Included this month are:

  • A great follow up question for Dr. Robert Wallace on food safe finishes for wine goblets
  • A Q&A about the safety and serviceability of hand-me-down turning tools
  • An article by Joe Herrmann on how to properly store your growing wood supply
  • A tutorial on turning a two-part goblet written by Bob Rosand
  • Two video tips from professional turner Beth Ireland on how to select the right lathe for architectural items or for bowls and large items
  • An article by Kurt Hertzog about “How Fast Should I Run My Lathe?”

And also included is this safety tip from the Mid-South Woodturners Guild on how to determine the correct height for your lathe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3LbLiFzp1g

You can sign up for Woodturning Fundamentals here.

AAW / newsletter / safety / video

2012 Chapter Challenge Vote

We have received ideas for our chapter for entering into the AAW Chapter Challenge at the annual symposium in June. We are hoping to be able to vote on these at the Thursday mini-symposium to determine if there is enough interest and which idea we will proceed with.

If you are an SPSW member you can see the list of ideas on the Chapter Challenge Ideas page.

AAW / Chapter Challenge / members

Woodturning Show and Sale at Oldfield Center

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The 1st Annual Woodturning Show and Sale will be held March 17th to April 1st at the Fred Oldfield Western Herritage and Art Center on the Puyallup Fairgrounds. Woodturners from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana are invited to participate. Information and registration forms can be found here.

[note]SPSW members, you can bring your registration form and fee along with your pieces to this Thursday’s meeting.[/note]

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