Segmented Turners Monthly Summary

60th anniversary bowl
60th Anniversary Bowl by Tom Kenyon
The Segmented Woodturners virtual chapter of the AAW has published their March summary.

Segmented Symposium

The Segmented Symposium is coming up in October and president Malcolm Tibbetts is encouraging those that are planning to attend to register soon to give the board a better idea of the number of attendees. At the 2010 symposium at Arrowmont had 103 attendees not counting Board members or demonstrators. Register on the symposium registration page. The instructions are here.

smoke signals
Smoke Signals by Wendell Mills
Winter Club Challenge

There have been several entries to the Winter Challenge. The current challenge is to make a feature ring. This is not for a completed vessel, just the feature ring. There are currently sixteen entries. There are unique and beautiful entries which shows the creativity that we have. If you are a member go check out the photos. Submissions are due by April 15th, after which the voting will be opened.

Forum

large vase
Large Vase by Kris Hlebechuk
Several interesting discussions in the forum during the past month.

  • Glues – Dennis Keeling recently published a book in which he discussed the best uses for white PVA and yellow aliphatic type glues. This resulted in a forum thread discussion which brands these are and about the improvements in white PVA.
  • Using Google Sketchup – This discussion was to find out if anyone uses to design vessels and if so, how. There are some power users of Sketchup that contributed the pros and cons, and their favorite plugins.
  • Double Sided Tape – There is a good discussion about which type of double sided tape to use and how to remove any residue from your work.
  • Thickness sanding small rings – Member Tom Kenyon shares the design and use of a jig he built for sanding small (<5") rings on his Performax 16-32 thickness sander.
  • Sanding Open Segmented Vase – This thread, started by member Bill Bulloch, asks for suggestions on sanding the inside of his new vessel. Discussion included options for building the vessel and cautions about techniques for sanding the inside.

diamonds and crosses
Diamonds and Crosses by Johnny McCarthy
Upcoming Segmented Turning Classes

May 20 – 26, 2012
Easy Segmented Platters and Expressive Wall Art
Instructor: Linda Sutter
John C. Campbell Folk School

June 3 – 9, 2012
Turning in the Polychromatic Style: Staved Construction
Instructor: Don Russell
John C. Campbell Folk School

June 25 -­‐ 29, 2012
Segmented Turning: pushing your skills to the next level
Instructor: Curt Theobald
Anderson Ranch

July 8 – 14, 2012
Segmented Turning
Instructor: Malcolm Tibbetts
Arrowmont

September 4 – 8, 2012
Segmented turning: Where Precision Partners with Turned Elegance
Instructor: Malcolm Tibbetts
The Mark Adams School of Woodworking

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chapter profile / Jigs / segmented / techniques / woodturning events

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