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A Chapter of The American Association of Woodturners
Northwest Woodturners meetings are held on the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. See www.northwestwoodturners.com for details and map. Turning Challenge for August: For the August challenge, try creating a turning that evokes emotion.
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President Mike Meredith (503) 522-0531 [email protected] V. President Richard Hall Secretary Bill Rufener Treasurer Tom Reiman Board of Directors Jim Gentry Bob Tuck Fred Kline Scott Blackman Librarian Lynne Hemmert Raffle Tom Willing Supplies Tom Helzer Newsletter & Web Barbara Hall
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I was in Seattle last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday demonstrating at the event celebrating the opening of the expanded Woodcraft store. If you have a chance, it’s worth the time to see it. Ron and Michelle Hall have expanded to more than twice the original size, including a fabulous new classroom. Over the three days I got to see the Sawstop hot dog demonstration numerous times. It’s al-ways amazing. I did see an interesting tool of sorts. Jack Wayne, who has been here to demonstrate in the last couple of years, was teaching a class and had his grinding wheel set up in the class-room. He was using a diamond sharpening stone that was very impressive. This was an 8” x 1.5” 180 grit diamond embedded wheel made by Kingsley North www.kingsleynorth.com). Jack was using was a 180 grit diamond wheel (model 1-1030 that gave his tools and polished shine and the razor edge in a very few seconds. The down-side of these wheels is that they’re not cheap, about $150. However, in addition to the ex-cellent tool service it provides, it never wears out. The wheel doesn’t rut or go out of round. The diamond grit needs to be cleaned occasionally, but the wheel is essentially inde-structible. Another tool to think about, in case you run out of new ones.
It’s always fun to talk to woodturners, they are the most interested and engaged of all the woodworkers. They always want to know how you do what you do and do they have to buy a new tool to do it. I think I talked a couple of them out of bad tool purchases, at least bad by my point of view. I did, at least get several back-to-back hours at the lathe to complete projects that I promised. And since I was mostly talking about my finishes, I needed some-thing to finish. To make a great weekend even better, I got to have two very, very fine meals at a couple of very good restaurants.
This month, we have the mini demonstrations in the Chem West parking lot. With any luck, summer might actually be here by then. Lloyd Johnson and Jim Gentry have agreed to demonstrate software and barley twist production, respectively. As to the rest of us, think about what you would like to see someone show you how to do. We will at least three lathes available, tools and wood. I will have my thread chasing tools including the Baxter Jig I broke down and bought. It’s a very cool little machine than works great. These demonstrations are a great chance to gain insight into that technique you’ve been wanting to try. Don’t be shy, we love to show off. And in the interim, maybe answer some questions. If you want to stand around and socialize, that’s fun too.
There are other are things we need to think about. It’s not too soon to think about elections for this year. Elections are normally held in November, a meeting I will not be able to at-tend due to the wedding of my daughter. That means I won’t be there to decline another term service, but it will be declined if it’s offered. That means someone else has to make the
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PRESIDENT ’S MESSAGE
JULY, 2010 THE WOODTURNERS’ LOCAL RESOURCE
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decision to take over the office of president and vice president. Richard has done a great job in the vice president spot. Who-ever the new offices are they will need assistance from the rest of the club.
By November, we will, with luck be in the new facility in Sherwood high school. That means that this summer there will be work to be done not only building in and moving Northwest Woodturners, but also making the commitment to fill the slots in the woodworking program at the high school. I’m currently thinking that we will need people willing to donate entire days or certainly half days. As we’ve learned from Joe’s experience at Hillsboro high school, having a consistent source of expertise in the shop is essential. Our presence will of course be coordinated through the shop teacher but we all need to be thinking about what we can contribute to make this symbiosis work.
We have lots to think about them get done in the next few months.
Mike
JULY MINI - DEMOS
Jim Gentry has graciously offered to demonstrate his process to create these candlesticks. Did you notice his pair of Open Barley Twist candle sticks are twisting in opposite directions; one twisting to the right and the other to the left. More pictures of these magnificent candle sticks are on page 4 in the Show and Tell sec-tion.
Lloyd Johnson and Associates
Lloyd's presentation will be 'Technology and the Woodturner'. A portion of it will cover beginning and advanced topics using his Woodturner PRO suite of software. Next, Lloyd will show how SketchUp can be used to model simple or complex wood-turning projects. Finally, Lloyd will show shop-built sleds and tools that you can build to make segmented sculptures. These techniques can make projects that would appear to be very difficult into projects that can be made by any intermediate wood-turner/woodworker.
I've been asked to write up an article about my shop. Why? People like to see how others set up their shop and might get an idea or two. Mine has been in development since we moved here in 2005. It was a new build and one of the biggest reasons we moved here was the shop that came with it. Its 30x40 feet; but it shares with some other toys (truck and tractor). It has a vaulted ceiling in the middle. I believe that was for the automotive shop people. When it was being built, I knew the six incan-descent lights they were going to put in was not going to be enough. The builder allowed me to buy my own lights and the electrician installed them. It has 14 sets of 48"x4 florescent fixtures now. What a deal. And it's bright as day in there.
It also has all the accommodations of a house including full bath, fridge (currently stocked with Girl scout cookies), microwave for drying wood or warming coffee, Internet, phone, and cable. Heat is provided by a nice woodstove that puts out some good heat in the winter (Andy, you won't freeze in my shop). The only thing missing here is a bed for when I'm in the "doghouse" for buying another tool.
HALLOWED HALLS … THE FIRST OF MANY … SCOTT ’S SHOP
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Scotts Shop continued
The first winter was pretty cold as there was no insulation. The first step was the walls. That allowed me to get stuff hung up and add a few elec-trical outlets and several drops from the ceiling. The shop was really taking shape; but I keep moving stuff around to find the right setup. I don't think I've found it yet.
After two winters of the heat going out the roof, I decided to drywall the ceiling. Three issues that I was facing doing this alone. 1) eleven foot ceilings. 2) vaulted ceiling. 3) 14 massive lights to maneuver around. It didn't take much to get me to hire this job out. So everything moved to the house garage for almost three weeks, while the dry wall guys came in and did their amazing work without removing the lights. A fresh coat of paint, and I was ready to move back in. I should have done the floors with a coating (hindsight); but never found the right material, a quest that still remains a mystery.
Now it's populated with a ton of tools (many I'm sure I don't need), and a stock pile of wood I'm too chicken to turn at times; but I'm still shifting things around every year fighting for the right layout. Once I find the right layout, then I'll tackle the next two projects 1) Dust Vacuum line runs. 2) air compressor lines.
While I have a limited dust collection line to the lathe, I use a flex piece to get to the bigger machines. Currently, I still have a dust problem, so every once in a while I sweep the piles of turning chips into a wheel barrow and then turn the shop vac into its leaf blower configuration, open up all the rollups. With my air helmet on I blow everything clean. Only once have I blown a drying vase onto the floor to make it a puzzle of pieces. That's my shop in its every changing configuration. I'd love to see your shop in the newsletter, be-cause I know I need more ideas.
Scott Blackman
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July Show and Tell
Bob Tuck
Steve Laue
Cliff Beattie
Bill Giffen
David Williams
Jim Gentry
Bill Wood
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July Show and Tell
Cliff Beattie; July Challenge winner
Betty Fox
Mike Bruno
July Challenge
I've been trying to emphasize the role of emotional response in design. This is an area foreign to many people, particularly those that strive for functionality in their design. Many turners fall into this category. For these designers, the primary considerations are efficiency and functionality. These are indeed worthy design considerations, and necessary ones when designing something that's primary role is one of daily use. Platters, bowls, scoops, honey dippers, mortar and pestles, all are examples of the turners craft where the object's primary purpose is to fill a functional need. I will argue however, that the most successful designs either incorporate the emotional concepts I have been discussing directly, or are applied artificially by the most successful designers.
Lets take architecture as an example. To me, architecture is one field where practicality and efficiency reign supreme. After all, you have to design a space that provides the most area for the least cost, that provides the areas that fulfill the most important and required functions in the locations that are the most efficient. How many different designs can really fulfill these basic require-
ments? Not too many really, if you discount the size of a room, or the fact that one designer makes the kitchen longer than another. Discounting these "tweaks", how many ways can you really do it? Why does my house have a stairwell and hallway set at 45 degrees to the rest of the house? That is the epitome of inefficient design. It wastes space, rendering some square footage totally unusable. Why does my living room ceiling go all the way to the top of the second floor? If the builders had just added a few more joists, at minimal cost to the overall structure, I would have an additional 400 square feet of living space, at essentially the same cost. Why do we have Federal, Prairie, Art Deco, Victorian, Mid Century Modern etc. design styles? The most cost effective and efficient de-sign would clearly be squares or rectangles fitted neatly together in some pattern that promoted the efficient execution of living function. Why are houses built with materials that cost way more than they need to for the function they fulfill, or designed so that construction is way more difficult and costly than necessary. It is because these extravagances are intended to add beauty (what a nebulous concept!!), to add pleasure, to add distinction. These are all emotional needs, but they serve to
increase our pleasure (and therefore our satisfaction) in owning something like a home. 'Falling Water', Frank Lloyd Wright's
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN : EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO ART
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elegant creation satisfies all these emotional needs and is well known.
If you look at industrial architecture, what is the difference between a pub-lic housing project building of the 60's and something like the Empire State Building, or the Chrysler building, or the Hirshhorn Museum. The former
are clearly more efficient, but the latter are clearly more successful. It is because the design-ers of the latter group recognized the requirement to meet the emotional needs of people working in or using the buildings.
So how do we apply these ideas to our own prac-tical turning. First we need to understand the different avenues we could take to generate emo-tion. I can see several ways we could approach the problem, and I'm sure there are many more. I look at this in terms of the kinds of emotion we could evoke. For example, we could evoke desire - perhaps by making the viewer wish to touch or feel our piece. If we can make the viewer want to stop and touch our piece, we have made a connection with the viewer that is beyond simple admiration or appreciation. How about evoking intrigue. We could do that by using something unexpected - a sound, a movement, perhaps a hidden mechanical function, or a design that transforms. We could evoke imagination - I could see doing this using methods of surface
decoration such as carving, painting, wood burning, piercing to create a design that is unex-pected, or that catches the whimsy of the viewer. Another emotion is humor. By using the unexpected, or by the use of exaggeration as for example a caricature, we can catch the viewer
by making them chuckle or laugh. A more diffi-cult approach would be trying to capture a viewer's personal feelings, through a cultural tie or a personal memory or experience. This might be accomplished by using cultural design motifs, or by referencing events that could have emotional ties. Here however we tread more in the un-known, for we can't know how any person might respond, if at all, to this sort of suggestion. But perhaps that is not as important as the emotional response that WE get while creating the piece. And there lies the true secret. If we respond to our piece while creating it, we can be sure that others will respond to our piece while viewing it. As Dolly Parton sings “Celebrate the dreamer in you”
In each of these ways, by grabbing the attention of the viewer through their emotion, we establish a connection that makes our piece stand out among all the other pieces. We will have been successful! Try it for yourself.
Barbara Hall
AUGUST CHALLENGE
For the August challenge, try creating a turning that evokes emotion. Use the suggestions in the design article as a starting point, then try to incorporate one of the ideas there, or one of your own, to make us all respond with tears of laughter, a tug on our heart, a desire to see how it works, a smile on our face or a wink of our eye. Have FUN!!! Remember, if you have fun making it, we will have fun enjoying it.
Keith Holt
Raymond Overman
Mark Hubl
Ed Kelle
Mike Swendsen
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BUSINESS ADS
MAORI
MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2010
Key: H1 Hands-on class Friday H2 Hands-on classes Friday and Sunday D Saturday Demo
Jan Annual Swap Meet July Mini-Demos :Lloyd software & Jim Gentry
Feb William Moore (Metal Spinning) Aug Auction
Mar Mike Meredith (Sharpening) Sep Marilyn Campbell (Epoxy Inlay) H2 D
Apr Mike Wonser (Design/Photography) Oct Mike Jackofsky (Turning) H2 D
May Nick Cook (Turning) H1 D Nov Member Turned-wood Auction
Jun Jim MacDermot (Gilmer Wood) Dec Christmas Party
Tree sculpture; An excerpt from a posting by Alby Hall June 4, 2010 in WOW. Description: For" World Environment Day." This Very Powerful Work of Art , by local up and coming Maori Artist Theressa Reihanna, moved me to tears when I first saw it. The spirituality held by Maori for these big Kauri trees, is powerful in this image. The destruction of these giant Kauri forests was almost complete. A few reserves remain, less than 2% of what was truly a wonder of the world. So you can see how this Artist has portrayed the cultural sadness of this destruction, this is the last tree being cut down in a stand of giants in a valley not far from here, most of the wood was burnt, to make way for 6 inches of grass to feed sheep and cattle. That forest was a part of Theressa's heritage. In the mean time, you may like to think about what she has put into this touching work of a Art. I have posted this, because it involves trees, wood and the need to care about what we have left. This is a part of a series of work involving the finger- print of man on the environment. What do you think? Place Taken: Kaitaia. N.Z.
Marilyn Campbell turns various shapes from platters to bowls, and then cuts them apart along attractive curves. Next she posi-tions the pieces in various configurations until pleased with the result, holds them with tape, and fills the voids and builds edges with epoxy. She completes the piece with paint and surface patterns done with a Dremel tool and various cutting bits.
MARILYN CAMPBELL … OUR SEPTEMBER DEMONSTRATOR
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Laurel Challenge
Steve Newberry;1st prize winner
Richard Hall
Mark Haverkamp
Roy Ackley
Irv Johnson
Rob Gentry Unknown
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EDITOR ’S NOTE
Date Class/Demo Location Time
7/03
7/31
Carving jewelry/walking sticks
Carving jewelry/walking sticks
Woodcrafters
Woodcrafters
1:00PM-2.00PM
1:00PM-2:00PM
7/10 French Polishing /Finishing Woodcrafters *1:00PM-2:00PM
7/17 Large platter Lathe Turning Woodcrafters *1:00PM-2:00PM
7/24 Marketry Woodcrafters *1:00 PM-2:00PM
7/31 Sharpening Lathe Tools Woodcraft *1:00AM-2:00PM
Many other fine classes and demos are available from your local stores: Woodcraft Store at (503) 684-1428 Email [email protected] Woodcrafters Store at (503) 231-0226 Web page http://woodcrafters.us/ craft supplies Rockler Store at (503) 672-7266 Email [email protected] *Fee: students should bring chucks, sharpened turning tools, safety gear. No demos Scheduled for July
Submissions to the newsletter are due by the 20th of the month. Articles, tips, web links, classified ads, or other items pertaining to woodturning are welcome.
Barbara Hall Newsletter Editor Phone: (503) 649-5581 E-mail: [email protected] All other business should be directed to:
Northwest Woodturners
13500 SW Pacific Hwy #185 Tigard, OR 97223
LOCAL EVENTS , CLASSES , AND DEMO ’S
Laurel challenge
Gene Shaw; 2nd prize winner
Irv Johnson
Jim Hall
Mike Meredith
13500 SW Pacific Hwy, #185
Tigard, OR 97223
CLASSIFIED ADS
Guidelines for Classified Ads: Ads will run for three consecutive months. Please submit your ad by the 20th of the month. The Editor takes no responsibility for spelling or grammatical errors. All woodworking items, for sale or wanted, are welcome.
For Sale: Rockwell woodworker's lathe. $150.00 cash, firm and - haul. The lathe has a 3/4 hp motor, good belts, and runs well. If you or any woodworker you know is interested, please e-mail or call me at 360-887-3113 in Ridgefield, WA.
Fred Guinasso
Show your NWWT Membership Card to receive a discount of your purchase at Gilmer’s, Rockler, Woodcraft, Woodcrafters, and Crosscut Hardwoods. Membership has benefits.
For Sale: Wood: Desert ironwood, Log sections, Yew and other turnable wood. Contact Jim MacDermot if interested. call 503-329-6188
Eli Avisera will be doing a three day hands on class in Dale Larson's shop in Gresham. There is only one place left for July 25 –27 and one place for July 19-21. The cost will be $225/class. Eli is a great teacher. He travels all over the world teaching woodturning. The maximum per class will be 10 turners. If you are interested call or email. Dale Larson 503-661-7793
The Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild invites you to West Coast Round-up 2010 on September 10, 11, 12 in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. Every three years we produce an event that offers top-level presenters, excellent food, comfort-able accommodations and a relaxing, friendly atmosphere. Whether you come just for the symposium or as part of a longer vacation, this is an excellent way to enjoy one of the most beautiful places on earth. The International Woodturning Sympo-sium features world-renowned instructors & authors: Alain Mailland, Art Liestman, Nick Cook, Michael Hosaluk, Graeme Priddle, Marilyn Campbell, Jason Marlow and Dale Larson. For information: www.gvwg.ca or email: [email protected]
