Website: Volume 25, No. 9

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North Carolina WOODTURNERS Journal of the North Carolina Woodturners Association

A Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners

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The AAW is dedicated to the advancement of woodturning by providing education, information,

organization, technical assistance, and publications relating to woodturning. The North Carolina

Woodturners Association purpose is to promote an interest in woodturning for persons of all levels, and

to encourage membership in, and give support to, the American Association of Woodturners.

Volume 25, No. 9

President’s Message By Jerry Long

Thank You! Thank you for all the Lions’ Club

donations. There were a lot of nice pieces.

I really enjoyed watching Nick turn all those

projects. He makes using the skew a piece of cake. I

think I've got the part down about showing you a

catch Lol. That's one of those tools you just have to

practice and practice with.

I think we have all the slots for the symposium.

Thank you to all of you that volunteered. If you need

to cancel, people let Beth as soon as possible.

We will be looking for people to help with the “Learn

and Turn” at the Extravaganza in Oct. We will be

talking more about it at the September meeting.

I will finish by asking a favor of all of you: please

send me a name or a list of names of people you

would like to see demo at our club next year and if

you have contact info that would be helpful. Thank

you all for making our club fun.

Jerry Long

Table of Contents President’s Message 1

Table of Contents 1

2015 Challenge Projects 2

Presenters/Topics for 2015 2

September Presenter – Bob Baucom 2

Officer/Board of Director “Highlight” 3

August Demonstration – Nick Cook 4

Newsletter/Membership/Library News 3

For Sale by Member 7

Mentorship Information 6

NC Symposium 6

2015 Officers and Board of Directors 7

Challenge Projects 8

Gallery Photos 9

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2015 Challenge Projects

Sept

Project Boxes Lidded Vessels Skills

/hints

Storage big and small http://www.woodturningonline.com/Turning/Turning_projects.php?catid=13

http://www.teknatool.com/projects/MikeBOX/Turning%20an%20End%20Grain%20Lidded%20Box.pdf

Oct Project Help At Extravaganza (October 16-17, 2015) Or Symposium (November 6-8, 2015)

Nov

Project Wooden Utensils

Skills

/hints

Get ready for some cooking

http://www.woodturningonline.com/Turning_Vendors/New_and_Hot.html

Dec

Project Mirrors Handheld And Wall Mount

Skills

/hints

Time for reflection

http://www.turningtools.co.uk/projects/mirror/mirror.html

Presenters/Topics for 2015 Presenter Notes/Topic

September Bob Baucom Christmas ornaments and others

October Charles Farrar Hollowing and design

http://www.charlesfarrar.com/

November Don Leydens Leydens’ work https://classes.folkschool.org/Instructors.aspx?id=178573

December Christmas party Market on Main, Hickory, NC

September Presenter – Bob Baucom

By Beth Parham

Bob was born in and grew up in North Carolina. He first connected with woodturning

while turning a bowl in his Goldsboro Junior High School shop class. It became a dream

from that point on to one day have a lathe and woodturn as a hobby. After doing his

graduate work at UNC-Chapel Hill, he started a business and found other woodturning

friends.

He lives in Chapel Hill, NC with his wife Becky and his younger daughter Clare. Bob has been a member

of the North Carolina Woodturners’ Guild and is a founding member of the Chapel Hill Woodturners Club

of AAW. Bob has done demonstrations at the North Carolina Woodturner’s Symposium, John C. Campbell

Folk School and various woodturning clubs. He teaches an ornaments’ class at John C. Campbell Folk

School. His next class is scheduled for August 14-19, 2016 at John C. Campbell Folk School. Bob enjoys

trying new ideas, solving problems and sharing information. Woodturning provides all of these. He had an

article in the AAW Journal September 2013 on turning his Hot Air Balloon ornament.

His plan for our meeting is demonstrating the Hot Air Balloon ornament as well as the Penguin and Chick

ornaments. He will also show other ornaments that he has done over the years - new and old. He will have

Q&A sessions as well as hands on if time allows. If you have not seen Bob, you are in for a treat; I have

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gotten to know him over the last couple of years and he is an awesome teacher and a great person. See you

in September.

Officer/Board of Director “Highlight” By Beth Parham

This month, Pam Dergins is our “highlighted” Director. Dan is serving the 1st year

of his three year term (expiring end of 2017).

“I grew up in Michigan where I graduated from Grand Valley State University and

Kendall School of Art and Design. With my husband and two children, we have lived

in Buffalo NY, Hagerstown MD and finally here where we've lived for 18 years.

I first started turning when I took a community Ed class at Western Piedmont Community College with

John Ferguson. Thru classes I have made a table, dove tailed tray, and a turned stool. In doing this, I became

addicted to turning wood as we all have. I still take classes to satisfy my hunger to learn more.”

Newsletter/Membership/Library News By Beth Parham

Newsletter Please feel free to share ideas that you may want to see included in the newsletter.

If you are currently getting the newsletter via mail and have an email, be sure to let me know of the email

address. You will get the newsletter sooner and in full color; the mailed issue are in black and white and

are always several days later getting to you than the online version.

Library I am evaluating the condition of DVDs, VHSs, and books to see if any are missing or

in need of repair or replacement. Also checking for new books that may be of interest

to the organization. Please express what topics you’d like resource materials on – I

have already noticed limited resources on segmented (at least in the book variety). Your

feedback helps keep the library the best resource we can offer to members. Our interests vary

and I may not be aware of a topic of interest to you. Books and DVDs are helpful resources for us all.

Membership At the August meeting, we had 2 new members join: There are: Robert Nicks from

Elkin is returning to our group after an absence while he cared for his wife; and Gene

Rozea from Granite Falls. We are pleased to have these new members in our group!

Types of Membership and annual pricing. See me at meetings if you want to join

or have questions regarding membership. Also, remember that membership entitles

you to a 10% discount from Klingspor on all purchases (except wood and things with a plug).

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Regular $50/year – After April 1st - $45.00;

After July 1st - $40.00;

After October 1st - $55.00, which includes the following year.

Centurion $100/year (paid to NCW Education Fund. Includes special nametag.)

Lifetime $600 one time paid to NCW Education Fund. Includes membership for life and

special name tag

Benefactor $1,000 one-time paid to NCW Education Fund. Includes honorary membership in

NCW (designed for businesses)

Consider membership in American Association of Woodturners (AAW). Check their website for benefits

of membership at http://www.woodturner.org/. I use this site a lot and it has great tips and other project

information and ideas. The number of members in our organization is considered when we apply for

grants/funds which we have done in the past. According to the information I have, we have 25 members

that are AAW members as well. I will have a list at the August meeting of those I show as AAW members.

Please check this (or let me know by mail/email) and advise if you are an AAW member that I do not have

noted. The funds that have paid for the 10 turners attending the workshop with Frank Penta for at least the

last couple of years have come from funds that were obtained from AAW.

August Demonstration – Nick Cook By Ron Davis

Nick Cook was our demonstrator for the August meeting. He is from Atlanta and has been a professional

turner since 1988. He began by teaching how to use the skew which he keeps razor sharp. His first project

was a garden dibble using the skew. He uses poplar and peach for his demonstrating wood. In cutting

beads he said point the tool in the direction of the cut and do not let the handle get ahead of the edge of the

tool.

He demonstrated project after project. Secondly, he turned a honey dipper followed by

a snowman Christmas tree ornament. Here he demonstrated the roughing spindle

gouge. He recommended Benny's Woodworks (bennyswoodworks.com) in Shelbyville,

TN for his screw eyes. He uses puff paint from Michael's to make the eyes and nose on the

ornament - orange for the nose and black for the eyes.

Next he made a spurtle and a muddler which he finishes with mineral oil and

beeswax. This was followed by a baby rattle. He moved so quickly that it was difficult to keep up with

him. He said that Rudi Osolnik advised him to make things that were small, could be made quickly and

sold for a reasonable price if he wanted to make money as a woodturner. He said that items that sell for $50

or less sell rather well. The baby rattle starts with two pieces of wood. He routs a hollow in each piece and

then glues them together after placing dried beans in the hollow to make the rattle sound.

Next he turned spinning tops (2). He gets 2-3 tops out of each 5.5-6 inch blank. He uses a 3/8 bowl gouge

to turn his tops. He used a Wagner texturing tool to decorate the bottom of the spinning top. He also used

the Elf tool and the Sorby texturing tools to decorate the tops. Hard maple makes the best tops.

Following the tops he turned a box starting with the top. He begins with the blank being divided 1/3 by

2/3s. The 1/3 part is the lid which he turned first. He uses a spindle gouge to turn the inside rather than

drilling it out with Forstner bit.

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Next came a coffee scoop. He roughed the scoop first and drilled a hole in the side

grain for the handle to fit into. He hollowed the scoop with a spindle gouge and

finished it with an Easy Tool to get the ridges out and a smooth finish. After reverse

jam chucking it to finish the bottom, he turned the handle using a contrasting wood for

the handle. He used a ¼-inch open end wrench to measure the tenon

on the handle. He uses a 3/8-inch spindle gouge with a fingernail grind for most of his

hollowing on items such as this. After the scoop came a goblet with a captive ring.

He uses corks for his wine stoppers. He glues a dowel into the turning blank and inserts

the dowel into a collet for a metal working lathe. He sells the collets but did not bring any with him;

however, he will have some with him at the Symposium in Greensboro in November. He then turned

handles for pizza cutters, bottle openers, ice cream scoops, etc. He drilled a ½-inch hole in the end of the

blank in which he inserted a threaded insert from MSC.

For his peppermills which he makes 10 inches tall, he starts with a 3”x3”x12” blank. He turns a 2-1/4” to

2-1/2” tenon. He first drills a 1-5/8” hole ½-inch deep into the body of the

peppermill. He then drills a 1-1/16” hole all the way through the body. He put a 1-

1/16 inch tenon on the bottom of the top of the pepper mill. He drills a recess 1/8”

deep that is between 7/8” and 15/16” so it must be cut to fit the knurl that is inserted

into the recess. He then turned a mandrel or a jam chuck 1-5/8” in diameter for the

fill to sit on to turn the outside. He turns the outside down to 25/8” before reaching

the final size which is usually 1-7/8 inches. He finishes with about 4 coats of wipe-on polyurethane and

starts with gloss finish.

Next he turned a salt shaker. He drilled a 1-5/8” hole 5/16” deep. Then he drills a 1-3/8” hole 3 inches

deep. After drilling he shapes the outside which was an egg shape. He then turned the stopper for the

bottom of the salt shaker. He turns the plug for the bottom and drills a 1/8 inch hole through the center 3

inches deep and cuts it off to 2 inches deep. Insert the plug, fill the body with salt through the bottom which

is a funnel and then you shake salt out through the bottom - no holes in the top.

Turning a platter, he uses a 3/8” bowl gouge more than any other gouge. He turned a 2-inch recess for the

talon chuck. He suggests that one turn the smallest tenon or recess possible for the chuck for the strongest

holding power. He turned a gentle curve from the base to the edge. When he turned it around to turn the

front of the platter, he cut from the base to the front turning the edge. He used a Sorby texturing tool to

embellish the rim and then used a pyramid tool to outline the texturing. He then slightly

removed wood from either side of the embellished area to allow it to stand slightly

raised. On the area to the right of the embellishment he reversed the lathe to keep the tool

from skating across the embellishment. He used a piece of cocobolo to color the

embellishment. He said to avoid making the platter too thin because people will be afraid to use it.

He then turned a platter out of ash and burned the rim. After getting out a nail that was embedded in the

wood he proceeded with turning the bottom of the platter. He likes to use the burning technique on ash and

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red oak. After charring the surface with a propane torch, he then abraded the rim with Scotch Brite going

with the grain. One can also use a wire brush. He normally does the burn about

four times, abrading the surface each time between burns. Sometimes when

dying oak or ash, the color will find its way through to the other side. After

burning for the final time he sprays the surface with a matte finish; otherwise

the burning will get fine black dust into grain that one is turning. He used a ¼-

inch bowl gouge to undercut the rim just slightly.

He turned a ring holder with a small acorn on the very top. Stuart Dyas' Classic Forms is

a book that he recommends. He then turned a bowl with a Roman ogee on the back and

then turned the same form on the inside of the bowl.

Nick said that he would turn 18 projects in his demonstration. However, I counted only

14. Can we get a refund? [Ron, you named 17 in your article and he turned 2 tops making 18 – we have

everything except the spurtle for Christmas party’s auction.] It was a fast paced day in which he quickly

went from project to project carefully explaining in detail each step in the project. He explained things so

well that there were very few questions. He turned until almost 4 o'clock which was a full day and while I

was tired at the end of the day, he did not seem to be tired at all. I have seen Nick demo on a couple of other

occasions and this was a much more extensive and intensive demonstration. By the end of the day he had

learned how to get his bowls and platters thinner. With a little more practice he should become a very good

turner. It was an excellent day of learning.

Mentorship Information If you are interested in learning new skills, or improving the skills you have, contact one of these NCW

members:

NC Symposium

The Symposium will be here before we know it. At this time, we have four

individuals that have said they will be attending the symposium and will work in

our room for some of the rotations. There are sessions still available – Jeff

Campbell and Ron Davis – let me know your preferences so I can update this

schedule. Definitely need SETUP (Friday) and BREAKDOWN (Sunday) – by

those that know our system.

Scott Caskey (Iron Station, NC)

704-735-2382 Edgar Ingram

(Statesville, NC) 704-876-4576

Sam McDowell (Statesville, NC)

704-871-9801 John Melius

(Mooresville, NC) 704-995-7257

Don Olsen (Morganton, NC)

704-530-6055

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2015 Officers and Board of Directors

OFFICERS OF NC Woodturners for 2015

President Jerry Long (704) 483-9460

VP/Program Chair Tim Simmons (828) 726-1599

Treasurer Bruce Whipple (828) 754-0372

Secretary Beth Parham (828) 294-4001

Journal Editor Beth Parham (828) 294-4001

Website Director Beth Parham (828) 294-4001

Past President Renhard McLaurin (704) 657-0039

Board of Directors / NC Woodturners

Last year of 3-year term: Term expires 2015

Ed Mackey (704) 537-2997

Boyd Adams (704) 922-4023

(filling Jerry Long’s term)

2nd year of 3-year term: Term expires 2016

Tom Denne (828) 584-0890

Pam Dergins (828) 439-9576

(filling Tim Simmons’s term)

1st year of 3-year term: Term expires 2017

Gene Parham (828) 294-4001

Dan Greaser (704) 325-0222

For Sale by Member

John French has a couple of larger pieces of equipment for sale as he is streamlining his shop. If interested,

please contact John directly at (704) 821-3479. The items are:

Delta Scroll Saw, Cat #40-601 $300

Jet 6” Jointer Model JJ6 $250

Klingspor’s Extravaganza is scheduled for Friday and

Saturday, October 16 and 17, 2015. We will be at the

Extravaganza as we did last year. Be sure and mark

your calendar accordingly and plan to come enjoy this

great interaction with the community where we live.

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Challenge Projects Beth Parham/Scott Caskey

This month: Lions’ Club Donations

Ric Erkes

Maple

Ralph Green

Gum

Dorothy Green

Walnut Bob Tate

Tim Smith

Ash

Max Schronce

Maple

Ric Erkes

Cherry Burl

Jerry Ostrander

Maple

Jerry Ostrander

Ric Moffatt

Maple

Ken Hunt

Maple

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(Challenge Photos continued)

Ron Davis

Walnut Edgar Ingram

Dan Greaser

Cedar

Barry Sain

Maple Burl

Dan Greaser

Bartlett Pear

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Gallery Photos

Orville Shook - --Cedar oil lamps

Jerry Ostrander

Maple

Michael McNeilly

Pecan

Bruce Whipple

Sycamore

Bill Collins

Dan Greaser Dan Greaser

Maple Burl

Harold Lineberger

Maple

Sycamore

Dan Greaser

Cherry

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(Gallery Photos continued)

Jeff Campbell

Lidded Box

(Penta workshop)

Jerry Bartusch

Walnut

Jeff Campbell

Oak

Jerry Bartusch

Maple burl

Jeff Campbell

Bowl - Laminated

(Penta workshop)

Ralph Green

Cherry vase with lid

Ralph Green

Vase

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Our regular meetings are always on the 2nd Saturday of each month

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

Lunch on your own.

At Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop 856 21st Street Drive

Hickory, NC

North Carolina Woodturners

c/o Beth Parham

2154 Frye Avenue

Hickory, NC 28602