North Carolina WOODTURNER Journal of the North Carolina Woodturners Association

A Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners

Volume 10, Number 3 March, 2000

Turned Crotch By Bill Johnston, West End, NC

2 March 2000

The President’s Message By Edgar Ingram

NORTH CAROLINA WOODTURNER Journal of the North Carolina Woodturners Association

Published Monthly by the

NORTH CAROLINA WOODTURNERS ASSOCIATION, INC Route 7, Box 137, Hendersonville, NC 28791

Editor: Bonner Guilford

1371 Perth Road, Troutman, NC 28166 (704) 332-2149 bguil@bellsouth.net

Contributing Editor: Mark Sakatos

OFFICERS

President: Edgar Ingram, Statesville (704) 876-4576 Vice President: Dean Amos, Sandy Ridge (336) 871-2916 Treasurer: George Wunker, Winston Salem (336) 768-9855 Secretary: Mary Bachand, Hendersonville (828) 890-4451 Programs: Dwight Hartsell, Charlotte (704) 864-1742

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bill Young, Asheville (Term exp. 2000) (828) 254-0283 Jesse Wilkinson, Conover (Term exp. 2000) (828) 464-8519 Gary Johnson, Statesville (Term exp. 2000) (704) 873-4280 Craig Summerville, Charlotte (Term exp. 2001) (704) 847-2383 J.T. Barker, Hudson (Term exp. 2001) (828) 728-9406 Clyde Hall, High Point (Term exp. 2001) (336) 883-4474 John Winslett, Tryon (Term exp. 2002) (828) 859-9863 Scott Ollis, Hickory (Term exp. 2002) (704) 294-4423 Grant McRorie, Trinity (Term exp. 2002) (336) 475-0551

PAST PRESIDENT Jack Stewart, Charlotte (704) 553-1819

Exciting things are happening in North Carolina Woodturners in 2000. We already have two very interesting and informative programs under our belt and more on the way with Charles Farrar, Bill Johnston, Nick Cook and David Ellsworth. With the AAW symposium coming to Charlotte, that is just more icing on the cake. So come along for the ride and take advantage of the many opportunities to learn and improve your skills as a woodturner. One feature of the AAW symposium is the chapter collaborative challenge project. This will be something new for NCW this year. The way it works is the chapter selects a design, then as many members as possible turn a part of the project with all the parts being assembled into the final design. Our board has selected the project which you received with your journal last month. Our goal is to have a high level of participation, so I want to encourage everyone to begin turning your contribution and best effort for the project. Craig Summerville has agreed to coordi-nate this project, so call him if you have any ques-tions. In addition to the national and international demonstrators at the AAW symposium, there will be demonstrations by a number of card carrying mem-bers of NCW. They include Grady Butler, Gene Dampier, Charles Farrar, Roy Fisher, Tom Fitz, John Hill, Bill Johnston, Stoney Lamar, Don Olsen, Bobby Phillips and Herb Quarles. Congratulations to each of you on being selected to share your talents with a national audience. Would you like to spend a week at the John C. Campbell School in Brasstown? We have re-ceived a 50% tuition scholarship from the school to be used in 2000. The board voted to add the other 50% to cover the full cost of tuition for a weeks in-struction. Room and meals would be the responsibil-ity of the recipient. The recipient is to be chosen by a raffle drawing with the purchase of a $5 ticket. Since the all day meetings incur extra ex-pense, the board voted to have a flat fee of $10 per person attending, with lunch being extra. In other action, the board voted to purchase a Vic Mark mini-lathe for $300 for use by the club. The lathe would also be available for members to check out for turn-ing demonstrations at schools, clubs, galleries or other educational settings. Scott Ollis will handle checking it out.

The gallery has really been great the last two months with pieces from many individuals. As I have been doing for a year now, I want to encourage all of our begin-ning turners not to be intimidated by the more advanced work of our more experienced members. Just remember, they were beginners at one time also, so be proud of your work and show it off. Do not forget that it is that time again when annual dues are due. So that you do not miss any issues of the Jour-nal, and are included in the 2000 directory, make sure to get your dues of $25 to Mary Bachand no later than the March meeting. See you in Hickory on March 11 at 10:00am with Charles Farrar on the program. We are trying something new this time. Bring your own bag lunch or run out to a nearby fast food place. We will have drinks available at the meeting. Let us know how you think this works. Good turning and bring something for the gallery. Edgar

3 March 2000

The program on March 11, 2000 will feature Charles Farrar, a professional woodturner and NCWA member who has exquisite pieces of art in galleries in Charlotte, other North Carolina cities and Virginia. Charles will show our group how to

turn a long stem goblet and, if time permits, two other projects. The meet-ing will run from 10:00AM to 4:00 PM and the cost will be $10.00 per per-son. Bring a box lunch with you or go out to a local restaurant for your lunch. Drinks and desserts will be provided by the Association.

Future Events April 8, 2000 1:00pm Bill Johnston, Inlace Hickory, NC May 13, 2000 10:00am Nick Cook Hickory, NC $10 June 10, 2000 10:00am David Ellsworth Hickory, NC $10

I have ordered the Ellsworth video, The Ellsworth Signature Gouge, which should be in by the March meeting. Also, I need to make Bill Drake famous for having two videos out since August. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for new items for the library.

Please remember that dues are to be renewed by sending me a check or bringing one to the March meeting. If not paid by our March meeting, delinquent members will not be included in the Directory, will no longer receive the NCWA Journal and can no longer use the library.

Please welcome new members George Walker, Conover, NC; Ron Mechling, Creston, NC; Randy Nelson, Davidson, NC; Dave Abernethy, Hickory, NC; Monk Bridges, Charlotte, NC; Wayne Hutchins, Charlotte, NC; Jim Kaleugher, Heath Springs, SC; Jerry Ostrander, Maiden, NC; Jimmy Campbell, Columbia, TN; Phil and Stephanie Brittain, Horse Shoe, NC. Introduce yourself and show these nice folks around. We invite full participa-tion in all aspects of the club and bring something for the gallery.

The February meeting had a beautiful assortment of turnings and hand carved bowls. We had a total of 40 turnings by 12 members and 3 hand carved bowls, Members who displayed turn-ings are listed as follows: Dean Amos, Carlos Kennedy, Clyde Hall, David Woodruff, Grant McRorie, Lawrence Kanipe, Harold Lineberger, Don Olsen, Edgar Ingram, Ric Erkes, Al Duncan and Scott Ollis. Hand carved bowls were displayed by Brett Hagerly, employee of the

Woodworking Shop. Thank you all for bringing your work for display. Let's keep up the good work and bring it in for others to view.

February Challenge. The February challenge was to turn a drinking vessel. The winner was Lawrence Kanipe for his spiral stem goblet in mahogany, a truly inspirational entry and we hope you enjoyed the gift certificate. Thank you and others for the participation.

March Challenge. For March, the challenge will be changed in order to give more time on the project that was planned. So the new challenge is to turn a small hollow form, maximum size 6" wide by 6" tall. Be creative and have fun. Hope we will have many entries to judge. April Challenge. The challenge for April will be to create the thinnest possible turning. Remember: "Thin is in and thin will win"! With all the Sudol inspired boring bars out there, I expect an excellent showing for this one. Have fun and enjoy turning.

Coming Events By Dwight Hartsell

Library Notes By Mary Bachand

Member News By Mary Bachand

Gallery Notes By Scott Ollis

Challenge Project By Scott Ollis

Charles Farrar

Lawrence Kanipe

4 March 2000

May Challenge. Remember the delayed challenge from March? Well, its time to bring it in for the May challenge. The challenge for May is to turn something from a tree crotch. We should all have some inspired ideas after Don Olsen's excellent demo on turning a tree crotch into an artistic form. Hope to have many entries for this one. We should all embrace the challenge of turning a new and exciting form such as this. So have fun and try it! Then bring it to the gallery. We have had a wonderful amount of participation in the gallery for the past months. I hope this will only get better because we all get great inspiration from the variety and quality of beautiful turnings and wood. This club has a creative and innovative group of turners that I personally think are second to none. Keep up the great work and bring it to the gallery. I hope we will have an even greater number participate in the coming challenge projects. Give it a try and enjoy sharing it with others.

The Crotchmeister Demonstrates His Art

Don Olsen, a noted turner of crotches from Vail N.C.,

demonstrated the variety and method of his sculptured art work at the Febuary meeting. Using slides, Don discussed the variety of crotches he has turned as well as his methods of turning them. A turning demonstration of elevated bowls fol-lowed. Basically, his two main types are winged hollowed sculptured pieces where the pith of the crotch is hollowed, and elevated bowls where the bowl is hollowed 90 degrees to the pith. Both procedures are difficult to describe so the video tape in the library is recommended. During the slide portion, many outstanding pieces were viewed, from smaller 12 inch pieces, to his 30 inch tall cedar "flames" work. The effect of turned shapes, augmented by the woods natural tendency to move, creates very unusual and appealing sculptures. In the demonstration portion, many key points were learned, Some key ones are listed here for simplicity:

- turn green wood, as dried is difficult to find and work. - start by mounting the crotch between centers with the pith aligned in the same plane, 90 degrees to the lathe

bed. - predetermine the pin center locations and mark with chalk. - turn A flat spot on tailstock end of piece for later reversing and mounting in a chuck. Leave a nub to fit into

a live center with pin removed. Rough turn tailstock side of the wings , then turn headstock side. - a long boring bar with a machine tool cutting bit is used. - safety precautions for eyes , ears and lungs were discussed and used along with a glove. - Don uses a round steel tool rest as it will not dig in the work if accidentally touched. A pin is used for lev-

erage . - remove only small amounts of wood at a time. - after rough turning, the wings are cleaned up with a gouge and the flat spot refined to attach to the chuck.

January Program Review By Grant McRorie

5 March 2000

- a scraper blade fastened to the boring bar is used for further refine-

ment. - next the piece is reversed, placing the bowl side toward the tail-

stock. - after hollowing, the piece is again reversed into a fixture held in

the chuck and the nub in the live center and the bottom finished.

- the piece is then placed in a paper bag for drying, thence sanded and finished. The danger of sanding on the lathe is obvious.

Now that your appetite is whetted and your interest in turning crotches at an all time high, plan to sit in on one of Don's rotations at the AAW sympo-sium in Charlotte in June. Many thanks for a well-planned and thorough demonstration. Members of NCWA should now be ready for the May Challenge.

List of Woods Toxic to Man

The following chart appeared in American Woodturner, June 1990, Originally posted to rec.woodworking by Bruce Taylor

Wood Reaction 1 Site 1) Potency Source 1) Incidence 1)

Bald Cypress S R + D R Balsam Fir S E, S + LB C Beech S, C E, S, R ++ LB, D C Birch S R ++ W, D C Black Locust I, N E, S +++ LB C Blackwood S E, S ++ W, D C Boxwood S E, S ++ W, D C Cashew S E,S + W,D R Cocobolo I,S E,S,R +++ W,D C Dahoma I E,S ++ W,D C Ebony I,S E,S ++ W,D C Elm I E,S + D R Goncalo Alves S E,S ++ W,D R Greenheart S E,S +++ W,D C Hemlock C R ? D U Iroko I,S,P E,S,R +++ W,D C Mahogany S,P S,R + D U Mansonia I,S E,S +++ W,D C Mansonia N + D Maple (Spalted) S,P R +++ D C Mimosa N ? LB U Myrtle S R ++ LB,D C Oak S E,S ++ L B,D R Oak C ? D U Obeche I,S E,S,R +++ W,D C Oleander DT N,C ++++ D,W,LB C

6 March 2000

Olivewood I,S E,S,R +++ W,D C Opepe S R + D R Padauk S E,S,R + W,D R Pau Ferro S E,S + W,D R Peroba Rosa I R,N ++ W,D U Purpleheart N ++ W,D C Quebracho I R,N ++ LB,D C Quebracho C ? D U Redwood S,P E,S,R ++ D R Redwood C ? D U Rosewoods I,S E,S,R ++++ W,D U Satinwood I E,S,R +++ W,D C Sassafras S R + D C Sassafras DT N + D,W,LB R Sassafras C ? D U Sequoia I R + D R Snakewood I R ++ W,D R Spruce S R + W,D R Walnut, Black S E,S ++ W,D C Wenge S E,S,R + W,D C Willow S R,N + D,W,LB U West. Red Cedar S R +++ D,LB C Teak S, P E,S,R ++ D C Yew I E,S ++ D C Yew DT N,C ++++ W,D C Zebrawood S E,S ++ W,D 1)

Reaction: Site: Source: Incidence: I - irritant S - skin D - dust R - rare S - sensitizer E - eyes LB - leaves,bark C - common C - nasopharyngeal cancer R - respiratory W - wood U - uncommon P - pheumonitis, alveolitis C - cardiac DT - direct toxin N - nausea, malaise

Reference: 1. Woods Toxic to Man, author unknown 2. Woods, B., Calnan, C.D., "Toxic Woods." Br. Journal of Dermatology 1976 3. ILO Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety 1983 4. Lame, K., McAnn, M., AMA Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants, AMA 1985 5. Poisondex, Micromedix Inc. 1990

The table above should provide some food for thought when we use both domestic and exotic woods in our projects. This list is incomplete but does allow a starting point in our safety concerns. The author is not known, but we thank him or her for the information. If anyone knows the source, let us know and we will provide proper credit.

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For Sale

7 March 2000

NCW GALLERY

GALLERY Clockwise from top left

Anatoly Tsiris Bill Gruhn Don Oetjen Edgar Ingram Bill Young

Photos by George Wunker

8 March 2000

NCW GALLERY

Gallery Clockwise from top left

Grady Butler Grant McRorie J.T. Barker Harold Lineberger Tom Fitz

Photos by George Wunker