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THE TIDEWATER TURNER
Volume 13, Issue 3 March, 2012
March , 2012 Page 2 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
Officers: President:
Sam Warren
757-484-7483
Vice President:
Dwight Bullock
757-481-6750
Secretary:
Connie Shiera
757-499-3135
Treasurer:
Dave Zurek
757-340-0351
Board of Directors:
Chairman:
Ray Kallman
757-467-7958
Directors:
Clifton Chisum
Belton ‘Bear’ Garvin
757-469-9152
Joe Mattox
757-464-5563
Peter Turbide
757-468-0388
Webmaster:
J. Farrell
webmaster @tidewaterturners.net
The Tidewater Turner
Editor: Terry Richards
Newsletter Published Monthly by
Tidewater Turners of Virginia, Inc
764 Oliveri Lane
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
www.tidewaterturners.com
A Chapter of:
The American Association
of Woodturners
www.woodturner.org
Photographer:
Gary Gobel
757-424-2517
Congratulations Amos Peterson on a tremendous presentation on
Gardening tools. We were all somewhat over the top when you called someone
out of the club to take over the skew, but all is well that ends well!
I would like to remind all of you regarding the benefits of membership in the
American Association of Woodturners. There are a number of items available on
-line from the AAW website in addition to the journal which is published on a
semi monthly basis. I would encourage you to look at the AAW and determine if
the benefits for you are sufficient for the $47.00 annual membership.
One of the benefits the AAW provides its clubs is to provide insurance in case
there should be any kind of accident while performing a demonstration, but one
must be an AAW member for this to apply (therefore demonstrators or public
turning is limited to AAW members). Check us out at the Virginia Beach Con-
vention Center.
I would also like to thank Terry Richards for the work done on this vehicle for
communication, the monthly newsletter. He has really dug in his heels and has
some great things implemented and more coming.
Our former President, J Farrell could use some assistance on the improvements to
the Web site, so if you are willing to assist, let me know please. It seems the lan-
guage that the Web site is written in is somewhat archaic (at least so I've been
told) language, so we need someone who is well versed in "Webese".
On The Cover This Month….
This month’s selection for the Show ‘N Tell Turning of the
Month is the multi-orbed creation of Bill King, featuring a geodes-
ic globe surrounded by a series of smaller seg-
mented spheres. Read more about Bill’s ex-
traordinary piece on page 6 of this month’s
Tidewater Turner. Great work, Bill!
Next Meeting:
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 6:30 PM
Norfolk Woodcraft Store
Demonstrator:
Nancy Hill
“Vintage Weapons from the Wood Lathe”
Sam’s Sayings
Commentary from Club President,
Sam Warren
Continued on page 5
The February meeting was called to order by Sam
Warren, President. Sam called for the Show and Tell
and the following had brought items to show. Gary
Gobel, Virginia Sowash, Cliff Guard, Doug Dill, Dick
Himes, Bill King, Doug Coolman, Chuck Mosser,
Tom Baucom, Dwight Bullock and Clifton Chisum.
Tonight’s demonstration was done by Amos Peterson.
Amos showed how he makes different handles for util-
itarian items used around the kitchen. He then had Earl
Reid made a handle. Thank you Amos for a very in-
formative demo and the useful hints.
Announcements were made by Ray Kallman for the
upcoming classes. He passed around a sign up sheet
for topics of different classes. Connie passed around a
sign up sheet for anyone wanting to demo and attend
the Spring Craft Show. Bear Gavin to about the door
prize drawing and also the member challenge for next
month. You get 6 pieces of wood and must make a
segmented item with it. Dwight Bullock talked about
the wood challenge. The winner will get a block of
wood and a one on one class with Clifton Chisum on
how to turn a bowl. The winner of that drawing was
Jerry Click.
The meeting was closed to meet again on Tuesday,
March 27, 2012
DUES ARE PAST DUE !!
Did I mention that dues are past due?
March , 2012 Page 3 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
On March 1st, the Turners Board of Directors and Officers held their monthly meeting
at Woodcraft. Here is a summary of the meeting.
The board and officers reviewed the results of the
turning class survey. Everyone agreed that we had a
successful survey and the there is sufficient interest to
begin holding intermediate-level classes. The com-
mittee will continue meeting to organize instructors
and schedule classes. See the article in this newsletter
for details.
The membership will see continuing improvements
with the newsletter starting with a new and updated
format. Thanks to our editor, Terry Richards for his
hard work and the many improvements.
Our next two public demonstrations will be the Spring
Craft Show at the Virginia Beach Convention center
on March 16, 17 and 18 and the Francis Land House
demonstration on April 7.
The board has agreed to having a Sorby Tool repre-
sentative demonstrate at our club meeting in Septem-
ber.
The club meeting in November will be a "Turnathon"
and we are looking for members who would be will-
ing to demonstrate a technique or tool. See any of-
ficer or board member if you'd like to volunteer.
The drawing for a private lesson in March will be for
a lesson in turning platters given by Jerry Whitehurst.
Forty Seven club members do not have pictures in
our members gallery of the web site. If you haven't
had your picture taken, see Gary Gobel, Dwight Bull-
ock, or Ray Kallman at any meeting to have your pho-
to taken.
Continued on page 5
Board Briefs
News from Board Chairman,
Ray Kallman
Connie’s Comments
Notes from Club Treasurer,
Connie Shiera
March , 2012 Page 4 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
March Demonstrator—Nancy Hill
“Vintage Weapons from the Wood Lathe”
Our Club’s own Nancy Hill will demonstrate
this month her truly unique methods of producing
various Oriental martial arts weapons from a turn-
ing setup which, for some pieces, involves utilizing
two lathes—at the same time! Her clever end-to-end
lathe setup is going to be replicated in our own club
meeting room for all of us to enjoy and learn.
Nancy writes:
“I started doing woodworking some 35 years ago in
high school. Right now I build custom furniture
for restaurants and residential, part of that intials
some turnings, mainly turned chair and tale legs. I
joined the Tidewater Turners about 6 years ago.
About 1 1/2 years ago Myron Curtis got me started
into turning the Japanese ‘bo,’ a wooden hand-to-
hand fighting staff. In fabricating these bo's I have
devised a system where I use a large lathe for the
headstock and mini lathe for the tailstock, with a cen-
tering device including a bearing to turn the
bos. Some of these bos can be as long as six and a
half feet!”
By the end of her demo, we will all be much more
familiar with the traditional martial arts, and the an-
cient craftsmanship required to produce them.
6:30 PM, March 27, at the regular club meeting.
Don’t’ miss it!
Here Nancy works on a more traditional turning project...
March , 2012 Page 5
Board Briefs...
Continued from Page 3
Jerry Whitehurst, Ray Roundtree and another mem-
ber are identifying the site for the member's show
this year. Anyone who has a suggestion for a loca-
tion or who would like to participate in planning for
the member's show should contact any officer or
board member.
Any members who have topics they would like dis-
cussed at a board meeting can forward the topic in
writing to any officer or board member.
Ray Kallman
Sam’s Sayings….
Continued from page 2
Remember dues are due now!
And Nancy Hill promises to have an interesting
demonstration for our March meeting, something
unlike anything you have ever seen before!
If you have any training resources, either books or
videos, we are a 501(c)(3) so any donations to the
Club are tax deductible. Connie will give you a re-
ceipt (minus any value, as that is not within our ca-
pability to provide). See you soon.
Sam Warren
THE TIDEWATER TURNER
February Demo
Amos Peterson
Custom turned cutlery and
kitchen tool handles
Amos came with his tools sharp and his presen-
tation sharper. He demonstrated his techniques
for turning out kitchen tool handles and passed
on several tips for making these successfully.
Perhaps more importantly, he demonstrated his
mastery of the curved skew with the over the
top presentation. His engagement of the tool
way above center gave a new perspective to the
use of this sometimes mysterious tool.
Once he had made up a complete handle, he
challenged the audience to participate. The
included photo shows Amos sticking right with
his new pickup “student.”
Amos stated he prefers to turn practical objects,
and he certainly held to that theme for this
presentation. Everyone went away with a
greater appreciation of the possibilities for
turning these very useful projects.
March , 2012 Page 6 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
February Turning of the Month
Bill King’s Multi-orb Segmented Combination Piece
February was a tough month to win the Turning of
the Month award. The competition was stiff, and
there were many fine pieces from which to choose.
Any one of several entries could have won. Howev-
er, only one can win. This turning stood out above
the rest, and is featured as the Newsletter cover
photo on the inaugural edition of the re-formatted
Newsletter.
Bill noted it took four months to complete the series
of globes that make up this highly complex presenta-
tion. I interviewed him, asking some questions that
might not have been asked at the meeting:
Q: What is it?
A: The center is an “icosahedron”, a 20 sided figure,
made up of 20 equilateral triagles. The outer orbs
are made of 6—12 segmented rings.
Q: How many total segments are in the piece?
A: The grand total of all the orbs is 884 segments.
Q: What is the finish?
A: Two coats of Minwax Antique Oil, sanded to 600,
followed by carnuba.
Q: What would you have done differently?
A: This was supposed to be a prototype for anoth-
er, but I liked the way it turned out, so this may be
one of a kind.
Q: What was the biggest challenge?
A: The biggest challenge was gluing the center orb
together. I used polyurethane glue for longer
working time, but it was extremely messy as it
expanded. I held it together with painters tape
and dryer hose clamps. I had fingers, clothes,
tools, and the project all stuck together. The other
challenge was being able to devote the time to get
it done.
Q: The center section appears to be a geodesic
sphere with the flats rounded—correct?
A: Yes, the 20 equilateral triangle with walnut spac-
ers in between, were turned round with the help
of a jig I learned from Myron Curtis. I will bring
it to “Shop Talk” next month.
Q: What were your design influences?
A: I asked my wife and got more information than I
wanted. I like the look and challenge of turning
spheres.
Q: Will you be entering it into any other competi-
tions?
A: Possibly gallery events or the members show.
Not sure on others.
Q: What are the woods used?
A: Walnut and poplar.
March , 2012 Page 7 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
February Show ‘N Tell
Chuck Moser explains the critical dimensions of
the tea scoop
Duke Coolman with his natural edge burl bowl
Dwight Bullock talks about turning punky wood
Clifton Chisum shows his invention for drilling
Antler for pen blanks.
Gary Gobel describes history of his unique bowl
March , 2012 Page 8 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
The Travelin’ Turner
Road Trip Afoot
The Central Virginia Woodturners have announced
that they will be sponsoring a day-long demonstration
by Barbara Dill on Saturday, March 24. This event
will take place at the Crimora Community Center. In
Crimora, VA. OK, so you ask, ‘Where is Crimora?’
Crimora is just north of Waynesboro. If you have been
to the Virginia Symposium, it’s near there on US 340.
Turn right off I-64. This is a fair jaunt up the road, so
car pooling is probably a good idea.
The class/demo begins with coffee at 9:00, and instruc-
tion at 10:00. Lunch is at Noon, and the event ends at
3:00 PM.
The registration fee is $20.00 for guests, which we
would be. That is a bargain for a class of this type!
Jim Oates, who is the Secretary of that Club, has let us
know we are welcome. However, it is imperative we
let him know in advance if , and how many, are com-
ing.
Why? Because lunch is part of the program - no call
ahead, no food for you……
How? Contact Jim Oates at his email address:
[email protected] or call him on his cell phone
at:757-613-6485.
Barbara Dill is a recognized turner and instructor, who
has a lot of valuable information and skills to impart.
She is specializing in multi-axis turnings, and wants to
do as much as possible without the use of special jigs.
According to Jim, this will be the focus of her presen-
tation.
She was featured as an emerging artist at the 2011 Na-
tional Symposium, and has published an instructional
DVD, showing some of her
techinques.
You can read more about her
work at her site:
barbaradill.com.
You can also read more
about this particular event on
the club’s website at:
www.centralvawoodturners.org
Remember, the road trip did not happen: it does not count, unless you come back with pic-
tures, to be posted in the April edition.of the Newslet-
ter in The Travelin’ Turner column.
Shop Tips
If you use a small or mid-sized chuck that is tightened
using bar wrenches (“tommy bars”), you probably
already know what happens when you drop one of
them in a pile of shavings. It promptly disappears.
You have to dig around for it. You can help yourself
in this search by painting part of the shaft in some
bright color that is unlike brown wood colors. A
good source of this paint is leftover nail polish, which
is essentially lacquer. Use bright red or maybe tur-
quoise, if you can find it.
March , 2012 Page 9 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
Apri l 2012
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Club Calendar
March 2012
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17
Spring Craft Fair Club Demo 10:00 AM St. Patrick’s Day
18 Va Bch Spring Craft Fair Club Demo 10:00 AM
19 20 First Day of Spring—Turn flower pots
21 22 23 24
25 26 27 Regular Monthly Club Meeting—Nancy Hill, De-monstrator—6:30 PM
28 29 30 31
Va Bch Spring Craft Fair Club Demo Conv. Ctr. 10:00 AM
Board Mtg. 6:30 PM
Woodcraft
Club Demo - Francis Land House
Shop Talk 6:30 PM Woodcraft
Club Meeting - Demonstrator - Jerry Whitehurst “Waste Not, Want Not” 6:30 PM
VA Symposium Board Mtg. 1:00 PM - Richmond Woodcraft
Shop Talk 6:30 PM Wood-craft
Easter Sunday
April Fool’s Day
Turner’s Challenge
March , 2012 Page 10 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
March 16—18 Spring Craft Festival
Virginia Beach Convention Center
Setup:
4:30 PM Thursday, March 15
Show Hours: Friday & Saturday 10:00 AM — 6:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 Am - 5:00 PM
April 7 (one day only) Gathering of the Guilds Francis Land House, Virginia Beach Blvd
Setup: 8:00 AM
Show Hours: Saturday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
May 4 - 6 Gathering of Blacksmiths Southampton Co. Fairgrounds
Courtland, VA
Setup: 8:00 AM Friday, May 4
Show Hours: Friday (4th) 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday (5th) 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday (6th) 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
June 2 - 3 Chippokes Steam & Gas Chippokes State Park
Festival Surry, VA
Setup: 8:00 AM Saturday 2nd
Show Hours: TBA
TBA (tentative) Heart of Ghent Fair Blair Middle School
Norfolk, VA
October 6 - 7 Newport News Heritage Newport News
Revised Club Demo Schedule
Keep watching this page each month for the latest updates….
March , 2012 Page 11 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
Turner Classifieds
Stuff for sale and Freebies
FOR SALE
Price Reduced!
Jet Model JML1014, 5-
speed Mini - Lathe. This model
has a 10” swing over the bed,
with a 14” length capacity. It
comes complete with JET
stand, Caster set, Acrylic top
base, Spur center, Knockout bar, Faceplate, Live tail
center, and Demo guard screen. This is a club—
owned machine, and has very low hours. All this for
$400.00! It would cost way more than that if you
bought it all separately.
Free!
Recently the call
went out that there
was some big bowl
pieces of pecan
wood available. This is what is left AFTER several
turners came and took away all they could carry. There
is still some nice, big half-log stuff available. Green
& wet. Now the end grains are sealed. Contact Terry
Richards at 757-377-1487. You load, you haul.
New Show ‘N Tell
Our member’s show and tell participation has been
encouraging. The new “Turning of the Month” fea-
ture, as you can see in this edition of the Newsletter, is
a real opportunity to highlight the very fine work of
our club members.
To emphasize this even further, we have moved the
Show ’N Tell segment towards the beginning of the
meeting to allow more time for Q&A and discussion
of techniques, etc. We have had a number of mem-
bers say that they like this approach.
However, the success of this change has brought some
unintended consequences. Often, the necessity of
conducting other meeting events and the regular order
of business is causing a late adjournment.
With this in mind, the board has recommended that
the show and tell participants bring a maximum of two
items for discussion. Hopefully this will help with our
time management issues.
Submitted by VP Dwight Bullock
News from the Expanded Door Prize Raffle
The new format for the monthly door prize raffle has
been a great success. The combination of lessons and
material have encouraged newer members to gain val-
uable insights at almost no cost. This comment ad-
dresses the traditional part of the raffle, usually wood
products. Some of our newer members have shops,
however the amount of their equipment may be less
than desirable for processing and preparing blanks for
turning. Therefore when you are in your shop pro-
cessing wood into manageable blanks for turning, keep
the newer folks in mind. Remember when you donate
processed wood to the raffle, in addition to supporting
the clubs treasury, it is a big help to those who have
yet to afford a complete shop. These donations are tax
deductible as well (See Sam’s Sayings on page 2)
Submitted by Club VP Dwight Bullock
March , 2012 Page 12 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
News From AAW
Special Exhibit - “From Tree to Treasure” - An
International Invitational Exposition of turned and
sculpted wood - January 15 - April 26 Burroughs
Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
website: http://collectorsofwoodart.org/view_art/
collection/22
The American Association of Woodturners: “An In-
ternational Invitational Exhibition of Turned or Sculpt-
ed Wood” exhibition at the Southern Highland Craft
Guild Folk Art Center Asheville, NC - January 28
through May 13, 2012.
website: http://www.southernhighlandguild.org/pages/
members/member-detail.php?id=9034
“Woodturning Fundamentals” is a new program for
members of AAW. It features online lessons, instruc-
tions, Q&A, and general shop tips. The contributors
are noted and experienced turners who share their
knowledge and experience through a monthly e-
newsletter. It is open to members only, which is anoth-
er good reason to join the AAW. Even if you are not a
member, you can read more about it (and join if you
like) at the website: www.woodturner.org
The annual AAW Symposium will be held this year
at the San Jose Convention and Cultural Facilities in
San Jose, CA on June 8-10. This event rotates from the
west to the east every other year; this year it out west.
These symposia feature many of the well - known
woodturners, doing live on-site demonstrations and
seminars. Register early if you plan to attend.
Every other year, alternating with the North Carolina
clubs, Virginia woodturning clubs sponsor a regional
Symposium. This year, it is to be held on September
15 - 16, 2012, at Expoland in Fisherville, VA. If you
are wondering where Fisherville is, it is across the
road from Waynesboro, just this way from where I-64
joins I-81 - right on top of Afton Mountain.
Featured demonstrators this year are Jimmy Clewes
and Brian Noble-Marx. There will also be demon-
strations by different Virginia turners, (including some
of our own members) showing their personal special-
ties. There are many other activities, plus displays by
woodturning vendors and a gallery. This is an inex-
pensive and convenient venue to learn new techniques
and improve upon old ones.
A good number of local members will attend, so car-
pooling is always a possibility. As we get closer to
the date, there will be a special announcement place in
the Newsletter for those interested in car pooling.
Read more about this event at the website which is
linked through our own club website:
www.tidewaterturners.net
Click on: “VA Woodturning Symposium” at the
Turners home page.
Virginia Woodturning Symposium
March , 2012 Page 13 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
February Shop Talk
On February 16, several members gathered for the monthly “Shop Talk” in the training room at Woodcraft. In these photos, we see
Clifton Chisum showing his methods of making metal tool bits into wood scrapers and inserts.
He also showed (Center Picture) how he had modified the factory jaws on his scroll chuck to gain a more firm and consistent hold on
tenons.
While the crowd was not large, there was no shortage of enthusiasm for the information that was passed on.
Next “Shop Talk” is March 15, followed by April 19th. All Shop Talk meetings are at 6:30 PM. Check the calendar on Page 9.
Results of Survey on Class Topic Preference
Class Interest Survey
Intermediate Classes Intermediate Classes (cont'd)
Goblet on Pedistal 10 Wolverine Jig Setup 1
Lidded Goblet w/ Finial 11 Seasoning Lumber 2
Natural Edge Bowl 17 Wood I.D. and Harvesting 2
Hollow Form 11 Blank Design and Cutting 2
Pepper Mill 11 Other Classes
Bracelets 8
Christmas Ornaments 15 Elements of Design 1
Boxes 14 Tool Making 1
Finials 16 Hand Chased Threads 2
Captive Rings 10
Embellishments, i.e. carving, Beginners Class 0
Burning, dyeing, etc 14
Platters 14 Children's Classes - misc. 3
Eggs / Spheres 12
Nested Bowls 6
Last month, the Board of Directors circulated a survey to determine how many members, new and old, had an interest in participating in one or more classes to improve their turning skills. The results are in, and are shown below. We would like to pass along the results of the survey. Thirty-four members responded, either by email or
during the February meeting. No one was interested in taking a beginners level class and three people were interested in a class for children. The strongest results were for the intermediate level classes. Natural edge bowls, Christmas ornaments and finials all received over 15 votes. The attached table provides a list of all the classes and their popularity.
Submitted by Ray Kallman
March , 2012 Page 14 THE TIDEWATER TURNER
Turners Club Library
Turners, if you haven’t visited the Club Library, you
have surely missed out on a great opportunity to learn
about all aspects of the turning art and craft. Our li-
brary is stocked with enough books and videos to keep
a turner glued to his chair for an entire winter. Of
course, we don’t want that—we want you to soak up
the information and carry it to your shop to try for
yourself!
These materials are available for rent for an absurdly
low price, and for a full month at that! See Connie at
the regular club meeting and pick out your reading and
viewing materials for the coming month.
Just a representative sample of what’s available on video Some of the many books also available
Letters to the Editor:
Well, actually it is ‘Letters From the Editor’ this
month. By the time you get to this, the last item on
the last page, you will probably notice that there has
been a somewhat radical change in the format of the
Newsletter. I don’t need to describe it; you can see it
for yourself. I have looked at other clubs’ newsletters
from around the country. I have shamelessly poached
some of their ideas and developed a few of my own.
This has been a challenge, and I can report to you , as
of now, it is still not complete. Indeed, it probably
will never be totally complete. That’s why it always
takes me twice or three times as long to put a finish on
a turned piece as it does to turn it in the first place.
There is always another last tweak, the infamous
woodturner’s “one last cut,” that can be done. The
advantage here is, if something doesn’t work, the pro-
ject need not go to the firewood bin. You are looking
at bits and bytes, possibly ink on a piece of paper -
both easy to change back or to go forward.
Bottom line: whether it “works” or not is not for me
to judge. It is for you, the reading members and
friends of the club who get this monthly letter to de-
cide what works and what doesn’t. You get to vote by
your comments and suggestions., all of which are wel-
come.
Terry
