Paul Proffitt
February 11, 2010
Our Monthly turners meeting was attended by thirty-two members who got a real fine Demo by our good friend Wes Jones.
Surface decoration was the subject and Wes, as you see in the pictures brought some outstanding examples of Bowls he embellished. We all hope to attain his skill level one day.
Wes demonstrated two electric carving tools, a Fordom and a Pro Carver Micro tool. Then followed with a Burnmaster Woodburning tool. He has several homemade attachments for the Lathe, crafted custom carving tools and even built some custom burning tools. We all asked many,many questions every step along the way but I know he enjoyed the interaction as he knew we were fully involved in his Demo.
Many thanks from all of us Wes.
Butch Davis- GWA Turning S.I.G. Chairman
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The GWA website now has an automated event reminder email system. Every week (currently Tuesday) the website emails a list of coming classes to those people who have subscribed to this email.
Here's how to get on the list.
- Sign in to the GWA website using the Member Login (Members Only) If you are not already registered you will need to complete the registration and approval process first.
- Find the GWA Event Mailer on the left side of the home page.
- Click on the provided 'Subscribe' link. If it only says 'unsubscribe' then you are already subscribed and you can use this link to unsubscribe.
Documents from the Workbench 2004 Project Classes
- Class 1: Workbench Planning - Workbench2004-Class.doc (Word Document)
- Class 2: Workbench Construction - Workbench2004-Construction.doc (Word Document)
- Class 3: Workbench Accessories - Workbench2004-Accessories.ppt (PowerPoint Presentation)
- Class 4: Workbench Wrap Up - Workbench2004-Wrap-up.doc (Word Document)
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February's meeting was the first Scroll Saw Special Interest Group meeting at our new Peachtree Woodworkers Supply location. Based on our success at The Woodworking Show last weekend the Peachtree Woodworkers location was an excellent decision to handle the large crowd of members and visitors. The meeting broke all records of attendance on Monday, February 1, 2010.
Thanks to the combined efforts of our members at the woodworking show, the booking of Judy Gale Roberts' highly anticipated visit in March and a planned program for the February meeting to make spiral candlesticks on the scroll saw, enough interest was created to make the February meeting a big success.
When our members showed a spiral candlestick and candy cane at the woodworking show, no one could believe it was possible to make them on a scroll saw.
We had a total of forty four people attend the February 1 meeting, resulting in several people joining GWA. There was a hand-on demonstration by George North making Spiral Candlesticks and Candy Canes.
Because of the new meeting location and great camera work everyone attending was able to see every phase of the demonstration on the large monitors at the front of the meeting room. Questions were solicited during a slide show presentation for anyone that needed additional information or clarification on any part of the class. At the beginnning of the meeting we had several members show their work during 'Show and Tell'. There was a scrolled cross, several pieces of fretwork and some intarsia. Anyone attending can redily see that Anyone Can Enjoy Scrolling (ACES). There are many different avenues one can take to enjoy scrolling including fretwork, silhoutte portrait cutting, compound cutting, intarsia and segmentation.
by Bruce Maday - Scroll Saw SIG Chairman.
{gallery}SSSIG/20100201{/gallery}The Gwinnett Woodworkers Association has moved all meetings to Peachtree Woodworking Supply in Norcross.
GWA Saturday meetings are at Peachtree Woodworking Supply from 8 AM to 9:30 AM.
The The GWA Turners Special Interest Group meets at Peachtree Woodworking Supply on the second Thursday of each month from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
The The GWA Scroll Saw Special Interest Group meets at Peachtree Woodworking Supply on the first Monday of each month from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
Jack Morse taught this class on thin wall turning with some details on pierce carving.
Here are more pictures from this Woodturners SIG class.
In our tips section, Jimmy Stripling educated us about paulownia wood and Tommy Roland shared his formula for making your own green wood sealer from candle wax.
Jim Myrick was our instructor this week. His topic was turning long stem goblets. While Jim has plenty of experience with woodturning, he is new to turning long stem goblets. And, yet he did an excellent job covering the basic strategy of using a steady rest and turning in the correct sequence. Jim showed several examples of long stem goblets he turned from box elder and apple.
Thanks Jim for an excellent class.
Here are more pictures from this Woodturners SIG class.
Paul Proffitt
How to make $7,600 per hour with your lathe! *
The picture is Cindy Drozda (web site) after making one of her signature lidded boxes in about 90 min. Let me try to explain the process in less than 100 words: Chuck dry, end-grain holly and part 1" base (tail) from 2" lid (head). Slightly hollow lid. Add center jewel and two beads inside. Finish with coarse(!) 400 grit and neutral Kiwi. Chuck base. Turn 1/4" mesquite with only tail stock pressure. Edge-glue mesquite into base groove. Part center mesquite plug out for foot. Make "L" in mesquite ring to fit lid. Install lid, tape it, and turn finial. Pull out Kiwi-finished finial lid. Hollow and shape base. Jam-chuck base on waste block. Glue mesquite plug onto base tenon and turn foot. Engrave signature with Dremmel. Finish with Kiwi. Sell at auction for $11,400. Simple, huh?
(* Ed.: I think there may be something about her reputation as a woodturner that attracts this much attention to Cindy's work. The piece auctioned at the 2006 AAW Symposium in Louisville may have taken her more than 90 minutes. The piece in the picture is not the piece in the auction.)
You must use a standard 8 foot long 'store bought' type 2x4 (also known as a tubafor). If you can buy a purpleheart 2x4 locally then you can use it. Otherwise, you're probably limited to pine and fir. You can embellish your project with up to 25% of other stuff, but NOT OTHER WOODS. Only the wood from the 2x4 can be used. That means no plywood (unless you've found an 8 foot plywood 2x4). Categories are different for this challenge. Since this is the fifth year for our 2x4 Challenge the categories continue to be: Most Imaginative, Most Technically Challenging, and Most Utilitarian (meaning you can actually use the item for what it was designed for). You still have to declare your category.
For 2x4 Challenge rules click the 'read more'.