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The October 13th meeting of the GWA turners was an excellent presentation by our own Jack Morse. Jack was asked to turn a section of Norfolk Island pine and he then prepared the piece at home by turning it round and drilling the center to the correct depth. We viewed a ten-minute video on how this was done and so now we understood that this process alone would be the entire allowed class time. Back to live class, Jack turned the rough outside shape and then began demonstrating the new Carter hollow roller system. An interesting program and all went well as we now have a beautiful N.I. pine hollow form. Jack super class planning and use of the allotted time, once again many thanks.  Butch

August 11, 2011

We welcomed Ron Brown back, it's been a long time and we always enjoy watching a pro do his thing. Ron is the founder of this club and he's always ready to help or if he's away to offer advice. He always seems to show how easy everything can be as a spatula was created in what seemed minutes. Scoops ( two kinds), salad forks & spoons followed by how to mount a sphere in a chuck using a piece of leather then creating the scoop, or if you're good two scoops. He always has topps, acorns and interesting things to facinate our crowd so we say it's been too long Ron, you're welcome to demo any time you might fit us in.  Great show, thank you Ron.   Butch 

September 08, 2011

Jimmy Rocker's class was on platters and we were treated to a special class. It's clear Jimmy picked up on the techniques of all the past instructors and thoughtfully gave an excellent presentation. I was very pleased and impressed as were all in attendance. This must have been difficult to consentrate for Jimmy as we were trying to resolve video problems for most of the evening but he never wavered. My descriptive word for Jimmy would be - impressive. Those of us who have done a demo know and appreaciate the thought, class outline and practice it takes to stand before you and do a good job,THANKS Jimmy well done.   Butch

Mark Sillay presented a wonderful class for our July 14th meeting. Always a popular favorite, 44 members attended as Mark introduced his new invention for turning ornaments that he calls "Toothpick Technology".  This is perhaps the easiest method for fitting components, top finial, body and icicle are all done with 45 degree angles so you can produce any item or many numbers of any item and they all fit. Therefor you can mix and match to have a most pleasing ornament. They are all connected and glued with a toothpick dowel using glue only on the toothpick therefor no glue lines where components join. As always Mark a super demo that we all watched intensely. It's so much fun learning new methods and all at the GWA thank you ask you back in the near future.   Butch Davis     

Jack Morse presented our June meeting and created an off center square edged bowl. We all sat fascinated as this unfolded. Many questions were asked all along the way that showed everyone was fully engaged in the program.  This was a very good program for each of the 22 attendees who I think are all advanced enough to give this a try, let's look forward to future "show-and-tell".  

Jack agreed to an October demo and my request is for a Lidded Box. November and December are open schedules and I invite our members to demo something they have learned these past two years to show how they have benefitted from the GAW turners group. Please step forward, I'll fit in all who volunteer and hope to fill in even more future Months classes with our own members. 

Our "come-back-box" program is still alive however seems to bounce between just a few members. This is a wonderful way to receive artwork from members and since it's a suprize it makes it more fun, more of us should get in on this wonderful art exchange.  

Happy turning,  Butch

 Monday May 23rd was a special day for seven GWA turners who spent a whole day in a hands-on class with Jimmy Clewes. The morning was spent turning an Anasazi style bowl with an inlay. After lunch the project was a lidded box with an inlay in the top. Throughout the day we saw how Jimmy used and sharpened his tools and for some this alone was a great benefit.
That evening was our Monthly turning demo except not on our regular second Thursday.  This was a fun time for twenty three of out group as we saw Jimmy turn a clamshell box followed by a long stem goblet. All the while his stories and humor were priceless. Thanks Jimmy for a great day.
I have many people to thank. Jimmy plans his travel a year out so I started with last years Board and they all approved. Thanks last years Board and thanks this years Board for carrying through. Next a very special thank you to Ron Britton who is Jimmy's one point contact for our region. I asked Ron to include our club in the schedule and he agreed. Few will understand the coordination and communication this entails as well as the extra long day as Jimmy's host and transportation. You are a good friend to us all Ron and much appreciated, THANK YOU.
None of this would be possible or as nice without our classroom hosts David and Heather Hughes. One could see how pleased and proud they were this entire time and I would describe this as infectious happiness.  Thank you David and Heather.
Butch Davis 

Our April turners meeting got a good turnout and everyone enjoyed one of the top meetings so far. Russell Eaton and Constant Laubscher demonstrated how to assemble one of the beautiful Lazerlinez kits. To see the process step by step made us all feel less apprehensive about trying one of these outstanding kits. Russell then turned the barrel between centers, very interesting and makes a lot of sense. I'll try one this way, but I must say every time I see a demo done with such ease and then I try it, weird things happen for me. The CA finish once again proves beautiful and enduring. The evening surprise was the Eagle pen given away to the LUCKY winner Harold Smith. A very great gift Russell and Constant and thanks for a super demo.   

Butch Davis, Turning Chair., GWA 

Our February Turners meeting was attended by thirty members, thanks for a good turnout. The subject was on how to create some of the "Features" used in a Segmented feature ring. I needed to start by showing how to determine the size of the pattern and it's surrounding background. Our example was diamonds by using a tablesaw. A number of members have DeltaCad so I briefly showed how it get the face length and height in a drawing. I next briefly showed Bill Kandler's "Segmented Project Planner".  We had some fun with "LaminationPro" part of the WoodturnerPro software. My next talk was on Points, both vertical and horizontal showing the sled to create the vertical ones. I have patterns from all these from my past projects. I got lots of good questions which I enjoyed as is shows all were involved. The last item to show was the glue up and cutting to create an "IndianBlanket". I had hoped to make a Diamond and it's background using a disc sander but our time was up, perhaps a future time.    Butch Davis  

 

October 14th, 2010

Mark Sillay once again was a big hit with our Turners.  Mark created a Christmas tree from a Banksia Pod. This held everyone's interest from start to finish. I believe everyone seemed more quite because all wore masks but really, all watched intensely. There are several important steps throughout the project but the pictures in sequence should guide you through the process. This was Mark's second visit this year and he certainly is an excellent instructor.  Thanks Mark for a great class.  Butch Davis

 

Our July meeting was presented by our own Jack Morse. No matter how far along one may be at their craft, once in a while it pays to step back and get a good review of the basics. Jack covered many good points before moving to DETAILS. Once again no matter what your profession or hobby all the details, no matter how small make one stand apart. The mission for Jack was to make you aware of some and then how to fix/repair them. The evening was a valuable learning experience. Many thanks to Jack.
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