Newsletter April 2011 Vol. 16 No. 4
Meeting Information: Saturday, 16 April 2011, 9 AM to 12 PM
John Beaver - Design of Cut and Re-Assembled Bowls
At Cabrillo Middle School Wood Shop in Ventura
Located near the junction of Main and Santa Clara streets on Santa Clara St.
Note that due to insurance requirements only current AAW members may participate in using the lathes: but everyone can watch and learn.
As noted above in blue, our agreement with the school, and due to the AAW insurance policy that covers our activities, only current members of the AAW will be allowed to use the lathes. Whether or not they plan to turn at this meeting, we strongly suggest that all members of Channel Islands Woodturners join the national AAW for the many benefits including the excellent journal and the annual symposium. Non-AAW members are encouraged to attend the Hands-On and learn by watching. If you don't have a lathe and are considering whether to pursue this hobby, we will link you up with one of our mentors and you can practice in their shop.
Remember to bring your safety gear and also wood to turn, sandpaper, superglue, your turning tools (sharpened), and any finishes that you might want to use. The last twenty minutes committed to cleaning up the shop (if you turn you clean!).
Future Events
at Cabrillo Middle School, Ventura CA
President’s Message
The March
meeting at Cabrillo was a good one in many respects.
We got to sit on chairs with backs, the “Toro Challenge” was a lot of
fun, the show and tell brought out creative excellence once again, and Art
Waldinger’s presentation was just outstanding.
As usual the luncheon at Mimi’s was well attended, and the dialogue was
both instructive and interesting.
The “Toro
Challenge” for March, was to turn a finial from a 1˝ x 1˝ by about 5-inch piece
of White Oak wood procured by Gary Toro for the Club.
Twenty finials were submitted in the three self-assigned categories of
Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced wood turners.
Paul Calcaterra won the
Beginner category, Seth McArthur won
the Intermediate prize, and Ron Lindsay
was awarded the Advanced prize..
All three winners received gift certificates that were donated by Craft Supplies
USA. April’s
“Toro Challenge” is to turn a
goblet from the oak distributed during the March meeting.
The April
meeting will be held at Cabrillo
Middle School Saturday April 16 . The
agenda will include the usual show and tell, the raffle, the “Toro Goblet
Challenge”, and a presentation by John Beaver who will talk to us about
Design of Cut and Re-assembled Bowls.
John is an interesting guy, who, like most of us, enjoys trying to
combine the technical and artistic aspects of woodturning, and he likes to
experiment. His curiosity has led
him to develop techniques that produce wave patterns and sometimes protrusions
beyond the wall of a piece.
One again,
CIW will rent chairs to make everyone comfortable during the meeting.
I look
forward to visiting with everyone
Saturday April 16 at Cabrillo
Cheers,
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Mentors Available Bruce Berger Any topic including segmented turning Warren Brown Any topic David Frank Any topic Al Geller Open form bowls, natural edge bowls, bowl design Ron Lindsay Any topic including hollow turning freehand Jim Rinde Anything to do with using and turning resins, turning goblets, hollow turning with a boring bar with/without a laser Herm Ross Miniatures; tool making and metal work Chuck Stevenson Basic turning; he is learning to do segmental work Gary Toro Anything you want to make Sam Turner Any topic (if he doesn't know how, he will learn it with you) |
Turning(s) of the Month
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Questions and Answers (Q&A)
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