August, 2009 – Channel Islands Woodturners

Past Events

Summer Social – 18 July 2009

Mike Shuler Demo – 25 July 2009

Ventura County Fair – 5-16 August 2009

: The usual suspects. The Christensens may now take their seats in the front row.

: Steve Leblanc talked about his early functional turnings

: Al Geller reviewed the County Fair experience and notes from the judging

: Raffle. Chuck Stevenson is back from mission trip

: Ralph Rossbach is one of the raffle winners. New member in back is Barbara CDeBaca.

: Terrell brought Acacia wood for sale

: Michael Ingham is experimenting with hand carving decoration

: Ron Lindsay with hollow forms painted in iridescent colors

: Robert Mitchell showed his tops and toys

: Black Acacia for sale

: Gary Toro demonstrated Christmas decorations – here turning snowmen

: Snowmen turning split using bandsaw V cradle

: Snowmen closeup

: Cutting decorative disks

: Parting off a disk having spiral on face

: Using the spiral grooving tool on edge

: View from back side

: Center section of ornament – top being shaped

: Now ready to drill all the way through

: The bottom finial is turned from Pink Ivory

: Starting the top finial – drilling hole for wire hanger

: Sizing the tenon to the top hole

: Final shaping of top finial

: Show and Tell table

: Router jig used to cut Vs in ornament body to accept inlays

: Router jig bottom view

: Finished ornament