September, 2009 – Channel Islands Woodturners

President’s Corner – Steve Leblanc

Program Chair

The Board is soliciting the membership for someone to volunteer for the position of Program Chair. As stated in our bylaws, the Program Chair, in consultation with the President and other officers, shall be responsible for coordinating the demonstration topics and logistics for regularly-scheduled meetings. We would like to get this position filled as soon as possible so that we can begin to book some professional turners for our 2010 calendar. If you are interested or have any questions about the position give me, or our outgoing chairperson, Joe Levy, a call.

Gallery Event

We have booked a venue for the club art show. Through the combined efforts of Dave Hutter and Stephan Case-Pall, we have secured the Proverbs Coffee House in Camarillo. We are scheduled to open on Saturday 13 March and will be showing Friday-Saturday 19-20 and 26-27 March. More details about the show preparations will be publicized in the coming months.

Show & Tell

We will be having Show and Tell, so bring you latest projects to share with your fellow turners.

: President Steve Leblanc started meeting with general announcements

: Al Geller discussing upcoming events – Three new visitors in audience

: Stephen Case-Pall

: Stephan with salt and pepper shakers

: Ron Lindsay with wire-brushed Redwood bowl

: Ron with Carob winged bowl

: Bob Fahrnbruch with Madrone salad bowl

: Bob with Padauk bowl

: Michael Ingham with carved bottom bowl

: (Michael’s eyes get like this when he blinks) Pear wood dyed black and carved through

: Poppa Gary Toro with inlayed bowl

: Gary’s tops and ornaments

: View of bottom side

: Seth Macarthur

: Seth with wire-brushed Redwood vase

: Show and Tell time – 1

: Robert Mitchell with Norfolk Island Pine with linseed oil finish

: Robert with paperclip magnet

: Jim Rinde inlayed Red Gum bowl with red epoxied seed pods

: Closeup of bamboo bowl

: Side view of bamboo bowl

: Dana Christensen with curly Maple bowl

: Show and Tell – 2

: Steve started his demo with display of his tools – mostly scrapers

: Shop-made left and right angled bent tools

: Example of lidded vessel in Maple and Purpleheart

: Checking runout with dial gauge

: Cutting the recess for the lid in Black Walnut

: Closeup of pine cone with blue transluscent epoxy

: Jim Rinde’s latest epoxy creations – bamboo on left, pine cones on right

: Checking the lid diameter with a dial caliper

: Checking the fit of lid – lid still attached to faceplate

: Truing the top with lid in place

: Final sanding of top

: Finiishing the shaping of finial on lid – still glued to faceplate

: Steve’s finishes – Deft brushing laquer, tung oil varnish, Walnut oil – (rt) jig for holding items while finish dries

: Roughing out a Mulberry bowl between centers using spur drive

: Steve roughing with a scraper

: Scraping out the inside – still between centers

: Mostly finished Walnut lidded vessel

: Example with walnut inlay