February, 2010 – Channel Islands Woodturners

Past Events

January 30 Meeting with Al Geller and Sam Turner on Bowl Savers

President’s Corner – Steve Leblanc

Channel Islands Woodturners Art Show Submission Deadline

Saturday’s February 27^th meeting at Levi’s is the deadline for submitting entries into our March Art Show at Proverbs Coffeehouse. If you can’t bring your entry/entries to the meeting, call Stephan Case-Pall (491-3660), Joel Oksner (443-0270), or Steve Leblanc (526-3840) to arrange a drop-off.

See January’s newsletter for more information about the show.

If you would like the Art Gallery to mail an art card to a friend or family member, send the e-mail the address to me at sml.woodturner@att.net. The Coffeehouse will mail up to 100 cards for us in addition to their own 600-piece mailing list. They will also give us blank postcards.

Stay tuned to more e-mail announcements about the show as we get closer to the event.

Show & Tell

We will be having Show & Tell. We will include your Art Show entries in the Show & Tell if you like.

Kind Regards,

Steve

: VP Bob Fahrnbruch stood in for Steve Leblanc as MC

: Stephen Case-Pall reported on preparations for the March art show

: Jim Word is lining up the 2010 meeting dates and venues

: Bruce Berger starts the Show &Tell with segmented work

: John Ascheman turned accident into art work

: Jim Word

: Jim shows all the shaving generated without benefit of a bowl saver

: Warren Brown

: Warren: Multi-layer plywood bowl with tilted layers

: Bob F.: Birdhouse

: Robert Mitchell

: Dave Staehli: Russan Olive – very hard

: Visitor Sven from Anaheim

: Gary Toro first to do reversed turned diamonds per AAW mag.

: Robert Mitchell boxes, Michael Inham surface carving

: Rick Caseman new member from Santa Maria

: Friendly dispute over raffle numbers

: Dave Hutter wins

: Featured Demo: Al Geller with McNaughton system post

: McNaughton most versitile but more difficult

: How to stage the cuts and provide a way to chuck the pieces

: Looks like a straight tool

: Al with Woodcut system

: Explaining how to set up offset center on Woodcut system

: Woodcut tool in action – note the two cutter radii

: Taking the plunge in Redwood

: Sam Turner explained the Oneway system

: Calculating the bottom thickness

: The initial cut with external support

: Now with the bottom support inside the groove

: The resulting two pieces in Avocado

: Sharpening the cutter tip

: Closeup of Oneway system

: Closeup of Oneway cutter – note negative rake tip