June, 2015 – Brad Adams

ByRon Lindsay June 22, 2015October 11, 2024

Good turnout for the Brad Adams all-day demo. Boxes of Madrone and Maple burl cutoffs for sale.

President Dave S.

Mark E. discussed plans for the county fair booth and display

Show and tell time

President’s challenge: Rick H. used barley router bit to make candle holder using lathe jig.

Using same bit to scallop edge of bowl from board. This is his indexing guide.

The final product

Rick wins the $50 gift certificate as the only legal entry.

John A. with pierced carving.

Joanne W. made Tipu bowl for our web designer Nathan S.

John showed how he plugged bottoms for end grain

His latest pierced carving.

Bruce B. with his latest (larger) Robert Craig style creation

Showing tiger eye cabochon in lid

Jim R. with roasted Jacaranda lidded box with top top

Charcoal hollowform

Tucker G.: segmented platter

Bruce will take copies of Betty Scarpino videos to her at the AAW Symposium

Brad Adams from Benicia starts demo with how he handles heavy logs in the field

Lifting a log to pickup bed level with hydraulic motorcycle jack

On to the saw buck

He lets the log drain on end for about a week covered but not sealed

How the wood moves with the conventional roughout – Black Oak

What happens if you don’t relieve the stress from tangential shrinkage

Save the quartersawn center section for small objects

No “birthday cakes” please because they always crack even if sealed

Planning the cuts for a bowl blank

An opening in the bark for a spur center

Cut at 45 degrees to keep the shavings short

Uses cardboard circles instead of compass as cutting guide

Prefers to shape using chainsaw instead of bandsaw for safety

Trimming with electric chainsaw

Detail of sawbuck

The roughout: start between centers

Likes 2 ft steel metric rule to layout thickness using 10% of diameter

Brad uses only Ellsworth gouge for roughing green wood

Showing the tenon and bowl base at one third of diameter

Completed cork oak bowl blank – he seals all surfaces

Switching to dried Madrone blank

Smoothing outside with thin flexible steel scraper

In dry wood Brad prefers double bevel conventional gouge – cleaner cut

Damping vibration – note fingerless gloves – Rick H. suggested using teflon pad

At the bottom using a 65 deg bevel on gouge

Passive sander

Hand sanding for creating concentric sanding pattern for final finish

Brad cut two grooves and wire burnt them. Now using hot coil “vaporizer” to burn in texture between the rings

This burner much hotter than standard woodburner so goes much faster

So hot that it flames up!

Completed bowl left for club raffle. Surface extremely smooth – 600 grit or finer

With black shoe dyed maple burl hollow form – faux Buckeye

Example pieces on his display table – Maple, Madrone, Acacia, Cork Oak, Ironbark Euc

Various bowl blanks for sale

February, 2003
Bynstryker@gmail.com December 1, 2003October 11, 2024

Meeting Information: Sunday, February 23rd from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Alan Lacer: Skew chisel, lidded boxes, and hooked tools at Al Geller’s: see RSVP information below We welcomed guests Joel Oksner, Bruce Purvine and Bob and Larry Sands at our January meeting. Joel and Bruce have already joined the club and we look forward…

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January, 2006
Bynstryker@gmail.com December 1, 2006October 11, 2024

Meeting Information: Saturday, January 28th, from 9 am to Noon Herm Ross and Al Geller: Tool Making At Levi Mize Woodcraftsman’s Shop 162 Aviador Street #17+18, Camarillo, CA 93010 Aviador Street is N. of the Camarillo Airport and is reached from the Central Ave. exit off of US 101: go S. and turn left on…

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June, 2003
Bynstryker@gmail.com December 1, 2003October 11, 2024

NO Meeting in June We will be at the AAW Annual Symposium in Pasadena The next meeting is July 12th The May 24th meeting was held at Bob Pettit’s home (Thanks Mary for the excellent brownies). President Al Geller reiterated our participation in the AAW symposium June 26-29 were we will be responsible for…

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October 2016 – Art Liestman
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February, 2008
Bynstryker@gmail.com February 1, 2008October 11, 2024

The hands-on-turning session at the January 19th meeting was well attended with mostly our newer members wanting the chance to work with mentors on their turning skills. It is that time of year for new and continuing members to pay their club dues of $25 to treasurer Ron Lindsay. Please mail them to him or bring…

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October 2022 Meeting
ByRon Lindsay October 23, 2022October 11, 2024

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