April 2016 – Tom Edwards – Channel Islands Woodturners

: President Joanne W. conducted the business meeting

: Sam T.: Hazards of CA and how to unstick fingers

: Show and Tell table(?): Ron L. told of New Zealand trip and donated 25 years of AAW journals.

: Rick H.: Survived hematoma to tell another tale

: Rick H.

: Jeff V. with spalted bowl

: John As. : Natural edge bowl

: Jim R.: several multi-axis turnings

: More multi-axes by Jim

: David F. dried this natural edge Apricot bowl using alcohol

: David wants a bigger lathe so he can turn more of these

: Bruce O. refined the design of his segment cuttting jig

: Our guest demonstrator Tom Edwards from the San Diego Woodturners

: Tom’s topic: Faults and Fixes

: Tom Edwards items -1

: Tom Edwards items -2

: Tom Edwards items -3

: Wood fillers that can be dyed

: Different colors of filler – kitchen spices – slots cut with biscuit joiner

: Cream of Tartar makes a good cheap dyeable white filler

: Dowels used for design element

: Epoxy casting resin from craft store can be dyed and inlayed

: Eucalyptus pods can be filled with resin

: Black Walnut shells used for miniature stained glass windows

: Walnut shell filled with colored resin

: Example of dark resin bleeding into light wood

: Pyrography can mask cracks and voids

: Masking for a painted-on design

: Built up layers of colored paper

: Resin filled crack on side – colored paper layers on top cut on ornamental lathe

: Craft paper is stacked with painted resin

: Paper and resin top

: Filling voids and cracks with resin

: Pearlescent casting in void

: Stacks of layers to make hollowform

: Extending burl piece with added layers before turning

: Red and blue dyed resin

: “Cactus Juice” treatment for punky wood

: Void filled with colored resin

: Dyed toothpicks cast in resin – top is top

: Casting form

: Plastic retains resin during casting

: Wood disk and black resin bowl

: Feature ring for segmented piece with black resin

: Wood burning decoration – can use printed designs for inspiration

: Whole golf balls cast in resin

: Balls turned half way through

: Wood and PVC pipe in red, white, and black – cast in resin

: Palm nuts in resin

: Madrone and resin

: If bowl rim too high, save to add to short bowl

: Multi-axis grooves filled with green and black resin

: Agate cabochons inlayed

: Miniature birdhouse from small cutoffs

: Patched and pine needle rim

: Incorporating large cracks into the design

: Cracks filled with resin and also two halves joined with layers of wood

: Dyed quilted maple vessel

: Base is separate turning and carved

: Pearl resin in pine cone

: Agate stones

: Wood shavings dyed and then cast in resin – club got this one

: CIW demonstators at Woodcraft store in Ventura

: Wild man Arnie R. demonstating natural edge bowl turning

: Joe R. turning a bowl for large audience

: Joe finishing bottom using jam chuck

: Ray H. turning disk for shawl clasp/pin

: Arnie and Ray demonstrating

: Jim R. demonstating multi-axis turning

: Observer got to keep one of Jim’s turnings

: Ray’s finial needle for shawl pin being sanded

: Ray H. charming the ladies

: David F. turning bowl

: Al G. getting help with multi-axis demo

: Al holding forth

: Mark E. helping Bill B. with final cleanup. Only known photo of Bill actually working.