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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.
