March 2019 – Bob Nolan

ByRon Lindsay March 23, 2019October 11, 2024

Show and Tell – mostly boxes for box challenge

John As.

Lost wood box

Joanne W. – tight lid

Doug D.

Arnie R. – alabaster

Kyle C. – a special segmenting technique

Each segment is different wood on each side

Terry K.

Jim W. lid within lid

Chuck T. Silver dollar in top

Al G.

Mark M.

Robert M. with grinder jig

Bob Nolan from Bay Area is demonstating the basket illusion this morning

Bob Nolan’s basket illusion work

Thinning the back. Leave thick in center as long as possible for rigidity

First bead the back with tool working from edge in

Friction burn groove with strip of laminate

Thin and bead working in from edge for rigidity

Various sizes of beading scrapers

Uses wad of cloth to back flexible plate when beading

Using the Alisam Engineering indexing system. It has magnetic attachment to lathe.

Lay out radial lines using pencil and platform on both sides at each index position.

Smaller plastic indexing system

Jaws to hold plate with scroll chuck. This is to allow beading to the very center.

Colwood Cub burner power unit and finger glove

Subdividing radials with knife-edge burner

More examples

Polar graph paper for laying out designs

Burning and coloring tools – Bob says Sharpies will fade

Robert M. brought load of Ash

February, 2009
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President’s Corner – Steve Leblanc Gallery event The AAW is encouraging local chapters to host a gallery event. I received a letter from Frank Amigo of the AAW board, and I want to present this suggestion to the general membership and see if there is any interest in doing this. I have been personally involved…

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December, 2003
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Happy Holidays! No meeting this month. We held our 3rd annual Holiday Social on December 6th with the instant gallery and the voluntary gift exchange. Photos and more information will be in the January 2004 Newsletter. The next regular meeting is January 24, 2004 The November 22nd meeting was hosted at Jim Rinde’s and President…

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February, 2004
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Meeting Information: Saturday, February 28 from 9:00 am to 4:00 p.m. All day special Demonstration by Steve Dunn at Chuck Stevenson’s Shop: meeting details below The first meeting of the year started us off with an enthusiastic gathering of over 20 members and two guests new to our club: Steve Garret and Stephen Case-Pall. Stephen…

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October, 2003
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Meeting Information: Saturday, October 25th from 9:00 am to late afternoon with lunch Hands On Session for Beginners and all skill levels at Russ Babbitt’s (see below for more details about the meeting) Since the last newsletter we have held two special demonstrations. The first on September 20 featured Bill Haskell and his sculptural …

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October, 2004
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Meeting Information: Saturday, October 23, from 8 am to 4 pm Allan Batty: Special Demo ALSO Sunday, November 7, from 8 am to 4 pm Soren Berger: Special Demo Reservations required see below! Also note the early start times! At Levi Mize Woodcraftsman’s Shop 162 Aviador Street #17+18, Camarillo, CA 93010 Aviador Street is N….

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