A Chapter of The American Association of Woodturners

Volume 19, Issue 3 The woodturners local resource March 2014

Presidents Message

The facts of our situation are these: we are paying $175 per month to store the clubs equipment and in the near future our access to Franklin High School is going to end. We had no idea how good we had it back in the days of our meetings at ChemWest. As I see it, NWWT faces two pressing problems, 1) we have no permanent location to hold our monthly meetings and demonstrations and 2) we have no place to hold classes. We know membership and participation has dropped over the last two years. I am pretty certain that the problems mentioned above are contributing to this loss. It is possible that an associa-tion with the Multnomah Art Center (MAC) provides an answer to both our issues.

On Tuesday, 25 February, a meeting was held at the MAC concerning the development of a woodworking/ woodturning facility. Present were myself, and David Williams for NWWT; Joe Jedrychowski was there wearing two hats, NWWT and the Oregon Guild of Woodwork-ers; Dale Larson and Gary Sundquist represented Cascade Woodturners. Members of the carving club and other representatives of area woodworking organization were also present. Michael Walsh represented the MAC.

When NWWT met in January in Cottage 5, the thought was that building could become a workshop and meeting place for NWWT. The consensus of the membership was that the loca-tion, the Multnomah Arts Center, would be satisfactory. There was some question about whether the room itself was big enough for our meetings. The question of space was rein-forced when we began laying out the location of machinery to be located in the room. The availability of the large auditorium addresses the question of space. I think it seems more likely that we could meet in the auditorium. We could have a lathe and other meeting items, in-cluding the library, stored in the building. Eventually, meeting supplies would probably be used jointly with Cascade Woodturners. Cottage 5 would be renovated into a woodworking space that we could use for classes and other hands-on events.

Let us be clear that this new meeting space will cost money. There is a $50 per month fee to gain access to the facility as a subscribing organization. That gets us significant reduction on the rental rates when we do use one of the rooms. Meeting in the auditorium will cost us $25 an hour, a very reasonable fee. Use of the cottage/workshop would be about the same. If we were able to store some equipment on the premises the rate would be $.65 per cubic foot per month. So in a month where we held a three-hour club meeting and a four hour learn to turn it would cost NWWT $225. Twelve such months would cost us $2700 per year. There would be months when a monthly meeting was the only function to be held. Those months would be,

of course, less expensive. But, I think the class activities are among the most important functions of this club so I think we better budget with that in mind. That means the fi-nancial footing of Northwest Woodturners must change. Clearly, a new business model for Northwest Woodturners needs to be defined. What that model looks like is yet to be defined but we can be sure it's going to cost every member a little bit more. Howev-

Northwest Woodturners meetings are held on the 1st Thursday of each month 7:00PM Franklin High School February 2014 Challenge March Challenge...eggs April Challenge… toy President Mike Meredith mmeredith23@comcast.net phone 503-522-0531 V. Presidents MikeWebb & Bill Giffin Secretary Open Treasurer Roger Crooks Members-at- Large Richard Hall Max McBurnett Bob Mach Steve Newberry Jim Schoeffel Librarian Denvy Larson Lynne Hemmert Raffle John Neumann Supplies Roger Crooks Newsletter & Web Barbara Hall Jim Schoeffel Official Greeters Jim Moore MyFamily Administrator Owen Lowe onlnlowe@frontier.com

Quick Updates

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Library Wagon News: february … 2014

So many books, so many DVD’s and so little space in this newsletter, so I will get busy. This month I have chosen “Segmented Turning” by Bill Kandler. “Techniques and Projects for Beginner to Pro” We have so many books in our Library, it is difficult to pick just one. Example: this month we have 4 new publications that were added to our library. I will have them in stock-ready for you to check out at out next meeting. We also have 84 publications that have been checked out and have not been returned but may be returned at our next meeting. Your Library is run on an honor system, check it out and return it. Thanks. In Bill’s book, page two, Paragraph 1.1, “What Kinds of Things Can You Make?” The list is there! Paragraph 1.2, “What’s in this Book?” “ …I’ll talk about:” “Tools of the Art/Trade, Designing a Project, Selecting Your Materials, Pre-paring Your Materials, Cutting Rings, Gluing Rings, Flattening Rings, Mounting Your Piece for Turning, Stacking up the Project, Sanding, Finishing, Photographing the Result, Documenting Your Masterpiece, And when we’re finished with that, I’ll lead you through a photo essay of one of my project where I’ll try to bring all this into focus on an actual segmented vessel.” Not all wood turners focus on segmented turnings, so I am assuring you, we have a great library where you, my friend and fellow wood turner will find probably what you are looking for. See you at the next meeting. Check your shelf, if you have an item to return to the library, or donate, bring it. See you there. Denvy Larson, Librarian

Jim says, “I will be bringing a hand-out for each attendee at the meeting that will give a picture of what I do. I think that

is the important point of this whole thing, not just what I have done. So I will be handing out some six pages that briefly

note my philosophy as well as how I go about doing the things I do and finally where you get some of he materials and

tools to accomplish the treatment on and to the pieces.” Should be interesting!

Our march demonstrator ….. Jim hall

er, I am also pretty sure that a revitalized, dynamic Northwest Woodturners will attract new members and encourage the old ones to remain active.

David Williams is undertaking the design for renovation of the cottage. These renovations would include upgrading the electrical system in the building, installing a digital key system and dust removal system, better lighting, installing lock-able storage cabinets and removal of the carpet to be replaced by a more practical floor. A rough estimate of the cost is $20,000. I think a good guess is that between NWWT and Cascade Woodturners we are going to have to come up with about $10,000 in cash, material and sweat equity. As I said, our financial footing will be changing. As I know more, you will no more.

As I know more, you will no more. This is the time for a true discussion to begin. I'll take the first unpopular step by suggesting that beginning in 2015 our dues increase to $50 a year. That's $15 a year or $1.25 more per month. I would also suggest if you can make an outright donation (like maybe an extra $15) to Northwest Woodturners, Roger would be happy to deposit your check or swipe your card. You also need to deposit your ideas. How do we go about raising money? How do we sustain club income to fund new opportunities? It's really very simple, if Northwest Woodturners has value to us, we are going to have to pay for that value.

Mike

President’s Message - Continued

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George Lailey: Wood Pole Lathe Turner: (1869–1958)

Lailey lived in Miles Green, near the Berkshire village of Bucklebury Common. Both his grandfa-

ther, George William Lailey (1782–1871) and his father William (1847–1912) were also bowl-

turners, specializing in the production of bowls and plates from elm wood using a pole lathe.

George Lailey was particularly noted for his exceptional skill of turning bowls in a 'nest', one in-

side another. After being mentioned in Henry Vollam Morton's popular 1927 book, In Search of

England, Lailey's work became increasingly desirable, and he began signing and dating his pieces.

Lailey's workshop had the form of a Grubenhaus (a sunken-floored building of early medi-

aeval type), though it dated from the nineteenth century. He did not install an electricity

supply, although one was available.

Lailey made a variety of items (including wooden ladles); but concentrated mainly on

bowls, and produced them in a variety of sizes. For bowls, elm logs were seasoned for at

least two years, sawn with a crosscut saw, and then trimmed using a side axe; the blanks

were then roughly turned, stored for a further short period and finished on the lathe. He

applied a polish of beeswax and turmeric root. Lailey made most of his specialist tools.

Wooden bowls were the standard eating vessel across Europe from about 500AD to

1600AD. When Lailey passed away at the age of 89, turning a bowl the day before he

died; this rich international scope of ancient technology died with him. With a replica of

his lathe one contemporary artisan, Robin Wood, has helped to revive Lailey’s techniques, assisting in the reintroduction

of bowl turning to numerous countries across the globe. Robin made his own lathe and duplicated Lailey’s methods

Robin wood: Wood Pole Lathe Turner: inspired by Lailey

“I imagined that it would be straight

forward; but it actually took me about

5 years just to get the basic. George

used a foot powered wood lathe. Peo-

ple say it’s too much hard work. They

don’t realize that it is a very efficient

and a fast way of making bowls! He

uses a reciprocating lathe that turns one way and then the other. Each

time I press down the work turns toward me and when I lift my foot, it

spins away from me. I simplify life, by

using a few hand tools! It just demands a lot of skill and a lot of understanding of the

material. The lathe runs at my speed and this produces a very different product,

wholesome, humble; not like a bowl made on an electric lathe. The tools are called

‘hook tools’. And they are each formed to do a specific job”. When Robin needs a

tool he uses the forge in his workshop and makes one. Continued on page4

George Lailey making a bowl

Lailey Nesting Bowls

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Woodturners of Olympia ... Creativity in Woodturning

Cindy Droza class: NW Washington Woodturners

Richard Raffan - July 26, 2014 And Nick Stagg Symposium .For information on pricing on the Symposi-

um: AL Price aprice44@aol.com (www.woodturnersofolympia.org) 360-791-0396

March 27, 2014: Demo: Reed Gray (Your Finish Cut)

Our woodturning neighbors

Northwest Washington Woodturners is pleased to present A DAY WITH CINDY DROZDA on Satur-day, March 22, 2014 in Anacortes, WA. Cindy will spend the full day discussing and demonstrating the details of how she creates her unique FINIAL STAR LIDDED BOWLS and ELEGANT FINIALS including her methods of multi-layer coloring. FINIAL STAR LIDDED BOWLS Hands-On Class: Monday, March 24. Class Fee is $125. Payment is due with registration. call: Rick Anderson, Publicity Chairman: 360-319-7600 info@NWWWT.org

Southwest Washington Woodturners (Vancouver, WA) (www.southwestwashingtonwoodturners.com)4th Wednesday, 7:00 PM at The Friends of the Carpenter’s Cen-ter, 1600 West 20th St, Vancouver, WA. Brian Haute, 503-225-8265. March 26, 2014: Demo: Jim Hall

Beaver State Woodturners (Eugene, OR) (www.beaverstatewoodturners.com) 4th Thursday, 6:00 PM at The Woodcraft Store, 1052 Green Acres Rd, Eugene, OR 97408. Jack Dunham, dunham222@msn.com March 27, 2014: Demo: Jimmy Clewes (Winged Bowl) March 28, 2014 March 28, 2014: All day demo with Jimmy Clewes Contact Club to be put on waiting list.

Robin wood: Wood Pole Lathe Turner

Robin’s workshop is an 18th century stable. The stone provides a stabile

flooring as well as constant temperature regulation.

Any fool can make something more complex but it takes a real genius to make things simple again.

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Tractor Turning: Make a toy Thanks to Hans-Günter König

Fig.1: shows the base of the tractor, held by

two segment of the long nose jaw.

Fig. 2: With this strong grip, turning this wobbling

board is not as dangerous as it seems to be.

Fig. 3: Use a sanding disk for trimming this

turned motor block Fig. 4: Turn a centering-recess on a small face plate.

Attach it to a small chuck. If you have a metal work-

er’s lathe, chucking small parts is easier!

Fig. 5: I became inspired for experimenting

with an old cross slide from a scrap yard

Fig. 6,7,8: The swivel-headstock was

brought to a convenient position, before

hollowing the shape for the driver’s seat

Fig. 9: There are a lot of small wood parts had to be polished.

Therefore I mounted all three wheels of my wood polishing

system on a threaded steel rod, to make this procedure faster.

Assemble all parts together, the toy tractor is

finally completed!

WWW.holzwerken.net

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Tractor, driver, cart patterns … thanks to Hans-Günter König

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Our new NWWT Newsletter author … Jim Schoeffel

Jim Schoeffel will be your new Newletter author. He is very capable and is looking forward to representing the

Northwest Woodturners’ activities, dreams and hopes. Please share your ideas with him for new articles, areas to

explore and directions you believe we should cover, and of course, how else you believe the Northwest Woodturner

Newsletter could best represent you, our members.

It has been a real pleasure to write the NWWT Newsletter for the last four years. I really enjoyed the challenge! My

thanks to you who participated in the construction and inclusion of your materials, to the judges who did a fine job

in talking over your turnings and especially to all of you who participated in the Show and Tell and Challenge.

I want to thank you for your feedback and suggestions. I hope you enjoyed the various ways of looking at and incor-

porating the different design parameters and will continue to use some of the material to judge others work and of

course to enhance your own turnings. I will continue my design series of articles most months, and I hope you con-

tinue to enjoy and practice what you learn from them.

I am currently modifying and assembling the various design articles in preparation for possible incorporation into a

book. They have all been copyrighted; but there is after four years such a conglomerate of material on so many dif-

ferent areas of design it is a prodigious task to choose what to include, and to know where to add and where to re-

duce! I would also like to ask permission to include a picture of your pieces that do so beautifully represent certain

concepts. I welcome your suggestions for particular areas that you enjoyed or that were helpful to you to be a part of

this endeavor. I have published a number of articles and even authored a column in a computer Newsletter; but this

would be my first book. If you think of a good title for the book, that would be great! Anyway my thanks to you,

it’s been a joy.

Barbara Hall

SE Woodward St.

Map to Franklin High School SE 52nd Ave & Woodward St. Portland, OR 97206

Woodshop entrance

(2nd door from SE 52nd Ave.)

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Local Events, Classes, & Demo’s Editor’s

Key: H1 Hands-on class Friday H2 Hands-on classes Friday and Sunday H3 Three day Hands-on class D Saturday Demo

Jan 2014 Annual Swap Meet July 2014 TBA

Feb 2014 Snow Day Aug 2014 Picnic

Mar 2014 Jim Hall: Carving Sep 2014 TBA

Apr 2014 TBA Oct 2014 TBA

May 2014 TBA Nov 2014 TBA

June 2014 TBA Dec 2014 TBA

Cascade Woodturners (Portland, OR) (www.cascadewoodturners.com) 3rd Thursday, 6:45 PM at Franklin High School, SE 52nd Ave & Woodward St, Portland, OR 97206 Pete Morrell, morrellpete@gmail.com 971-506-4770

March 20, 2014: TBA

Willamette Valley’s Demonstrators

Cascade woodturners Demonstrators

If you did not receive a

courtesy email from me

that the March Newsletter

was on line the beginning

of the month, please

email your corrected

email address to me.

Members Only who do

not have email access;

please give me your ad-

dress for mailing your

April Newsletter to you.

Submissions to the news-

letter are due by the 20th

of the month. Articles,

tips, web links, classified

ads, or other items per-

taining to woodturning are

welcome.

Willamette Valley Woodturners (Salem, OR) (www.willamettevalleywoodturners.com) 2nd Thursday, 6:30 PM, Salem Center 50+, 2615 Portland Rd, NE Salem, OR 97303 Terry Gerrost , gerrost@yahoo.com March 13, 2014: Sara Robinson (Spalting).

2014 Northwest Wood Turners Meeting Schedule

Date Demo Location Time

03/01 Rockler Turning Tools Rockler, Beaverton 11:00 AM

03/01 What's New At Woodcraft Woodcraft, Tigard 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

03/01 Pyrography by Dick Armstrong Woodcrafters, Portland 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

03/08 Joinery Made Easy: Kreg K4 Pocket Hole

System Rockler, Beaverton 11:00 AM

03/08 Band Saws Explained Woodcraft, Tigard 1:00 AM – 2:00 PM

03/08 Relief Carving by Debby Neely; Sawstop at 3:00 PM

Woodcrafters, Portland 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

03/15 Router Lift FX Rockler, Beaverton 11:00 AM

03/15 Festool Domino Woodcraft, Tigard 1:00 AM – 2:00 PM

03/15 Scroll Saw by Larry HaasTurning a Sault

Vault byPoest Woodcrafters, Portland 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

03/22 New 50800 CNC Shark Pro Plus Rockler, Beaverton 11:00 AM

03/22 Scroll Saw - Why You Need one Woodcraft, Tigard 1:00 AM – 2:00 PM

03/22 Wood Carving with Pyrography by Jim Tharp.

Sawstop at 3:00 PM Woodcrafters, Portland 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

03/29 Festool TS 55 REQ Circular Saw Rockler, Beaverton 11:00 AM

03/29 Wood Burning with Shirley Malar Woodcraft, Tigard 1:00 AM – 2:00 PM

03/29 Kinetic Art by Wayne Haack Woodcrafters, Portland 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Many other fine classes and demos are available from your local stores: Rockler, Beaverton, 503-672-7266, http://rocklerprod.lcgosc.com/retail/stores/or/portland-store

Woodcraft Tigard, 503-684-1428, http://www.woodcraft.com/stores/store.aspx?id=312

Woodcrafters, Portland, 503-231-0226, http://www.woodcrafters.us/

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Our Business Members

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We'd love to have you come visit our small

family farm where we've created an alterna-

tive to the usual uses for wood. We re-

claim/upcycle figured hardwoods (saved

from the chipper!) and create wood blocks

and lumber for turners, carvers, furniture

makers and other crafts people.

Meet "Lucille", the fifteen hundred pound

poodle burl totem pole, and learn about fig-

ured wood. Contact us at 800-556-3106

http://www.nwfiguredwoods.com/

Our business members are most generous in giving us the cou-

pons to present to our winners of the Challenge! Be sure to tell

Wanted: 20" Planer. Happy to pay dollars or wood trade. North

Woods 503-357-9533.

Employment opportunity: Part time wood blank Processor. Must be

experienced and safe with a chop saw, have a positive attitude and reli-

able transportation. Contact the North Woods office for more infor-

mation and to submit an application 503-357-9533.

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P.O. Box1157

Lake Oswego OR 97035

Show your NWWT Membership Card to receive a discount of your purchase at Gilmer’s, Rockler, Woodcraft,

Woodcrafters, NorthWoods and Crosscut Hardwoods. Membership has benefits. (Plus great demos)

April challenge: turn a toy for play, for Learning

March challenge: eggs

Our business members are most generous in giving us the coupons to present to our winners of the

Challenge! We just need to tell them NWWT when we purchase something!

Think eggs for the March Challenge. With Easter around the corner that shouldn’t be too tough.

Check out the elegant Pysanky eggs done by Mary Burgess. (Christmas Newsletter). Try using color

and your own designs on your wooden eggs just for something different and fun!.....and WIN

Eames

More ideas: Turning Toys by Richard Raffan has been ordered by Denvy for the library.