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THE TURNING TIMES
The Turning Times is published monthly as an information source for members of the East Texas Woodturners (ETW). ETW is a chapter of The AmericanAssociation of Woodturners (AAW) and is committed to serving woodturners in the East Texas area surrounding Tyler, Texas. The ETW Chapter joinswith the AAW in its dedication to providing education, information and organization to those interested in woodturning.
An East Texas Woodturner's Publication Volume 21, Issue 11 November 2013
The Prez Says:
President Danny King 903-882-9135 [email protected]
Treasurer Archie Stivner 903-876-4085 [email protected] Jack Day 903-566-1798 [email protected] Coordinator Ken Terrell 903-839-4735 [email protected] Tom & Marjorie Crosby 903-567-4701 [email protected] Editor Dennis Ford 936-676-9652 [email protected]
Visit us at www.easttexaswoodturners.org
Meeting at TJC West November 9, 2013
Greetings fellow woodturners-
Well once again I’d like to thank John Leonard for a greet demo on Peppermills. I think thateveryone showed a lot of interest in this process. It is a whole unique way of turning wood into afunctioning kitchen utensil. It also makes a great gift.
I have sad news, as one of our fellow woodturners has passed. Michael Hammock of SulphurSprings passed away on October 25, 2013. The ETW members send our condolences to his family.
Raul Pena had to cancel his demo for the club due to family health issues. We have a really great demo setupfor this month. We’ve got Ed Heuslein - Joe Berreth and Paul Coppinger doing the demo on Christmasornaments. I can’t wait to see this; it should be very exciting. I know we’re going to get some great information.
November is our time to elect new club officers for next year. We’ll also be having everyone sign up for theChristmas party next month. Hopefully we will have a good attendance at the meeting.
Vice President J. J. Altier 903-833-2197 [email protected]
Continued on Page 5Table of Contents 1
Note from president 1
Membership renewal notice 1
Member's Classified Ads 2
October Meeting Pictures 3
Oct Pictures (Continued) 4
Show & Tell Spotlight 4The Prez Says (Continued) 5Calendar 5
MOST day information 5
Raffle Items 5
Member Spotlight interviiew 6
ETW Mentor's List 7
ETW Supporter's List 7
Membership renewal begins in November. Membershipforms can be downloaded from the club website. Pleaseprint the form on your computer and bring it to themeeting already filled out. If there are no changes youcan fill in your name and sign the form. Please payattention to:"SUGGESTIONS FOR PROGRAMS AND LIBRARYRULES"Dues remain at $36.00 for the year.
Jack Day, ETW Secretary
For Sale: Woodturning Aprons – Made of materialthat sheds those pesky shavings - $25.00. Pleasecontact Kay Leonard at 903- 592-6009 or [email protected]
Classified Ad Policy: Classified ads run for 3-months unless the editor is notified they are no longer needed. At the endof the 3-month period, the ad will be dropped from the newsletter unless specifically renewed prior to the period expiration.
CLASSIFIEDS
For Sale: ShopSmith lathe with a lot of accesories- Good shape. $500 Darryl Roberts(903) 526-1991 [email protected]
Personalized Turning Classes:Paul Coppinger - Mineola - [email protected]
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For Sale: Steel Faceplates - ¼” steel plate with3, 5/16” holes. 1"-8 @ $12; 1 ¼-8 @ $15Paul Coppinger [email protected]
For Sale: Small Kelton Hollowing kit; straight, shallowcurve and sharp curve cutters and handle. About $150 incatalog, yours for $100 (used once) Contact C. Tom Crosby(903) 288-7378 or [email protected]
For Sale: -----$1400.00 CASHMiller Econo Twin HF WelderAC/DC Gas Tungsten-Arc or Shielded Metal-Arc WeldingMachineApproximately 25' ground, 40' lead cables 2AWGTIG setup with regulators, cable, hose, shield and handpiece20-30' ?? 220v extension power cableA few TIG hand piece accessories, few lbs welding rods,mostly 6011Charles Brooks [email protected]
For Sale: 1-Shopsmith with some accessories-$2001-Craftmans 10" disc and 6"belt sander on stand $351-Jet small 115 volt dust collector-$1001-Shop vac 14 Gal. Metal can on wheels-$501-Thompson 1/2" bowl gouge-$401-Packard 3/8"spindle gouge-$151-Alltrade 10" portable table saw-$201-Black&Decker rotary saw-like a Rotozip-$201-Lathe-free to good home-Harbor Freight1-Wolverine grinding jig-not complete-$301-Beall buffing system-not complete-$201-Master Mechanics tool chests as is-$251-Craftmans 10" Miter saw-$501-Craftmans 1/3HP 1"x30" belt and 5"disc sander-$301-Alltrade 6" grinder-$10Please call Marion Doty 903-881-8160
For Sale: ----- Lathe & Accessories I am sorry to say that I am being transfered and willnot be able to take my lathe with me.This is a practically brand new JET JWL-1642EVS, 11/2 hp wood lathe with hundreds of dollars worth oftools and accessories thrown in. (see pics). This is apowerhouse and will turn anything you can think of.I've only turned on it a few times but unfortunatelyI'm being transferred and can't take it with me. This isa turn-key wood turning set up. Everything you couldneed to turn bowls, pens or anything else made ofwood or acrylic. call Chase at 903-530-1837
The ETW Steering Committee is recommending that members participate in the Beads of Courage program. This programaids children undergoing treatments for cancer. Tom Crosby is the ETW representative for this program. Check with himfor more information or go to http://beadsofcourage.org .
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October 2013 Meeting Pictures
October 2013 Meeting Pictures (Continued)
Show & Tell HighlightWhat I liked about this piece:* It is very well made with attention to detail* It is both functional and beautiful* Spindle turning is something we don't hear a lot aboutbut it is where wood turning started.
Design Opportunities / Saved pieces
I sometimes struggle with pieces that are not working out as intended (I assume everyone does this).We call it a “design opportunity” and sometimes it is just that and results in a better piece than whatwas planned. Other times it results in time spent trying to save a piece, when that time would be betterspent starting over. When the “design opportunity” first happens, it can be difficult to decide whether tokeep working on the piece or convert it to smoke. Most of the time; I am too attached to burn itimmediately so it sits around for a while (until I try again or clean up the shop). I would be interested inhearing from other members on how they decide when to save and when to burn.
Dennis Ford
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Mineola Open Shop TurningDay
(MOST Day)November 23, 2013
Project - Christmas Ornaments(Platter blanks also available)
Paul Coppinger's Shop in Mineola(see website for map)
Turning, Fun and Fellowship
East Texas Woodturner’s Raffle ItemsTickets can be purchased for each raffle at the monthly club meetings
and are priced at $1 each or 6 for $5October 9, 2013:(Monthly items are subject to change based on availability)
Fourth Quarter 2013 (Dec): Longworth 10” Chuck, BobRosand round skew, Bob Rosand hollowing tool.
Annual 2013 (Dec.): 8" Slow-Speed Grinder with 60# & 120#1" x 8" Aluminum Oxide wheels and one 200# OptiGrind 1.5" x8" CBN wheel.
Thompson Mark St Leger 5/8” Spindle Roughing Gouge
Thompson 1/2” JC bowlgouge
Pittsburg digital caliper
Cherry bowl blank Bob Rosand round skew
The Club has Anchor Seal end grain sealerfor sale at most Club meetings. It is availablein 1 and 2 gallon jugs at $10.00 per gallon. Toobtain it, pay our treasurer, Archie Stivner, andthen see Dennis Lorenz. If you need somebetween meetings, contact Dennis at 903-565-0651or [email protected]
ANCHOR SEAL FOR SALE
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MESQUITE WOOD NEWS-------OK-- to let everyone know about the Mesquite wood. Wayne, Keith, Richard and I went to Victoria, Texas onSaturday, Nov. 2- to pick up a trailer load of Mesquite wood. Wayne has a 20- foot trailer and it’s loaded fromfront to back with a lot of Mesquite wood. We did a turnaround trip down to Victoria and back. It was a longenjoyable day but we all decided to get back to East Texas that evening. I have the list with people’s nameswho have already signed up to purchase this wood; anyone else who wants to be added can do so Saturdayat the meeting. We will take the total number of people who sign up and divide that up into the expenses ofgoing to get this wood. There is a great variety of wood to choose from. I’m sure there will be something foreveryone. So please come prepared to pay for and pickup the wood you choose. We should be able to leteverybody select this in the parking lot after the meeting is over. I would appreciate everyone’s help andcooperation in making this go as smoothly as possible.
I look forward to seeing you all at the meeting Saturday. Be safe and let the chips fly.
Danny
CALENDAR:
Nov. 9, 2013 9:00am TJC Rm 104 Reg. Club MeetingDec. 14, 2013 9:00am TJC Rm 104 Christmas Party
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Member Spotlight: John Hawkins, Interview by J.J. Altier
This month our highlighted member is John Hawkins, 84 years of age, living in the country not too far fromLarue. When I asked John for directions to his place, he could have been a little more honest with me and tellme “you can’t get here from there”. Holy moly! He told me to take this county road and make a left at this otherroad and another left on that road over there and two more left turns somewhere or other. Then at the twomailboxes make a right on the dirt driveway. Cross a creek and the driveway ends up at his place. No, not therewas not one creek but three, and no bridges. The lane was 8 tenths mile long. Talk about isolated! The trip wasworth it to see John’s turnings, and his beautiful log cabin.
John grew up in Northern Minnesota, and had a farm bred childhood. As a teenager he and his father started arepair shop, repairing automobiles and tractors and such. John joined the Air Force in 1951, where after bootcamp he was whisked off to Viet Nam. During his two tours there he repaired jet engines. John had his fill of theAir Force and retired 22 after years. After retirement John went to work in Dallas for a company that repairedwhat else, JET ENGINES. Shortly after that he went to work for the Postal Service. I guess he didn’t like that toowell because he quit to take a job as an inspector for a machine shop. I guess this is where he got his ability towork in very precise measurements.
It was while he was working in the Postal Service that he met his wife, partner and friend of 31 years, Thada.Funny thing was, he hadn’t planned on going to square dance lessons that night. He was doing a friend a favorby going. When introduced to Thada he knew this was someone special. They bought the 60 acres, his currenthome in 1996. Sadly, Thada passed in April of 2012. She was his beloved wife, partner who is missed daily. Itwas several days later when John had his first heart attack. Watching John talk about her makes this writerbelieve the heart attack was from heart break. Thanksgiving the same year John suffered his second heartattack.
John gave me the tour of his shop and his gallery of his turnings. Because of his recent health issues Johndoesn’t turn as much as he used to. His shop is 800 sqft, and very neat and organized. What’s up with that? Hesports such stationary tools as Rikon, Fox, Grizzley, and Jet all good quality tools. Course they would have tobe, to produce such turnings as his. John started turning after he joined our club in 2005 having seen anewspaper article featuring the club. His turnings are mainly vessels of the segmented nature. That is where hispreciseness comes into play.
I asked John to give me some pointers for making a segmented vessel. John said “take the diameter of thepiece you want and multiply it by” 3.1287935423 or something like that. He started with the math formula and Ithink I passed out, because the last thing I remember is him saying “multiply the diameter by”…… I don’tremember much after that. His gallery is in his home and is full of his wonderful segmented pieces. I just wishJohn would share some of those pieces at Show and Tell.
After the interview I had John draw me a map to get back to civilization. Holy cow! where did all that precisenessgo? He had me going this way and that, when you get to Houston you know you made a wrong turn somewhere.Guess what? GPS doesn’t even recognize that area as having been discovered yet. Thank you John, forallowing me to visit with you and have some fun in writing this article, which was approved by John, The BetterHomes and Garden Magazine and Betty Crocker.
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East Texas Woodturner’s SupportersThe following businesses have graciously provided support for the activities of the East Texas Woodturner’s club. Please
show your gratitude by giving them your business when possible.
RocklerProminade North Shopping Center
800 North Coit #2500Richardson, TX 75080(972) 613-8848 CST
http://www.rockler.com/
Craft Supplies USA1287 E. 1120 S., Provo, UT 84606
1-800-551-8876FAX: 801-377-7742
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.c
Packard WoodworksP.O. Box 718, Tryon, NC 28782
1-800-683-8876FAX: 828-859-5551
http://www.packardwoodworks.com/index.html
Johnson Wood Products34897 Crystal Rd.,
Strawberry Point, IA 52076563-933-6504 CST
http://www.johnsonwoodproducts.com/
Woodcraft1430 Marsh Lane
Addison, Texas 75001(972)-241-0701 CST
http://www.woodcraft.com/
Thompson Lathe Tools5479 Columbia Road
North Olmsted, OH 44070440-241-6360 CST
http://www.thompsonlathetools.com/
Wood World13650 TI Blvd. #101, Dallas, TX 75243
972-669-9130 CSThttp://woodworldtx.com/
Hartville Tool13163 Market Ave NHartville, OH 44632
800-345-2396http://www.hartvilletool.com/
Woodline.com111 Wheeler St., LaVergne, TN 37086
615-793-0474 CSThttp://www.woodline.com/
Klingspor'sWoodworking Shop
3 Locations in North Carolina1-800-228-0000 EST
http://www.woodworkingshop.com/
Mark Anthony 903-963-7128 Van [email protected] Brooks 903-216-5564 Whitehouse [email protected] Coppinger 903-638-6008 Mineola [email protected] Criswell 903-509-1042 Tyler [email protected] Crosby 903-567-4701 Canton [email protected] Dixon 903-753-6980 Longview [email protected]. V. Filak 903-885-2550 Sulpher Springs [email protected] Heuslein 903-834-3838 Kilgore [email protected] Leonard 903-592-6009 New Harmony [email protected] Tate 903-839-6505 Tyler [email protected] Terrell 903-839-4735 Whitehouse [email protected]
Mentor List
East Texas Woodturners Library
Now would be a good time to check if youhave any items from the ETW Library thatneed to be returned. Some of your friends arewaiting to enjoy them too.
PLEASE RETURN THEM
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