Message from the President - Utah Association of … Salt Lake - Wayne Johns 801.299.0737 Hospitality South End - Eldon DeHaan [email protected] Entire contents copyright 2010

Number 114 Utah Woodchips Newsletter June – 2011, page 1

Message from the President

June, 2011

Hello Wood Turners,

Well folks, I am happy to see the sunshine! Spring is here, and I hope we can avoid too much flooding as the snows begin to melt and come down.

Our May meeting was the next installment of our Education Outreach Program and was held on May 2nd 5th at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden. The shop teacher, Ken Foote, was very accommodating and we thank Ken, as well as the administration there at Ben Lomond for hosting us there. We will be asking for some help from turners in our club to do some teaching and mentoring there at the High School in the coming school year. Clead Christiansen from the Turning Post was our demonstrator, and he showed metal spinning. I was very excited to see that demonstration! I know there was lots of interest from folks, and we had a good crowd there. You can read more about that in Laurens article inside. Thanks again Clead, your demo was great!

Our June meeting will be held on June 7th at Craft Supplies at 6pm. This will be our annual picnic and Craft will be supplying the meat. This is a potluck, so please bring a side dish, salad, or a desert. Our friends at Craft are great supporters and we look forward to seeing all of the great wood, tools and supplies there in addition to our demo. Dale Nish will demonstrate for us, and we are really looking forward to his demo. Although there is still some chance of a change, we are still planning our July 5th meeting at MacBeath.

We will hold our next quarterly training meeting at Woodcraft at 7:00 pm. on the third Thursday in July which is the 21st. Please let me know what you might suggest for a topic.

It’s hard to believe that the Utah Wood Turning Symposium has come and gone for the year. We congratulate Dave Best on being asked to be a demonstrator there. Way to go Dave! He did two fantastic demos, and people loved his Bat houses. Thanks to those who helped out in the gallery and on other duties. We did end up providing some camera operators, and we appreciate those who stepped up at the last minute. The Super Wednesday sale down at Craft Supplies was great and many folks came away with some good bargains, although the weather did not cooperate much. It’s always a good time to see what they have there, and talk to friends you may not have seen since last year!

I am always seeking your input on how we can make the club better, so please send me an email message and make your feelings known.

Remember to bring your turners challenge and show and tell items to con’t on page 3

Regular Monthly Meeting ( first Tuesday ) 7:00 p.m.

C L U B P I C N I C 6:00PM

June 7th - Craft Supplies 1287 East 1120 South, Provo Demonstrator: Dale Nish

July 5th MacBeath Hardwoods 1576 South 300 West

Demonstrator: Wayne Johns

August 2nd - Timberline 1402 West Center Street, Orem

NOW AVAILABLE: The 2011 Utah Woodturners Symposium DVD

2010 Utah Woodturners Symposium

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We also have CD’s back to 1999

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Cost $25.00 each and includes shipping

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Clead Christiansen was our demonstrator in May


Utah Woodchips

the official newsletter of the

Utah Association of Woodturners

2010 to 2011 Club Officers

President Jay Brown

801.598.0780

7121 Cherry Tree Lane

Salt Lake City, UT 84121

[email protected]

Vice President Lauren Gibbs

6025 S. Roanoke Drive

Murray, UT 84123

[email protected]

Sec/Treasurer Joe Wagner 3000 South 1000 East

SLC, UT 84106

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DVD Specialist Dave Best

801.298.2176

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CD Rom Bob Carter

801.879.6566

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Editors Jay & Vernita Brown

801.942.0197

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Photographer Dennis Brown

801.891.4471

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Webmaster Russell Bateman

801.371.0431

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Hospitality North End - Larry Banz

Hospitality Salt Lake - Wayne Johns

801.299.0737

Hospitality South End - Eldon DeHaan [email protected]

Entire contents copyright 2010 by


Clead chatting

with members

prior to the

meeting starting

Ring on

finished

bowl

Jay gets the

meeting going for

us at Ben Lomond

High School

Nice crowd

Clead shows us

what we’ll be

learning


Clead Christiansen—Metal Spinning

Clead showed us a fun and exciting aspect of woodturning by introducing us to metal spinning. Almost any sheet metal can be spun in-cluding pewter and silver (expensive). For tonight Clead used copper. He gets remnants of roofing copper to save expense on the metal. To prep the metal, Clead cuts it into a circle to the size he is planning on turning. He then anneals it by taking the flat disk, heating it red hot with an acetylene torch then quenches it with water. It can also cool on its own. This softens the metal to make it more flexible. The tools needed are minimal: a fulcrum tool rest and a metal shaft with a round tapered point. There is another metal shaft with a duck tail flattened end. These can be made from cheap steel rods. You will want to polish them. You need a big, strong tool because it takes a lot of pressure to shape the metal. There is also a “soap” that lubricates the surface of the metal so it doesn’t catch. You can also use beeswax or a wax toilet seat ring. A word of caution: Some of these flip off when warm. The last tool you will need is a chaser that goes into the tail stock to hold the metal disk onto your pattern.

To start out, make pattern out of wood (the denser the wood the more successful the spinning will be). The direction of the grain on the wood doesn’t matter as much as the density of the wood. Clead uses a skew scrape method for most of his cutting. It is a non-aggressive way to get the form he wants. Every ridge left will show up in the copper. He makes the foot of the piece the same size as the follower. He leaves the very bottom of the foot a bit raised from the sidewalls so he can mount and take off the metal piece using the foot to center it back onto the pattern. You want a good banjo and tool rest so it will lock down and not slip while you are in the middle of spinning the metal.

Center copper on top of wooden disk. Tighten the tail stock to hold the metal firmly. Seat the metal around foot area. Put pressure against the front pin on the tool rest and against copper, in and down. The tool will be under the centers. Using the pin on the tool rest, put pressure against the metal working down and back up using equal pressure both directions. Bend copper around the base. Soap the copper, then work to get wrinkles out. If you want to change the shape of the form, you will want to do it in steps. Be sure to leave the center top of the form or “foot” intact so you can center the metal back up after removing it to turn the wood underneath. After shaping the wood, remount the metal and spin it to the shape of the wood. This process will be repeated until you have the shape you want.

Take copper off. Reshape block so the edge can be rolled. Cut away to expose outer rim of copper so you can get a follower block on it and fold the edge over. Reinsert copper. Smooth outer edge off. It will grab, so have a good firm hand hold on it. There is no grain involved so it doesn’t matter which direction you take to cut it. Apply soap to inner edge or wherever tools may catch. You can purchase a rolling tool that has a wheel to roll the metal over or, like Clead, you can use a wedge of a hard wood along with the metal rod to roll the metal over and make a finished edge. In making tapers, don’t make any dips smaller than the base or any part above the taper or it will lock the metal on the pattern and you will not be able to get it off to do any more shaping. If the metal sticks on the pattern, you can pry with a pocket knife and risk bending the metal. The best way to loosen it is to do a light pass with the spinning tool and it will usually break it free. If the metal stiffens up too much, you can re-anneal it.

When you are finished, you can put the piece in hot water or use sandpaper to take the soap off. Scotchbrite pads would work well. You can go as fine a grit as you want to. A patina finish will make a somewhat crusty surface that will cover flaws. After you put on patina and let it dry, then put a clear coat of lacquer to protect it.

After the piece is cleaned up, don’t handle it with bare hands. Grease prints from fingers will cause patina to run around the grease print. If you wanted to keep it clean and bright, skip the patina and go right to the lacquer. Clead uses deft semigloss because he doesn’t like a shiny finish.

Patina finish can be found at Dick Blick, Ben Franklin, and other craft places. Ammonia will work but not very quickly.

Clead did a great job demonstrating how all this is done and I am sure he made it look a lot easier than it is. He made a bowl and a bird house top. We also had the privilege to see some of his other work. Thanks Clead we appreciate all that you do for the club.

…..Lauren Gibbs

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each meeting. Our thanks again go out to Craft Supplies, who provides the Gift Certificates we award for the turners challenge.

Let me know how we can better serve you! [email protected].

Have fun, be safe, and try to make more than shavings! —Jay Brown


The jig Clead

uses to form

the steel

Tools Clead

uses

The steel

formed

Blank mounted

to shape the

metal

Making the

shape to begin

the process

The metal

mounted on the

wood

Showing where

the tool should

be to begin the

process

Working the

metal back and

forth


mounted on the

metal back and

Metal taking

shape

Trimming the

wood from

the metal

Under

cutting

the wood

Using a

piece of

wood to

help the

steel roll

an edge

Rolling the

edge

Smoothing

the edge

Note the

rolled

edge

Sanding

the piece


Finished

piece Another

piece

mounted

Making a

deeper

bowl, a

little at a

time

Shaping

the wood

mold to

form a

deeper

bowl

The metal

after

shaping

Shaping

the wood

mold

Working the

metal

The result


Cleaning

up the top

with an

allen

wrench

sharpened

Working

the metal

Taking

down the

wood

Cleaning

up the

edges

More

shaping

Sanding

the piece

Making a

decorative

top

Working

on the top


Finished

piece

Clead’s

metal on

some

projects

Clead’s

tools


Upcoming Turner’s Challenges

May (for Jun meeting)

Bird’s Mouth Bowl

Jun (for Jul meeting)

Salt Shaker or Pepper Grinder

Jul (for Aug meeting)

Something with a surface embellishment (preferably metal)

Show

‘n Tell


Club DVD’s for sale



The Utah Association of Woodturners was formed in 1988 and is a local chapter of the American

Association of Woodturners Meetings - first Tuesday of each month at various shops or wood stores that support our club Refreshments 6:30 Meeting 7:00 – 8:45 pm You are invited to attend and become a part of the group. For more information contact any club officer. Dues begin July 1st of each year: $25.00 full year $20.00 three quarters $15.00 half year $10.00 last quarter Spouse $10.00

For Sale or T rade Rough turned bowls, platters, etc. Call

Kirk DeHeer 801-735-7858 Attention artists, teachers and demonstrators

If you are participating in a craft show, have a gallery exhibition, will be teaching or demonstrating your craft, or know of an event of interest to Woodturners, please contact the Editor at [email protected] to add the event to the newsletter. A lit-tle self-promotion is a good thing. Your fellow Woodturners want to know about your events.

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Most of what I have is 3/4" - 1" thick and would be great for segmented projects or pens.

Call 801-455-9439

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http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com http://www.timberlinetools.com

http://www.macbeath.com Calendar of Events

June 7th — 6:00pm - Club pic-nic at Craft Supplies—Dale Nish will demo

July 5th—7:00 pm—Regular Meeting at MacBeath July 21st—7:00pmTraining Meeting at WoodCraft, Sandy October 20th—7:00pm Training Meeting at WoodCraft, Sandy


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Message from the President - Utah Association of … Salt Lake - Wayne Johns 801.299.0737 Hospitality South End - Eldon DeHaan [email protected] Entire contents copyright 2010