MEETINGS

First Saturday of the Month
Doors open 9:00 AM
Meeting begins 9:30 AM
Rockler Woodworking & Hardware
7503 Brookpark Rd.

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

King Heiple, President
216-464-2083 • kingheiple@ameritech.net

Jim Pugh, Vice President
440-458-6224 • jpugh@eriecoast.com

Tom Heffernan, Secretary
216-464-5383 • theff7@att.net

Jim Bohmer, Treasurer
330-867-2482 • gigibone@aol.com

Jim Duxbury
440-237-6116 • cyberdux@attglobal.net

Don Gasler
216-351-9540
donald.gasler@tri-c.edu

WEB SITE & NEWSLETTER

Thad Badowski
440-498-9636
tbadowsk@en.com

Brian Becker
330-659-5961 bbec31@adelphia.net

CLUB CHALLENGE

• November 2, 2002
Gavel (to become the club gavel for next two years )

• December 7, 2002
None, Annual Auction

• January 4, 2003
One Tree Project for the Shaker Nature Center of the red oak they were forced to cut down. Tom Heffernan and King Heiple will bring enough 4 to 10" bowl, etc blanks, cut round and sealed, for at least 20+ club members to participate.

•  February, 2003
No challenge due to two-day demo event

•  March 1, 2003
Sphere greater than 3" diameter

•  April, 2003
No challenge due to two-day demo eve

DEMONSTRATIONS & PROGRAMS

• November 2, 2002
Election of Officers & Directors, Recognition Day
& King Heiple Demo:
From Tree to Bowl

• December 7, 2002
Annual Auction

• January 4, 2003
Dynamic Spheres - Jim Bohmer

• February 1-2, 2003
Guest Demo: MARK ST. LEGER

• March 1, 2003
TBA

•  April 5 & 6, 2003
Guest Demo: DAVE ELLSWORTH

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


Ralph Kubal, Medina


Dennis Taylor, Akron

Welcome October visitor 
Phyllis Hassler

All members are encourage to invite guests to meetings.

  Many NCWT members earned awards at the  Great Lakes Woodcarver's Show! Check out our photos from this event.

Special thanks to Jim Shuster for his time on October 14th to replace the belt on the Delta midi. Jim, your efforts are greatly appreciated by all.

It's time to renew your membership.  AAW dues is $35 and NCWT dues is $20. Total for both is $55. See Jim Bohmer to renew.  Be sure to pass on any updates in your address or phone number. |

Election of officers and directors will be at the November meeting. Tom Heffernan and his committee have developed the following slate of excellent candidates to lead the club over the next two years.
PRESIDENT: GEORGE RAEDER
VICE PRESIDENT: DON GASLER
TREASURER: JIM BOHMER
SECRETARY: CHESTER GORDON
NEWSLETTER EDITOR: BRIAN BECKER
DIRECTORS AT LARGE: JIM DUXBURY and BETTY WERNER
We will entertain additions to this slate at the November meeting and will conduct a paper ballot for any position necessary.

Be sure to vote for the AAW officers.  NCWT endorses former member Dave Hout, a founding member of NCWT.

October Attendance Award: J.R. Smith

Our October Raffle earned $132 for the club treasury.


An unusual event at NCWT, three generations of Quisenberrys in attendance at the same time. We know at least two are woodturners. Welcome to Joe's family and hope you all return again!

Start collecting used tools, jigs, wood, hardware, and anything you don't have a use for that a wood worker or turner could use.  Our December auction is coming up, and now your donations are tax deductible. Please set things aside for our annual major fundraiser. We have had four lathes in the past two years, and this year already have some great mahogany and other wood set aside for the auction. Members and guests are welcome. First Saturday of December. Anyone that can use some great stuff at fantastic prices should be sure to be there.

Fine Wood Working Magazine, December 2002 (page 39), has an article by Ernie Conover on the Jim Duxbury's Resp-O-Rator. Ernie Conover, A NCWT member, is one of the top professionals not just on the lathe but in all phases hand tool joinery and has written many books. He conducts the Conover Workshops in his shop in Parkman, OH, which attract woodworkers from across North America.

Studio Open House
Patricia Raeder of A Way With Clay and NCWT member George Raeder of A Way With Wood invite you to their Open House on November 15, 16, and 17; 12:00 noon to 6:00 PM.

Totem Pole Update
As NCWT President King Heiple explained in last month's newsletter, our club will be participating in the project to replace the totem poles at Arrowmont. We have now received specifications for this project. Click here to see what we need to create.

Berea Hardwoods is moving.  Their new address is 18745 Sheldon Road, Middleburg Hts., OH 44130. The new phone number is 216-898-8956. New FAX: 216-898-8962.

For Sale:
•  Tryco glass bead and sandblast machine. Floor mount cabinet, top and side load. Size 36"x24"x24". With material saver. New, never used.
•  Frank Sudol deep hollowing system. New, never used. Still packaged.
Call Tom Nero: (440) 526-4138


•  Ryobi 16-32 thickness sander, complete with stand, and different grit sanding belts.........$350.00
•  Delta cyclone dust collector. Quiet running, seperates fines and chips.....$225.00
•  Ridgid Air filtration System. New, never used...............$125.00
•  Enco 6"x80" edge sander. Table modified to raise and lower. Complete with 15 new, various grit belts............$350.00
Call Jim Bohmer (330) 867-2482

Want to place an ad? E-mail info to Brian Becker or call him at 330-659-5961.

MARK ST. LEGER
by Jim Pugh

John Blainer and I went to the Mark St. Leger program on Oct 12 that was sponsored by the Columbus, Ohio Woodturners (COW). The program was held in the Ohio State industrial arts facility just west of campus (which was a good thing because the 12th was Homecoming Day for Ohio State. I think they won as well.)

We hit the road at just after 6am and found that we had a half hour cushion which gave us time to help carry in some of the material and speak to Mark and the COW newsletter editor, Craig Martin before the festivities began at 9am. The club had donuts; coffee and pop to keep everyone pumped up and then brought in pizza for lunch. The cost of $30 dollars to attend also provided the lunch so we didn't have to pack one.

This is the first time John and I have seen Mark St. Leger and was impressed by his easy going manner and tool skill while making some pretty complex items on a Jet mini lathe. Mark is an Industrial Arts teacher in a remote area of Virginia where the school has less than 300 students and his official school funding for the class year amounts to $150.00. In spite of this, Mark has acquired a nice selection of school lathes using various grants and with the help of the students who make projects that they sell for additional course funding.

Mark began by making a simple little mushroom shaped top that will flip over and spin on the stem if made correctly. He also introduced a 'drop front' scraper he used to quickly hollow under the skirt and along the stem. Next, he made a 'snowman' Christmas ornament that was about 2.5 inches long and had some decoration with a woodburner to add the features and buttons. Both of these items were held in the lathe by first turning a short morse taper, say about ¾" long and tapping it into the drive spindle. Pretty slick.

After that he made a higher tech top similar to the one recently featured in the AAW Journal. He started out with a large brass washer and also used some 3/16 and ¼ inch diameter brass rod. All of these were machined on the lathe - carefully. He made the main top body out of cocobolo wood. Mark's comment was that a top of this type will spin for upwards of 7 minutes. On the first attempt his spun for 5 ½ minutes.

After lunch, the COW members held a silent auction on donated pieces of wood and some other items. Then, members who had brought in show and tell pieces talked briefly about their turnings. A highlight here was several pieces that Andi Wolfe brought in. She was also one of the featured people in the last AAW Journal and uses a botanical theme on many of her decorated turnings. Another lady club member had a very nice coffee table that had an inlayed turned top and a 'barley twist' turned column. There was also a door prize drawing for donated items by various woodworking stores in the Columbus area. These included a Woodwerks hat and a very nice turning smock. A DeWalt coffee mug donated by the Columbus Woodcraft and tee shirt donated by the Columbus Rockler's. Unfortunately, neither John nor I won any of these items.

In the afternoon session Mark made a threaded, spherical hollow box and then went on to make a miniature wooden canteen that he calls a 'flask'. He said the flask was his version of a canteen made by a Swedish turner who's name I didn't write down. Both items were somewhat complex but quite interesting - especially since we had just seen Bill Betticker demonstrate threading at our September meeting. Bill, for your information, Mark has found that he can make external threads on hard maple and other common woods by using a "magic potion" on the male threads. He uses mineral oil and an old tooth brush to coat the wood before threading and then after each threading pass. Says that none of the other potions he tried would do the job but this one works.

During the making of the spherical box, Mark also used another tool that he has come up with. He mounted a ball-end milling cutter into a ¾ inch diameter shaft and used it to hollow end grain. The wood practically flew out of there. Mark also used a small, flat, round scraper to finalize internal surfaces and wasn't too shy about using a skew laid on its side to do detailing, shaping and scraping.

The wooden flask was partially "bowl" turned and partially spindle turned while being remounted a number of times. In essence, it is a flat(ish) sided, round shape flask with wooden ears for putting a string through to hang it over your shoulder. (Mark doesn't drill the holes or put in the string). It is partially hollowed out and then a decorative, turned flat plug is snapped into place to complete the closure on the side. The plug is made from a piece of the original stock and is nearly perfectly grain matched as well. Mark was using ambrosia maple and a streak went right down the side and through the plug as well. The top of the flask has a neck that is machined with a tapered hole for a small cork and is bored (with the spindle gouge) right down into the previously turned cavity. With the addition of some Titebond II glue on the inside to flow around the seam of the side plug, the flask is actually waterproof.

This took us up to 4:30pm which was a half hour beyond the scheduled time but we didn't mind because it gave the football crowd time to clear out before we hit the road. It was a long but very informative day. NCWT can look forward to seeing Mark St. Leger for our two-day demo in February.

Demonstration: Thread Chasing by Bill Bittiker.

Thanks to Bill for an informative and entertaining demo. Two years ago, Bill took a thread chasing class at Arrowmont from Mark St. Leger. Since then he has practiced and learned a lot about the technique. Bill showed us how to make bolts and nuts using his techniques.  Getting into thread chasing costs about $100, $66 for the set of thread chasers and $36 for the arm rest. There are videos on thread chasing by Mark St. Leger and by Allan Batty. Both are recommended by Bill. Click here for demo pictures and information.

Show and tell just keeps getting better and better! Lots of great stuff. Let's fill the table!
Bring your newest creations.

  October Club Challenge, Christmas Ornament

Winner: Stan Starry, Sr.

Runner Up: Brian Becker

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