NEWS
JUNE, 2003

MEETINGS

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

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

George Raeder, President
330-836-0147
gpraeder@msn.com

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

Chester Gordon, Secretary
216-221-9818
Chester@TwoGordons.com

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

Jim Duxbury, Member at Large
440-237-6116 
cyberdux@attglobal.net

Betty Werner, Member at Large
440-933-8109
rawegw@attbi.com

Brian Becker, Newsletter Editor
330-659-5961 
bbec31@adelphia.net

DEMONSTRATIONS & PROGRAMS

June 7, 2003
Featured Demonstration
Bowl Turning with the Hout Signature Gouge – AAW Board Member and North Coast Woodturners founding member Dave Hout

Turn and Learn: Multi-axis turning
Raffle
Show and Tell

MEETING PARKING NOTE:
Best Buy has requested that we do not park in front of the store or along Brookpark Road.  They want us to park to the west in front of the closed stores.  We were requested to move our cars at the break so we would not be taking these important parking spots. (As you consider patronizing Best Buy, please note the crowded parking area that was so important to the store manager.)

July, 2003
Featured Demonstration
“Toolmaking” 

President's Turn
by George Raeder

This month I would like to review some of the history of the North Coast Woodturners club as I understand it, and offer some suggestions on how we might capitalize on our current status.

North Coast was founded in the late 1980’s by Dave Hout and others when Dave was a shop teacher at Coventry High School, south of Akron. The club met monthly at the high school and grew to include members from all over northeast Ohio, including a large contingent from the Cleveland area. For a variety of reasons, in 1993 the membership decided to split into two separate clubs; North Coast Woodturners, mostly from the Cleveland area) and the new Buckeye Woodworkers and Turners, mostly from the Summit/Stark county areas.

Over the next ten years, even though numerous people belonged to both clubs, the organizations distanced their activities from one another, became increasingly autonomous, and structured their respective organizations to meet (unique) membership goals. Even today, Buckeye often has multi-faceted demonstrations on woodworking topics unrelated to woodturning, while North Coast remains purely a woodturning organization. 

Historically, North coast has a summer ice cream social and Buckeye has a picnic for their respective memberships. It occurred to me, since some sixteen people belong to both clubs, why not have a combined gathering? After NCWT board discussions and conversation with Bruce Lance, president of Buckeye, it was agreed to have a joint NCWT/Buckeye “Ice Cream Social” on Sunday, July 20, 2003, at my home which is approximately centered between the combined memberships.

One of the major purposes of this purposely structured social event is to allow the memberships to mingle, “talk ship”, become acquainted, learn what each club is doing, and perhaps gain additional crisscross membership. In addition, this event will hopefully dissolve any rivalries that may exist and formulate potential for future collaborative activities between the clubs. If nothing else, we could share expenses for guest turners and have more of them. Now, the next very good question you should be asking is – Where would we have a combined membership demonstration???  

JUNE 2003, MEETING PREVIEW


 Scheduled Demonstration 

Bowl Turning with the Hout Signature Gouge – AAW Board Member and North Coast Woodturners founding member Dave Hout

 Turn and Learn: Multi-Axis Turning. Any item turned on more than one axis
Show and Tell: Bring your NEW (made in past 3 months) projects. Get some advice, give others inspiration. Brag a little!
Raffle: Bring wood, tools, etc. for the raffle to help us raise some money. 
Our thanks go out to local vendors that help us with their donations. 
Please patronize them to show our appreciation.

JOIN NCWT NOW!      PAY DUES AT ANY MEETING.

MAY, 2003 -  MEETING REVIEW
May Turn and Learn : Sphere, 3” or larger.

Top Pick: Jim Shuster                                                     Runner Up: Joe Quisenberry

                                  

May Demonstration
Joe Quisenberry
 Turned Lamp Making

Thanks Joe Quisenberry for a very enlightening and informative demo on lamp making. Joe went through steps in mounting, boring, turning and assembling a hand turned lamp.  We were treated to many pictures of lamps and other articles that Joe has made over the years. Some very interesting and artistic works.

May Meeting Notes

  • AAW Insurance, clarification. – Please note that AAW insurance is for visitors of AAW Chapter events.  It covers only local Chapter activities. The insurance will not cover home activities of AAW members unless the activity is an approved local Chapter event.  

  • The AAW National Convention is in Pasadena, CA this year. George Raeder has applications.

  • We would like spouse’s and significant other’s names for special communications and summer gatherings. Please list your partner’s name on the attendance sheet so we can collect the names.

  •  Dues are due!!! If you have not yet paid your 2003 dues, please see Jim Bohmer to get up to date. There is a roster on the back table. Those who have not yet paid their dues are highlighted in red. If you believe there has been a mistake, see Jim to get it straightened out right away.

  • Dues to become an NCWT member $55, $35 for national AAW dues and $20 for local NCWT dues.  Any member of NCWT member must also be a member of AAW, but if you already have a current membership in AAW, you need only pay the $20 local fee.

  • Thad Badowski will be taking orders for long and short sleeve club shirts at the April meeting. Denim and sweatshirts are $27, golf shirts are $18 ($20 XXL). He will keep up the order taking for the next couple months.  Please pay in advance.

  •  Name tag orders will be taken, see Rick Maier. $4.

  • Members!!! Check your books, magazines and tapes for any Northcoast library items.  There are several items that have been out a long time and need to be returned so others can enjoy.  Please help us get these items back to the NCWT library.

  • Welcome May meeting visitor Lewis Enoch of Seven Hills, OH. Hope you'll be back soon as a member!

Raffle Income - $153.00. Thanks for your support and please keep the donations coming. Please thank (patronize) Woodcraft of Bedford Heights for their donation of ebony lumber and Craft Supplies for their gift certificates.

NEWS BITS

  • Joe Herrman is developing a new American Woodturning magazine.  He wants to make this magazine a meaningful magazine for American Woodturners.  Please CLICK HERE to print and complete the questionnaire. Mail to: Joe Herrman , 160 W. Cedar Street , Jefferson, OH 44067

  • Display at Richfield Library - Thanks to those people that brought in items for the Richfield Library display.  The comments by library patrons have been outstanding.  Several years ago, we talked about getting our turning into some of the local libraries, and many of our members have done just that.  Unfortunately, we don’t usually get to hear the comments of the library patrons.  In this case, Karen Becker works at the library and had the opportunity to hear the comments first hand.  What we do is truly amazing to many other people. The level of interest was very high, and every comment was extremely positive. Many thanks to Jim Bohmer, King Heiple, Don Karr, Joe Krapps, George Raeder, Bill Noce, Brian Becker and Bob Skinner, who donated their works for the display.

  • In gathering items for the Richfield Library display, I had the fortunate opportunity to stop at Bob Skinner’s home. I found that Bob is not only a talented turner, but also cabinet maker, carver, and just wonderful with about all aspects of woodworking and art.

                              

     The Skinner home is filled with many, many works of art made by Bob and his wife. CLICK HERE for more photos from the Skinner collection.

  • For sale – Bob Peter is unfortunately ill and not turning much these days.  He has quite a bit of lumber that he is looking to sell. There is a lot of bowl stock and other lumber. Please contact Bob.  440-442-0538.
FYI FROM OHSA

Wood dust becomes a potential health problem when wood particles from processes such as sanding and cutting become airborne. Breathing of these particles may cause allergic respiratory effects, mucosal and nonallergic respiratory effects, and cancer. The extent of these hazards and the associated wood types have not been clearly established.

In addition to the health effects of wood dust, airborne dust can create the potential for a dust explosion.

As a general rule hardwoods are more hazardous to human health than softwoods. There are exceptions, in particular western red cedar, a softwood, is usually identified as one of the most hazardous to human health. The health effects appear to be related to the concentration of tannin and similar compounds in the wood.

Visit http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/wooddust/ for more information on this and other important safety issues.

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