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NCWT
NEWS
August, 2004
Member
Chapter
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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
440-284-2998
donald.gasler@tri-c.edu
Chester
Gordon, Secretary
216-221-9818
Chester@TwoGordons.com
Jim Bohmer, Treasurer
330-867-2482
gigibone@aol.com
Betty
Werner, Member at Large
440-933-8109
rawegw@attbi.com
Howard Kasdan, Member at
Large
440-247-8849
HPKasdan1@aol.com
Brian
Becker, Newsletter Editor
330-659-5961
bbec31@adelphia.net
Keep you calendar open
November 6th and 7th!
Professional Guest Turner
Stuart Batty
will be visiting for a two day demonstration
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DEMONSTRATIONS & PROGRAMS
Featured
Demonstrator!
King Heiple
Vacuum Chucking Techniques
Turn and Learn
Natural edged article made from a branch.
Raffle
Show and Tell
Annual Ice Cream Social
Again the Ice Cream Social will be in
conjunction with Buckeye Woodturners and will be held at the Raeder
residence in Bath.
The event will be 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Click here
for a map and address.
Featured Demonstrator!
To be announced.
Turn and Learn
Something Inlaid
Box, Paperweight, etc.
Raffle
Show and Tell
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WELCOME JUNE VISITORS
Peter Olechiw
Randolph, NJ
(Tom Olechiw's Nephew)
Jim Hastings
Parma OH
Bert Holman
North Ridgeville OH
Welcome New
Members
No New Members Reported
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President's
Turn
by George Raeder
First, I would like to invite everyone to our annual NCWT
ice cream social. My wife and I are fortunate to again be hosting this
event for all NCWT and Buckeye woodturners on Sunday, August 15th from
2:00 to 4:00 plus. Please come and enjoy our remaining gardens and the
friendship and comradery of our fellow members. I personally plan on
eating lots of ice cream because I'm told it ha no calories, no fat,
and no cholesterol. Believe me?
Second,
a brief story about the neurotic pursuit of interesting and exotic
wood. While on recent vacation to Vancouver, BC, I saw a beautifully
executed bowl made of yellow cedar burl in a gallery. Being told old
growth yellow cedar was grown on Vancouver Island, but rather rare, I
was determined to find some.
Wandering
as usual when we vacation, we stopped at a local lumberyard northwest
of Victoria in Sooke, BC. None there! Sent to Northcoast Hardwoods
nearby. None there, either, but since it was 'Northcoast' I had to buy
two small pieces of Black Limba and a small bubbinga burl. These folks
in particular, as well as all Canadians we met, were extremely helpful
and friendly. And besides, they referred to rare and exotic wood as
'erotic wood' because of the neurotic people that pursued and bought
it. Boy, do they have us figured out!
Then
sent to L & E Hardwoods 10 km away. None there! Small mom and pop
sawmill operation anyway. They graciously called ahead to 'Mike' at
Simmons Hardwoods, 25 km away. He had some yellow cedar. Hurrah! Drove
north of Sooke, BC to a very large sawmill operation owned and
operated by one person, Mike, a very accommodating fellow. After an
hour of looking through maple burls, large hemlock slabs beautiful
clear red cedar planks (3" X 12" X 10'), and lots of yellow
cedar boards, we settled on a piece of old growth 3" X 12" X
26" (to fit in a suitcase) straight grained yellow cedar for
$22.00 American. He had just one week before sold all of his yellow
cedar burl wood to a local carver. Just my luck! But at least now I
have hopes of turning two special bowls worthy of my neurotic pursuit
of an erotic exotic wood.
Editors
Note - According to the President's wife, everything from clothing to
gifts that returned from the trip that were accompanied in the
suitcases by the cedar are now permanently mothproofed!
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Safe
Journey Irving. We Will Remember You!
Irving
Olsen is moving to Tucson, Arizona this month. We will always remember
Irving for his extremely generous contribution of matching funds to
help buy the club's One Way lathe. Irving committed to donate an
amount equal to the the donations of the rest of the club, making the
purchase possible.
Irving
will be 91 this year. He recently competed in a National Photography
Contest, taking 3rd place, and will continue his photographic
artistry.
As
a turner, Irving says that he very much valued the information and
demonstration that the 'club' has given him. He specially thanks
'Larry, Jim, and George' for their many private instructions. "There is nothing like a club who will share, and NCWT
SHARES!"
(Irving Olsen, right, with NCWT President George Raeder.)
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August, 2004 - Scheduled Meeting
Preview
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Guest
Demonstrator
King Heiple -
Vacuum Chucking
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July,
2004 -
MEETING REVIEW
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MEETING NOTES
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We
received a request for a donation to the Craft
Emergency Relief Fund. Based upon King Heiple's research
as reported in last month's newsletter, the club voted
unanimously to donate $100.
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AAW
Symposium Tapes are available for the last 4
years for $65 per year. The club voted to purchase the
tapes for our library.
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NCWT
Club Member Joe Herrmann made several donations
to our library. 2 tapes by Russ Fairchild, the book Beneath
the Bark, 25 Years of Woodturning; and the CD-ROM Silver
Anniversary of Instant Gallery. Many thanks to
Joe for his support!
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Mention
was made that the library cabinet was getting
too small for our holdings. Tom Olechiw volunteered
to make a new Library locker for tapes and DVD's based
upon specifications to be provided by Bill Noce.
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Craft
Supply, USA has
again donated gift certificates for our raffle. Ten
$15 certificates have been donated. In addition,
There is a promotion going... If you can get a $1000 order
from one source they will give a 10 to 15% discount.
They have a series of promotions going on. See www.woodturnerscatalog.com
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Dues to become an NCWT member
are $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. See Treasurer Jim Bohmer.
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Special
Thanks to Rockler for their generous sale
offer. This meeting day the sale for club members
was 20% off everything except power tools and 50% off
yellow tag items. Rockler's gives us meeting day specials
on each meeting day so please support them!
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Ideas
for future demonstrations were solicited from the club.
Requests that were presented were:
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NEWS BITS
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Adirondack Woodturners
are
having their annual symposium on October 30 and 31. Click here
for more info.
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Mike
Novak of Bedford Woodcraft announces a Sorby demo.
"We
will have two demonstrations on October 6th.
The first will be from 1 PM to 4 PM and the second will be
from 6 PM to 9 PM. We
will be having a sale on Sorby tools that will be huge."
Keep the dates in mind!!
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The Great Lakes Woodcarving show will be held September 25 and 26, 2004 in Strongsville. Categories for woodturners include bowl forms, platter forms, closed or lidded, miniatures, and all others. The club will again purchase 20 tables for use by club members. This purchase
was approved unanimously by the membership. Jim Brindle will
coordinate.
There
are still five tables left out of the ten that were purchased by
NCWT. Please sign up with Jim Brindle to display your works!!
The Woodcarving Show
turner's grand prize to be donated by the club will be determined by
competition among club members. The club will pay $100 to the winner of
the competition for his piece. Donations of items for the hourly raffle prizes are also
required from those exhibiting.
Jim
Pugh sends this interesting link for
mini-lathe owners. It is an article on how to convert Jet
mini's to variable speed motors for about $40. See the Rocky
Mountain Woodturners Page and more specifically the tips
and tricks section. Thanks
to recent severe weather, Phyllis Hassler
has access to some newly-cut hickory and maple logs
available at no charge for turning or burning. Please contact
Phyllis at 440-526-5368 to arrange pick-up details.
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FOR
SALE
wMust
Sell - Frank Sudol Large Deep Hollowing System. $400
or best offer. Includes stabilizer, boring bar and bits.
Never opened. Contact Tom Nero. 440-526-4138
wGlass Bead
Sandblasting Cabinet. Top or Side Load. Comes with
material saver. Never used. Can use sand, glass-beads,
ground shells. $600. Contact Tom Nero. 440-526-4138
wDELTA
12" Planer in excellent, almost unused
condition; extra new set of
cutters; dust hood.
Asking
$150.00.
Howard Kasdan, 440-247-8849
wReplicated
Landscape Rocks - Fake, hollow, easy to move realistic looking
"rocks." Sells for $40. Less than half the price
you'll pay for these at garden centers or in gardening catalogs!
Dekkarock brand. In grey tones or brown tones and two different
shapes. Must be picked up at Raeders. 330-836-0147
 
One of the large size rocks (two
views) in brown tone
wTurning
tool for sale
Like new condition and look
like it has never been used:
Sorby1/4"
Parting Tool $20.00
(Retail
39.99)
Bill
Noce will have this tool at the July meeting if
anyone is interested or he can be contacted at
440-997-8908 or
nocnoc@velocity1.net
PLEASE
REMEMBER TO CONTACT BBEC31@ADELPHIA.NET
IF YOUR ITEM SELLS OR IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR SALE, OR
TO ADD NEW ITEMS TO THE FOR SALE COLUMN.
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