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MEETINGS OFFICERS & DIRECTORS Joe Smith, Vice President Donald Wilhelm, Secretary Paul Kosmos, Treasurer Don Karr, Director
at Large Tom Wisnieski,
Director at
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Becker, Newsletter Editor
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DEMONSTRATIONS & PROGRAMS
Two Days No Turn and Learn
Using Epoxies for
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Welcome New
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Welcome Visitors Mike Smith, Cleveland, OH |
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President's
Turn We held our first "LET" program of 2005 after the February meeting. I had hoped to have two "LET's" for each lathe, ten in all. We ended up with five on each lathe and five instructors. The "LET's" were really enthusiastic, happy and want more. We will have another session after the meeting in April and again in May. This time they learn to turn bowls. A million thanks for the master turners who volunteered to help. George Raeder, Joe Quisenberry, Jim Pugh, Howard Kasdan, and Jim Bohmer. John Blainer and Brian Becker were the 'roving teachers' and added their expertise at each lathe. Men like these are ensuring the future of our love of turning. As for all of us, please read the letter from AAW on the future of our passion and you will see how our program is helping to spread lathe education already. |
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LASER ENGRAVING DEMONSTRATION At Rick and June Maiers' February 19, 2005, 2:00 p.m. session by Jim Pugh Once again Rick and June Maier opened up their home to club members so we could see a demonstration of their laser engraver. Unfortunately for us, Rick was flat on his back in bed suffering from flu type symptoms and what my mom used to call "the back door trots" from when the outhouse used to be out the back door. Can you imagine making that kind of trip in this kind of weather...especially when you don't know which end is going to spout first??Anyway, June handled the group that was there and the demo went on as planned and we were able to see three different types of engravings made. Betty Werner had asked if I would like to join Joe Quisenberry and her for the afternoon session. I took Dottie (wife) along as she shouldn't be left by herself for very long and June had made arrangements for ladies and kids to be entertained upstairs while those interested in the demo went on down into the basement workroom.The weather started out with sloppy snow on the ground but the roads were clear by mid-day and the traffic was light so Betty got us there in good style. Joe was co-pilot and navigator and they were both somewhat familiar with the general Akron area so the trip went well. Personally, I can't get to anywhere in downtown Akron without being seriously lost so I don't go there if I don't have to.Back to the demo: Betty had brought a nice vase type turning with a pierced butterfly design on it. She wanted a smaller butterfly image added so Robert Torres found a suitable butterfly image on the computer and cleaned it up so it could be used with the laser. There was some discussion as to where the image should be placed, then Robert wrapped a special paper around the piece and placed it into the laser cabinet. There were also some necessary measurements and adjustments to get everything positioned properly. Also, since the image was going to be put onto a radial surface, it had to be put into a fixture that would rotate as the image was being burned. When all was ready, a trial burn was done onto the paper surface and the image was checked to make sure it was complete. Then the paper was removed, some thinner adhesive material was put into the area of the image burn to keep the surrounding surface from getting smoke stained. The laser burned right through the adhesive material and the sequence had to be repeated several times to get the burn depth desired.The next item was to burn "Miss Hillary" on to the handle of a wooden spoon I had made. This was a much simpler process and the only debate was for which font I wanted to use. It is pretty slick to watch the machine rotating the piece while the laser is burning in the image. I didn't think to ask Robert if the computer selects the turning rate based on the diameter of the piece or if there were some other parameters being used. Obviously this is not a process where you spend a few bucks on some equipment and have at it.George Raeder brought a piece of corian that looked to be about 3 x 4 inches that he wanted engraved so the rotating mechanism had to be removed from the laser cabinet and the remaining flat surface raised to get the item into the correct range for the laser.
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Morrie Hirsch - Bob Garon informed me that NCWT member Morrie Hirsch passed away this month. Please remember Morrie and his family in our thoughts and prayers. |
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Please remember to return all VHS tapes and books taken out last month. Please check out our new Library Catalog page. You will find a list of all books, magazines, video tapes and DVD's owned by the NCWT Library! A link to the library can also be found on the home page of the NCWT website. |
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Must Sell - Glass Bead Sandblasting Cabinet. Top or Side Load. Comes with material saver. Never used. Can use sand, glass-beads, ground shells. $600. Also, Jet 1236 lathe for sale. Contact Tom Nero. 440-526-4138 Delta
Lathe Model 46-450. Serial Number EV796. Turning JET 12" Band Saw, like
new. Used sparingly for less than two years. $250. Walker
Turner continuously variable speed wood lathe and accessories,
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