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APRIL 2006

I’m sitting here at my computer with the sun shining in my kitchenwindow. The birds are singing, my daffodils are starting to bloom,and so I think we’re finally seeing the beginning of springtime. It’sabout time! I bought a snow blower for my hubby last December, andwe didn’t get to use it much this winter. Not that I’m complaining,mind you, but I do like to see the change of seasons. Spring is verywelcome, I must say.

We had a good visit with Nick Cook in March, and he has donated allof his demonstration pieces to be given away during our volunteers’ raffle in May. This is our thank youto all our club volunteers, who will have a ticket in the hat for each time they volunteered throughout the2005-2006 club season. There are still a few opportunities for the April and May meetings, so if you’dlike to participate in the raffle, please be sure to volunteer your time during the next two meetings.Barbara Crockett keeps track of our volunteers in the infamous “blue book.”

Our April meeting will be full of hands-on activities with five simultaneous lathe demonstrations ofhollowing techniques. This is your chance to have some help in using hollowers such as the SorenBerger tool, David Ellsworth hollowing tools, captured bar systems, and several other styles ofhollowing tools on the market.

Officer elections are just around the corner. Floyd Anstaett presented a slate of candidates at the Marchmeeting, but if you would like to serve the club in any fashion, we are still seeking nominations forPresident, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. Of those offices, the Treasurer and Secretary haveexpressed a willingness to continue their service (thanks, Craig and Claudia).

I really enjoyed our Program Director’s challenge from the past couple of meetings. I was amazed athow many interesting saves were brought in for the March show-and-tell session. April is usually themonth where we bring in our big mistakes for an “April Fool’s” show and tell session. I don’t want tobreak with tradition, so please do bring in your mistakes for an “April Fool’s President’s Challenge.”Since May will be my last opportunity for a President’s challenge, I will put my own stamp on that one.In May, I challenge you to bring in a turning that features surface enhancements – coloring, carving,pyrography, texturing, etc.

We are still seeking volunteers to help with the AAW symposium June 22 – 24. Our club hasvolunteered to help with AAW product sales, the youth turning program, the banquet auction, and the“learn to turn” session. We’re doing pretty well on all the categories, except we need more helpers on

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the product sales. If you are willing to help through one rotation during the symposium, please add yourname to our growing list of volunteers. Thanks!

Speaking of thanks, a big THANK YOU goes to Barbara Crockett, Devon Palmer, Craig Wright, JimHerrell, Walt Betley, Ron Damon and the staff at Wood Werks for making our visit with Nick Cook sosuccessful.

PROGRAM NEWSby Barbara Crockett

Spring is finally here and so are lots ofwoodturning events for Central OhioWoodturners to look forward to!

The April meeting will be a hands-on eveningwith a wide variety of hollowing tools for you totry. Some of the hollowing tools will includethe new OneWay boring bar with laser to keeptrack of thickness, Ellsworth hollowing system,Berger hollowing tool, Sorby multi-tiphollowing tool and Donald Derry’s hollowingsystem with laser.

In May we will feature spindle turning forfurniture. Presenters will include Ron Grady,Freddy Dutton and possibly others. If you areexperienced in this type of turning and wouldlike to participate in the demo please let meknow.

This year we have added another meeting forthe month of June. The meeting will featureinternationally known teacher and demonstrator,Jimmy Clewes who will be visiting the US fromEngland. The meeting will be on our regular 2nd

Tuesday of the month and at OSU. There willbe NO charge to members for this meeting, sohopefully we will have a terrific turnout. Thepresentation will be three hours long so therewill be no business meeting or show ‘n tell thatnight. We will have refreshments and a shortintermission. We are debating whether or not tomove this meeting up to 6:30 so that we canfinish around 9:30 to get our friends from out oftown on the road at a little more reasonable

time. This issue will be discussed at the Aprilmeeting so come prepared to share your prosand cons with us. I will have more informationon Jimmy and his demonstration at the Apriland May meetings so everyone can see what wehave to look forward to.

Jimmy will also be teaching a hands-on class thefollowing day (June 14th) for six participants. Ifwe have additional interest, a second day ofhands-on can be added on the 15th, but we willneed to have a full class to cover expenses.Don’t miss this opportunity to receive a full dayof hands-on instruction with an internationallyknown teacher. He has yet to send a detailedcourse description but has promised it “soon”.To get a better idea of the kinds of hands-onclasses he teaches, check out his web site atwww.jimmyclewes.com .

The following week offers the AAW nationalsymposium just down the road in Louisville. Ifyou have never attended one of these nationalevents, don’t miss this one! It’s a short driveand well worth your time. The trade show aloneis awesome. You can see every woodturninggadget from a complete array of lathes to wood,tools and finishing supplies. Many vendorshave paid demonstrators on the trade show floorto assist turners with the use of their tools. Theslate of professional demonstrators isoutstanding. There is something for everyoneregardless of your experience or interest.Another reason to attend is the drawing that willbe held for 5 OneWay lathes and 50 gift

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certificates being offered by Packard. Whetheryou have turned one day or a lifetime you willleave this event so full of new ideas that youcan’t wait to jump on the lathe and try them out.

Also, don’t forget to get your ornaments turnedfor the community service project. You canbring in your ornaments up through the Junemeeting for me to deliver in Louisville.

In July we have yet another special event. OnSaturday July 8th we will have an all-dayseminar with guest turner Jean-FrancoisEscoulen. This meeting will be held in theclassroom at Woodwerks Supply from 9:00 –4:00. Cost will be $25 for members. Seating islimited to 75 persons, so sign up early withCraig Wright to reserve your space.

We are also planning to continue and improveour Saturday mentoring program. May – Septmentoring will be hosted by Woodcraft outsideon their front walk. October – April will behosted by Woodwerks in their indoor classroom.We are trying to set a designated Saturday ofeach month for consistency. More will becoming soon about this great opportunity fornew and experienced turners alike to gettogether and share tips and techniques.

I am also looking for volunteers to host openshops this summer. You don’t have todemonstrate or anything formal; simply bewilling to share your shop with some fellowturners who would like to make some shavings.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR’S CHALLENGE FOR THE LOUSIVILLESYMPOSIUM

Barbara Crockett

Each year at its annual symposium, AAW has a “Return to the Community” project.This year in Louisville, the AAW will collect Christmas ornaments. These ornamentswill be delivered to the Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville. Each year the hospitalcollects ornaments and decorated trees and auctions them or sells them to raise money tohelp kids in need. Let’s see how many ornaments Central Ohio Woodturners can turnbetween now and June. All ornaments should be turned in to me by Thursday June 14 th

so I can deliver them the following week at the symposium. If you have never made anornament before and would like to learn how, see me at one of our next meetings and Iwill connect you with a woodturning mentor who can help you.

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TREASURER’S REPORT – Craig Wright

We will be hosting Jimmy Clewes for an evening demo on June 13th and a hands-on class on June 14 th. Quoting from hiswebsite, “Jimmy is not your ordinary woodturner. Upon a first meeting one would think of him as a renegade, a free thinkerand not within the stereotypical image of a woodturner. His charming British style, unending wit, creative mind and magneticpersonality are only some of the attributes that make him popular in the woodturning demonstration circuit”. I saw Jimmy atthe Cincinnati Symposium in last October. This is a great opportunity to learn from a master.

Also start planning for your trip to the 20th Annual National AAW Symposium in Louisville, Kentucky on June 22-24, 2006.The annual symposium will not be held at a location this close to Columbus for several years. Everyone one of you willbenefit by attending this world-class event. This year’s symposium will feature more than 150 demonstrations, 900+ pieces inthe Instant Gallery. There will also be lots of door prizes and three special exhibitions. For more information or to register toattend, please visit the American Association of Woodturners website at http://www.woodturner.org.

Remember to visit our website at http://www.centralohiowoodturners.org before each monthly meeting for any last minuteinformation. Even though the website still has many pages that need to be added, there is plenty of interesting information tobe enjoyed. If you have any woodturning related articles that you would like to see on our website, please send them to theWebmaster.

Also remember that the Central Ohio Woodturners is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(C)(3) charitableorganization. Any donations given to the Central Ohio Woodturners may be tax deductible. Donations do not include thepayment of your membership dues or other payments where you receive something of equal (or greater) value in exchange.

Financial SummaryStarting Balance (February 28, 2006) $2752.39Total Income $2057.00Total Expenses $2168.00Ending Balance (March 31, 2006) $2641.39

Profit and Loss StatementIncome Expenses

Apparel Income $0.00 Apparel Expenses $0.00Donations $0.00 Bank Charge $8.00Group Purchase Income $12.00 Equipment $81.66Guest Turner Demonstrations $615.00 Gifts $0.00Guest Turner Hands-on Classes $975.00 Group Purchase Expense $12.00Membership Dues $455.00 Miscellaneous Expenses $0.00Silent Auction Income $0.00 Postage and Delivery $37.80

Printing and Reproduction $122.25Refreshments: Guest Turner Events $320.48Refreshments: Monthly Meeting $60.66Refunds $25.00Rental $0.00Speaker Expenses $67.50Speaker Fees $950.00Supplies: Office $0.00Supplies: Turning $0.00Supplies: Wood $25.00Travel Expenses $457.65Video $0.00Website $0.00

Total Income $2057.00 Total Expenses $2168.00

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SWEEPINGS – by Editor, DAN DAPRA

All seventh-grade girls in my school had to takeHome Economics, and all seventh-grade boyshad to take shop. It didn’t matter if a girlcouldn’t boil water and didn’t know which endof a needle to thread, or if a boy couldn’t drive anail in a snowdrift with a sledgehammer ordistinguish between board and bored. When Iwas a senior in high school the administrationfinally let girls take shop (a mistake), and letboys take Home Economics (a bigger mistake),but until then the matter was preordained andthere was no getting around it.

I hated school, and as a student I was bothpathetic and apathetic. Nothing interested meexcept reading, but I looked forward to takingshop because I had already learned a few basicwoodworking skills. It annoyed me that weweren’t allowed to use any power tools inseventh-grade shop, but it still seemed like anattractive escape from my other classes.

My father had a ten-inch table saw, wired for220 volts, that he used constantly while he builtour new house, and he taught me to use it. Theonly blade he owned had eight carbide-tippedteeth and he used it for everything, from cuttingsheets of ¼” plywood to resawing framinglumber that he scavenged from abandonedbuildings. The saw was deafeningly loud andnone too accurate and various people used itscast-iron top as an anvil, but it served itspurpose and that’s what I learned on.

I didn’t know it before, but I soon learnedthat Mr. Larson, the shop teacher, was ameticulous woodworker and a stickler for detailand procedure. Instead of letting us plungeheadlong into working with wood, he spentabout six weeks imparting basic knowledge.The first thing we had to learn was how tocompute board feet, and that was nearly ourcollective undoing. I don’t know how manytimes I heard him explain it: “Multiply thenumber of pieces times the thickness times the

width times the length and divide the total bytwelve if all dimensions are given in feet, or by144 if all dimensions are in inches.” Hetypically handed out a list of problems to solve,numbered from one to twenty, and alwayscautioned “Do these on the back of the page andin a workmanlike fashion so if you’re having aproblem I’ll be able to see what it is.”

One of my classmates, who was otherwisegood at math, always got the first problem rightand invariably missed the following nineteen.No amount of coaching or reviewing seemed tohelp him. Finally, Mr. Larson watched over hisshoulder as he did a few problems, anddiscovered that the boy was doing everythingright-except that he was including the number ofthe problem with the dimensions of the lumber.

Another student was sweating bullets as hestruggled to add ¾ and ¾. Mr. Larson patientlyhelped him, being as nice as he could. He didn’teven crack a smile when the boy looked up withhis desperate answer: “Six eighths?”

The students in this seventh-grade shop classwere beset by the problems that are probablytypical of all shop classes: apathy, inability topay attention, fear of the tools, fear of slivers,fear of getting dirty, lack of imagination, andgeneral bewilderment. Those of us who hadsome experience with power tools resentedbeing restricted to using hand tools, and thosewho had no experience at all resented having totake the class in the first place. They wanted totake welding, which my school didn’t offer.Everyone had to make a clipboard, a hot dishholder, and a small shadow box, all to specificdimensions, before being allowed to make aproject of our own choosing, Before we couldstart these projects, however, we had tocomplete a test piece.

Mr. Larson gave everyone an identical pieceof pine, ¾” by approximately 4” x 6”, and wewere instructed to reduce the piece to certain

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specific measurements within a given length oftime. All corners were to be square, all edgesstraight, all surfaces flat, and we had to work onat least five of each piece’s six surfaces. Mr.Larson had prudently marked every surface withred ink to reduce the temptation to cheat.

After he graded all the test pieces he laidthem out on a work bench for evaluation anddiscussion. I wanted to hide. I didn’t wantanyone to see my piece. I wanted to takewelding. They were a misshapen assortment,somewhat grubby, and some of them rockedinstead of lying flat. Several of them couldn’tbe laid on edge or stood on end without falling

over, and all bore untidy hieroglyphs left bymarking gauges, plane irons, bench dogs,pencils, and over-tightened clamps. I’m surethat there was a lecture about workmanship andfollowing instructions, but it couldn’t have beentoo harsh or I would have remembered it. Ididn’t receive the highest grade on theassignment, or the lowest. I was on my way torealizing that developing skill as a woodworkeris like bidding on something at an auction: itdoesn’t matter where you start or how long ittakes you to get where you’re going; whatmatters is where you stop.

MARCH MEETING SHOW & TELL

RALPH KUBAL

RICHARD RUEHLE

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AL SCHMIDT BARB CROCKETT

CHUCK KEMP

DAN ROBEY

JIM BURROWES

GEORGE RAEDER

JIM ELIOPULOS

CHALLENGE PIECES

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DEVON PALMER

ED MILLER

MARK DAMRON

RON FISHER

RODGER LYNCH

RUTH THOMAS

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JEAN HOCK

DON LEHMAN JOEL BOSSLEY

CRAIG WRIGHT

FREDDY DUTTON

WALT BERCHAK

GUESTS ANDMEMBERS OFOTHER CLUBSARE ALWAYSWELCOME AT

OUR MONTHLYMEETINGS.COME SEE

WHAT WE AREDOING!!

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1.) NICK COOK2.) WALT BETLEY3.) DAVE BOWERS4.) DAVID ELLSWORTH5.) J.R. BEALL6.) BOB ROSAND7.) FREDDY DUTTON8.) ED MILLER9.) JERRY GLASER10.) THE DAMONS11.) JEAN HOCK12.) CHRISTIAN BURCHARD13.) THE BAUMGARDNERS14.) BARABARA CROCKETT15.) LOWELL CONVERSE16.) JACQUES VESERY17.) CLAUDIA TAYLOR18.) ANDI WOLFE19.) CRAIG WRIGHT20.) CHUCK KEMP

_____Photographer known for turning captive rings._____Specializes in collection plates._____Demonstrated hollow form, carving &woodburning techniques._____Famous turner/toolmaker who introduced us toalternative steels._____Has made over 250,000 bottle stoppers._____Turner/inventor from Newark, OH._____Pioneered hollowing techniques._____Has more wood then he can turn in fivelifetimes._____COW member with over 70 years woodturningexperience._____Turner who writes for “AMERICANWOODTURNING magazine & makes greatChristmas ornaments._____COW member who has played host to manyfamous woodturners._____Creates extraordinary ribbon carvings._____COW officer who takes all the notes._____COW officer who has been to Australia and whocreated “Dylan’s Song.”_____Who you think of when you hear “Woodcraft.”_____Guest artist known for turning madrone burlbaskets._____Who you think of when you hear “WoodWerks.”_____Taught “Segmenting 101” to COW members._____COW officer good with cash & likes hybrids._____COW officer who taught Oct. Beginners’ corneron texturing and knows fine wines!

NORTH COAST WOODTURNERSPAUL KOSMOS

SEE IF YOU CAN MATCH THE DESCRIPTIONS ON THE RIGHT WITH THE FAMILIARNAMES ON THE LEFT. (MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT PUZZLE

QUESTIONS {AND ANSWERS} FOR FUTURE NEWLETTERS).

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LOWELL CONVERSE DEMONSTRATED HIS EXPERTISE INMAKING SEGMENTED PROJECTS TO AN EAGER AUDIENCE

AT THE MARCH MONTHLY MEETING

JOIN US FOR LOTS OF GREAT DEMONSTRATIONS AND CLUBMEMBER SHARING OF WOODTURNING TECHNIQUES!!

CENTRAL OHIO WOODTURNER’SMEETINGS ARE HELD EVERY 2ND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH –

SEPTEMBER THRU MAY FROM 7:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AT THE OHIOSTATE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY BUILDING

LOCATED AT 1100 KINNEAR ROAD, COLUMBUS, OHIOMEMBERSHIP DUES FOR COW ARE $25.00 PER PERSON OR $30.00 PERCOUPLE OR FAMILY – SEND DUES TO: CRAIG WRIGHT, TREASURER

COLLABORATIVE UPDATEDave Bowers

The Chapter Collaborative project is coming along. We have a number of members making parts.I have a few more that need to be made and assigned to some specific chapter members. I willcontact those members shortly. When we get all the parts in, we will need to have abuilding/assembly day(s). Days and times will be announced later, but if you can give part of a dayand have some technical expertise, your help would be appreciated. Let’s get it done in time forLouisville. If there are questions about the project, please call 740-927-9764 or emailsbowers5@columbus.rr.com

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GOBLET COMMISSION -- Contributed by Floyd Anstaett

I consider myself to be a bowl turner of sorts. Ienjoy the process and the product of bowl making,and that’s what I spend the majority of my turningtime doing. There’s nothing wrong with thisexcept that it can mask the pleasure that can bederived from turning object other than bowls.

I recently had the opportunity to turn an orderof goblets similar to one that I displayed at theGranville Inn craft show last November. Thisproject started with a call from a lady who bringsmaple syrup and maple syrup products to theGranville Inn show. She and her husband ownand operate a farm near Fredericktown where theytap their maple trees and make syrup and maplecandy. She had seen the goblet that I had ondisplay and wanted nine similar pieces asconfirmation gifts for nine young people who arebecoming members of the local Methodist church.

I sold the goblet during the Granville show,and since I didn’t remember its exactspecifications I made a prototype, called thecustomers, and invited them to come down andmake sure that it was what they wanted. Theywere quite happy with it, and we negotiated aprice that we could all live with. The requesteddelivery date was the middle of May, which gaveme plenty of time-a good thing, because I am notthe fastest goblet maker in the world.

The majority of the bowls that I make areturned into face grain, whereas goblets are turnedin spindle orientation and hollowed out into theend grain. This requires the use of techniques thatare different from those used in traditional bowlturning, and it reinforces the theory that regardlessof what type of turning you are doing, you have touse sharp tools. I have noticed that some turners,including myself, can tend to be a little carelesswhen it comes to maintaining a sharp edge on ascraper. If any turning tool needs a sharp, high-quality edge, it’s the scraper.

Turning these objects required the use ofspindle turning techniques in part because of the

orientation of the wood on the lathe and alsobecause it was necessary to make nine identicalpieces. Doing a job like this always renews myrespect for turners who make large numbers ofspindle turnings that are all the same. It’s a wholelot easier to make a one-off piece than it is tomake duplicates. I would recommend thateveryone take on a short production run of sometype once in a while just to see what’s involved. Ifind it to be an enjoyable change of pace, but Idon’t think that I would want to do it every day.

Let’s deal with some of the tools andequipment that I found useful on this job.

One of the first things that becomes evidentwhen turning a goblet is that it’s necessary tocontrol vibration. I used the Oneway BowlSteady to dampen vibration during the initialshaping of the outside of the bowl. Once the bowlwas hollowed out and finished, I used the largebullnose cone that’s included in the OnewayRevolving Center package to control vibrationduring the rest of the turning operation.

For cutting tools, I used four different gouges,a skewed and a straight-across chisel, twoscrapers, and a parting tool. You are correct ifyou assume that I don’t subscribe to the theory ofusing as few tools as possible to do a job; actually,I tend to use whatever tools I have to do the jobeasily and well.

The blanks were turned round between centersand then mounted in a Oneway Stronghold chuckfor the majority of the turning. I used a jam chuckcombined with the tailstock while I turned thebottom of the base. Beware of jam chucks. Theyprovide a somewhat limited grip. I thought that Icould get away with turning away the little pip ofmaterial that is left under the tailstock center,which, of course, required doing some turning onthe bottom without the tailstock in place.Disaster! The finished goblet came off the jamchuck and rattled around, breaking a chunk out ofthe foot, and landed on the floor. Much anguish

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and no small amount of swearing followed thatlittle episode.

Hollowing the bowl is probably the mostdifficult part of making a goblet. Hollowing intoend grain is not the easiest thing you can do on alathe, and given that the cup of a goblet is oftendeeper than it is wide, getting a nice smooth curvein the bottom of the cup can present somedifficulties. I wish that I could tell you a niceeasy way of finish-turning the bottom of theinside of a goblet, but so far I haven’t found one.Mostly it requires the use of very sharp round-nosed scrapers and lots of practice. It gets a littleeasier as you go along, and by the time I hadfinished the ninth goblet I was beginning to get alittle better at it. Unfortunately, I probably won’tmake any more goblets for a long time, and bythen I’ll probably have forgotten most of thelessons I learned during the production of thesepieces.

Generally speaking, when using a scraper tohollow an end-grain turning I will drill a pilot holedown the center of the cup and then use a round-or oval-nosed scraper to remove the material. Thecutting motion that I use is from the center outand uphill. Technically, that’s cutting with thegrain. I also use a sharp bowl gouge and cut fromthe rim to the center going downhill, using thesame type of cut that I would use while hollowinga bowl. I realize that this is cutting against thegrain, but if it’s done carefully with a sharp tool,it’s an effective and efficient way of removingmaterial.

Sanding end grain can present some problems.The system that I finally selected for finish-sanding the bottoms of the bases involved thecareful use of three-inch sanding discs in a drillpress, followed by hand-sanding. Sanding the

inside of the cup was pretty straightforward until Istarted trying to sand the curve in the bottom. Itwas difficult to get my fingers inside whileholding onto the abrasive and applying controlledpressure to the surface without breaking off one ormore fingers and scraping my wrist on the rim ofthe cup. I finally came up with a tool that is anexpansion of the slotted stick that Richard Raffinshows in his box-turning book. Rather than tryingto describe it here, I’ll just bring the thing to thenext meeting and anyone who is interested canlook at it.

Some miscellaneous notes: Have a set of calipers set to each piece’s

major dimensions and labeled so that you are notconstantly adjusting calipers.

Remember that the human eye is moresensitive to differences in height than in diameter.In other words, if you mess up on the height of anelement on a spindle, everyone will notice it andmost likely tell you about it. If you mess up alittle bit on the diameter of an element, mostpeople will probably not notice it.

Try to develop a routine when doingmultiples. I think that I pretty well had myroutine down pat on these goblets by the thirdpiece.The finish that I used on these pieces is themineral oil and beeswax finish that I use on themajority of the items I make. These goblets werenot meant to be used to drink from. I suspect thatany type of wine or other spirits would stain thewood, and I imagine that the beeswax woulddissolve in the wine and give it an odd flavor.

Final analysis: The project was fun, and eventhough I didn’t charge a lot of money for eachpiece, it was profitable.

LUMBER FOR SALELimited quantity of oak, cherry, and walnut in random sizes available for turning or other

projects. Some surfaced, some rough-sawn, all pieces have been indoors for twenty years orlonger. Selection includes three 19” wide oak slabs and a few pieces of dimensional walnut andcherry. For additional information please call Joe McKnight, 451-6641, or Dan Dapra, 451-5830.

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NICK COOKDEMONSTRATION

BOTTLE STOPPER & COLLETT

PLATTER TURNING AND SCORCHINGTECHNIQUES

DEMO PIECES

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TURNING TRUISMS, TIPS, AND TIDBITSFROM NICK COOK

Contributed by Booker Brooks

Central Ohio Woodturners was fortunate to host Nickcook for a full-day demonstration held in the presentationroom at WoodWerks. Starting with the mostfundamental truism in turning, Nick advised the crowd tostart with the bevel; next, when beading with the skew,use the heel only. When doing vees, be patient. Don’ttry to remove too much material at once. Vees are donewith the point, with the tool upside down. Don’t getahead of the cutting edge of the tool.

Nick proceeded to demonstrate varioussmall turnings. He started with a Christmas treeornament shaped much like an old-time clothespin.When accenting the snowman’s hatband he used anunusual method to burn the band. He introduced theedge of a tempered Masonite tile to burn the thin band. Itworked wonderfully in about three seconds. He thensuggested a couple of sources for various paints to accentyour turnings. He recommended Polymark dimensionalfabric paint, available at Wal-Mart for about 75 cents, toadd the eyes, mouth, and nose. When adding the orangenose, he demonstrated that a dab-on technique with aquick pull-away produced a pointed nose. He suggestedbennywoodworks.com as a source for small fittings suchas eyes.

The next demo was a spurtle for stirringfood. Whatever length of spurtle you turn should be twothirds dimension working area and one third dimensionfor the handle, separated by about 1” of decorativeturning.

Nick had previously prepared a piece ofwood to be turned for a baby rattle. He had routed tworectangular holes from matching pieces that he gluedback together before turning. He suggested that fivebeans make the best sound. He strongly advised that thehandle end of the rattle have a 1” or larger ball at the endto keep a baby from choking on it.

Proceeding to spinning tops, Nick hadnumerous tidbits. Generally, he uses 2 x 2 hard maplefor the tops. He colors as he goes, sometimes chatteringthe wood while it is being turned over Jacob drill chucks.He believes that the collets do now “skew” small pieces,as the chucks do. When sanding a cocobolo top he uses220, 400, and 600-grit wet paper. He drills cocobolowith a parabolic bit post-market shaped to a brad point toit won’t dance off a hard wood like cocobolo. He uses a“good” 3/8” maple or beech dowel to form the point andhandle. “Good” means not purchased from a big-boxstore.

He turned a few of his favoritemoneymaking bottle stoppers next. One was a Christmas

tree that had four turned slants. It was predrilled with adowel to a depth of one inch. He uses translucent dyeson the poplar with two coats of lacquer separated by 24hours of drying time. He also turned a ball bottle topfrom cocobolo. He charges $15 for both turningsbecause it takes longer to produce the poplar top.

To finish the pre-lunch session Nick turneda small box. He didn’t drill the top for depth. He used aspecial tool to clear out the end-grain wood by starting inthe middle and pushing the handle out away from hisbody. He used a specially-ground tool that looks like abedan (with a 1/8” cut-out section) to produce perfectrepeatable lips with straight sides for mating with thebottom. When parting, Nick prefers to let the end-grainobjects drop into his hand, rather than try to hold them asthey part off, because that slight hand pressure can causethe short grain of the piece to tear out.

After lunch, Nick created a pepper millthat he left with the club for auction or as a reward to avolunteer. He creates a 10” mill from 11” stock, with atenon on each end, and one about 3” down to form thetwo parts of the mill. He parts the middle tenon downthe middle. He cuts his pieces on the bandsaw with afifteen-degree bias to produce the beautiful contrasts anddesigns once shaped. He used various sizes of Forstnerbits chucked in the tailstock to drill the blank. He hand-rotated the tailstock to create the hole. (Shopsmithowners would extend the quill from the headstock for thesame operation.) He suggested that we research hisarticle on this subject that was printed in the AAWJournal a couple of years ago. He uses a jam chuck inthe bottom to keep the top and bottom together forshaping. Note: always start your shaping at the junctureof the top and bottom so that you don’t limit your designoptions later. He suggests that you cut a donut of coloredpaper to place between the top and bottom beforepressing the two sides together so that you will be able tosee where that line is while you are shaping. The coloredpaper, unlike a pencil line, never wears out. He prefers aurethane oil finish topped with coats of Briwax. He wasusing a plunge screwdriver to insert the mechanisms thata lot of people were interested in. He suggested that asource might be www.toolsforworkingwood.com., or LeeValley.

Nick finished with a turned 12” platter ofash that he burned. He trued the bottom after explainingthat it is important to keep the tool’s orientation on thetool rest exactly the same all the way across. He thencreated a dovetail middle for an expansion chuck. Theblank started out 1 13/16” thick. To create the bottom

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curve he cantilevers the tool rest and uses his body as amoving arc to form the bottom.

Nick discussed the difference between ashear cut and a shear scrape. The shear cut rides on theentire bevel. It removes the tiny tearout that occurs at thejuncture of side grain and end grain around the workpiece. The shear scrape is created when the tool is turnedalmost upside down, within 1/16” to 1/8” of the wood’ssurface.

Nick then removed the platter from thescrew mounting, turned it around, and chucked it in thedovetail. He turned a crowned edge on the platter whilecommenting that a crowned lip gives more depth to aplatter than does a straight or flush-cut lip.

A Benzomatic propane burner was used tocolor the edge while slowly hand-rotating it on the lathe.He immediately introduced a wet Brillo pad to wipe it offand to remove the sapwood that burned deeper than the

winter wood. He slow-burned it again, followed by awater wipe off with the pad.

Next came the hollowing of the platter.Nick uses pressure across the face, not into or toward theheadstock. He used a vacuum chuck to turn it aroundand detail the bottom. He used a bedan on edge to createa couple of detail lines.

Nick favors a flat or matte lacquer to finisha burned piece. He warns never to use a satin or sheenfinish because a shiny surface will reflect light that willmake the color very uneven.

A source for large cocobolo blocks iswww.anexotichardwood.com, according to Nick. Mr.Cook closed his informative demonstration with aquestion-and-answer session. We thank him for sharinghis expertise in such a cordial manner.

Andi Wolfe opened the meeting with the introductionof first-time visitors. They were Phil Taylor ofOstrander, and from the North Coast Turners, RalphKubal, George Raeder, and Paul Kosmos.

The Nick Cook demo was all day Saturday. Nickmade more than fifteen small projects, and they will beprizes in the volunteers raffle at the May meeting. Nickwhets one’s appetite with turning baby rattles, stir sticks,spurtles, garden dibbles, and tops. Thanks to BarbCrockett for hosting the hands-on class, and to JohnHerrel and Craig Wright for organizing the hands-onclasses, and hosting the demonstrators.

COW is a host club for the AAW – 20th NationalSymposium event. Our club is responsible for fourevents: sales, youth training, hands on classes and theauction. Our benefit is that all clubs that help willreceive a portion of the profits. They are expectingrecord attendance, meaning record profits! Our eventfeaturing Jacques Vesery was made possible by lastyear’s symposium profits. Please participate! Pleasevolunteer to help!Just a couple or three hours for this multi-day event andas a COW member you will reap the benefits.

Door Prizes will be given, consisting of five One-Waylathes, and wood working gift certificates.

John Herrel explained it’s important to register inadvance, and there’s a discount for early registration.

Congratulations to Bobbie and Dan; the lastnewsletter was fantastic! We need one more great onefor the AAW chapter newsletter competition.

Barb Crockett announced the calendar: April ishands-on with hollowing tools; May is spindle turningfor furniture. If you have skills to share see Barb. July

will be the open shops tour. If you want to open yourshop to all, see Barb. AAW is sponsoring a turn forcharity. Turn ornaments to fill the big bowl, which willbe donated to the auction. Proceeds will go the children’shospital in Louisville.

June will be Jimmy Clewes; half-day demo and 1-dayhands on classes.July I, Jean-Francois Escoulen will be here for an all daypresentation and a week-long class. See Craig Wright tosign up. Jean-Francois worked 15 years as an apprenticeturning 4 to 6 spindles an hour. Tool handling is secondnature to him. His English is awesome.

Walt Berchak is taking orders for a full frame faceshield. It is extra heavy duty, comfortable, about $35.00.

Dave Bowers reported that we need parts for thecollaborative challenge. We need volunteers to assembleit and to make circular tracks. See the chapter projects,they are examples of excellent workmanship. Daveencourages everyone to go to the symposium, even if justfor a day. Spindles you make for the challenge can havebead, coves, off center spindles, etc.

Walt Betley commented on the snowman ornaments,you can get the paint for 60 cents at Jo Ann’s. Andi saysmake a puddle with the paint, use a toothpick to dot it onto make the face.

The Treasures to Trash challenge is totallyastounding. Barb’s item wentto Booker Brooks. He turned it into a table accent piece,“Hidden Treasure”. It is a walnut bowl, added cuttingstopped with a flower by Pier 1, with yellowheart,padouk, and purpleheart enclosure.

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Barb Crockett worked on Bruce Kerns’ rottendriftwood, transforming it into a tuxedo-dressed maestrobird of cherry on a driftwood perch.

Walt Betley performed magic on Bruce Kerns’ walnutcup with Deft finish.

Freddie Dutton and Mark Dutton, a turning in twopieces, transformed Jim Burrows’ piece.

Bruce Kerns completed And Wolfe’s pin cherry vase,and worked on Walt Betley’s funnel. He tried to make ita lid, it’s now a decorative top called “funnel to funnel”.According to Bruce, sometimes “a hole is hole is a hole”.

Jerry Hubschman’s spoons were distributed asfollows:

Tom Clark disassembled, laminated and reassembledhis, making a lovely spoon for a wedding dowry.

Floyd Anstaett made a spurtle, a strange-looking stirstick.

Jean Hock decorated an oak spoon with beads, covesand captive rings, displayed on a whatnot ornamentholder.

Jim Burrowes made a sculptural, off-center, four-legged animal called a curly-tailed elephant-footedlobster-eyed spoon dog.

SHOW AND TELLRichard Ruehle – five bowls of buckeye burl, red

mallee, and maple burl, with a bird’s eye mapledecorative rim. He used an archival pen for color, theform is beautiful, nicely presented.

Ed Miller – a bowl in black ash burl from the swampsof Michigan. It has nice figure and form. Also a masurbirch bowl and pomelle sapele bowl, both with Watcofinish and Beall Buff.

Walt Berchak – a Why Not goblet, NAG, NAG ofambrosia maple.

RuthThomas – a quilted ambrosia maple platter thatshe made while watching a Nick Cook instructional tape.

Chuck Kemp – a poplar arrow through a wine bottle,from a David Springett project. An ash bowl withsanding sealer and Beall Buff. An English walnut bowlfrom Utah.

Fred Dutton – a large curly ambrosia maple platterwith spray finish. A spalted maple platter, and a box ofpink ivory with finial.

Dan Robey – A boxelder bowl, turned on hisPowermatic.

Devon Palmer – a natural-edge vase of pignut hickorywith walnut oil finish.

From Nick Cook’s demo, made with hard maple andshellac finish: honey dippers, a garden dibble, asnowman ornament, and a tree form bottle stopper.

Joel Bossley –using scrap from Jimmy Clewes’ firepile, a cooling tower sculpture made from bored andturned end grain.

Craig Wright – a pepper mill of goncalo alves, amaple honey dipper, and a poplar garden dibble.

Jim Eliopulos – a natural-edge bowl, carved edge to abasket form, of ambrosia maple and finished with oil to amatt sheen.

Al Schmidt – a natural-edge bowl, a laminated ring“bowl with LR” hollow form. A pedestal bowl.

Rodger Lynch – a curly ambrosia maple vase,captured hollowing tool with square bar and laser andDanish oil finish, on his Powermatic.

Ron Fisher – two bowls of cherry and one of blacklocust, all with mineral oil and beeswax finish.

Lowell Converse – a segmented plywood bowl whichwon first place at the Ohio Woodturners Guild.

Dave Bowers – an abstract, carved ribbon hollowform.

From our guests from the North Coast Turnersclub in Cleveland:

Paul Kosmos – a segmented vase of cherry, wengeand curly maple. It is a Euclid Moore style with 2600pieces. Also, a small segmented vase turned on hisPowermatic.

George Raeder – a big-leaf maple bowl, turned on aOne Way 2436. A masur birch box with ceramiccentered lid and a cocobolo box with finial, both turnedon a One Way 1018.

Ralph Kubal – oriented particleboard, laminated withbirch and pine, 1” thick, using a 3/8” bowl gouge and flatscraper on the bottom. Also, a maple vase with leafburning and enhanced color (from Andi Wolfe’steaching) and a maple leaf bowl, all turned on aPowermatic.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:Floyd Anstaett is heading the nominations committee

for the election of officers, to be held at the May 9meeting. The slate is: President - Chuck Kemp, VicePresident – Devon Palmer, Treasurer – Craig Wright,Secretary – Claudia Taylor. Nominations will be held inApril. If there is more than one candidate we will have apaper ballot; if not,we will vote “Yea or Nay”.

Richard Ruehle will be placing an order for Australianwood. If you are interested let him know.

Treasurer’s report: the bank balance is $2,929.62today. Craig Wright has membership cards for recentrenewals; please see him.

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Central Ohio Woodturnersc/o Craig Wright

7634 Whitneyway Dr.Worthington, OH 43085

President: Andi Wolfe, 614-481-3184andiwolfe@yahoo.com

Vice President: Chuck Kemp, 614-846-2066 ckemp@columbus.rr.comSecretary: Claudia Taylor

claudiataylor@columbus.rr.comTreasurer: Craig Wright, 614-885-9419

cjwright@insight.rr.comProgram Director: Barb Crockett, 614-459-9113

bcrocket@columbus.rr.comLibrarian: Nancy Kerns, 614-920-1184

Nancyk696@yahoo.comEditors: Dan Dapra 614-451-5830

ddapraxitalia2004@sbcglobal.netBobbie Robey 740-668-2520

2hampshire@core.comEquipment Manager: Devon Palmer

devonpalmer@earthlink.net

Central Ohio Woodturners – Andi Wolfe, PresidentDirect Correspondence to:Craig Wright7634 Whitneyway Dr.Worthington, OH 43085-5311