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September 2016

In This Issue Page

Intro To Vacuum Kilns 1,2

John’s Message 2

Picnic Photos 3

Calendar of Events 4

Meeting Minutes 5

Brad Adams Flyer 6

President’s Challenge 7*9

Show & Tell 10,11

Events Calendar 12

SWAT Symposium 13,14

A Redwood Ribbon 15-17

Sponsors 18

Club Notes 19

Ironman 20

For sale 22

The October Program

will be:

Bob Bley

Demonstrates

Fractile Burning

Josh Salesin uses a variety of wood species in creating his

ornamental turnings and he discovered a number of years ago the

effects of changing relative humidity and temperature on his well

fitted boxes. It didn’t matter how long the wood had been sitting

in a “dry” state in Josh’s shop, after the pieces were turned and

fitted they would invariably change dimensions with location. By

happenstance Josh made acquaintances with fellow turner Mike

Shuler and mentioned his changing dimension problem to Mike.

Mike suggested that Josh needed to truly dry his wood before fin-

ish turning and invited Josh over for a look at his vacuum kiln. That

was the beginning of Josh’s journey along the path of vacuum

kiln design and fabrication, which Josh shared with us at the Sep-

tember meeting.

Josh began by discussing the various issues associated with dry-

ing wood, whether it comes from a retail outlet of straight from

the tree. He described the two states

water exists in wood, free and bound

and various methods for removing

the water. Freezing, boiling and

alcohol immersion were mentioned

along with the pros and cons in each

case.

Continued on page 2

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Santa Clara High School held a Back to School

Night 2 weeks ago. There was a silent auction

held in the gymnasium. Jason with help from

Mike Lanahan and I set up a display of the

woodturnings That SVW has donated. We had

room for about 2/3 of the inventory. Most were

sold and the end sum was over $1400.00 put into

the shop fund for the students. Great work Jason

and thank you for your help Mile.

With the school year starting the need for adult mentors has increased. We currently have four but could use more. The job of the mentor is basically to oversee the students when us-ing the various power tools that are used in the shop. It does not require some one every day. Please consid-er this important volunteer job as mentor. If you have any questions please ask either Mike Lanahan, Gor-don Patinude, Paul Rygaard or myself. We would love to have you join.

The vacuum kiln has a

number of advantages

over other methods,

foremost is the rapidity

at which green wood

can be brought to a dry

state; three days. Josh

used a series of slides

and graphs to explain

the physics behind how

and why vacuum kilns

work.

While the science

behind the kiln is

interesting the nuts

and bolts of building a

vacuum kiln was the

high point of Josh’s

presentation and he

came well prepared to

thoroughly describe

what is involved in mak-

ing one. Detailed pho-

tos of his kiln, along

with anecdotes pertain-

ing to trials and errors

he has encountered,

gave a well rounded

overview of the effort

involved. Josh also pre-

pared a table detailing

the costs involved in

building your own kiln.

As a reality check, he

included photos of a couple of commercially

available vacuum kilns, leaving no doubt that

building one is far and away the less expensive route.



2016 Calendar of Events



Meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by our President John Whittier

Visitors/New Members: Visitors - Kevin Lee from Fremont (no woodworking since HS got a Harbor Freight lathe),

Joe Ladd from Salinas, Sandy Hain (now addicted to wood turning), Mark Ware from Sunnyvale. Welcome to you all! Come visit anytime, or join our club.

Greg Peck

— Staff Updates: President (John Whittier)

Announced Lifetime membership to Colin & Thelma Mackenzie. Thanks for all you’ve done for and with the club in the many years with us.

Announced the next Board meeting to be October 3, 2016. Members were invited to attend.

Described the SVW club bylaws’ changes as presented in email to members, and discussed by Mike Lanahan in the August meeting. A motion for vote was approved. A show of hands unanimously passed the bylaws.

Mentioned the Picnic September 17. SIGN UP for relaxed time with food, refreshments and woodturners. Raffling off the Jet mini lathe.

Vice President (Mike Lanahan)

Mike reported on the 2016 SWAT symposium —Southwest Association of Turners, Waco Texas. A very good description and review of the event happenings. Mike bought a piece of Old California wood, while in Texas, from a Tennessee vendor. Mike also described a hollowing system: CutterVision, a revolutionary leading-edge tool that shows the user the exact position of the cutter inside the hollow form. A plug for symposiums and the demos they put on. REALLY NEAT. See 2 1/2 minute video of 2016 SWAT events https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4s0iC3iSvY

Librarian (Gordon Patnude)

Library - A video by Mahoney was added. There are lots of good titles with good presentations

Pens for Patriots - Gordon still has 20 kits for turning. Gordon will not be at Oct. meeting. Pens needed by November meeting!

7:15 P.M. September President’s Challenge and make-ups — Craft Item

See the Member and their work in the President’s Challenge photo section of this Newsletter.

7:45 P.M. Showed Marcus’ wood for a later raffle, followed by President’s Challenge raffle.

7:47 P.M. Show and Tell —

See the Member and their work in the Show & Tell photo section of this Newsletter.

8:02—8:22 P.M. Break

8:23—8:31 P.M. Raffle for Marcus’ wood. Thanks Marcus! Thanks also to Gordon for the ash!

8:32 P.M. Presentation - VACUUM KILN DRY, by Josh Salesin A good PowerPoint presentation showing the nature of wood drying processes, with wood escaping the wood when under vacuum. Showed a table indicating wood is best dried (based on Josh,s experience) when wood is at about 8% moisture content when measured by a moisture probe. Vacuum kiln dried wood is more stable than other techniques he’s tried. Josh showed how to build a vacuum kiln. He also showed some of his beautiful work.

9:25 P.M. Meeting adjourned.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4s0iC3iSvY


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The West Bay Woodturners and Silicon Valley Woodturners are pleased to announce an all-day demonstra-

tion by Brad Adams at the Bridges Church in Los Altos. The doors will open at 8:30 am. The general public is

invited to attend. The admission fee for this demonstration has been deeply discounted and is being spon-

sored by the two clubs.

Brad will cover bowls from A to Z. Wood 101! ...finding wood, getting it home, and sawing it up. He will rough turn a bowl form green wood, then finish turn a dried roughed out. There is a whole section on sand-ing (believe it or not this the most popular part of the demo). Then a section on finishing. If there is time he will try and squeeze in a section on how to dye maple burl to get his Red on black finish.

For more information on this demonstration and to sign up for lunch, contact Bob Bley, WBAW Program

Officer, by email at [email protected] , or by phone at 650-854-4939

Brad Adams

Production Woodturner

Saturday, October 29, 2016

9:00 am to 4 PM

Bridges Community Church 625 Magdalena Ave, Los Altos

Admission is $20 for Members and Spouses

(Includes lunch for those who sign up in advance)

$30 for Non Members

All Students are Free!

Co Sponsored by WBAW and SVW


mailto:[email protected]


Gordon Patnude —

1. Wenge, yellow

heart, birch & Bal-

tic birch ply platter,

w/ Wipe-On Poly.

House warming

gift.

2. 2. Oct challenge—

Redwood 4x4

Cabriole leg w/

WipeOn-Poly.

John Whittier —

Mahogany,

Spanish cedar

and coco bolo

bottle stoppers

with inserts, w/

WipeOn-Poly

Tom Schmida —

Red cedar car and

driver, w/ a little wood

burning.

Pete Zavala —

1. Sept - Walnut

yarn bowl, w/

Wipe-On Poly

2. Aug — Blue

oak hollow form,

w/ shellac finish.

Don’t make ‘em too tall,

wont fit in the refrigera-

tor. Buy stainless steel



Bob Gerenser —

Mystery wood handle for

pigtail meat flipper, w/

mineral oil/beeswax finish.

“Aha, you can sell these at

craft fairs! “

Barbara Jones—

1. Sept —Stirring the pot

of hard rock maple, no

finish (yet).

2. Aug — Hollow form,

John Paul Fennell helped.

3. July —Platter w/

WipeOn-Poly

Milt West —

Maple mortar and

pestle, w/ shellac and

block oil

Colin Mackenzie —

1. Pastry sheet holder,

black acacia wood top.

2. ZipLock bag dryer!

Dick Westfall —

1. Sept—Walnut/cherry/?

dish, w WipeOn-Poly

2. Aug— Mahogany

Hollowform, w WipeOn-Poly

3. Jul— Walnut/cherry

Platter, w/ WipeOn-Poly

4. May — Mahogany Top, w/

WipeOn-Poly

Look around...hunk of

wood… what do you do

with it? Well….. Always it seems

I’m a little bit

behind.

Dick, at least

you made it up

This is BIG for

Barbara!

Donated to

SCHS.



Johnny Alias —

Acrylic seam rippers, w/ Hut

plastic polish.

They reverse inside,

so no poking.

Marcus Moody —

Juniper Seam ripper,

w/ ppp finish

Mike Lanahan —

Black and white ebony

makeup sable brush

Oscar Wittrock

Salt and Pepper

shaker, w/

sanding sealer

Dave Brown —

Purple heart & acrylic

pens for Lavender

products craft fair.

Gopens.com for cov-

ered plastic to hold

pens in the box.

Oh sure! My husband

makes can make a

bunch of pens you can

sell at the craft fair


http://www.gopens.com


Pete Zavala —

Thread cutting jig.

Check with Pete with

ideas on how to fix

chattering.

Tom Schmida —

Monterey cypress

bowl .

Oscar

Wittrock—

Ash plate, w/

wife’s friend’s

artwork

Dave Brown —

Silver maple bowl, w/

Salad Bowl finish

Marcus

Moody —

Shop light

w/ magnet

Silver maple continues to

amaze… It’s just gorgeous...

Milton West —

Walnut bowl, w/

WipeOn-Poly

Check out D-way

beading tools!

D-waytools.com

I really enjoy

using them.


http://www.d-waytools.com


Colin Mackenzie —

1. New Zealand,

toterra fence posts,

1911

See the barbed wire

still in there.

2. Bowl w/ burnished

line.

John Whittier —

Old growth redwood

bowl, w/ WipeOn-Poly

Jerry Galli —

1. Cypress bowls ,

w/ Salad Bowl finish

2. 2. Ash box

Help—how to bur-

nish a line at

bottom of bowl?

Formica or credit

card.



More Woodturning Magazine

Events Calendar Listing

October 02, 2016 to October 30, 2016

Starkweather Arts Center Woodturners Exhibition

EXHIBITION

Location: Romeo, Michigan

Dates: Sunday, October 02, 2016 to Sunday, October 30, 2016

Description: The Detroit Area Woodturners, a Pontiac-based group that focuses on woodturning and community, is scheduled to display its work at Starkweather Arts Center’s

October exhibition from Oct. 2 to 30 at Starkweather Arts Center, 219 N. Main St. Read more of the description on the web page.

Website: http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/articles/2015/10/01/news/doc560d6b1cd8829525935685.txt

October 27, 2016 to October 30, 2016

5th Segmented Symposium

SYMPOSIUM

Location: Quincy, MA

Dates: Thursday, October 27, 2016 to Sunday, October 30, 2016

Description: Join segmented woodturners worldwide as they gather in the Boston, MA area in October. Sponsored by the Segmeting Chapter of the AAW, this symposium is for

novices to accomplished--anyone interested in segmenting is welcome to attend. Demonstrators include John Beaver, Bob Benke, Jerry Bennett, Bruce Berger, Andy Chen, Robin

Costelle, Ray Feltz, Tom Lohman, Mike McMillan, Wayne Miller, Al Miotke, Jim Rodgers, Malcolm Tibbetts, and Gary Wood. In addition to the demonstrations and panel discus-

sions, there will be a vendor area, an attendees "swap", a banquet, an instant gallery, and a spouses program. The symposium will be held at the Boston Marriott Quincy.

Website: http://segmentedwoodturners.org

November 05, 2016 to November 06, 2016

2016 Virginia Woodturning Symposium

SYMPOSIUM

Location: Fisherville, VA

Dates: Saturday, November 05, 2016 to Sunday, November 06, 2016

Description: The 2016 Virginia Woodturning Symposium, held in Fishersville, VA on Nov. 5th & 6th, will have a new look. We have a greatly expanded space as well as an out-

standing lineup of nationally and internationally known turners. When you attend the Symposium, you will be treated to demonstrations by Trent Bosch, Jimmy Clewes, Barry

Gross, Lyle Jamison, John Jordan, Johannes Michelsen, Frank Penta, and Bob Rosand.

Website: http://www.virginiawoodturners.com/



The visit with my daughter in San Antonio coincided with the South West Area Turners (SWAT) sym-posium, in Waco Texas, only 3 hours away. I almost had to go. Going to wood turning symposia are always fun, and in-formative, but also pose the dilemma of deciding which de-monstrator to go see at any given time. There were 54 demon-strations across 3 days, and I could go to only 9. In general I tried to see demonstrators I had not seen before, or techniques I had not seen demonstrated before. For me it was Cindy Drozda and how to get the most from burl figure, John Jor-

dan, acrylic pens with metal inserts, Joe Fleming air-brushing, polyurethane resin casting of burls, and Stuart Batty and turning a bowl with a 40/40 gouge. Dick Sing demonstrated turning hollow ornaments. And yes there were a couple I walked out of.

Of course there was an instant gallery with works on display. Fractal burning is just hitting the gallery. There were hundreds of Beads of Courage bowls, to be given to children undergoing

cancer treatment. John Beaver had a segmented 3D hollow form that has me baffled. Bob Hawks had some nice hollow forms with metal

inlay work that was stunning. Box Elder is a wood we don't see in the Bay Area, and it has stunning color in a big bowl.

The vendor area was well represented by equipment manufactur-ers and wood providers. Of course I needed some more wood. To me the biggest surprise was JT Turning’s take on a video hollowing sys-tem like Bob Gerenser demonstrated at the club a couple months ago, called Cutter Vi-sion. They took Trent Bosh’s Visualizer to an entirely new level with video processing hardware/software. It can capture the outline of a hollowing cutter from a white card, and a checkerboard black and white pattern for scale. No need to crudely try to outline the cutter shape on the screen. Then you can move a slider to determine what wall thickness to add around the cutter. You can also zoom the magni-fication in and out and everything scales. It can also superimpose a shape to be duplicated on a spindle turning blank, scale it up or down, and adjust the transparency of the pattern as well. All this for the meager sum of $1100. I have to say it is way more capable than the Visualizer for $550, but it's a hefty price tag, although it is really slick.

(Continued on following page)

SWAT Symposium



There is a social as-pect to attending symposia. Many a random Texan looked at my name badge and asked if I lost my way from California, and a conversation between turning strangers was struck. I met Jim Adkins, Dean Adkins dad and consummate basket illusion artist, at the banquet dinner. Mahoney and Beaver were there, and we had casual conversa-tions in passing, but we are relative neigh-bors exploring a foreign land. Last

time I visited Texas I dropped by Hill Country Woods and met James and Jimmy (contrary to what you might guess, Jimmy is the big one with a ham sized hand with an iron grip) in search of some mesquite to take home. On my last visit they must have spent 2-3 hours showing me their facility, and ended up stabbing a tree to get my wood. True to Woodturner addiction, they didn't ask for money but wanted me to send them some wood back in exchange. I sent them some of the old growth redwood beams in exchange when I got home. James and Jimmy were there selling wood, remembered me, and when I picked out a piece to buy, Jimmy asked if I was sure I didn't was to trade. You just don't run into guys like this often.

Terry Gerros was there selling wood from Oregon, and promoting the Oregon Symposi-um, March 17-19, 2017. I told him a couple of us already had this symposium

penciled in on our calendars, and we would encour-age others to join us. They have 50+ demonstrations scheduled, and have Stuart Mortimer, Binh Pho, Nick Cook, Al Sirt, Stuart a Batty, Christian Burchard, Dixie Biggs, Don Ward, Jon Magill and Michael Blankenship slated to demonstrate. Blankenship is blind, and I've been told puts on a great demo. The Oregon sympo-sium is smaller than some, and the advantage is more friendly interactions with the demonstrators. The Oregon Symposium is highly recommended.

Linda Ferber was rep-resenting the AAW, and reminded me that the AAW symposium will be in Kansas City, June 22-25, 2017, and will be more accessible to those of us on the left coast. This is the king of the wood turning symposiums.

SWAT is undoubtedly the second largest woodturning symposium in the US, if not the world. The one thing that stands out about the SWAT sym-posium is the food. Lunch is included every day, including lunch on Sunday, just before you go home. And we're not talking about small portions, after all this is Texas. Come for the woodturning, but stay for the food.

Adios, y’all!

Mike Lanahan

SWAT Symposium-Continued



Redwood Block

11 1/2 X 11 1/2 X 2 3/4 Bandsaw into Boards Run Boards Through Drum

Sander

Dimension Check-Spot On Build Fixture for Tablesaw Sled

to Cut Tapered Staves Cut 12 Staves for each Cone

Glue Together by Two’s Glue 3 Two’s to Make Half Cone Touch Up Half Cones

Glue Halves Together

Lather, Rinse, Repeat Hot Melt Glue to Faceplate in

Order to Dress Small End

By Bob Gerenser



Glue Small End to Waste Block Part Off Temporary Faceplate

Turn Outside & Check

for 45 Deg. Angle

Edge is 90 Deg. to Side

Turn Inside to ¼” Wall Thickness Facing Small End of Large Cone

Large & Small Cones Bandsaw Cones in Half

Keep Cone Halves Together

Assembly Design in SketchUp Glue Cone Halves Together Section of Final Assembly



Assembly Before Sanding

Keep on Gluing Remainder of Block

Glued up for Base



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It takes more than the officers and pro-gram chairs to make our club function at its best. If your name’s not in the column at right, we still need your help in other ways to manage some of the club’s activities. This is a HELP WANTED ad, and we need you to respond. There are al-ways things that need doing. In particular, we need: • Volunteers for shop tours • Volunteers to present/demonstrate at meetings • Members to write up their profiles for the newsletter • Short articles or Tips & Tricks for the Chips & Chatter newsletter Please contact Mike Lanahan to volunteer and help make our ac-tivities happen.

2016 Silicon Valley Woodturners Officers, Staff, Volunteers, and Contacts

President John Whittier (408) 379-3722 [email protected]

V.P./Programs Mike Lanahan (408) 926-9330 [email protected]

Treasurer Tom Schmida (831) 688-3866 [email protected]

Secretary Greg Peck (408) 281-9156 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Bob Gerenser (408) 262-5411 [email protected]

Greg Peck (408) 623-9156 [email protected]

Hospitality Barbara Jones (408) 257-9385 [email protected]

Membership Chair. Paul Rygard (408) 866-0390 [email protected]

Photographer Jim Gott (408) 265-9501 [email protected]

Property Mgmt. Gary Keogh (408) 281-9054 [email protected]

Librarian Gordon Patnude (408) 267-6789 [email protected]

Webmaster Pete Zavala (405) 849-2858 [email protected]

Site Prep Johnny Alias (408) 227-2423 [email protected]

Milton West (408) 729-6334 [email protected]

Audio/Visual Richard Scott (408) 799-0005 [email protected]

Greg Peck (408) 281-9156 [email protected]

Yahoo Groups Howard Cohen (408)378-9456 [email protected]

MEMBERS: Please contribute your expertise to our newsletter. The editor will help you get your article ready if need be. Deadline is one week after our club meeting. OTHER WOODTURNING CLUBS: You may use materials in this newsletter for the benefit of other turners. Please credit Silicon Valley Woodturners and the news-letter month and year for any material you use, and mention our web site: www.svwoodturners.org. Note that if we’ve flagged an article as having been reprinted from another source with permission, you must secure that same per-mission in order to use that material. Volunteer Instructors / Mentors The turners below have graciously offered to open their shops to help members who want to learn to sharpen, try something new, or master a technique that just doesn’t seem to be working. We all love to share. You just have to ask. Willing to help? Contact Mike Lanahan to join this list.

Jim Gott, [email protected] , (408) 265-9501 sharpening, design, natural edge

bowls, boxes, goblets, tool control, you name it. Anything but segmenting.

Mike Lanahan, [email protected] , (408) 926-9330 Pepper Mills,

Segmented, and Shaving or Makeup Brushes.

Dennis Lillis, [email protected] , (408) 353-3821 Hollowing, sharpening,

and coring Gordon Patnude [email protected] (408)267-6789(253)820-8684 Pens

SVW NEEDS

YOU!














IRONMAN Rules

There are twelve challenges listed for the year and in order to qualify for Ironman you must show, by the

end of the year, that you have completed all twelve challenges.

Challenge entries should be shown at the meeting corresponding to the challenge schedule.

Ironmen are those who

successfully complete

all 12 President’s Chal-

lenge projects for the

year. Those who meet

the challenge are

awarded coveted and

distinctive IRONMAN

name badges. A blue

bar in the accompany-

ing chart means that

person has completed

the project for the

month indicated. You

needn’t be a great

turner, you just need to

participate. Make

something in our Chal-

lenge theme and bring it

to the next meeting.

Editor’s Note

If I’ve somehow

overlooked your

President’s Challenge

entry, send me an

e-mail at

bob.gerenser@

sbcglobal.net

For a more detailed description of the 2014 President’s Challenges, go to:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SVWoodturners/files/Forms/


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SVWoodturners/files/Forms/


Want to join a great group of turning enthusiasts in an atmosphere of sharing and camaraderie? Become a member of Sili-con Valley Woodturners. We meet on the First Wednesday of each month. See page 2 for details. Drop in at any meeting and check things out. To join, contact John Whittier (see contact list), or just complete the application form below and mail

with check to Grant. Learn more about our club on the web at www.svwoodturners.org.

Silicon Valley Woodturners Membership Application

Please print and mail with a check payable to SVW for $35* individual ($45* family) to: Paul Rygard, 255 Prince St. Los Gatos,CA 95032

Name __________________________________________________________________

Address ________________________________________________________________

City _________________________________________ State _____ Zip ___________ Phone(s): home:___________________________mobile:__________________________

Email ______________________________ Website _______________________________________________ Lathe(s): ________________________________________________________________

Current Member of AAW? Yes ___ No ___

Member-ship*

Renewal 2nd Quarter

April - June 3rd Quarter July - Sept.

4th Quarter Oct. - Dec.

Individual $35 $25 $20 $10

Family $45 $35 $30 $15

Join us Wednesday, October 5 Th

@7:00PM

Santa Clara High School Woodshop

3000 Benton St, Santa Clara, CA

It is right across the street from the

Baptist Church sign, and just past

(coming from Kiely) a No Entrance

sign.

October Program: Bob Bley “Fractile

Burning”

October Challenge: “Artsy”




Bandsaw Cutting Round Disk Sets, numbered, with

center holes— These sets of 1/4” thick MDF disks

increment by 1 inch from 4” to either 12” or 20”,

depending on the set. 4”-12” set (shown), $14, or

the 4”-20” set, $20. Contact John Whittier for de-

tails. (408) 379-3722,

[email protected]

Smocks, SVW colors. $30 (SVW patch not in-

cluded). Contact John Whittier for details.

(408) 379-3722,

[email protected]

Jet Model DC-650TS Dust Collector -$200 Excellent working Jet Dust

Collector.

Two stage; 650 CFM

Filters down to 2 microns

110/220 volt – presently set for 110V

1 Horse Power motor

4 inch dust collection

Includes operation manual

Galvanized Steel Collection Can.

Collection hose

Contact -Marcus Moody- 408-761-3149




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