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September 1996Well, another swnmer has almostconcluded, and I hope everybody has hadas good a summer as Diane and I. Itseems like only yesterday that we wereleaving for the symposium in Greens-boro, NC. We left on Monday, the 17thof June and made several stops on ourway.

One of our stops was Berea, Kentucky,home to master woodturner RudeOsolnik and Berea College a Liberal Artsschool. The students pay for their tuitionby working at jobs at the college invarious functions, such as their "Wood-craft Industries" which turns out many ofthe Appalacian Artists in the area. Thecollege has its own gallery and shopwhere student works are sold as does thedowntown of Berea which has many Artsand Crafts shops. The downtown areawas just getting back on its feet afterbeing badly damaged by a tornado inearly May of this year.

One of our next stops was Gatlinburg,Tennessee, home to The ArrowmontSchool of Arts and Crafts and also hometo many artists and craftsmen. Gatlinburgis known as the home of the AppalacianArts and Craft movement. There is a veryinteresting 11 mile circular drive outsideof town that has approximately 75 Artand Craft shops.

Volume 10east. After going through Asheville, NCand furniture country, (almost all of ourcountrys' major manufacturers arelocated in a 100 mile radius here), wemade it to Greensboro, NC on Friday the21 st and joined our five other membersand some spouses for the symposium.The next three days were filled withevery phase of woodturning you canimagine, from the very basics tomarketing and making a living atwoodturning with everything in between.(See page 5 for more info.)

Issue 5demo given by Paul Kachelmyer,Wood harvesting and chain saw useand safety in October, ChristmasOrnament turning in November and aChristmas Ornament challenge, giftswap and general get together inDecember.

The Northfield Arts Guild GalleryShow is Opening on Wednesday,August 28th running throughSeptember 29th with the reception onSunday, September 15th from3:00PM to 5:00PM. We have 14members displaying pieces in tillsshow, so stop in and see what yourfellow members are showing. All ofthe galleries in Northfield will beopen that Sunday so come early andstay late.

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After the symposium we continued onsouth east to the Outer Banks of NorthCarolina and the north into Virginia andhistoric Williamsburg. We had alsoplanned for Washington, DC ,but the hotweather and imminent hurricane sent ushome earlier than we had planned.While the symposium was going on, wehad members that were demonstrating atthe st. Catherine's Art Fair and also atthe opening of two new Home Depotstores here in town.

After getting home in early July, wescheduled our first summer meeting inmany years and had a turnout of 14members. (See page 7 for more details.)O\Following is our schedule for the falland early winter. Our meetings will startin September with a Basic Bowl Turning

We then headed east through the SmokeyMountains and Great Smokey Mountain Inside ....National Park and the Blue RidgeParkway that contains some of the mostspectacular views on the East Coast. (Wesaw one Cherry tree that was at least 4feet through at the base.) Minnesota'sforests are wonderful but they don'tcompare to the hardwood forests out

1..Know Your Trees2..Birth of a Larger Bowl3..What Speed should You Use?4.. 1996 Symposium5..Turning Green Wood6..Past and Future Meetings7..Tips/Techniques, For SaielWanted

The Northern Woods Exhibition willbe held at Southdale Shopping Centerin Edina, MN from October 17th thruthe 20th. Sept 16th is the deadline forentering any of your turnings.Minnesota Woodturners are offeringa prize again this year for the bestturning. 01,--------.~ 1luntJu~qJo.uL:xJ.IBl-ItU.IiIru andobu/oeum7lJ~ ~I-~ tIu ~ mtU.ltinH/M- ,...J-~ ....

Page # 2 Minnesota WoodTumers Association

~ '~.J-.&i~;·*@~{lij~*(f.:.:C:~f,{,~~President:Chuck Pitschka (612) 935-0660

Vice President:Don Wattenhofer (612) ~72-104~

Treasurer:Ron Meilahn (612) 633-8902

Program Director:James Tracy (612) 571-3374

Newsletter Mailing:Jolm Ratliff (612) n0-6471

librarian:Duane Gemelke (612) 566-8516

Newsletter EditorlMem bership:Dave Schneider (612) 934-4667

e-mail: DSchWdTmn@aol.com

Treasurers Report: Ron Meilahn

Dee 1&96Year endlhnk Balance(excluding $i dues ,eceived) $578.

1&" Activity tllru ~IK

Incom.1996 Membership Dues (92 Paid)Glue Sales(Net)Meeting Wood Raffles (5 to date)Personalized Name Tags @ $2eaDuluth Exhibrt (27 entries)-linal surplusSt Catherines Demo

$1.830.($73).$124.$30.$42.

$100

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ExpansesProfessional Demo Costs (gain)library Tapes. VCR Rental. eteNewsletter Printing. PostageToolsAnnual Liability InsurancePrizes. Board MtSS. Mise postage,Kits

$66.($31).

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($75).($578).

($'18.)Total Expanses

NET OperatIOns YTD..,AV $1,147.

Membership Deposits-Library Tapesand1997 dues

Checkltook Blilnee as Of 8/9/K $1,7"

Member HelplineDo you have a question or need help witha project or turning? The followingmembers have volunteered to try andanswer your questions, or get you pointedin the right direction for the answer.

John EngstromJim JacobsEd JohnsonJohn MagnussenHal MalmlovDave SchneiderDon Wattenhofer

(612) 475-0307(612) 437-2302(612) 2244194(612) 477-6294(612) 789-9616(612) 934-4667(612) 572-1045

If you would like to help out and have your nameon this list, please call Dave Schneider @ (612)934-4667

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Know Your MinnesotaTrees Information from Minrw~. Dl .•.'-iou of Fo.-ny.

YELLOW BIRCH{Betula lutea}

BUTTERNUT (WHITEWALNUT){Juglans cinerea}

FORM Large; height occasionally 85',diameter of2' to 3'; however it mayhave a short or crooked trunk,

FORM Smaller than black walnut,though often reaches height of 80' anddiameter on '; trunk usually forked orcrooked; top develops into open, broadcrown; may be distinguished from blackwalnut by velvet collars just above scarsleft by last year's leaves.

BARK Yellow-gray or straw color; peel-ing freely into thin papery layers whichproduce a ragged appearance on the mainstem and lower branches; twigs lightbrown, lustrous, and slightly aromatic withoil of wintergreen.

BARK Divided into ridges, light gray onbranches and trunks of small trees; be-comes darker on large trees.

LEAF Length IS" to 30", each with 11to 17 sharply pointed.,alternate, oblong,finely-toothed leaflets ,..._each 2"-to'3;; long, . "~llo~-green above ec _";;and harry underneath. ~.;",

LEAFAlternate; oval tooblong, deeply andfinelytoothed; length3"to 5"; dull darkgreen on upper surfaceandpaler beneath; muchlarger than paperbirch.

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'io•...FRUIT Light brownnut enclosed in ob-long, somewhatpointed, sticky, yellowish-green huskabout 2" long; husk covered with short,rusty, clammy, sticky hairs. Nut has rough,grooved shell and oily edible kernel.

FRUIT Cone; length about I", containschestnut-brown winged seeds when ripe.

RANGE Common in thenorthernhalfofstate on better soils where cool, moist con-ditions prevail.

RANGE Found naturally in same rangeas black walnut (southern Minnesota) butranges farther northward in state; growsas far north as Mille Lacs County. Withinits range, this tree should be planted ingreater numbers on land not needed foragriculture.WOOD Heavy, strong, hard,

close-grained, light brown; takes goodpolish; used for Roofing, interior finish,veneers, wooden ware, furniture, and smallwooden novelties; excellent for fire wood.Oil of wintergreen may be obtained frombark.

WOOD Light, soft, not strong; coarsegrained., light brown; takes good polish;used for furniture and interior finish forhouses. A yellow dye can be made fromhusks of the nuts and from the innerbark.

September 1996

This particular bowl was taken from aWhite Oak with a diameter of approxi-mately 30" that had been taken downfor the construction of a new house.

Section thetree into anappropriatesize for abowl. (Thelength shouldbe at least aslong if not alittle longerthan thediameter of the section.)

Split this section into bowl pieces.

Preparation ofthis section for abowl with theback side at thebase.• Cut or flatten

a plane onthe bark sideof the piece _

• Mark thecircwnferenceof the bowl onthe oppositeside of thebase

• Chainsaw thepiece intoa circleand thenchain sawthe barkside to

balance theblank.

Drill a 3/8"hole on thebowl side.

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screw mount in a chuck and thenmount on lathe. ( I use a screw that is

held in my One Way chuck and alsouse the chuck exclusively for theturning and finishing of the bowl. Thisis just one method of doing the bowland using faceplates is another way ofaccomplishing the same task. This ismypreferenceand notnecessar-ily theonly wayto do it.)

When mounted on the lathe, bring upthe Tailstock to firmly hold the piece inplace, as we want as much of a safetyfactor at this time as possible. Thepiece is still not completely round,even though we did our best with thechain saw it will still be somewhat outof balance on the lathe. Start out at avery low speed and if you have avariable speed on the lathe, bring it upto where it just starts to vibrate andthen back down the speed. (With avariable speed there is also the abilityto increase the speed and this winsometimes take away the vibrationsfrom the out of balance.) Whethervariable, or fixed speed with belts, asthe piece becomes more symmetrical,

you canthenincrease thespeed.

Once thebowl isformed toits generalshape, Ithen turn a

large diameter spigot about 1/4" deepand approx. 4"-5" in diameter that willbe held in my One Way chuck. This is

flat-tenedandslightlycon-cave ifyouweregoing

to mount it on afaceplate. (Somepeople would mount the blank on afaceplate and do all of their work withthe bowl facing outward from start tofinish.)

I then unscrew the form and reverse iton the lathe, inserting the spigot intothe chuck, tightening the chuck jawsand then again bring up the Tailstockwhile I start the hollowing process ofthe bowl or form.

Once Ihave gone as deep as I can withthe bowl gouge, Iback off theTailstock; remove the wood cone thaithe Tailstock was pressing against andfinish hollowing the bowl. The wallsof the bowl should be approximately10% of the diameter of the bowl. (i.e.if the bowl is 18" in diameter, the wallthickness should be approx. 1.5" thick)The base can be taken down thinner asthe majority of the distortion of thebowl will take place in the upperregions of the bowl.

I then place the piece into a doublepaper bag or a box with newspaperssurrounding it if it is to big for thepaper bags. I check the piece on aweekly basis for the 1st 3 weeks,changing the bags if they are reallydamp or wet and then on a monthlybasis after that. Productionwoodturners have kilns that they use todry their pieces. (A kiln can dry a largebowl in 30 to 35 days compared to mymethod which takes anywhere from 3months to over a year.)

Good luck in your turning!

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What Speed? I"1(-

by Richard Davis \- *- *"~*.. ..-,.- 'II- ••

Most beginning woodturners are concerned about using the "proper" speed ofthe lathe. Btft~a li,ttle.e~rience, they* 1J if. * *soon worry more about other problems and follow the old rule ofthumb - fast for small diameters or soft wood and slow for

large diameters or hardwoods.

Wood should be cut (or scraped) at a RPM that gives the best finish. At a fixed RPM, the speed of the wood passing underthe tool changes as the workpiece diameter changes. For any given diameter, there is a speed that will be just right. Continu-ally increasing spindle RPM as the diameter of work is reduced is obviously impractical and not possible on most lathes. Itis possible, however, to start at a RPM close to the "proper" speed. Experience suggests that 1000 surface feet per minute(SFIM) is a good compromise for roughing out, and 1800 SFIM for finisbing. The graph shows the spindle RPM that givesthese cutting rates for various workpiece diameters.

The highest and lowest spindle speeds on a lathe vary depending upon the design of the lathe. At work diameters of twoinches or less, run at the highest RPM your lathe can manage. For work diameters above twelve inches, as you can see in thegraph, there is little need to go below about 300 RPM.

It is important to note that sanding speeds may not follow the speeds recommended in the graph. Very high RPMs mayburn the work and the sandpaper, while slower speed may cause hard to remove scratches.

Repnnted with permission fro", the Newsletter of the San Diego WoodturnersChart redone for legibiJUy & graphic added by Dave Schneider

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Editors Note: The chart is an excellent starting point for beginning turners. Experienced turners will point out that mostlathes do not have speeds in the 7000 RPM range; also that with experience, the larger diameter pieces can be turned ata higher speed than that indicated on the chart. DJS

September 1996

Minnesota WoodTnmers AssoctaUon Page # 5

1996 Symposium - Greensboro, NC

MWA members attending from Left to Right: Don Wattenhofer, ChuckSjodin, Dave Schneider, Mel Turcanik, Ron MeiIahn. Missing from picture isDave Dunn

(Above and below) Turnings in the InstantGallery by unknown turners. Segmented obj

with 100's of pieces in each

A Christmas Tree with ornaments made by TheGeorgia Woodtum.ers Association

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The table we bad set up with pictures of our memberswork, some choice pieces by several of our membersand free newsletters and literature for symposium

attendees.

Thanks to all MWA members that donated Tops for the raffleat the symposium for the local Childrens hospital. There were440 tops donated by all chapters which raised $331 for thekids and approx 150 of these tops were donated to the kids.

The symposium had a record number of 950 registrants.This did cause a few problems as the most optimistic estimatesin planning sessions was about 700 registrants. Even so, Itwas a very successful Symposium with very few glitches.

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Working with wood directly from thelog with little or no drying timepresents several advantages to us asturners. The material is usually muchless expensive or even free, we areable to start with almost any sizeblank without resorting to gluing upblocks, the process of turning is mucheasier and to my way of thinkingmuch more fun. With a little practiceand properly applied tools almostanyone can produce those beautifullong shavings and in the end a turningto be proud of.

Most of our locally available woodslend themselves to the technique ofgreen lathe work. Walnut, butternutand maple along with box elder andthe more common fruit woods such asapple and cherry work especially welland anyone with the desire to practiceshould be able to make very respect-able turned objects from thesespecies. Hopefully, this short articlewill provide a basic outline for anyonewishing to get started working fromlog to fmished bowl. We are notconcerned here with natural edgedvessels or objects which are deliber-ately allowed to distort into more orless artistic shapes but rather thecreation of bowls with nicely roundedcurves which remain symmetricalwhen finished.

As would seem logical, the first stepis the procurement of a log of a sizeapplicable to the diameter of the bowlto be made. A section slightly longerthan its diameter is cross cut from thelog and then turned on end with thefreshly cut portion facing up. Thesurface is checked for cracks andother flaws and a line drawn throughthe heart or center dividing thesurface into two portions at least oneof which has the growth rings alignedas symmetrically as possible. Thissymmetrical portion is destined tobecome our vessel, the other sectionmayor may not be usable. A verticalmark is then drawn from each outsideend of our first line down the sideslengthwise of the log section stopping

at the ground. The wood is then cutwith a saw or split with wedges alongthese longitudinal marks leaving uswith two pieces for our project. Againusing the marker on the split surfacewhich will become the open face ofthe bowl, draw another line length-wise connecting the heart center fromeach end. Using your compass orperhaps a template, draw a circle withits center at the midpoint of this lastline and with a bandsaw or if thepiece is large enough, carefully usinga chain saw, cut away everything notcovered by the circle. We should nowhave a nicely rounded blank ready tomount on the lathe. This all may seemrather involved, but if the basicprinciple is followed, a pleasing grainpattern should emerge as the turningprogresses and far less distortion andcracking should occur during thedrying periods to follow. In actualpractice once the layout process isunderstood, most of the markings maybe dispensed with.

The block is now ready to be mountedon the lathe either between centers forthe initial rounding or fasteneddirectly to a face plate with longsturdy screws. Heavy square drivescrews placed with a variable speeddrill work well as do thick sheet metalscrews driven with a large handscrewdriver. Even while using thefaceplate, it is often nice to begin theinitial turning with the tailstock centerin place at least until the work piece issomewhat rounded and in balance.The faceplate is usually mounted onthe flat heart surface, the outside ofthe bowl then turned to shape includ-ing a foot or waste base to be reat-tached to the faceplate or gripped witha mechanical chuck while laterhollowing the inner surface. Standardbowl gouges and scrapers used with ashearing action work well for most ofthe shaping. As a rule of thumb, oncethe vessel is hollowed the wood is leftat this stage with a wall thickness ofsomewhat less than 10% of thevessel's diameter, probably 3-4 timeswhat the final thickness is to be. The

bowl could also be finished down atthis point to final dimensions andsanded while still green, but wouldtend to go out of round and loose itsshape.

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Once the wood has assumed its basicrough form the drying period beginsusing any of several systems. Thebowl can be placed as is in a doublewall grocery bag with perhaps somesealer or wax on the end grain. Thewood will hopefully dry slowly andevenly developing a certain amount of"out of roundness" during the process.Sometimes a piece can be completelycovered with wax and left out of thebag to season or an especially moistturning can be placed in a plastic trashbag which is then turned inside outevery few days until most of the waterhas left before shelf drying a littlelonger. We are always anxious tocomplete our projects, but after all thewood has had perhaps 50 to 100 yearsto become a tree and it would seemonly reasonable that we allow a fewmonths for it to get used to being abowl. Time allows for the escape ofmoisture and just as importantly forthe equalization of internal stressesreleased by our shaping process. Forthose of us who tend to rush thedrying time (everyone?) it usuallyhelps to have a series of turnings ofdifferent ages curing at once so thatwe may work on the oldest piecewhiie the others wait their turn.

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Once the wood is dry and all theexpected distortion has occurred theblank is remounted and turned to itsfinal form and sanded smooth. Afterapplying a fmish the niece is partedoff and the bottom turned or sandedbefore being signed.

Ediwrs Note:

Steve Brown favors turning larger pieces fromgreen wood and has just finished building aDenver Ulery style lathe. The lathe has thecapacity to turn up to 38" diameter piecesand Steve has been breaking it in and testingits large capacity. (Hopefully we will see afuture article on his new lathe and largerturnings.) DJS

September 1996

September 14th,1996Saturday 1 to 4 PM-HiIl/MWTay HighSchool, 2625 Larpenter Ave. E.Maplewood, MN 777-1376Basic Bowl Turning-Paul KachelmyerPaul will be showing us his tips andtechniques for creating a fimctionalbowl. Hill/Murray is located at thecorner of Century Ave & Larpenter.From the North take 1-694 to Hwy #5and go west approx 1 mile to Century.Go South on Century approx 1/2 mile toLarpenter.Coming from 1-94, go North on CenturyAve approx 3 1/4 miles to Larpenter.Go west on Larpenter to the 2ndbuilding on your right and go all theway to the rear of the parking lot. Therewill be signs directing us to the correctentrance by the loading dock.

October 5th,1996Saturday 1 to 4 PM - John Magnussens'Harvesting wood and chain sawoperation I safety. We will be takingdown a large Hackberry tree on JohnMagnussens property. This will be agood chance for members to see a treebeing sectioned for turning stock. Therewill be free wood available for mem-bers from the tree. Directions and mapto Johns home are on Page # 9.

November 19th,1996Tuesday 7 to 9PM - WOODCRAFTStorein BloomingtonMaking Christmas Ornaments -James Tracy and Dave Schneider willdemonstrate their methods of makingChristmas ornaments.

December 10t\1996Tuesday 7 to 9PMChristmas Ornament challenge,Annual Christmas party,and giftswap. NorWest Bank. 1200 Silver LakeRd, New Brighton, Mn. 1 block Northof Interstate #694 @ the crossroad ofPalmer Drive. It is on the NW corner,across the street from McDonalds.

January 14th,1997Tuesday 7 to 9PMMember participation meeting. Thiswill be a meeting where members willtalk or demonstrate about a favorite

Saturday, July 2~,1996A special swnmer meeting was held atDave Schneiders' home on Saturday,July 27th, 1996. This came inresponse to several requests frommembers to hold a swnmer meetingand possibly expand to year roundmeetings. It turned out to be a perfectafternoon for an outside meetingwhere 14 members enjoyed a varietyof pop and snacks with Mel Turcanikmaking everybody's mouth water withthe chicken he put on the barbecuegrill.

calling 612-454-1046.

Dave suggests dressing the wheelsevery 3-4 times they are used becausethere is a metal buildup on the wheeland does adversely affect your abilityto get a fine edge on the tools beingsharpened. (He uses a 1"widediamond dresser available from CraftSupplies in Provo, UTAH.) He alsomentioned that a slower runningmotor will give better results as it willnot heat the tools up as much as ahigher speed. (1725 rpm is better thanthe standard 3450 motors suppliedwith most grinders.)

The meeting started offwith a briefrecap of the St. Catherine's Art Showand the recent AAW Symposium inGreensboro, NC. Six of our membersattended the symposium; becausethere was so much interesting materialbrought back, we decided to postponediscussion into one of our futuremeetings.

Dave also pointed out that while it iscommon practice to quench CarbonSteel tools in water to prevent thetemper from being drawn, this shouldbe avoided with HSS (High SpeedSteel) tools. All HSS tools should beallowed to AIR COOL. Even ifit isaccidentally blued it is unlikely that itshardness will be affected. Subjectingit to rapid cooling by dipping itimmediately into water causes stresseswhich may result in hairline cracks atthe cutting edge.

Mel Turcanik then continued with hisversion on sharpening. "Sharpening isnot my favorite job ...1 do as little aspossible. I normally grind my tools ona $50 Sears grinder. It still has thegray wheels that came with it. It has a50 cent tool rest that came with itwhich is more than often removed.,which is when it functions best!"

Dave Schneider discussed variousways of mounting pieces on the lathefrom the standard face plate, Screwchucks, Compression chucks, Expan-sion chucks to gluing and speciallymade chucks. He said that there is noone correct way of chucking and thatwhatever works best is what a personshould use for themselves. (Dave saidthat also holds true for anything youdo, there is no one correct way ofdoing anything.)

The main topic for the meeting was"Sharpening Techniques". DaveSchneider started offby discussing thetools he uses and some ofhis tech-niques. Dave recommends using whitealuminum oxide grinding wheels - 60grit for the true grinding and shapingof tools and a 100 or 120 grit wheelfor final sharpening and finishing ofthe tool. (Just kiss the wheel with thetool with very little pressure.) Davebought his wheels at Woodcraft butalso found that ENCO Manufacturinghas a local outlet in Eagan, MN. Acatalog is available from them by

"I only grind my tools when I want tochange the shape or when honing haveproduced an unwanted convex bevel."Mel continued ... "In betweengrindings I use an "EZE-LAP"diamond hone to sharpen the edge.The purple one (medium) is usedwhen considerable work must be doneon the edge, but most of the time I usethe Red (fine). These are availablealmost everywhere in the range of$5

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face.Continued from page 7to $7 each. Shortly after beginning touse the tools they appeared to loosetheir grit and become noticeablysmoother, however, it did not affecttheir ability to cut."

"I dip the hone in water and stroke thegouge or skew parallel with thecutting edge, keeping the hone flat onthe bevel. Iwork around the entirebevel, occasionally dipping the honein water until the edge is uniformlysmooth and sharp. A quick strop onmy leather apron finishes the job.Once Ihappened to have a buffingwheel mounted on a lathe while I wasusing another lathe and as an experi-ment Ibuffed the edge after honing. Itdid make a difference as the edgeseemed to last much longer betweenhoning."

"Because Iusually start with aconcave bevel, it doesn't take much tobring back an edge. On the skew Iprefer a convex bevel, so after a whileof sloppy honing, Ihave one! On toolsihere the convex bevel is not desired

I have to be more careful. If it lookslike I may be deviating from the flatbevel, on a gouge for instance, Iwillflatten it out with a piece of 600 gritwet/dry sandpaper laying flat on thetablesaw bed. Another alternative is touse a stationary belt or disk sander."

"Obviously, the procedure is some-what different with a scraper. I still dothe hollow grind on the wheel andthen, when necessary, hone perpen-dicular to the edge, keeping the honeflat on the bevel. This raises a smallwire edge. I do not believe it is aproductive use of my time to try toraise a wire edge on HSS with aburnisher. To use that procedure Iwilluse a softer steel."

Thanks to Me! and Dave for sharingtheir techniques with us.

"Show and Tell" brought anotherexcellentturnoutofturnings.MelTurcanik did the critique on piecesthat were shown and made thestatement, "These guys turn out somepretty nice stuff' ••.•.ith a big grin on his

By popular demand Igave theTreasurers report in a record breaking30 seconds. It seems I lose myaudience if I take any longer!

The wood raffle took in $14, bringingour year to date total to $130. Thishas become an excellent source ofincome for the association as well asgiving each ofus access to a greatvariety of woods.

Finally, members were reminded ofthe discounts available from many ofour local merchants. A completelisting is in the May 1996 newsletter(P # 13) Let me know if you need acopy.

Tip:Use Emery boards for sanding details onturnings. (Works great on spindle shoulders)

'-....--Jim Jacobs

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Turning related, personal classi-fied ads are free to members.Commercial ads are billed at $4per month, per column inch. Toplace an add, call Dave Schneider.(612) 934-4667

Directions to John Magnussens Home:

Approximately 25 miles or 45 minutes from Downtown Minneapolis. Take I-94toward St. Cloud to exit #213 @ 95th Ave which is Cty Rd #30. Go west on Cty Rd#30to Cty Rd #19. Follow Cty Rd #19 to Hanover and turn left immediately whenyou cross the Crow River Bridge. Go 1 mile South to a Cedar sided house on yourleft. There is a mailbox with John Magnussens' name on it. If there is still con-struction going on, John will have signs to direct you. Phone # 477-6294

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Turning Squares

Turning squares of Bloodwood,Purpleheart, Honduras Mahogany,Philipine Mahogany, Cocobolo,Bocote, Bird's Eye Maple, and Wengeare approximately 1 112" x 1 112" x22" .

They are $5.00 each or $24.00 for anassorted package of six.

Dymondwood

Dymondwood is made of natuzalhardwood veneers that have beenimpregnated with specially formu-lated resins and permanent coloringagents. It is then bonded anddensified under very high tempera-tures and pressures.

Turning squares of Dymondwood areapproximately 1 112" x 1 112" x 8".

The squares come in four colors:Blue,Brown, Red and Green.

They are $3.50 each or $12.00 for anassorted package offour.

FOR MORE 1NF000000ON

CHUCK Prrscasx @ (612) 935-0660

For Sale: Cherry Wood

101mhas purchased a large Cherry tree andhas pieces available to members for areasonable cost, Contact 101m Magnussen@ (612) 477-6294

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Hint:

When twning green wood and you are notfinished but have to leave the piece, coverit with a plastic bag to hold the moisturein. This will prevent premature drying,with checking and splitting being some ofthe more unpleasant results. (If it is asmaller piece, Saran Wrap works wellalso.) Dave Schneider

For Sale: Sealtite 60 to protect your green woodfrom checking and cracking.

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Minnesota Woodturners Association

Dedicated to providing education, information and an organization to those interested in wood turning.

The Minnesota Woodtumers Association was formed in 1987 with approximately 25 charter members and now hasabout 80 members. The Association is non-profit and all work by members is done voluntarily.

The skill level of our members ranges from complete beginners to skilled professionals. Membership includes a fewprofessionals but hobbyists make up the majority. The members live mostly in the Twin Cities metro area, howeverthere are members in all areas of Minnesota stretching into western Wisconsin.

The Association normally schedules meetings once a month during fall, winter and spring of the year. (September thruMay) The meetings are normally held on Tuesdays or Saturdays and the group meets in a different location each time.The meeting locations vary from members shops, educational associations, to the various woodworkinq stores locatedthroughout the metro area.

The Newsletter is published bi-monthly, 5 times a year, excluding the months of July/August

The meetings usually consist of some sort of tuming demonstration or related subject. The subjects of the demonstra-tions vary from basic techniques to advanced levels. The meetings are always open to questions from the members andwe invite and encourage them to share their knowledge and skills freely. The Association tries to arrange at least oneprofessional demonstration each year, with past professional demonstrators coming from all areas ofthe United States,England and as far away as Australia.