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NORTH COAST WOODTURNERS PAGE 1

Inside this

issue

John Beaver ........ ..1

President’s Turn . ..7

April Minutes ..... ..9

Bocce Ball……...10

Show & Tell …...11

Next Meeting ..... 14

Calendar ............. 15

1

John used dry wood preferably

hard maple

or any hard

domestic

wood. Soft-

er woods

like soft

maple tends

to shred out easily. The technique

of this project can be expanded to

3,5 ,7 etc. layers......only odd

numbers. He used maple, walnut,

and spalted sycamore for this

demo.

After decid-

ing which

way the wave

would go, he

drew the

bowl shape

on the wood

block sur-

face. Next draw the wave that fol-

lowed the growth rings to reduce

stress as the wood moves. The

wave should have an arc where

the diameter of the bowl is the

radius of the arc. Try to bring

the peak of the wave to about

1/3 from the top of the bowl

with the bottom near the 2/3

line to keep it artistic. Draw a

line across the top of the block

at the

peak of

the

wave.

Drill 2

holes

each

side of the center mark on the

inside surface of the vessel.

They should be ½ inch deep

using a ¼ inch drill bit. Do not

allow these to go into the side

or bottom of the bowl.

Cut and fit two pieces of 1/4

(Continued on page 2)

John Beaver Wave Bowls

Bowl Blanks & Tools

Drill Dowel Holes

John Beaver

May 2015

Drawing Bowl Shape

Wave Bowl


inch dowel for the holes. Sand

the dowels to fit.

Cut the blank along the wave

line on the band saw using a

slow speed with a 14-18 varia-

ble tooth blade. This cut needs

to be

smooth so it

is important

that the feed

rate be kept

the same

there will be

no way to

remove any

mistakes on

the surfaces.

Select a piece of contrasting

wood sliced about 1/4 inch

thick so it can be bent with

steam. Wrap this wood in paper

towel and saturate the towel

with wa-

ter. Place

this in a

micro-

wave oven

at max

power and

cook it

1 minute 10 seconds on high.

If the towel is dries out apply

more water. The wood may

need to cook another 15 sec-

onds on high. Unwrap the

wood and try bending it. If

steamed sufficiently it will

bend freely and not crack. The

grain should be going the same

direction as the two blank piec-

es. Drill holes in the thin wood

to match the first set. Then

drill holes in the third layer and

dry-fit layers together with

dowels in the holes. Now glue

using Tightbond Glue, dowels,

and clamps on the corners al-

low to dry for at least 24 hours.

Use the band saw to cut off

the excess sticking out of the

block this will prevent any un-

expected tear out when turning.

Mount the block between cen-

ters. Turn the bowl so it is

slightly closed to force the

viewer to look inside to see the

(Continued from page 1)



Testing Dry Fit

Sand Dowel to Fit

Cut on Band Saw

Dowel Cutter

1st Bowl Demo Piece

Clamped to dry.

Moisten Paper Towel


Open Segment Bowl

wave. Turn a

tenon so you

can mount in

in a scroll

chuck. Now

you can turn

and finish the

bowl on the scroll chuck.

The trick

to a good

round bot-

tom bowl

is to

slightly

flatten the

bottom so

the curve will seem to go into the

surface yet the bowl will look

like it is lifted off the top.

Turn your bowl to a rather thick

wall similar to a rough turned

bowl. Using a profile gauge copy

the interior of the bowl to piece

of masking tape so you can trace

the profile on a piece of 1/2 inch

MDF. Do this for both sides of

the bowl at the peak of the wave.

Cut two pieces of MDF to make

pedestals that will come to the

top of the bowl, but not beyond.

Check that they match the inner

shape of the bowl. Now glue

them into the bowl using hot glue

be very generous with the hot

glue make sure there is plenty of

squeeze out and form it into a

thick fillet. Excess hot glue can

be cleaned off with Isopropyl al-

cohol.

Drill 1/4 inch alignment hole as

vertical as

possible into

pedestals.

The holes

need to be

deeper then

the low

point on

the wave.

Now mount the bowl still in the

chuck on the circle jig where you

can cut a radius that is the same

as the diameter of the bowl. You

need to cut slowly and steady to

keep the cut smooth. Catch the



Prepared Blank

2nd Bowl Demo Style

Sculpture Variation


Open Bowl Sculpture

Slide Show Intro

Turned with Tenon

Round Bottom View

Glue Tabs into bowl.


Open Sculpture

Single Wave

Blue White Variation

top before you go all the way

through. Now reset the jig about

1/4 inch closer and make the

same cut to

remove a

wavy donut.

Remember

your jig

should be

centered on

the teeth of the blade for a

smooth cut.

Put the two pieces of the bowl

with the donut removed back on

the lathe be-

tween cen-

ters after re-

placing the

donut with a

filler of

MDF the same thickness as the

donut. This will give you a

smoother cut without tear out. It

does not have to be glued, but the

dowels can be used to align the

top and bottom.

Drill holes on the surface the

same depth as the amount of ring

you want exposed. In this case it

was 5/16th of an inch. Use a

piece of tape to make certain all

the holes

are the

same

depth.

Drill them

equally

spaced

along a line from top to bottom

of bowl.

Shape the bowl against the

grain with the bowl gouge, roll-

ing the bevel to make a smoother

cut and taking light cuts from

bottom of

bowl to the

bowl edge.

John leaves

walls at 3/16

inch or thick-

er. Thin walls, in John's opinion,

make the bowl less aesthetically

pleasing. Sand and finish the ex-

terior of the bowl.

Now put the bowl back together

with the donut in place of the fill-

er. Draw the edges of the bowl

on the donut with pencil.

Sand thin layer manually. Round

over the edges of the thin layer

by sanding. At this point you can

add color with Q-tips dipped in




Three Ring

Cutting Radius on Jig

Drill Depth Holes

Wave Bowl Set


color and

touched to

the wood

edge, letting

the color

drift inward

toward the line. Texturing or air-

brushing color on are other op-

tions. Avoid getting stain or fin-

ish on the area to be glued.

Put the three

layers back

together with

dowels and

wood glue.

Use Q-tips

and water to

remove

any seeping glue while the glue

is wet. Letting the glue dry first

and then trying to remove excess

will stain the wood. Let the pro-

ject dry. John uses lacquer as a

final coat.

Remove ped-

estals, turn

the center of

the bowl and

finish interi-

or. Turn off

tenon.

On bowl number three it is nec-

essary to cut the bowl down the

center. John used spalted syca-

more for this one. This one

should be turned on the end grain

to keep the grain flowing the

same direction. Turn the vessel

and finish the exterior before cut-

ting.

Now mount it on a chuck with

cole jaws where the bowl will be

held by the lip of the bowl. In-

spect the piece to decide where

you want the fins to be. Using the

center mark draw your lines for

the cut make certain they inter-

sect on the center point.

John used a Bondhus allen

wrench for putting the buttons

on. It has a steel handle which is

sturdier then the plastic ones that

come with the chucks. It gives

him a flywheel affect when tight-

ening buttons on. Set the circle

jig up square on the table. You

want to be able to keep a straight

cut the length of the vessel. We

start at the bottom so all the

vanes will intersect accurately.

Some drift will occur but as long

as it is away from the base it will

not be noticeable. Keep your cuts



Remove Pedestals

Reassemble with Donut

3rd Bowl example


Staining Edge

Sawing from base to top

Flatten the halves

Tracing the shape


slow and steady there is a lot of tension on the rubber buttons.

Align the cut so your saw ends between the jaws of the chuck.

Try to stop before going all the way through you can finish the

cut by hand. Now the halves need to be flattened either on a

disk or belt sander. Both halves must be flat so glue joint will

be solid.

Trace the inside and outside of the shape on your piece for the

wings. Decide on what shape will be added. Cut the wings out

with the band saw or a scroll saw. Finish the wings being care-

ful not to get anything on the part where the glue joint will be.

Now assemble both halves with the wing between them using

hose clamps to draw it all together. Carefully clean the glue off

the joints which should be pretty easy with the parts already fin-

ished. Give it time to dry before putting the piece on the Cole

jaws again and making the next cut. Again remember slow and

easy with the cut going through the center mark. When all the

wings are added you should be able to mount the piece in the

scroll chuck and clean up the interior and finish it before re-

moving the tenon.

Kathy and Chuck Gies

The problems with recording the audio from the demos have

been fixed. There is a complete video from the April meeting.

Currently the team is working on making them available to

members on the web as the members requested.

Thanks to Jerry, Tom , and Steve for all their hard work on it.


Audio/Video Progress


Ready to saw shape

Glue together with hose

clamps

John’s Tools

Prepared blanks and

glue


President’s Turn

Turn and Learn table

(Less Experienced Turn-

ers)

June

Brian Becker will offer a

class to turn a yarn bowl.

November

Denny Watson will offer a

class in spindle work

LET

President’s Turn

Three Months of Fun!

May, June and July are shaping up quite nicely

for our club. The dates that are starred on my calendar are:

May 2 – Pete Wade demo at the club meeting.

June 6 – Brian Becker demo at the club meeting and a LET class.

June 13 – Doll Lumber picnic

June 25-28 – AAW Symposium in Pittsburgh

July 11-12 – Pro turner Rudy Lopez demo and hands on session

July 18 – Ice cream social

The fun starts in May with Pete Wade’s demo on cremation urns. I need

help on hollowing and this should be just the right demo for me. Last

time I tried it, I was cleaning up the inside edge of a wooden vessel. An

aggressive cut or disregard for leverage almost pole vaulted me to the

other side of the lathe.

Brian Becker has the stage for the June demo where he will turn a yarn

bowl and a yarn spinner. This will be a nice demo since it will cover

both bowl turning and spindle turning. A LET class follows which

should provide you with some good instruction on bowl turning and a

nice item for the knitter in your life. I plan to make these items for two

of my yarn weaving nieces.

The Doll Lumber picnic on June 13 with nearby woodturning club

Buckeye Wood Workers and Wood Turners is always a fun event. Doll

is located in Southington, OH which is about 35 miles east of our club

meeting site. It’s worth the trip. Buckeye has their meeting as part of the


Three Months of Fun!

June 13th Doll Lumber

Picnic

July 18th Ice Cream So-

cial

Special Dates


picnic and has a nice demo planned. Following that, there will likely be a tour of the mill. If you

are looking for wood, Doll is the place to buy it. They have a great selection at reasonable prices

and their curly maple is quite nice. A great selection of picnic food awaits for a low cost. After the

picnic concludes, we are invited to fish at Doll’s stocked pond.

The AAW Symposium in Pittsburgh will be well attended by our members. If you’ve never been

to one of these shows, this may be the closest it gets to Cleveland. The demonstrator team in-

cludes fifty of the finest wood turners from around the world. Two and one half days of instruc-

tion, an instant gallery, a banquet and other attractions make this quite appealing. If you can’t

make it this year, it will be in Atlanta in 2016. And it was just announced that the 2017 symposi-

um will be in Kansas City.


July brings Rudy Lopez to our club. After fighting my way into the last Ohio Valley show to see

Rudy’s demo, I became convinced this guy can take any old log or limb and turn it into a museum

worthy work of art. Check him out at http://www.rudolphlopez.com

The ice cream social will be hosted by Ernie Conover at his home in Parkman, OH. If it’s anything

like last year, there will be croquet, a manual pole lathe to try out and plenty of ice cream. Short

mileage side trips to Doll Lumber or a meal at the noted Welshfield Inn in Burton can also be incor-

porated into your plans.

When I’m not attending these events over the next few months, I’ll probably be down in the shop

making my bocce ball for the August competition or getting a piece or two ready for the Wayne Arts

show, which starts in September. Yes it’s going to be a great few months for us wood turners.

To everything, there is a season turn, turn, turn. Dan

President’s Turn

“To everything, there is a season turn, turn, turn.”


NCWT General Membership Meeting

Minutes – April 4, 2015

Ken Nuzum, Secretary

President, Dan Maloney,

opened the meeting at

9:30. He recognized one

visitor and new member,

Bob Maupin from Avon

Lake.

Announcements and Re-

ports:

Dan announced that the

ice cream social would be July 18th and

hosted by Ernie Conover in Parkman.

There will be further details at next month’s

meeting.

Dan reported that demo pieces from Dave

Hout’s demo were on the Show and Tell

table. We will try to do this on an ongoing

basis.

There is a Delta lathe and tools for sale.

Information is on the bulletin board.

There is a sign-up list for members interest-

ed in sharing a ride or room for the AAW

symposium.

Mike Nathal listed the upcoming demos

and club activities: May- Pete Wade, cre-

mation urns; June 6-Brian Becker, yarn

bowls and an LET class; June 13-Doll Lum-

ber picnic in collaboration with BWWT

(please sign up if attending so that the ap-

propriate amount of food can be pur-

chased) $5.00 fee;

June 25/28- AAW Sym-

posium in Pittsburgh;

July-pro turner Rudy

Lopez (hands on class

is full with a waiting

list); August-Tips and

Tricks with Bocce Ball

contest; September-

pro turner Dave

Hout, platters; Octo-

ber-pro turner Linda Suter-epoxy platter;

November-Denny Watson, spindles.

George Raeder indicated that the Wayne

Arts show will be September 10th through

October 19th in Wooster Ohio. The same

categories and rules as previous shows will

apply.

Denny Watson indicated that first priori-

ty for the Brian Becker LET yarn bowl class

will be given to those who had signed up

for last November’s class that had to be

cancelled.

Old Business: None

New Business: None

The business meeting

was concluded and

Mike Nathal intro-

duced proturner, John

Beaver.

April Minutes

Denny Watson

Mike Nathal

Dan Maloney


Bocce Ball

The board has decided to try a new contest to be held at the August

meeting. We are looking to replace the top spin-off, with the idea

that some variety will encourage more participation. Here is what

arose through our meeting:

NCWT Bocce Ball Rolling Contest Rules

1.The object of the game is to turn a wooden sphere and use it in an

accuracy contest. The contest will consist of rolling the sphere so

that it stops close to a target located approximately 20 yards away.

The sphere closest to the target will receive a $50 gift certificate to

Craft Supplies. There will also be a $50 gift certificate awarded to

the sphere judged as best appearance.

2.The sphere must be between 3”and 5” diameter

3. The sphere shall be smooth, with no grooves or other textures

added to the surface. Standard woodturning finishes like varnish or

lacquer are allowed.

4.The sphere should be solid wood. Segmented construction is al-

lowed.

5. First choice for the playing field will be the artificial turf of the

soccer field. Alternate fields surrounding the building will be used

if this is not available. If it rains, an indoor option will be used ----

a carpeted surface will be needed.

6. Players will not be able to knock away a previously rolled ball.

We will use some kind of flat ball markers analogous to ball mark-

ers for golf.

George Raeder Nametag

Tom Olechiw Turn & Learn

Jim Mayer Interesting Turning

Chuck Gies Show & Tell drawing


“ The speed of the grinding wheel doesn’t matter. They all remove metal. The faster

wheel removes it faster. There is some justification for the new Woodturner to use

the slower wheel.” Russ Fairfield

Dave Hout

Rick Weinbrenner

Tom Olechiw

Bill Miloscia Ken Nuzum

Mike Nathal

Chuck Gies Joe Smith Tim Niewiadomski

J. Perchinske

Chuck Gies

Dave Hout

Mike Hawkins

Chuck Gies

Tom Baylor

Ken Nuzum

Tim Niewiadomski

Dave Hitchcock


“There is no truth to the myth that the gray wheels will damage the steel.” Russ

Fairfield

Jim Mayer

Chuck Gies

Joe Smith

Ken Nuzum

Ken Nuzum

Dan Maloney

Chuck Gies

Dave Hitchcock

Jonathan Smith Scott Brihn

Chuck Gies Ken Nuzum Tom Sasalar


Tom Olechiw

Chuck Gies Ken Nuzum

Dave Hitchcock J.F. Brandan

Bill Miloscia

“ A cheap grinding wheel is a cheap grinding wheel, whatever color it is. Good

quality is more expensive. Lacking any other knowledge and specifications, the price

is a good indicator of quality.” Russ Fairfield

On-line April 2015 gallery

Denny Watson

J. Perchinske Stanley Stoberski

Chuck Gies

Tom Olechiw

Chuck Gies

Bill Miloscia

L:/Wouldchuck/Woodturning/Web Links/January Gallery 2015.html

http://www.belliacres.us/cphtos/April15


Turn and Learn

May: Natural Edge Bowl

June: Wave Bowl

July: Cremation Urn

August: Yarn Bowl

Next Meeting

Pete Wade Cremation Urns

Turn and Learn project Natural Edge Bowl

Show & Tell table

Nametag Drawing

Wood Raffle

Something to Look Forward to!


North Coast

Woodturners Doors open 9:00 A.M. Meeting

begins 9:30 A.M.

Blossom Hill

4450 Oakes Road

Brecksvulle, OH 44141

President

Dan Maloney

(440) 871-4129

[email protected]

Vice-President

Mike Nathal

(440) 238-4586

[email protected]

Secretary

Ken Nuzum

[email protected]

(330) 466-3457

Treasurer

Ron Sieloff

[email protected]

Member-At-Large

Tom Wisnieski

440-233-6486

[email protected]

Member-At-Large

George Raeder

(330)576-3355

[email protected]

Newsletter Editor

Chuck Gies

(440)-647-0524

[email protected]

Publicity and Community

Relations Director

Tom Nero

(440) 526-4138

Month Topic

January 3 Demo Tom Olechiw

Burl Waterfall

February 7 Demo-George Raeder Vacuum Systems Debut of the “McCardel Vacuum system”

March 7 Demo Dave Hout (pro) Natural Edge bowls (no Sunday Session)

April 4 Demo-John Beaver (pro) Wave Bowl (no Sunday Session)

May 2 Pete Wade Cremation Urns

June 6 Bryan Becker Yarn Bowls and Spinners

July 11 Demo-Rudy Lopez (pro) Vessels/Bowls (Sunday Session)

August 1 Tips and Tricks Bocce Ball Challenge

September 5 Demo-Dave Hout (pro) Platters (no Sunday Session)

October 3 Demo-Linda Suter (pro) Epoxy Platters (Sunday Session)

November 7 Denny Watson Spindles

December 5 Annual Auction

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