June 2015
Volume 15 Issue 5
Northeast Florida Woodturners Association
An Affiliate of the American Association of Woodturners – Club Number 130 - jaxturners.org
President’s Message
I just want to remind all
of you that Saturday,
June 13th is the Turning
Club Show at Woodcraft.
This is a great way for us
to show off what kind of
talent our club has.
Bring in any work you
want to put into the show to the meeting
on Monday. Bring your friends on
Saturday and have them vote on your
pieces.
I want to thank Bernard Ross again for a
great wood alert. I hope some of you got a
bit of that cherry. I also had a friend take
down a big sycamore and save a piece for
me, so I'm wood rich again.
Bob Hunt and I had a fun day
demonstrating our craft to some potential
future woodturners. Every year Greenland
Pines Elementary School has two days of
Arts and Culture at the end of the school
year. I've been doing demos for them for
the last couple of years, but this year we
stepped up things a bit and have two of us
there.
I like to add a bit of science into demo and
try to explain to them the differences
between softwoods and hardwoods.
Although I've generally had kids of all
ages,
this
year
we
only
had
kindergarteners and kids from 2nd grade. I
couldn't go too deep into the science with
them. That was OK because the loved the
demos.
As you can see we were making a pretty
good mess. The kids saw this as a positive
thing, but the teacher whose room we were
working in had different sentiments
entirely. She couldn't stand it and even had
us stop for a minute so that she could
remove all her files from a cabinet top and
to put the telephone in a trash bag. I'm
guessing we won't be in that room next
year.
I'm starting to get all excited about the
AAW Symposium. I know all the people I
will video:
I know it's hard to video and see what they
are doing, but I think there will be some
interesting things to learn from them. I've
been checking out the rest of the rotations
and there are just too many great demos to
catch them all.
Thanks to Don Penny for last month's
demo on coring. I was really interested in
knowing how tough it was and how much
flexibility you have. Don's demo taught me
a lot, but I'm not sure I'm going to jump
right out and buy a new coring rig.
I'm also prepping for my John C. Campbell
Folkschool classes. I should learn next
week if there are enough students to hold
the class.
Meeting Notes
We had 23 members and 3 visitors at the
meeting and most of the discussions
centered around upcoming events.
•
Bowls for the AAW event to be
brought with you to the meeting.
•
Woodcraft Turner’s Show entries
are due by 6/13
Ed spent some time on the Florida
Symposium scheduled February 5th – 7th.
Registration will open in August.
Finally Safety Bob held a great discussion
on stressing safety when you are teaching
someone to turn. As we all know, bad
habits come along fast enough so we need
to be diligent in teaching safety and safe
techniques to the beginner.
Instant Gallery
Calendar of Events
Demonstration
I made some wood chips for the
demonstration showing the Woodcut Bowl
Saver. We had a discussion about the
available systems and their positives and
negatives. The truth is, as Ed eluded to,
that you would probably need all 3 systems
to get everything you want out of bowl
coring.
This month’s demonstration is on
Ergonomics so remember to sit up straight!
•
Northeast Florida Woodturners
Association Meeting – June 15,
2015 at 6:30 PM at the Woodcraft
store at Regency. This will be our
regular monthly meeting.
•
Woodturning Contest – June 13th
at Woodcraft
•
Bowls for the AAW - June 25th