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www.crwoodturners.com Coulee Region WoodTurners ONE GOOD TURN Volume 11, Issue 4 Chapter of the American Association of WoodTurners Www.crwoodturner.com Coulee Region Woodturners April 6 2011 One Good Turn At our April 16 Duane Hill Will be demonstrating threading tech- niques. This will be his demonstration that Duane will be doing at the AAW symposium at Saint Paul, MN. In June. Greg Haugen has also been asked to coordinate, and lead a Special Interest Night event on Bowl turning. This will be Friday night during the symposium. So far, Mike Mahoney, Bill Luce, and Jerry Ker- mode will be on the panel that I have assembled for it. There could be a fourth turner on the panel, but I'm waiting to hear about their travel plans. News Flash Congratulation to Duane, and Greg for being chosen to take an active part in this years AAW Symposium at Saint Paul, MN. Have fun and we will see you in Saint Paul, MN. Well we have a new club challenge for the May Meeting. This challenge will be a "Creative Challenge". You will have to put on your thinking caps. Some guide lines are in these words listed below. There are no restriction, so as long as you fall into these categories. Practicality Whimsical Humorous Offset turning So good luck on your interpretation, and we are looking forward to you pieces. Phil
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Volume 11, Issue 4
Chapter of the American Association of WoodTurners
Www.crwoodturner.com
Coulee Region Woodturners
April 6 2011
One Good Turn
At our April 16 Duane Hill Will be demonstrating threading tech-niques. This will be his demonstration that Duane will be doing at theAAW symposium at Saint Paul, MN. In June.
Greg Haugen has also been asked to coordinate, and lead a SpecialInterest Night event on Bowl turning. This will be Friday night duringthe symposium. So far, Mike Mahoney, Bill Luce, and Jerry Ker-mode will be on the panel that I have assembled for it. There could bea fourth turner on the panel, but I'm waiting to hear about their travelplans.
News Flash
Congratulation to Duane, and Greg for being chosen to take an activepart in this years AAW Symposium at Saint Paul, MN. Have fun andwe will see you in Saint Paul, MN.
Well we have a new club challenge for the May Meeting.This challenge will be a "Creative Challenge". You will have to put on your thinkingcaps. Some guide lines are in these words listed below. There are no restriction, so as
long as you fall into these categories.
Practicality Whimsical Humorous Offset turning
So good luck on your interpretation, and we are looking forward to you pieces. Phil
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CRW Mission Statement: To promote, to educate, and toinspire ourselves and others in the fine art of turned wood.
Experimental techniques, tool making, and metalworking. Ken GrunkeLa Farge, WI. 608-625-2412 [email protected]
CRW Club Mentors
All areas of turning and finishing. Duane HillOnalaska, WI. 608-783-0883 [email protected]
Fundamentals. Bob Patros La Crosse, WI.608-788-6839 [email protected]
Spindle turning. John Fisher Holmen, WI. 608- 526-4692 [email protected]
Ken Grunke
Webmaster
608-625-2412
Asst. Librarian
Paul Schumacher
Clyde CassellTool Czar
Technical AdvisorsProgram Director
Paul Woelper
Librarian
Jack Fitzpakrick
Club photographer
John Griffiths608-248-2782
Segmented Turning. Phil Miller La Crosse, WI. 792-1497 [email protected]
CRW Officers
Jim Frank
President
Gary FriemannTreasurer
507-498-5692
Vice President
Bob Patros
608-788-6839
Phil Miller
Secretary,& Newsletter
Fundamentals. Jim Frank Onalaska, WI. 781-8092 [email protected]
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How did you like the Mike Hunter Demo and Tool Trial Day last meeting? I personally thoughtthe meeting went well. Thanks to Mike for volunteering to come down and show us his tools. Al-so, thank you for getting enthused about his tools, the purchases you made provided the clubwith a $150.00 donation to the club. I liked the new size and ability to cut small objects. (I espe-cially liked his new angled straight carbide too) I asked mike to design a longer shaft so we cango deeper into a bowl or vase and he is sending me a proto-type to try. I will make it available tothe club to use and comment on.
A lot of people helped set this meeting and tools up and I would like to thank them for their help,but when the meeting was over, most of you drifted out and it us longer to clean up. We need vol-unteers to help clean up also. So next time we do this, please take a little extra time to help cleanup.
Did you get enough coffee at the meeting? We made 80 cups to start and then made 30 cupsmore. Eddy Holt drinks decafe and he volunteered a new smaller coffee pot to the club. ThanksEd for the coffee pot.
I was asked to add a column to the mailing list to call out what vocation we did or are still doingsuch as Plumber, Electrician, Printer CPA, and others. Many times in life we have a questionthat we need to ask someone with knowledge and don’t know who or how to ask. Having an occu-pation called out and knowing the people in our club provides a trust bond that we will get agood honest answer. What do you think? I will ask it during our next meeting. If you agree that itis a good idea, I will pass around a survey list with your name on it to add your past or presentoccupation to. Also, on the survey I will have three more columns that ask a question of howmany times do I turn in a DAY – WEEK – MONTH – YEAR – NONE OF THE ABOVE. Thiswill provide us an idea how active the club is. The last Column will ask, what do I want to see theclub do next? This will help the officers decide on future events.
Thanks Jim
On April 9th a small group of us will be traveling to the VA Center in Tomah, WI.We will have 3 lathes for a demonstration on Bowls, Platters, and Pen making.The demo will start at 9 am building 406 and we will get there at 8 am.We will be showing the Vets what we do for a hobby and that can do this also.We will also be doing things with them in the future, but more on that later.The demo will last till 11am. Phil
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Got to : http://www.crwoodturner.com/howto.shtmlFor the articles that Mike has on turning Ornaments.
Thanks Mike for your demo and the great discount on your tools. The donation of $150to the club.
Mike Hunter of Hunter Woodturning Tools.
www.hunterwoodturningtool.com
Photo’s byJohn Griffiths
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Safety Glasses:
Face Shield:
As with all woodworking, safety glasses are the most important piece of safety equipment. There arenumerous styles of safety glasses. Try out the many styles that your woodworking supplier offers,and find a pair that you'll be comfortable wearing. Be certain that the pair you choose incorporatesimpact resistant lenses and side screens to protect against debris created by your power tools.
A face shield is a good idea when wood turning, as chips tend to fly in any direction. A clear, impactresistant full-face shield will keep these flying chips and debris out of your face, helping you to avoiddistraction when turning.
April Duane Hill Threading
May John Fisher Platters
June Roger Meyer First ten years What I learned. Odd’s and Ends
Up and Coming Meetings Paul Woelper
Genevieve Haugen turning with Dad's coaching.
So Greg when will she beready to Demo?
Wendell Zieglar
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Open Shop Night – Open Shop Night is heldTuesdays at Duane Hill’s shop, 808 Quincy in
Onalaska. The topic is free format andanything applying to woodturning goes.
This is a great chance to ask questions, try newtechniques or just BS about woodturning.
Please call, 608-783-0883, if you plan on com-ing over to make sure Duane will be there.
John Griffiths
Tom Mruz
Dennis Snider
Gary Friemann
Ansel Heram
Roger MeyerJim Johnson
Terry Klais Roland Williams
Rich Egan
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From the Editor;Phil here I want to have this page of our News Letter to focus on different areas ofwood turning. Like what do you like to do on the lathe? Pen work, Raw bowls, Seg-mented turning. So what are your interests, this page will be broke down to showtechniques that work and what doesn’t work. So e-mail me with what you like todo, and send in your thoughts. This our News Letter share what you like to do.Phil [email protected]
C. R. W. News PageWhat do you like to turn, When I think of all the different pieces that havecome to our Instant Gallery through the years. What have you found that isyour favorite kind of projects. I like to find different and new way of doingthings. I just turned a really nice stabilized Black Ash Burl pen blank. I used aCigar kit from Craft Supplies. Nice piece.
I am also going to try casting Resin and waste wood blanks. I have gotten 25lbs. of waste wood of Black Ash Burls. Cory at Up North Burls has somegreat burls at: http://upnorthburls.net/
I have tried using polymer clay to make pen blanks. This a fun medium, andthe finished product is a one of a kind.
Now we come to segmented turned pieces. Doing a segmented piece I feel isa great way to play with wood. Mixing wood types, planning the shape. I alsoreally like the raw wood bowls that we get from our local trees. I turn themtoo. Have you ever turned a nice burl bowl. The surprises that you get to un-cover. WOW
To sum this up I like wood and other mediums to do creative things with.
What’s do you like to do, take part and share. Phil M
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Club Calendar Events & Club Meetings For 2011
March Meeting 3/19/2011Officers Meeting 3/3/2011
April Meeting 4/16/2011Officers Meeting 3/31/2011
May Meeting 5/21/2011 Turning ChallengeOfficers Meeting 5/5/2011
June Meeting 6/18/2011AAW St. Paul, MN - June 24 - 26, at the St. Paul River CentreLa Crosse RiverFest
July Meeting 7/16/2011August Meeting 8/20/2011
Great river folk festival UWLSeptember Meeting 9/17/2011October Meeting 10/15/2011
Holmen Empty BowlFestival Of Trees
November Meeting 11/19/2011Veterans Day 11/11/2011Pens For Troops
December Meeting 12/17/2011
25th Annual AAW symposium, to be held in SaintPaul, Minnesota, Friday June 24 through SundayJune 26, 2011, at the Saint Paul RiverCentre.
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Secretary Notes
Treasures NotesWe have finished the 2011 membership at the end February, so if you haven’t sent in your dues itis time please see Gary at this meeting or contact him at: [email protected] or 507-498-5692. Also if you have an old e-mail address, please discard it and use this new address.
Advisors notes
Tool AdvisorWe have some tools that are being tested by members, if you would like to try them contactClyde Cassell.
Program DirectorApril Meeting Duane Hill Threading
Paul has put together a great line up of Demonstrations for the first half of this year. Thank youPaul
LibrarianJack has been putting together a plan to build a new book case and he is looking for some help toput this together. Get a hold of him and see if you can give him a hand. He is looking for somehardwood donations. [email protected] or 608-781-8167
Clubs actionsOur Goblet Display at Gundersen is a huge success. Thanks Bob
Club BusinessWe are planning on going to the VA Hospital to do a demonstration on Saturday April 9th.We will be there at 8am to set up and the Demo will start at 9am to 11am
Looking to learn more about your interests when it comes to Woodturning Contact me at:[email protected] Phil
We will start to put together the Club Directory we are making corrections look forward to get-ting that out to you.
I asked in the last issue to send in questions that you have to improve your turning time. Are youstruggling with a problem, and want some answers. I am working on one members question andwill get some answers to his problems. What about you, do you have a question about something,we will share this with the membership after we have given you some help. So send your ques-
tions to me at: [email protected] If you don’t want it published that’s ok lets get thesementors to work on your Issue. Thanks Phil
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AAW Collaborative Challenge Project
We need some help members, time is slipping away. This is a club project, and we need your commit-ment. At this point in time, 2 bunk beds are being made and Ansel will work on the table. We need manymore turners working on this project. Some ideas for trappings at 1" to the foot are:1. Wood box with stacked wood (1-1/4” wide by 4” long by 3” high)2. Two easy chairs (Scaled to 1" to the foot)3. 4 table chairs (Scaled to 1" to the foot)4. Beer Cans (6 Pack)5. Whisky Jug (Old Time Ceramic)6. Deer Horns7. Canoe Bob P8. Dishes (1-1/4” diameter X 4)9. Pots (1-1/4” diameter X 2)10. Wall Cupboards (2-3” long by 3” high by 1-1/4” deep)11. Cloth coverings for openings on all cabinets12. Foot stools for the two easy chairs13. Pancakes to fit plates14. Window (with Curtains) Phil M15. Door with hinges (with door frame) Phil M16. Carved Moose HeadAnd many more ideas from the members. We have some things being worked on and we need your help, soVolunteer and take part this is a team effort and a fun project. We have less than 5 months till March contactDuane Hill [email protected] or Jim Frank: [email protected]
We Need Your Help, And March Is Getting Closer!
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I have many years of "Fine Woodworking Magazine". Wondering if anyone would like to trade forsome turning magazines? Please publish this question in the newsletter. Thanks, John Philips
What’s On Your Mind?Ask some Questions.Do you have a tip or a trick Share it.What’s your favorite wood?
Make a bowl depth gauge In response to some questions raisedabout using a metal tap in wood, here is a simple tip that is handyto most turners. A bowl gauge is used to identify how far youhave gone in a bowl or vase. Cut a piece of wood as long as youplan on turning a bowl diameter plus a couple of inches. I.e. agauge for ten inch maximum bowls will use a twelve inch longpiece of wood. Drill a 7/32" hole at center, rotate the wood 90degrees and drill a 1/4" hole. Use a 1/4" x 20 tap to thread the7/32" hole. Insert a piece of 1/4" dowel through the unthreadedhole and a 1/4" bolt or thumbscrew through the threaded hole.The dowel is set to desired depth and the wood piece serves as astop at the bowl's edges. A hint I learned from Jacques Vessery isto replace the dowel with an antenna from a portable radio whendoing long vases. It is light and easily retractable for storage. Ifyou can not find an antenna, I find a magnetic pickup from thedollar store to work well.
This Tip is from Around the Woods :
http://aroundthewoods.com/tips.shtml
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Chapter of the American Association of WoodTurners
Phil Miller / Editor2831 Onalaska Ave.La Crosse, WI 54603
Phone: 608-792-1497Email: [email protected]
"A Turn For the Better"
Here’s a map to help thosewho aren’t sure where we
meet. It’s the OnalaskaCommunity Center at theintersections of Quincy &
6th Ave North in Onalaska,Wisconsin. 608-783-9290
We’ll start the programpromptly at 9am, so get
there early to avoid gettinga Uecker Seat.
We’ll have coffee, soChocolate donuts are
ALWAYSWelcomed.
Next MeetingOnalaska Community
Center Saturday,April 16 2011 at 9 am.
