2006

January

Honolulu Woodturners

A Chapter of the

American Association of Woodturners

 

Minutes of the January 10 meeting

 

The January meeting of the Honolulu Woodturners Club was brought to order by President Ralph Goto at 6:00 p.m.

 

Ralph introduced the 2006 board:

             Ralph Goto, President

             Gordon Tang, Vice President

             Sandy Rhines, Treasurer

             Tom Young, Secretary

 

The Challenge Committee consists of Craig Mason, Rob Hale, and Bill Ichinose. The Program committee is headed by Andy Cole. Both committees will gladly accept any ideas and help. The Challenge Committee will likely appoint different folks to come up with the challenge ideas for future meetings. Andy has tentatively scheduled Ron Kent to present the program for the March meeting.

 

Annual membership fees are $25 per year for the local club. Please be prompt and send a check, payable to Honolulu Woodturners to:

             Sandy Rhines, Treasurer

             Honolulu Woodturners

             611 North Kainalu Drive

             Kailua, Hawaii 96734

 

Ralph requested that members wear name tags. You are encouraged to make a custom name tag. Andy brought blank tags for those needing.

 

Each person was asked to identify themselves to the group. We had several visitors including Dan Sinclair, Richard Vieira, Edmund Postanea, and Gerry Davis from California.

 

Sandy Rhines gave us a Treasurer's Report. At the beginning of the meeting, the balance in the club treasury was $3,985.42. Rob Hale took the responsibility of handling the sale of the confetti lamps from the September challenge. Through a benefit auction for the Foundation of Rotary Club of Honolulu, we received half of the selling price for the lamps. The lamps sold for anywhere from $30 to $100.

 

Dennis Feinberg, webmaster, gave us an update on www.honoluluwoodturners.com  Parts of the website are finished and he is working on getting the 'members only' sections implemented. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Send them to Dennis at dennis_feinberg@honoluluwoodturners.org

 

We desperately need someone to volunteer to run the video equipment at the meetings and demonstrations. The video camera is a great idea and allows everyone to see clearly what the demonstrator is doing. It also gives us a permanent record for our library. Stewart Chow did a lot of work in getting us grants to purchase the equipment. We appreciate his efforts and now need someone to run the equipment. Contact Ralph at ralph_goto@honoluluwoodturners.org

 

Ralph presented a couple of ideas from previous administrations. He would like to resume a renewal of the potluck/picnic we had in May of 2003. Any ideas, volunteers, location suggestions, etc., contact Ralph at ralph_goto@honoluluwoodturners.org  He would also like to resume the 'open houses' we had in various members shops. They were informal, great get-togethers that allowed us to get to know each other better, pick up new ideas, and just talk story. Again, contact Ralph if you are willing to host an 'open house'.

 

Gordon Tang suggested we look at various options to show and sell our turnings.  Jon Tuthill and Bill Ichinose suggested several venues including 'First Friday' in downtown and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Jon and Bill will look into this and help organize.

 

We also have committed to Nohea Gallery to support the Woodturners Show which benefits the Aloha United Way (AUW). This will be the third year. In the past, several members have donated pieces for a raffle with the proceeds benefit AUW. In addition, Nohea donates a percentage from the sale of our turnings. The show is scheduled to begin Saturday, June 17. We again plan on holding a turning demonstration in the parking lot in front of the gallery. We will be looking for small lathes and volunteers to turn tops for the keiki. We also would like to have a lathe set up for bowl turning demonstrations. Start planning ahead to have some pieces ready for the show.

 

There is going to be a collectible show in February at the Neal Blaisdell Center. We will have table at the show donated by Eddie Tomihama. If there is enough interest, we can buy an additional table. The turners who sell items will need to man the table. If interested, or for more information, contact Ed Potter at ed_potter@honoluluwoodturners.org or

672-6947.

 

Guava Bob Furin brought in several pieces of wood to share. He also brought in an eight piece set of vintage Miller Falls tools that he is interested in selling. If anyone can help place a value on the tools, or is interested in buying, contact Guava Bob at honolulu@honoluluwoodturners.org

 

Scott Sullivan donated a grinder to whoever wanted.

 

Ralph Goto has a 220 volt dust collector. Contact Ralph at ralph_goto@honoluluwoodturners.org if interested.

 

Available for sale at the meeting were T-shirts and caps, in various colors, embroidered with the club logo. They sell for a price of $12.50 each. They may also be purchased by contacting Andy Cole at andy_cole@honoluluwoodturners.org

 

Doug Bowers brought in pieces of longan (dragon eye) to share with those who wanted.

 

Bill Ichinose presented winners from the last challenge with certificates.

 

The participation prize winner for this month was Craig Mason. The prizes for the winners included milo wood, gift certificates, shirts and caps with the club logo.

 

The January challenges were a set of nested bowls or a calabash.

Nested Bowls:

             First Place

 

             Second Place

 

             Honorable Mention

 

Andy Cole

 

Larry Rodrigues

 

Jon Tuthill

 

Ed Potter

Dean Mailheau  

      Tom Young

 

Set of 4 spalted avocado natural edge              bowls

Set of 4 spalted padauk bowls

 

Set of Cuban mahogany bowls and a              set of shower tree bowls

Set of 2 platters

Set of 4 catalpa bowls   

Set of 2 cocobolo

Instant Gallery:

             Danny Krenwinke

             Jon Tuthill         

 

             Ralph Goto

             Gerry Davis

             Ralph Togashi   

             Ed Potter

             Tom Young

 

Milo bowl  

Several calabash bowls including ones from rainbow shower

             and poinciana   

Koa bowl

Pen made of ironwood   

Lamp from curly blue gum eucalyptus with claro walnut base

Pieces from Cuban mahogany and narra

Natural edge bowl from kou haole and a hau calabash

You are encouraged to enter the challenge and to bring pieces in to share in the Instant Gallery.

 

The program was demonstrations on how to turn a spinning top and the use of a chatter tool and ink pens to embellish it. The program began with Andy showing how he turns a top. Andy used a gouge and a Bonnie Klein type chattering tool. Following Andy, Ken Nielsen used a skew and gouge to turn a top. He then brought out what he termed his 'junkyard technology version of a chattering tool. Basically he modified a commercial tool using lead for weight and a longer handle. It seemed to work better than the commercially available tool.

 

There were five lathes set up for folks to give top turning a try with plenty of 'experts' offering tips.

 

There will be only one challenge for March -- a spinning top. However, the category will be broken into two divisions. Anyone having ever won first place in a challenge will be placed in one division while all others will be placed in the other. 

 

The next meeting is scheduled for March 14 at 6:00 p.m. at the Woodcraft Store warehouse. The meetings are the second Tuesday of the odd months.

 

Submitted by Tom Young

Calabash:  

             First Place

             Second Place

 

             Honorable Mention

 

Scott Sullivan

Tom Young

 

Tim Freeman

 

Craig Mason

Ed Potter

Gerry Davis

Andy Cole

Jon Tuthill

      Rob Hale

 

Lidded koa calabash      

Milo calabash     

 

Calabash of Carrot tree wood from              Florida 

Koa calabash   

Calabash from Koa

Koa calabash

Calabash from Cuban mahogany

Kou calabash

Calabash from FOG wood