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2005 September |
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Honolulu Woodturners A Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners
Minutes of September 13, 2005
The September meeting of the Honolulu Woodturners was brought to order by President Ed Potter at 6:00 p.m.
We welcome Tim Freeman as a new member of the club. Tim recently moved here from Florida. He was a previous resident of Oahu. We also had two visitors at the meeting: Kalani Kea and Ralph Togashi.
The 2006 American Association of Woodturners 20th Annual Symposium will be held in Louisville, Kentucky. The AAW sponsors an Annual Collaborative Challenge. Ed asked for a volunteer to head our chapter’s entry. The rules for the collaborative are posted on the AAW website at www.woodturner.org To volunteer, contact Ed at 672-6947 or ed_potter@honoluluwoodturners.org
Wood Central at www.woodcentral.com is sponsoring a benefit auction for the Katrina Hurricane effort. You may donate, or bid, on an item by going to the website.
The Arizona Woodturners Association will have a regional symposium ‘Desert Woodturning Roundup’ next February 18 and 19, 2006 in Mesa, Arizona. See the following web site for a list of world class demonstrators and for registration information. All turners are welcome. www.desertwoodturningroundup.com
The AAW offers Educational Opportunity grants that are available to the chapters. Stewart Chow has initiated efforts to secure grants in the past and was again successful in securing a $350 grant to be used to purchase additional video equipment. The equipment is used to tape demonstration programs at the meeting the demos from outside demonstrators. Stewart says the setup and operation of the cameras is a simple procedure, but we need someone to take over those duties. Please contact Stewart at 261-3121 or stewart_chow@honoluluwoodturners.org for more information.
The Hawaii Forest Industry Association’s (HFIA) 13th annual Hawaii’s Wood Show ran through September 14.Pat Kramer won First place in the turning category. There were entries from several others of our club members including: Sharon Doughtie, Hank Whittington, Andy Cole, and Bill Ichinose. HFIA’s website is http://www.hawaii-forest.org
Please think about what your personal level of participation will be in the year 2006 and how you can contribute to making the Honolulu Woodturners club a better organization. Nomination and election of officers for 2006 will be held at the November 8, meeting.
President – Ralph Goto is President Elect Vice President Treasurer Secretary
We will also need folks to volunteer to be on the program and challenge committees.
An announcement was made that Woodcraft is now stocking Makita electric and gas chain saws.
Betty Scarpino, a world class turner and demonstrator, will be on Oahu November 5 and 6. She will hold an all-day demonstration on Saturday, November 5, and a hand-on class on Sunday, November 6. We are looking for someone to host Betty. Contact Stewart Chow at 261-3121 or stewart_chow@honoluluwoodturners.org if you can help or for more information. More information on the demos will be sent out as the date approaches. Betty's website is www.bettyscarpino.com
David Higa, Doug Bowers, and Craig Mason all brought in wood to share with us. The wood included milo, black acacia, sea grape, and kamani.
Available for sale at the meeting were T-shirts and caps embroidered with the club logo. They sell for $12.50 each. Contact Andy Cole at 739-1050 or andy_cole@honoluluwoodturners.org to check on availability, reserve, or purchase any of them.
Andy Cole gave a professional, entertaining, and informative demonstration on his method of turning a both pens and bottle stoppers. He took us through a step-by-step procedure from selecting the wood, drilling the puka, turning and finishing. Andy feels a couple of the most important areas of a fine pen are grain alignment and smooth transition between the wood and metal parts of the pen. Andy used Mylands Friction Polish for the finish. As a special prize, Andy offered his demonstration pen to the person whose birthday was closest to the meeting date. Danny Krenwinkel was the lucky recipient.
Andy then went through the procedures of turning and making bottle stoppers. He uses blocks of about 1½’’ x 1½’’ x 2’’ for the top with 3/8 inch dowels and cork stoppers.
As a follow-up to Andy’s demonstration, and part of November’s challenge, members willing to participate were supplied with corks and dowels to make bottle stoppers. Craig Mason brought in many pieces of different kinds of dry woods to use in making either pens or bottle stoppers.
In an attempt to encourage more participation, multiple prizes are being awarded at the meeting for the challenges. Each meeting a participation prize winner will be drawn from the people who enter a piece in either of the challenges or in the instant gallery. Prizes will also be awarded to the top winners in the challenges. This meeting we had excellent participation with about 17 individuals bring in pieces. Many brought in pieces for both challenges in addition to the instant gallery.
Prizes included club cap, T-shirt, a milo log, kamani bowl blanks, gift certificates, sanding belts, and exotic pen and bottle blanks.
Dean Mailheau was the lucky winner of the participation prize.
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Certificates for the past winners of the challenges were created and presented by Bill Ichinose.
The challenge for November will again have two categories. You are encouraged to enter both. One category is to turn a bottle stopper and the other is to turn a pen.
The Instant Gallery can be anything you've turned, examples of how to do something, mistakes, or pleas for help. Anything goes!
The November meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 6:00 p.m., at the Woodcraft warehouse. The meetings are the second Tuesday of the odd months.
Submitted by Tom Young |
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Ed Potter
Craig Mason Gordon Tang |
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Turned and Carved: First Place
Second Place Third Place |
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Trent Bosch style vessel within a vessel, dyed and textured made from lychee and curly koa Norfolk Pine piece carved with a chain saw free form flat cinnamon burl with a turned base |
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Nick Tomihama Larry Rodrigues Ed Potter
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Confetti Lamp: First Place Second Place Third Place |
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elaborate mango and hau piece milo thin stemmed lamp (no finial) Norfolk Pine with the knots forming rays on the top |
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Instant Gallery: Ralph Togashi Ed Potter Tim Freeman Bill Ichinose Craig Mason Tom Young
Andy Cole Craig Mason Larry Rodrigues |
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2 detailed walnut and maple bowls on pedestals hala vessel lidded rosewood box square teak bowl with birch legs Eastern red cedar confetti lamp hau bowl, narra Trent Bosch style vessel, and spalted mango bowl milo platter maple and cherry Bonnie Klein style stool unique westeria natural edge piece (sap wood is dark while heartwood is light |