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1 Peace River Woodturners Volume 8 Issue 2 A chapter of the American Association of Woodturners February 2015 Finial Turning with Bob Summers In This Issue It wasn t Cindy Drozda, but we had the next best thing. Bob Summers showed the members how he turns small ornamental finials. So small some would work as a great toothpick. What s always interesting about Bob s finials is that they are so small and turned with tools that are so large. A half inch bowl gouge to turn a toothpick sized finial is an achievement in itself. I always bring home some great information when watching this done. I m sure all our members felt the same.

2 The calendar listings are an attempt to keep you up to date on upcoming PRW events, as well as other events of particular interest to woodturners. Ashley Hargrove, Sarasota club demo. February 28 & March 1st Warren Carpenter, Peace River Woodturners demonstration. March 16th Next PRW meeting will be on March 5th Photo s Photographs for this months Chips & Bits were provided by Bob Roehrig. If you have digital photo s that you would like to have considered for use in the newsletter, please send them to the editor at: rroehrig1@comcast.net On Monday March 16th, the Peace River Woodturners will be hosting professional turning demonstrator Warren Carpenter. Warren was on the Board of Directors as Treasurer in for the American Association of Woodturners. Warren has been demonstrating to local AAW clubs since Check out his web site: woodbywarren.com Demonstration will be held at our meeting room 34 at the Charlotte County Cultural Center building. Cost $ Warren Carpenter Professional Demonstrator Time: 9:00 AM till 4:00 PM Breakfast will be provided. PRW Members Do Well at Expo PRW members did extremely well in winning awards at the annual Florida Wood Expo held in Punta Gorda in January. Ribbon Winners Bob Marshall Ted Beebe Dave Watson Jim Ellsworth Steve Duncan Bob Summers Paul Bartlett Congratulations to all for a fine job 2 Paul Bartlett won best of show in this years Florida State Fair with his Math Formula s segmented turning. Congratulations Paul Your Turn To Demonstrate Your time has come to win an all expenses paid trip to the 2016 Florida Symposium. Yes, not just registration, but also Room & Board. Includes your room plus ALL your meals for the 3 day symposium next January. What s the catch you say.all you have to do is sign up for one meeting to show your talents between May and December this year All of you must have some little speciality you feel comfortable in showing our members how to do. Call Norm and pick a month before there gone. You Snowbirds that are leaving in April.not a problem.you still have November and December. First come first serve. This total symposium package is worth over $375

3 3 FOOD-SAFE FINISH A Summery of non-toxic finishing products ideal for cutting boards, salad bowls, and other food-centric woodwork by Jonathan Binzen After scores of conversations with chemists, regulatory agencies, finish manufacturers, finishing experts, and woodworkers, I found that there are a few finishes that everyone agrees are food safe. However, these finishes tend to be the least protective, and the great majority are in a kind of limbo, with many experts saying most are fine for use with food but with others saying they should be avoided because there are some lingering questions about their safety. In the welter of contrary opinions about which finishes are food safe and which are not, a few naturally derived, unblended, no-hidden-ingredients, certainly nontoxic finishes stand out. Pure tung oil - Extracted from the nut of the china wood tree. Used as a base in many blended finishes. Available from catalogs and hardware stores. Difficult to apply, requires many coats, good water-resistance. Raw linseed oil - Pressed from flax seeds. Not to be confused with boiled linseed, which contains metallic driers. Listed as a food additive by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Very long curing time, good looks, low water-resistance, frequent reapplication. Mineral oil - Although derived from petroleum, it is colorless, odorless, tasteless and entirely inert. Sold as a laxative in drug stores and as a wood finish in hardware and kitchen-supply stores. Simple to apply, low waterresistance, frequent reapplication. Walnut oil - Pressed from the nuts of the walnut tree. Sold as a salad oil in health food stores and in large grocery stores. Walnut oil dries and won't go rancid. Easy to apply, frequent reapplication. Beeswax - The work of the honey bee. Can be mixed with an oil to create a better-smelling, slightly more water repellent finish. Sold in woodworking and turning catalogs. Carnauba wax - Derived from the Brazilian palm tree. Harder than beeswax and more water-resistant. Can be used straight on woodenware as a light protective coating or a topcoat polish. Sold in woodworking and turning catalogs. Shellac - A secretion from the lac bug. Harvested in India. Super blond shellac in flake form is the most waterresistant variety. A film-forming finish. Sold in woodworking catalogs and hardware and art supply stores. 3

4 Nothing - Available everywhere. Makes a reasonable finish for woodenware. No application time. Free. A recipe for one sweet finish - The food-safe finish that appeals most to me is one recommended by 4 Jim and Jean Lakiotes, West Virginia makers of spoons and other kitchen items, as well as furniture. Their finish is a mixture of mineral oil and beeswax. To make it, warm the mineral oil in a saucepan over low heat, and melt a chunk of beeswax in it equal to about one-fifth or one-sixth the volume of the oil. (At high heat, there's a potential for fire. Be sure to keep the heat low, and consider using a double boiler.) As the wax begins to flake apart and dissolve, stir frequently. When the mixture is blended, pour it into a jar to cool and solidify. To apply, wipe on an excess of the soft paste, let it dry a bit, then wipe it off. If you want to apply it as a liquid, you can reheat it. Like any mineral oil or wax finish that will take a lot of abuse, this one will need to be reapplied often to afford decent moisture protection. But applying this fragrant finish is such a pleasure that you may find yourself looking forward to the task. This article is excerpted from Jonathan Binzen's article "Which Finishes Are Food Safe," featured in Fine Woodworking #129. 4

5 5 Name: Ted Beebe Spouse: Kathy City you live in: Fairfax, Vermont & Rotunda West Education: BS in Business form Adams State College How many years in the club: 2 Occupation/Past Occupation: Banker in Conn., then mortgage origination in Vermont Something you wouldn t have known about me: I grew up on a dairy farm in Swanton, Vermont. My brother continued the farm, but sold the cows about 12 years ago. Kathy and I built our house in This year we hope to sell our house and build a new, smaller house back on the farm in Swanton. I will share my nephew s huge shop where he has 50,000 board feet of lumber. He also has 120 acres of woodland. I currently have hundreds of bowl blanks drying. I am overwhelmed by the prospects. Other Hobbies: Fishing for brown trout and king salmon on Lake Ontario. Years being a Turner: 2 Favorite Wood: Apple Favorite item to turn: Segmented bowls and other segmented decorative items. Never tried to turn: Lots of things.i have only turned bowls previously Current lathe: Grizzly 16x43. Have a general bench top lathe in Florida First lathe: The Grizzly is my first lathe Your most versatile turning tool: 1/2 bowl gouge with Ellsworth grind Least favorite turning tool: Skew Do you sell your work? No, but I intend to because of accumulation. What do you like best about the club: Getting to know all the great turners in the club 5

6 6 Ted Beebe Rod Castle Rawson Beals Doug Brown 6

7 7 Gary Sutton Jim Ellsworth Dave Watson Frank Bednar 7

8 8 Bob Summers Bob Schaffer Bob Summers 8

9 9 Charles Foster & Toothpicks According to my Forest Products textbook (copyrighted in 1962), Charles Forster of Strong, Maine, is believed to be the first American to manufacture toothpicks. His first were handmade, but by 1860, he had to devise machines to keep up with the growing demand. A complete toothpick machine system would include a veneer lathe, six cutting machines, one drying oven, and one straightening and box filling machine. This system would require about 15 horsepower and the hourly output would be about 1,440,000 toothpicks. A standard cord of good wood yields about 6-9 million flat toothpicks. The preferred wood for toothpicks is White Birch because it is white, tasteless, strong enough, and straight grained. I read that about 4 million board feet were used annually in the U.S. They cannot use any red colored heartwood, so the logs are reduced to "bolts" from 10-1/2" to 24" in length and 8" to 20" in diameter. The "bolts" must be clear and are reduced to about 3" cores after turning. They are turned to "ribbons" 1/20th" thick x 2-7/16" wide, which are then fed into a pointing machine that bevels the edges. (I measured the toothpicks we have at home and they are 2-9/16" long). The strips are then wound onto a spool and when the spool is full, the roll of veneer is slipped off and taken to a cutting machine. Approximately 154 toothpicks are punchcut from each linear foot of veneer. Next they are dried for about 2 hours in a kiln and finally finished in a polishing drum filled with a small amount of powdered chalk or shaved paraffin which gets rid of any rough edges and gives them a bit of a glaze. Finally, they are boxed by machine and ready to go to market. 9

10 10 Beall 3-On Buffing System The Beall Three Buff System consists of three types of buffing wheels mounted on a single mandrel between centers making it easy to use any of the three buffs without having to mount or dismount the buffing wheel. System includes three 8" wheels, and No. 2 MT monting shaft, Tripoli compund, White Deamond compound, Carnauba Wax and instructions. Retails for $ w/tax. Extra bars of compound are included. This system was only used once on left wheel with Tripoli. Other two wheels are brand new and have never been used. Like New in box with instruction manual and extra compound $70.00 Call Bob Roehrig