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1 T R I - S T A T E W O O D T U R N E R S Cuts and Scrapes O C T O B E R N E W S L E T T E R P R E S I D E N T : Josh Bowman (423) jsbowman@bellsouth.net VP: Doug Spohn (423) djspohn@epbfi.com SECRETARY: John Dekle (423) Turning411@Yahoo.com TREASURER: Gene Stubsten (423) estubsten@aol.com What can I make that s different and unique? How about an off-set bowl? Don t know how? learn how at the next TSW meeting Sat. Oct. 17th Tri-State Woodturners an official chapter of AAW Meeting Location: 8361A Dayton Pike Soddy Daisy TN (Horsin Around fac.) I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : October Demonstration 1 Oct Challenge 1 Treasure report The Web President s corner Christmas dinner AAW Symposium Challenge & Show Tell &Learn Demo Day 6 More Woodturning Article 7-10 It s not too late to whip out a holiday ornament to bring to the TSW meeting this coming Saturday. Maybe a bell, angel, Christmas tree, snowman, bird house, ball, icicle, hot air balloon, circle with a picture or of something of your creation. The sky is the limit so put your imagination to work let s see some creativity!

2 O C T O B E R P A G E 2 Treasurer s Report The Web Opening balance 2, Income This web site has some helpful information so you may want to check it out Wood raffle Box Elder auction Snacks Expenses Demonstrator Ending balance 2, Another web site with helpful info and videos is: Have fun with these web sites! Last month we hope you enjoyed the demo on ornaments; Doug has done a great job of lining up great talent. Many of us had a great time at Turning Southern Style Symposium last month. Our club was well represented. Don t forget the challenge for October is a holiday ornament of some kind. Simple or complicated all will be accepted. Remember the more you participate in the challenge, you'll qualify to enter a draw- ing at the end of the year. Lastly a word on shop safety. Keep those sleeves rolled up at the lathe. I recently saw a video of an accident where a young man was sanding with a long sleeve knit shirt on. The spindle in the lathe caught the sleeve and pulled him into and under the turning, pulling his shirt off of his body and twisting it around his arms and neck. Fortunately someone was there to get him out of it. So either roll those sleeves up or better yet wear short sleeves. President s Corner TSW President Josh Bowman

3 P A G E 3 The holiday season is just around the corner. Now is a good time to start turning some gifts so its not all let to the last minute. It is also a great time to start thinking about the club Christmas dinner and silent auction. This is a great time to enjoy an evening together with fellow turners and our spouses. One BIG thing is always the silent auction. This would be a good time to start thinking and planning what you can donate for this event. The event will be Sat. Dec 5. Put it on your calendar so nothing else slips in on that evening. More info will be shared at the Nov. meeting. You may have seen or subscribed to this magazine but if you have not seen it since the new editor took over earlier this year you really need to take a new look. The new version is totally revamped with much more content. The editor provides an article to be published in club newsletters. I will post at the end. Now is a good time to start planning to attend the AAW National Symposium next year. It will probably never be any closer and this is a great opportunity to learn a lot about turning. The symposium will be basically run by volunteers so we will have many opportunities to help make this a successful symposium. Most volunteers will be coordinated through the local club in GA but this opportunity came from AAW. The AAW seeks videographers for its 30th Annual International Symposium in Atlanta, GA, June 9-12, Applicants should have experience with video camera equipment, possess technical competence, and be able to make decisions regarding lighting, shooting angle, placement of microphone, etc. Applications will be accepted until January 15, Videographers selected for six rotations and to assist with set-up or tear-down will receive a free symposium registration. Selected videographers will be notified in February Deadline: January 15, Apply at this web site: page=2016callvideographer C U T S A N D S C R A P E S

4 OCTOBER 2015 PAGE Les Isbell the only submission for the club challenge great job Les! Instant Gallery pieces by Les Isbell 4

5 PAGE 5 Charles Jennings Below Joe Price (left) Doug Spohn (right) CUTS AND SCRAPES

6 O C T O B E R P A G E 6 Watch the chips fly as turners take a piece of wood and turn it into a toy, jewelry or other fine piece of art. Meet and talk with local artists and craftsmen as they demonstrate how they make incredibly beautiful creations. The sale of wood turned art and other craft items will be available which could make very special unique Christmas gifts. Vinterest Antiques Where Artisans and Pickers Gather 2105 Northpoint Blvd, Hixson TN Presented by Tri-State Woodturners For info call (423) or A chapter of The American Association of Woodturners

7 I ve made a number of needle cases over the years and made one for my wife some time back. She was very pleased until she found that when she dug around in her sewing basket, the lid could come off and dump her needles into the basket. Until I obtained the Ray Isles thread chasers, none of my chasers would enter such a small hole as is needed for the needle cases. When I started to make one of these, I tried to use the Nova chuck with the 25mm jaws to hold the pieces while threading. This worked fine for the lid, but I had troubles with the wood moving in the chuck when trying to chase the outside threads for the body of the case. I solved this problem by turning tenons on each end of the blank and gluing on a two inch disk to be grabbed in the 50mm jaws of the Nova chuck as shown below. The blank with two disks glued to the ends for greater stability when threading. body of the needle case move while chasing threads. Although it is not needed on the lid side, it is easier to set up the pieces for use in the same chuck. This solved the problem of having the The next step was to part off the lid and mount it in the chuck for drilling and threading. I thread the lid first whenever possible. In the photo below the lid section is shown in the chuck before drilling.

8 The lid is ready to drill with a 7/16 drill to a depth of about 1/2. Threading the hole in the lid with the inside chasers. Drilling the 5/16 hole to hold the needles. It can be drilled before or after threading. Drill a 7/16 hole in the lid section that is about 1/2 deep. Then round over the front edge of the hole and cut a recess in the bottom of the hole to allow the chaser to cut a clean thread before it would hit the bottom of the hole. When the threads are satisfactory, you are ready to mount the base section for drilling and threading of the tenon that will be threaded. Threading the tenon on the top of the base section. For this case (with a 7/16 recess in the lid section) the tenon should be slightly over 1/2. I found that a 1/2 tenon cutter would cut a tenon just slightly over 1/2 and would work well for sizing the tenon on this pro-

9 ject. I cut a tenon about 3/8 long with the tenon cutter and then cut away the excess down to the tenon. I then used a thin parting tool to make a recess at the rear of the tenon and rounded over the front edge, before hand chasing the threads. Incidentally, the threaded section is 16 tpi. On this project, I drilled the 5/16 hole for the needles after I had chased the threads, but it can be drilled just as well before cutting the threads. With the threads cut and the lid fitted to the base section, it is time to final turn the outside of the needle case and put in a few decorations with a point tool or a skew. In this photo, the outside of the needle case has been turned and it is ready to part off just in front of the disk holding it in the chuck. This is the completed needle case. I simply sanded the base smooth after parting off. I like to put a bit of a shallow curve to the outside of the needle case. It seems to me to give it more elegant look than if it is just straight sided. You can also put some sort of decoration on top of the lid, which I do sometimes. However, Mildred likes the smoother top and since she is the one who will be using these things, that is good enough reason to make them smooth.

10 This drawing illustrates how to calculate the size of the tenon for the male threads when the diameter D of the inside threads are known. If you don t have any boxwood or other hard, dense woods, you have two other options. You can use material such as Corian, which threads very well. Or you can cut recesses in both the top and base sections and pour it full of epoxy. The finished needle case with the lid removed. A needle case made from Corian. Corian threads very well. This one was not held with the disks, but only in the 25mm jaws of the chuck. I broke off the threaded tenon once and had to shorten the case. Epoxy also threads very well. I first learned of this technique from Petter Herod of Norway. I ve found that a 3/8 tenon cutter that I have works well to cut the recesses for the epoxy, but make sure your epoxy is mixed thoroughly. It must set up properly to work well.