Goblet with Interlocking Rings by Ken Rodgers

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1 Our Motto: All The News That Fits... Gets Printed July 2018 Volume 31, Number 7 Next Meeting: Thursday, July 26th, 2018 Meeting Start: 6:30 PM Handley-Meadowbrook Lions Club 6013 Craig Street Fort Worth, TX Inside This Issue This Month s Program 1 Calendar 3 Making Good Shavings 4 Goblet with Interlocking Rings by Ken Rodgers I am from Lubbock but have lived in Richardson for the last 42 years. I started turning in 91 and joined WNT almost immediately. This was in the Ft Worth Paxton Wood store days. Clay Foster and Larry Roberts were my main go to guys when I had questions. A few years later, in the 1 st Mike Wallace shop days, we got our first camcorder, eventually spelling the doom for the 45-degree giant mirror (YEA)! I immediately got involved in the video operations. That effort migrated to the yearly meetings of the Texas Turn or Two (now SWAT). For several years I was the A/V manager for SWAT. 1

2 In 96 a few of us started the Dallas club and for several years I was active in both WNT and DAW. I have done demos at all four area clubs and SWAT. You can see samples of my turnings in my gallery on the DAW Website: My other hobbies include Ham Radio and flying R/C model planes. My real airplane flying days are ancient history. I also enjoy golf (some days), building solid body electric steel guitars (one was turned between centers on my lathe), playing guitars and fiddles, and videoing airshows. Search YouTube krodg41 for samples of my airshow videos at Addison and Alliance airports. I enjoy turning natural-edge goblets from odd-shaped tree limbs, saving them from the landfill. John Horn challenged me to learn how to add interlaced loose rings to my goblets. That is what I will be demonstrating for WNT in July. I will cover the goblet turning basics but will focus mainly on the interlaced loose ring aspect. The Woodturners of North Texas newsletter is published monthly. Inputs are due to the editor by the tenth of each month for inclusion in that month s newsletter. WNT gives permission to all other AAW woodturning chapters, woodworking magazines, and newspapers to use any text material and accompanying photos or drawings contained herein for the benefit of woodturners everywhere. We ask that credit be given to the source of the material. WNT logos and graphics may not be copied without permission. Copyright 2018, Woodturners of North Texas WNT WEB SITE: 2

3 Calendar of Events July 26 th - Regular Monthly meeting 6:30 PM, Lions Club, Demonstrator: Ken Rodgers Goblet with Interlocking Rings August 30 th - Regular Monthly meeting 6:30 PM, Lions Club, Demonstrator: Sharon Ayers Ring Box in a Golf Ball September 15 th - R.I.S.E. September 27 th - Open Shop Grapvine Lake 3:00 PM September 27 th - Regular Monthly meeting 6:30 PM, Lions Club, Demonstrator: Buddy Compton Inlaying on Fluted Turnings 3

4 ... making Good Shavings President's Pen for July 2018 Sense of duty prevailed and I have suffered through the heat to get shop projects completed. Even though I am not a morning person, I have been getting up early (early for me means about 9am). That got me to thinking about priorities and how those priorities change as we age. The biggest recent change for me has been the change from working to retirement and a change in health. I think I have adapted well but free will raises its head far too often (aka I don t wanna). It s too hot/cold/early/late/time for lunch/fav TV show, etc. Life s major priorities should not change but things can happen that create new responsibilities (empty nest, change of health, empty nest fills back up). How you deal with these changes may require at least some effort or change of thinking. Routines help. Get up at a certain time followed by a predictable schedule and prepare and follow check lists help (my favorite). Make time to get something done (one of those small projects on your to-do list.) My wife calls it piddling around in the shop. That activity may give you energy to get more done. Try it. It works. SWAT 2018: Not too late to sign up. Probably too late to get a good rate on a room, but you can come down for the day. Looks like a great line up. 4

5 It is still hot out there. Get out in the shop and make something for yourself, your wife, the WNTX challenge, Tarrant Area Food Bank Empty Bowl, or just to make chips. But don t get too hot. Use fans, etc. to keep cool. See you on the 26 th. Keep turning and stay safe! Bill Collins President 5

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7 ONLY 29 days after the July meeting. Fri. August 24th thru Sun. August 26 th,2018 7

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10 This years Lead Demonstrators are: Stuart Batty who will be in Brazos North Hosted by Hunt County Demo 1: Bowl Turning with 40/40 Bowl Gouge Grind Demo 2: Off Center Square Bowling with 40/40 Bowl Grind and Negative Rake Scraping Keith Gotschall who will be in the Ranger room Hosted by Dallas Area Woodturners Demo 1: Off Center Platter, Demo 2: 3 Leg Stool Ashley Harwood who will be in Brazos South Hosted by Woodturners of North Texas Demo 1: Rim and Foot Design on a Bowl, Demo 2: Fine Spindle Turning George Hatfield who will be in Texas South Hosted by Gulf Coast Woodturners 10

11 Demo 1: Design and Useage of Woodturning Tools, Demo 2: Woodturning Design Dan Tilden who will be in Texas South 118 Hosted by Hill Country Demo: Natural Edge Hollow Vessels Craig Timmerman who will be in Texas South 118 Hosted by Hill Country Demo 1: Arch Bowl, Demo 2: Torus Vases, Demo 3: Making Bowls Fly Alan & Lauren Zenreich who will be in Texas North Hosted by Central Texas Woodturners Demo 1: Eccentric Jewelry Turning - Making Pendants Demo 2: Embellishing your Projects with Archival Inks and Other Materials This years Regional Demonstrators are: Demonstrator Project Andy Chen Beginning Segmented Turning Texas South 118, Brazos South Jim Burt Vases from Triple Texas South 116/117(2) Jim Creel It s Whats on Top - Brazos South, Ranger Jerry Degroot Hollow Christmas Ornament Texas North, Brazos South Cindy Drozda Multiaxis Hollow Form Texas South 116/117(2) Dennis Ford Pie Crust Bowl Texas North(2) Zac Higgins Cast Resin Pen Blanks Bosque Theater(2) Jeff Hornung Air Brushing High Desert Texas North, Ranger Sammy Long Creative Power Carving Ranger, Brazos North Tod Raines Natural Edge End Grain Bowl Brazos North, Texas North 11

12 Toni Ransfield Polymer Clay-From Start to Finish Bosque Theater(2) John Schlobohm "Making Pens with Different Material Tips and Tricks" Bosque Theater(2) Lee Sky Birdhouse Ornaments with Eggs Ranger(2) John Solberg Fun with Polygons - Brazos South(2) James Thurman Spinning a Pewter Bowl Brazos North, Texas South 116/117 Donald Ward Closed End Pens Bosque Theater(2) Cory White Turning Bookends Brazos North(2) ALAN ZENRIECH Remote demonstrations Bosque Theater(1) 12

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14 FRIDAY NIGHT EXTRAVAGANZA BEAT STUART BATTY FREE TO ALL SWAT ATTENDEES First there is the Cajun Dinner Just remember, to purchase your ticket when you register. Then there is the preliminary bout between Buddy Compton and Ashley Harwood The winner of which gets to take on none other than Stuart Batty 14

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16 Who s up for a Challenge? Our Challenge in June was to turn something Americana. We had a wide range of projects from baseball bats to a whiskey barrel. Three of our turners came up with the iconic Coca Cola bottle. As usual, a wide range of imagination was displayed. It is always fun to see what will turn up each month! Thanks to all who participated in the Americana project. Those contributors were: Jim Barkelew Mitch Jones Mike Barton Dick Koch Tom Beatty Mara Linehan David Carter Jerry Newton Don Christiansen Larry Sweeney David Colley Jim Tanksley Jimmy Fife Pam Thompson Rick Gauthier Mary Verwers Rick Hallabough Kerry Weeks Caressa Hess Bob Wiggins Blake Hickerson Joe Wagner Ron Howe Danny Woods Bruce Imsande Kelly Wooton James Haynes Don York The Challenge for July is to turn a Beads of Courage container. The parameters are posted online at the Beads of Courage website. You may also contact Ron Howe or Ray Moyer for more information. These boxes will be carried to SWAT for display and then brought back to be distributed to children in our DFW area hospitals. I hope to see y all on Thursday Pam Thompson 16

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23 Last Month s Critique Each month we encourage members to bring turnings for constructive criticism. We all learn from this type of critique and hopefully our skills will improve because of it. With our time being limited, only 3 items are chosen each month for critique. All of our members are encouraged to take a hands on look at the Critique table before the meeting begins and ask questions. This month we had items for critique from: 1. Aaron Levy - mesquite bowl with a lacquer finish 2. Bill Boehme - maple wedding basket 3. Dick Koch - walnut 3 cornered bowl with lid 23

24 Beads of Courage is going well. We have 12 turners signed up so far but our Monthly Challenge will give us more. Good turning to you and see you at the July meeting. If you have any completed lidded bowls bring them to the meeting. Your B of C bowls will go to Waco to display and will be brought back ready for when the hospitals need them. If your lidded box is not completed no problem as the hospital needs them all year round. Check these sites out on the Internet: 1. On Facebook search for Peach Sate Woodturners lots of lidded bowls 2. On (YouTube) search for Denton Turners Staved Boxes part 1 and 2 another way to make lidded bowls On Facebook search for Beads of Courage this site will want to motivate you to participate See you in July. If you have any questions you can talk to Ron Howe or Ray Moyer. Good turning 24

25 Empty Bowls is an annual one-day fund raising event for the Tarrant Area Food Bank. The Food Bank provides food to sister agencies in 13 surrounding counties. The sister agencies then provide the food to needy children and families. Patrons at the Empty Bowls event pay $65 or more and get to choose a bowl (wood, ceramic or glass) to take home and sample food from numerous booths of local restaurants. There are also numerous corporate sponsors that provide a sizeable portion of the total donations. The March 2018 event raised $249,000, which is slightly more than last year. The next Empty Bowls event will be May 1, We set a new record last month but not the good kind. Joe Wigner brought in one bowl and Bill Holt donated 8 coffee scoops. I appreciate those donations but I think that is the smallest number we have ever had for one month. We have a total of 62 turned items but have a long way to go to our goal of 300. The hot days are here to stay for a while so get out in your shop early before it gets too hot and make a bowl to help feed the hungry people. If you have any questions or comments, let me, Ron Traylor, know at randkbiz@msn.com. 25

26 Empty Bowls 2018/2019 Turners Name June Total Non Bowl Items June Total Bill Holt 19 Jimmy Gill 1 Jerry Newton 9 Bill Holt 8 9 Glynn Cox 5 Rick Hallabough 4 Grand Total 10 Joe Wigner 1 4 Ron Traylor 3 Percentage of total Scott Wisdom 2 members donating: Sandy Jarrell 1 14/200 or 7% J. S. 1 Bruce Imsande 1 Jimmy Fife 1 Danny Woods 1 Jim Barkelew 1 Monthly Total 1 Grand Total 52 26

27 Mentors Name City Phone Beasley, John Denton, Boehme, Billy Arlington (h) Clowers, Wayne Haltom City (h) Cox, Glynn Keller (h) Denke, Fred Fort Worth (h) Derczo, Johnny Mansfield (h) Horn, John North Richland Hills (h) Jarrell, Sandy Fort Worth (h) Lauderbaugh, John North Richland Hills (h) General turning Bowls Pens Segmented Tool Making Decoration & Inlay Sharpening Fundamentals Natural Edge Multi-axis Hollow Forms Marshall, Dave Fort Worth (c) Moyer, Ray Euless (h) Roberts, Larry Arlington (h) Solberg, John Denton Tanksley, Jim Mansfield (h) Tiefel, Paul Southlake (h) Tkacs, Peter Denton (h) Wiggins, Bob Arlington (h) 27

28 10% discount to current Woodturners of North Texas members. com/ TI Blvd. Dallas, TX (972) % discount to current Woodturners of North Texas members S. Cooper St. Arlington, TX (817) % discount and free shipping. Exclusions apply :00am-5:00pm EST M-F Craft Supplies woodturnerscatalog.com % discount to current Woodturners of North Texas members. com/ 754 Grapevine Hwy Hurst, TX Anchorseal The club has purchased a 55-gallon drum of Anchorseal sealant for green wood and it is available to members for $10.00 per gallon. It can be purchased at club meetings. Contact James Haynes for payment. Rules for advertisements: Free ads are available only to WNT members. The deadline for submission or cancellation of an ad is the 10 th of the month to be placed in that month s newsletter. Ads will only run for one issue unless notified ( wntnewsletter@gmail.com) by the 10 th of the month. Also, if you decide to cancel an ad, please notify the editor (have you spotted the trend yet?) by the 10 th of the month. The Regular Monthly Meetings are held on the last Thursday of each month at the Handley-Meadowbrook Lions Club, 6013 Craig Street, Fort Worth, TX. Board meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at Spring Creek Barbecue 6704 Lake Worth Blvd (Hwy 199). Check the WNT web site for any updates. All WNT members are invited to attend. If you would like to join the group for dinner, it begins at 5:30 PM and the business meeting starts at 6:30 PM. 28 Board of Directors President Bill Collins Cell Vice President Pam Thompson Cell Past President Glynn Cox Home Treasurer James Haynes Cell Librarian David Baulch Cell Activities John Horn Home Newsletter Ron Schiller Home Secretary Brian Begina Cell Audio-Visual David Walker Cell Logistics Bob Clark Cell Member-at-Large Ray Moyer Cell