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American Association of Woodturners Seattle Chapter, November, 2012 Last month s silent auction was impressive and several members got away with some prize wood for pennies on the dollar.

In addition, one of our premier turners, John Schrader, will be getting us ready for the holiday season as he demonstrates tree ornaments.

If you forgot to write your name on a ticket and put it in the can for each occasion you volunteered this month is your last opportunity to do so.

1 American Association of Woodturners Seattle Chapter, November, 2012 Last month s silent auction was impressive and several members got away with some prize wood for pennies on the dollar. Thank you to all who contributed to the effort. We will be voting for Vice- President and Secretary at this month s meeting. In addition, one of our premier turners, John Schrader, will be getting us ready for the holiday season as he demonstrates tree ornaments. December is the annual Christmas Party in lieu of a formal meeting. In addition to the Yankee gift exchange, we will be drawing tickets from the setup and cleanup volunteers. If you forgot to write your name on a ticket and put it in the can for each occasion you volunteered this month is your last opportunity to do so. If anyone would like to donate money or good equipment/tools for the volunteer raffle, please see a board member. Rick Terney John Shrader Brings Christmas Our demonstrator for the November meeting will be John Shrader, who will show us how to make his unusual Colorwood Christmas tree ornaments. An example is shown in the accompanying photograph. Several steps in this process are made with other shop tools, (table saw, band saw, etc.), so John will show a video of these steps. This project is a good intro- Seattle s Web Site We are at: Inside this Issue President s Message 1 Monthly Program 1 Mentors 3 Want Ads 10 Officers/Contact People 11 duction to several aspects of wood turning. The icicle is spindle turned, the bulb is segmented and turned using bowl turning techniques, and since one typical blank of Colorwood will yield 5 ornaments, there are elements of production turning involved. The ornament pictured just won a semi-finalist award in the Wood Central Christmas Ornament contest contests/ornaments/. Click on this web site, then click on View the Winners. John is a retired engi- See page 3 Shrader

2 Calendar Seattle AAW January 2012 TUES. JULY 3-BD MTG THURS. JULY 12 CLUB MEETING IN REDMOND JON MAGILL Sawdust Session-Rick Terney s. Bring a couple of roughed out bowls, tools, chuck, lunch and beverage. February 2012 Tues. Jan 31 bd mtg Thurs. Feb 9 Club mtg. in Redmond-Alan Carter Sat. Feb. 11 All Day w/alan Carter March 2012 Tues. Feb 28-bd. mtg. Thurs. Mar 8 Club mtg. in Redmond Panel Discussion-Topic: ASK THE PROS Mar 31 Sawdust Rick Terney's April 2012 Tues. April 3-bd. mtg. Thurs. April 12 Club mtg. in Redmond John Beaver s Wave Bowl John Beaver day long demo on April 13 May 2012 Tues May 1 bd. mtg. Thurs, May 10 Club mtg. in Redmond Dixie Biggs-Leaf Carvings Day long demo on May 12 June 2012 Tues. June 5 bd. mtg. Thurs. June 14 club mtg. in Redmond. Graeme Priddle Day long demo June16 July 2012 Tues. July 10 bd. mtg. Thurs. July 12 club mtg. in Redmond. TOOL SWAP July 28 Woodturners of Olympia Woodturning Symposium August 2012 Tues. July 31 bd. mtg. Thurs. Aug 9 club mtg. in Redmond. MINI SYMPOSIUM August Jack s! Begin to think of serving club as elected officers September 2012 Tues. Sept 4 bd. mtg. Thurs. Sept.13 club mtg. in Redmond. Vern Tator making pepper mills Continue to think of serving club as elected officers October 2012 Tues. Oct 2 bd. mtg. Thurs. Oct. 11 club mtg. in Redmond. John Hampton making scoops and ladles Decide to help the club by serving on a committee! November 2012 Tues. Oct 30 bd. mtg. Thurs. Nov. 8 club mtg. in Redmond. John Shrader making ornaments. Elect officers December 2012 Tues. Dec. 4 bd. mtg. Thurs. December 13 club mtg. in Redmond. Christmas Party

3 3 Shrader neer/manager who worked gee whiz technologies (electric cannons, death rays, hypervelocity impact, etc.) while he was working full time. He now spends about 20 hours a week on various aspects of woodturning. His muse leads him to designs that require high precision, which his engineering background helps him realize. He currently sells his work at 5 galleries in the Northwest and 2 on line galleries. He has shown in the Bellevue Artsfair for the last 4 years, and in 2011 won one of the Bellevue Arts Museum Carol Duke Awards for Excellence that included a check for $1,000. Seattle Mentors Below are listed the current mentor for Seattle Woodturners. They want to help! They are excellent sources. Should they not know an answer, they will know how to find an answer. Use them. Bob Sievers (off-center work)-woodchipper1@comcast.net (360) Allan Rumpf (beginning spindle work)-lkmargaret@aol.com (425) Hal Johnson-1dognobird@comcast.net (425) John Shrader-jajshrader@comcast.net (425) Corey Markus-tahomabox@aol.com (425) Jack Wayne-captjack327@jahoo.com (425) Jack McDaniel-jack@aocb.com (425) Les Dawson (beginning work)-woodguy103@aol.com (425) John Moe-janjmoe@msn.com (425) Important Announcement Concerning Membership Renewal Dues for 2013 are $30 until December 31st at which time they'll rise to $35. The quoted amounts are for an ed newsletter. Mailed hardcopies for those that do not have will cost $12 more to offset the costs of printing and postage. Everyone should verify his/her information in the database as they renew membership. Please bring checks or cash to the club meetings and see Tom Johanson near the entry door. If you want to avoid the line at the renewal table, mail your check for membership dues to Tom Johanson, NE 113th Pl, Kirkland, WA along with a stamped self-addressed envelope and any address/phone/ changes and he'll gladly mail you your 2012 membership card. Thanks!. Segmented Woodturning Symposium to be Held in October The Segmented Woodturners is an internet-based chapter of the AAW with over 500 members around the world. The third symposium, completely dedicated for segmented woodturning is scheduled for October 18-21, 2012 at Lake Tahoe, CA. Information may be found in their 8-page brochure detailing the event at There is a 30 minute DVD with highlights of the 2010 symposium available from our library. Worth checking out!

4 4 This month Biz has prepared another of her interesting crossword puzzles. I cannot place it here because I don t know how to copy and paste an Adobe PDF document. If anyone knows how, I would appreciate some coaching on that issue. I have attached the puzzle after this newsletter. I will send the answers later. I still have the carving station bags fashioned after the Dixie Biggs bag available. They are 14 x 6 with a rubber nonslip sleeve. Pattern sheet included. $20 ea. Proceeds go towards purchasing more library materials. Biz Jaskovsky, Librarian Seattle Chapter of AAW Meeting Minutes: October 2, 2012 Board Meeting Tom J.: We ll start collecting 2013 dues (@ $30) beginning at the October meeting. After January, dues become $35. We should have a 2013 plan by next meeting. Rick T.: Silent Auction will take place at the October meeting. We ll also do the standard raffle as well. Holiday Party: volunteer raffle to include Glue, Sealer, and possibly a free admission to an all-day demonstration. Don M.: Two members tentatively interested in Vice President: one member is Jim Tucker. Don is authorized to spend $200 to retrofit the trailer with safety equipment. Approved by Board. Dave Pitt is volunteer trailer hauler. Jack W.: 503-C: Will be meeting with Tom J. to document three years of financials. Once submitted, we ll begin eligibility for the year of Working on a 2013 program schedule, and should see a draft by next meeting. The VFW has requested that we place a 2 x 8 piece of plywood under the lathe. Jack to purchase. Jack F.: Group will meet on 10/10 to plan activities for next year. Jack W. plans to offer six new demonstrator training classes with a focus on tools and projects. Board Attendees: Rick Terney, Tom Johanson, Jack Frost, Jim Steck, Don McNutt, Fred Floyd, and Jack Wayne, Les Dawson. Absent: Mark Petersen, George Hart, Biz Jaskovsky, Jim Jaskovsky, and David Lippincott.

5 5 Christmas Party coming on December 13 Thursday, December 13 is the date for this year s Christmas Party. Traditionally we celebrate the season with a Yankee-type gift exchange, awarding of prizes to those who have helped the club in the previous year and a fine old sharing of holiday foods. If you wish to participate in the gift exchange bring an unmarked, wrapped woodturning, woodworking oriented gift (value usually less than $20,00) to exchange. It is always fun watching the machinations of members trying to set themselves up to win that one prize they see that they want to get. Also, if you wish to participate in the exchange, please remember that the orientation is to give something you as a woodturner might like to receive. VOLUNTEERTICKETSVOLUNTEERTICKETSVOLUNTEER Now that I have your attention, if you have not been turning in signed volunteer tickets at each meeting that you volunteer services-set up, take down, bringing in wood for raffle, that sort of thing that helps make meetings smooth and comfortable-you are missing out on some neat possibilities. At our Christmas meeting each year we draw names out of the can holding those tickets. When your name is drawn some sort of reward is given-wood, tools, things of this nature is awarded. It takes many people doing a lot of jobs to set up and run our meetings properly. This is an attempt for the club to say. Thanks for the help. Don t miss out! Info Needed One of the goals of the newsletter is to pass on information that might be relevant for turners, be they beginners or old hands. None of us is good enough that we can t continue to learn, to enhance what we turn. To that end the club offers opportunities for members to watch many of the masters who visit us on daylong seminars, occasionally a full day of turning with them, Sawdust Sessions and the like. Another thing available are opportunities like those being offered by our member Bonnie Klein at Anderson Ranch or in Port Townsend. If you know of a member, or another other person presenting woodturning, even woodworking opportunities for members I would appreciated being told so we can alert membership in a timely manner. Looking forward to hearing from you.

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9 9 Diana Friend Show Begins Club member Diana Friend sent me this information about a show she is involved in that we thought you might be interested in. All the pertinent information is there, I think. See you there!

10 10 WANT ADS This space is set aside for members to advertise free of charge to sell or purchase tools, wood, etc. Get your ad to Les Dawson by the third Thursday of the month for inclusion in the next newsletter. MORE WOODTURNING The magazine for turners. Published 10 times a year by Fred Holder. One yr: $35.00; Two yrs: $70.00; Three yrs $ Electronic version $25/yr. delivered from More Woodturning online at: Lots of great information for your browsing pleasure. More Woodturning PO Box 2168Snohomish WA Phone: fred@morewoodturning.net Bow River Craft Woods: We supply woodturners, bow makers, luthiers, carvers and woodworkers with figured, spalted, burl and specialty wood. We have bowl blanks in MANY sizes. Turning squares range from 2x2 to 8x8 in various lengths. Burls are cut to squares or slabs. We have in stock: big leaf maple, oak, acacia, cascara, chestnut, pacific yew, yellow cedar, walnut, magnolia, pear, apple and cherry. We are located at Mcsween Road Chilliwack, B.C. Canada Our Phone # is Fax # bowriver@cwk.imag.net web address is WOODCRAFT: Eaasy on and off I-5 at Exit 162 ( Corson/Michigan ). Woodcraft Seattle features one of the largest inventories of turning tools and supplies in the Northwest? Woodcraft also stocks a wide variety of turning stock and woodworking power tools, accessories, books and supplies. Classes are also offered. Additionally, show your membership card making available a 10% discount. (some exclusions apply) 5963 CORSON SOUTH, SEATTLE Rocklers Show your membership card making available a 10% discount STONE WAY NORTH, SEATTLE OR 345 TUKWILA PARKWAY, TUKWILA Packard Woodworks, Inc-specialists in all types of turning supplies and woodturning tool Craft Supply, USA-specialists in all types of turning supplies and woodturning tools. Equipment Sales and Surplus is an outlet for repaired and overstocked tools and equipment.specialize in Jet, Powermatic and Performax equipment West Valley Highway North Cheap at Twice the Price! Well, Not Quite, But The glue concession is increasing the price for all CA glue items from $6 to $7. This increase is the result of the vendor's price increase." This is cheaper than neighboring clubs. Wanted: Inexpensive, but working lathe for future turning star! A 12 year old young man pines to be a woodturner. We are looking for a lathe to meet his needs. Also needed are basic tools to learn with. Price is, of course, an issue. We appreciate your help.

11 11 Seattle Chapter AAW Officers/Contact Persons 2012 President: Rick Terney Vice President: Mike Hughes Treasurer: Tom Johanson Secretary: Jim Steck Web Page: Jim Steck Club Photographer: George Hart Program Chair: Jack Wayne ca Newsletter Editor:Les Dawson Members at Large: Fred Floyd Jim Jaskovsky Library: Biz Jaskovsky Sealer: Jose Pantoja Video: David Lippincot Hospitality: Mike Schmidt Glue: Robert Key Training: Board Members and Mentors NEXT CLUB MEETING: November 8, 6:30 PM th Ave NE Redmond, WA W. Spring Lake Drive South East Renton, WA 98058

Tis the Season. American Association of Woodturners Seattle Chapter, December, 2012

Tis the Season. American Association of Woodturners Seattle Chapter, December, 2012 American Association of Woodturners Seattle Chapter, December, 2012 December is the annual Christmas Party in lieu of a formal meeting. In addition to the Yankee gift exchange (~$20 and something you would