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1 September The CAW Newsletter The CAW Newsletter is the official publication of the Capital Area Woodturners Chapter of the AAW, and is published for the information of its members. Membership in the CAW Chapter is open to anyone interested in the art and craft of woodturning. Meeting Announcement: Date: Saturday, Sep 11, 04 Time: 9:00 AM 12:00 PM Place: Bryant Adult Education Ctr 2709 Popkins Lane Alexandria, Virginia DIRECTIONS TO THE MEETING: From Virginia or Maryland, take I-495/I- 95 towards the Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River. Take Exit 177A (Rt 1 South) on the Virginia side. Approximately 1.9 miles south of the Beltway, you will pass the Beacon Mall complex with Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse on your right. Drive past the main entrance into Beacon Mall, go 4 more stop lights about ½ mile. The 4 th stop light will be Popkins Lane. Turn Left onto Popkins Lane and go 2 blocks. Bryant Learning Center entry will be on your right. Drive to the East side of the building. Plenty of parking on the side or in the rear of the building. The entrances to the woodworking shop and meeting rooms are off the back corner of the east side of the Bryant Center. Program For the Month 8:30 AM Help set up for the demonstration. Look over the For Sale items in the equipment room. Help get the coffee bar going or have a cup of coffee and a donut with your fellow turners. Discuss the items on the Show & Tell table. Rent a video. Talk tips and techniques with others. 9:00 AM A normal business meeting. A raffle will be offered. Photos of member items will be taken for the next CAW Newsletter. The tape library will be open. A silent auction table will be available for donated wood and items. A Show & Tell of pieces brought in will be conducted. Supplies & tools for sale will be shown. 9:30 AM CAW Members Demo Shop Tips And Jigs In September s meeting, you will have the opportunity to discover how other members have tackled tasks within their shop from the highly complex to the simple solution set. Here is an opportunity for members of all experience levels to share ideas, Jigs, fixtures, helpful hints, tips, ideas and those things you have discovered which make life in the workshop a whole bunch easier. Please come ready to share your knowledge. The positive aspect of this is everyone, no matter what your background or experience level, has something to share. Depending on how we are doing on time, we'll open the floor to a question and answer period. The Call of the Lathe CAW President: Tom Boley The Call of the Lathe has been mighty strong in Springfield the past few days. I really did leave NCIS on 20 Aug, retiring once again after two and a half years back on the job following 9/11. So now I am a full-time woodturner working at a feverish pace trying to do too many things at one time. And I thought it would be easy! I have about a hundred roughturned bowls and trays which I must finish. I need to do 150 bottle stoppers and 150 fan pulls. I also need to do 50 pens or so. At the same time, I am trying to continue some rough-turning from my stock of wood which is clogging the driveway, the garage, and the basement. Add to that the need to develop a nice brochure about one aspect of my business, organizing overall the business aspects of my business, enhancing my marketing plan, coordinating paperwork for the Fall craft show cycle, improving my craft show furniture such as shelves and other displays, and you can see that the life of a full-timer is not just hanging out at the lathe. But I think this will be fun. It is not all woodturning, but enough of it is that I am very excited about what is to come. I have some ideas which I want to try but may not be able to take the time to experiment with new stuff until January. I ll keep you posted as this new life of mine continues to evolve. We have so many members who are so faithful to CAW and who do a huge amount of work behind the scenes in support of our organization, that it is impossible to properly highlight and extol their contributions. However, I do want to name a couple of gents who support our club in everything they do and are somehow involved with CAW or CAW-related activities nearly every day. CA Savoy and Don Riggs deserve special recognition as they go about their normal tasks on our behalf. They are the ones who went to Mt. Vernon with chain saws to cut up the white ash which we were asked to prepare as gifts for the Mt. Vernon Ladies Association to give as gifts to their key donors. They brought it all back to the school, end grain sealed it all, and coordinated both passing out the wood and collecting the turned pieces to give to Mt. Vernon. They coordinate the skill enhancement sessions twice a month and keep the equipment working. One of the costs which they personally incur is that they are asked from time to time to do some kind of labor to help the school. For example, on Friday, 3 Sep, they spent the better part of a day installing new shelves in the school library. This is the kind of effort they do for us which we rarely see but this is one of the reasons we can use the school. I am most grateful for this and know that you are, too. CA and Don, thanks so much for all your time and effort in support of CAW. \ Tom Boley Bring plenty of money on Saturday!! A truckload of exotic woods, brought back to the CAW from the July AAW Symposium, will be available for your purchase and enjoyment. Buy early and a lot

September 2004 Page 2 CAW SKILL ENHANCEMENT WORKSHOP BRYANT SCHOOL WED. 9-8-04 9:00AM - 3:00PM TUES. 9-28-04 9:00AM - 3:00PM For the Sept., Oct. and Nov.

2 September 2004 Page 2 CAW SKILL ENHANCEMENT WORKSHOP BRYANT SCHOOL WED :00AM - 3:00PM TUES :00AM - 3:00PM For the Sept., Oct. and Nov. work shops CA will demo and teach how to turn his delicate and exquisite holiday ornaments. Please advise CA if you want to turn an ornament so he can bring the required material. Any special requests contact: CA Savoy cadjsavoy@cox.net Or: Don Riggs driggs11@cox.net Or: Don Johnson drjpapaw@aol.com Or: Aaron Grebeldinger erph@erols.com PLEASE NOTE::: There is a shop charge of $5.00. If you use any tool, i.e., band saw, lathe, drill press etc. the charge will apply. If you come to visit and just watch, then - no charge. YOU MUST ALSO BE A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WOODTURNERS IF YOU WANT TO USE ANY OF THE TOOLS. CAW- ONEWAY ORDER CA will be placing a ONEWAY order on Monday, Sep 13th. Order must be to him NLT Sunday Check your catalog or call up ONEWAY website at to see what 's available and your order to C.A. at cadjsavoy@cox.net CA places orders throughout the month, so if you need a ONEWAY product him by the Sat. preceding the monthly meeting and he will have your order for you at the meeting. Items can be picked up at Bryant School on the 2nd Wed. or last Tues. monthly workshops or at the monthly meetings or by special arrangements. You pay when you receive your merchandise. CA Savoy:::: HAPPY AND SAFE TURNING!!!!!!!!!!! Future CAW Plans 2004 Oct 9 Martin Pidgen Square / Diamond & Flat sided turnings Nov 13 TBD Dec 11 Annual Woodturners Ball Holiday Party Items For Sale: LATHE FOR SALE $1, LIKE NEW - ROCKWELL SWING OVER BED 43 DISTANCE BETWEEN CENTERS 1 HP, 110V VARIABLE SPEED OUTBOARD TURNING CAPACITY INDEXING LIVE CENTER DRIVE CENTER 2 TOOL RESTS 2-6 INCH FACE PLATES 2-3 INCH FACEPLATES VACUUM PUMP TO MAKE VACUUM CHUCK LATHE DUPLICATOR 13 CRAFTSMAN HIGH SPEED CARBON STEEL TOOLS (NEW) CALL: JORGE SALINAS Delta 12 inch woodworking lathe, model no New 3/4 hp motor, 48 speeds, 50 rpm to 4000 rpm, cast iron headstock, tailstock, bed and legs. 4 inch face plate, dead center, live center, manual and 4 inch tool rest included. New motor is mounted underneath bed, 1 hp, 220v, 3 phase double-ended motor is mounted on shelf and used as a jack shaft. Price $300 Excellent condition, will deliver for $20." Don Gold (O) (C) gd5005@hotmail.com Don Gold s Delta 12 inch We will hold a hands-on workshop with Martin Pidgen on Friday, 8 Oct. Turning small items, and spindle work. Cost will be $30.00, if interested please send fee to Frank Stepanski CAW 2004 Officer Roster Name Position Tom Boley President Manny Fernandez Vice-President Mike McInerney Treasurer Bob Reynolds Secretary Frank Stepanski Program Director Committee Chair C. A. Savoy Show Director Jim Marstall Newsletter Editor Club Support Volunteers Contact Information 8316 Botsford Ct. Springfield, VA tboley@erols.com 7913 Hollington Place Fairfax Station, VA, mannyandsusan@cox.n et Creek Branch Court Centerville, VA mikemc1421@aol.com 7627 Mineral spring Court Springfield, VA reynoldsrf@aol.com 1203 Washington Dr. Stafford, VA woodturner@purespeed. com 1309 Gatewood Drive Alexandria, VA cadjsavoy@cox.net 6213 Capella Ave. Burke, VA jim.b.marstall@boeing.c om Bill Bearden Video Library Aaron Grebeldinger Education Outreach Mark Robinson Group Buy Jonathan Hess Raffles/Auctions Bob Pezold CAW Clothes Paul Burke - Mentor Program All committee volunteers - Set-up, clean-up, coffee bar, etc. Each member If your personal information changes: address, phone, or , notify Mike McInerney.

September 2004 Page 3 Making Whistles By: Keith Taylor Something for the children. Well yes, but not only for children. I make whistles for the ladies as well.

3 September 2004 Page 3 Making Whistles By: Keith Taylor Something for the children. Well yes, but not only for children. I make whistles for the ladies as well. By fitting a key ring on the end, this then becomes a useful article, and to some extent a piece of safety equipment. If the whistle is made correctly it is capable of producing a very loud piercing sound so a warning. If you do intend to make these and give them to the children, make sure the children live at least two streets away. If you make them longer, and the hole deeper, the sound will be more mellow and if you want to advance further a block of wood with four holes drilled to different depths will make a sound more like a diesel train whistle, or you could even go further, and make a pan flute. Enough of this dreaming let's get started. Choose a piece of timber carefully, a good dense timber with perhaps an oily base, would be best; but any reasonable timber will be OK. Remember moisture could be blown into the whistle. The size, is not very important, about 25 mm (I inch) square and as for the length, as long as it's more than 40 mm (1.5 inches) long you are in business. holes in the end. Front the drill up to the center pop mark and the tail center pop mark to the tail stock s live center. With a brass rod replacing the drill, push the timber on the rod and bring up the tailstock. When you have almost finished the shape, withdraw the tailstock and finish the end off. If you want to make it as a key holder, turn a small knob on the end and later drill a small hole in the end, from each side at an angle to suit the key ring. Now is the time to be creative (as all wood turners are). Beyond the mouth area is YOUR design, but the mouth area is best if you follow the diagram. So there is some latitude there somewhere. Before removing the whistle from the lathe, sand the surfaces and using your favorite polish finish off. Then remove the whistle from the lathe and follow the instructions on cutting out the mouth. HINT Using a length of dowel, insert it into the hole and place the protruding end in the vice. This will hold the whistle while cutting the mouth. While still in this position and using a fine file clean up the saw cats IT IS NOW TIME TO MAKE THIS WOODEN WHISTLE WHISTLE First, a piece of dowel about 35 mm long that will be a snug fit into the hole. Insert the dowel into the hole as far as the saw cut and with a pencil draw a line across the end of the dowel (see diagram), now remove the dowel and remove the small amount of wood as shown shaded. Mark the centers on each end of the timber. I use an engineers automatic punch to indent the center spot, it gives a starting spot for the drill and the tail stock {see photo}. Drill the hole, using a 3/8 inch drill to the depth of 35 mm. (That sure is mixing up the measurements; but that's the way it goes). Because I have a piece of 3/8 inch brass rod I use a 3/8 drill, but if you have a piece of 9 mm brass or steel you must then use a 9 mm drill. Wrap a piece of tape around the drill at 35 mm as a depth gauge and drill the hole as per photo. I find this method the most actuate way to drill Although I don't measure the size anymore the whistles still work well. Reinstall and test. Blow into the mouth piece and adjust the dowel in and out for best results. Mark the final position of the dowel, remove, put a little glue on the dowel and reinsert to the mark. TEST and leave to dry. When dry cut the excess dowel off sand and polish FINISHED. Keith Taylor Peninsula woodturners Guild Victoria, Australia

September 2004 Page 4 Four CAW members will demonstrate at the 2004 Virginia Woodturning Symposium being held in the Artisans Center of Virginia at Waynesboro, VA on November 6 and 7, 2004.

4 September 2004 Page 4 Four CAW members will demonstrate at the 2004 Virginia Woodturning Symposium being held in the Artisans Center of Virginia at Waynesboro, VA on November 6 and 7, These generous members are Alan Becker (segmented turning), Bill Hardy (platters and using double sided tape), Don Riggs (turning spheres) and Frank Stepanski (Wood choice, preparation & mounting to the lathe - two sessions). For information on attending this Symposium, see Right at Home: American Studio Furniture continues at the Renwick Gallery through January 17, There will be only five demonstrations by local talent this fall, three of which are turned wood, including our own Richard Allen on November 6 st. There will be 9 slide lectures by furniture makers, plus lectures on early American furniture design and the White House furniture collection. Information on speakers and dates is available at the Renwick in a printed Calendar of Events, and is at endar.cfm. Our September meeting may be the last for Sherry and Al Hockenbery. They are planning on moving to Lakeland, FL where they have found a nice place with a large shop and office. Patrick Obrien will be selling his work at the 9 th annual multi-cultural arts and crafts festival, know as Art on the Avenue, October 2 nd from 10 AM to 6 PM, on Mt Vernon Avenue, between Bellefonte & Randolph streets in Alexandria, VA. At the request of Joe Hermann, editor of the new quarterly Woodturning Design magazine, Patrick wrote a step by step how-to article on his ring holders, which he believes will appear in the third quarterly issue. 500 Wood Bowls recently published by Lark Books pictures work by Frank Stepanski, John Noffsinger, Neil About Our Members by Phil Brown Kagan and, Phil Brown. At 420 pages, with an introduction by Ray Leier and Jan Peters, of del Mano Gallery, and Kevin Wallace, and with one or two pictures per page, the book retails for $24.95, but is available on Amazon for $ A few copies should be available for sale at the September meeting. Don t be shy! Tell others about your woodturning activities in the CAW Newsletter. Send your information by the third week of the month to Phil Brown, 7807 Hamilton Spring Road, Bethesda, MD Phone and fax: philfbrown@comcast.net Exhibit/Sale Opportunities If you live or work in Arlington County, consider delivering up to three turned pieces on September 15 th for judging into the All Arlington Salon at the Ellipse Arts Center, 4350 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington. The exhibit runs September 29 to December 3 rd, followed by a cash n carry sale to December 18 th. Call to request a call for entries application. The Pilgrim's Fall Arts and Crafts Festival, Saturday, October 23, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, on 21st Street between P and Q, NW in DC is looking for exhibitors. A 10' x10' booth size is $35 if you apply and pay by September 24 th. Otherwise it is $60. For an application and information contact Jonathan Mertz at or at <jmert@bradymail.org>, (or Phil Brown to forward an application). If you would like to trying selling at a Sugarloaf show, check them out at Educational Opportunities Arrowmont has the following oneweek and weekend classes scheduled this fall. For registration and housing information go to or call them at Bowls, Boxes and Ornaments with Jim Bliss, Sept. 26-Oct. 2. Bowls, Bowls, Bowls with Bobby Clemons, Oct Woodturning: Plates, Platters & Surface Treatment with Nick Cook, Oct Woodturning Basics from A to Z with Dave Hout, Oct weekend. Spindles to Bowls with Joe Ruminski, Oct weekend. If you need another turning symposium, consider one scheduled in Temple, TX for October 1-3. See for information and registration. Three pieces by Patrick O Brien from the July 04 meeting that were not included in the photos of the Show & Tell section in the August newsletter. They are turned & carved pieces from madrone: Whale s Tails, a shell, and a flower

5 September 2004 Page 5 Scenes from the CAW Annual Picnic August 14, 2004 As always, the company was pleasant, the food was AWESOME, and although the weather was threatening, the rain held off until after lunch when it was time to go home. Thanks to all who came and contributed. Photos by Phil Mannino

Turning a Morse Taper Al Hockenbery - Intermediate Woodturning A Morse taper of wood is a simple to make and is quite versatile for holding

Use a Morse taper for a pattern. Mark two rings on the taper. Set a caliper to each diameter. 2.

This will be used to form the part extending out of the lathe's spindle 3. Part in to the two respective diameters.

6 Turning a Morse Taper Al Hockenbery - Intermediate Woodturning A Morse taper of wood is a simple to make and is quite versatile for holding work on the lathe. One can be turned from a bit of seasoned hardwood (Maple works well) in minutes using a skew or small spindle gouge. 1. Use a Morse taper for a pattern. Mark two rings on the taper. Set a caliper to each diameter. 2. Turn a cylinder and transfer the two rings to the cylinder with a pencil line. Note: there is ample wood on the left. This will be used to form the part extending out of the lathe's spindle 3. Part in to the two respective diameters. Make the relief cut to the smaller diameter side. 4. Form the taper by cutting a straight line from the larger diameter to the smaller diameter line. Sneak up on it by leaving it an 1/8 inch proud on each end and check with a straight edge.

5. Refine the taper. Check it with a straight edge. Remove only the high spots. Favor too large over too small. Avoid a concave! 6.

This will mark the high spots with dark rings unless your spindle is quite clean in which case the high spots will be shiny burnished rings.

This is especially important since it will prevent the Morse taper from splitting and mushrooming when you remove it with a knockout bar.

7 5. Refine the taper. Check it with a straight edge. Remove only the high spots. Favor too large over too small. Avoid a concave! 6. Test fit and turn the taper in the lathe spindle. This will mark the high spots with dark rings unless your spindle is quite clean in which case the high spots will be shiny burnished rings. Turn away the high spots and repeat this process until there are no distinct high spots. 7. Round the end of the taper. This is especially important since it will prevent the Morse taper from splitting and mushrooming when you remove it with a knockout bar. Never put a wooden Morse taper into a self-ejecting tailstock. You may have great difficulty removing it. Wooden Morse tapers have been in use for hundreds of years. Mark St Leger's describes making and using a Wooden Morse taper in an AAW journal article: "turning a whistle",15.2: They are especially useful for pin chucks or turning small pieces attached with CA glue. Wooden tapers are a lot cheaper than faceplates or chucks and hold extremely well in the headstock of most lathes.

8 Jim Marstall, Newsletter Editor Capital Area Woodturners (CAW) 6213 Capella Ave. Burke, VA CAW Newsletter September 2004 New CAW Members Welcome! We are glad you have chosen to contribute your talents to our club. We look forward to the contributions you will make and the pieces you will bring in to Show-&- Tell. Your participation will add to our mutual love of woodturning and to our collective knowledge and skill.

CAW Mini-Symposium Day!

CAW Mini-Symposium Day! March 2005 http://www.capwoodturners.org. The CAW Newsletter The CAW Newsletter is the official publication of the Capital Area Woodturners, Inc. a Chapter of the AAW, and is published for the information