Central Indiana Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners March 2018 CICAAW NEWSLETTER Officers President: Jim Dupler jdupler01@comcast.net Vice President: Rich Parker 765-860-7036 rddlpark@yahoo.com What s Inside This Issue February Demo; turning a tool handle Contest of the Month (color) State Fair Pictures Tool Tip by Rich Show and Tell Note from President Treasurer: Tom Meeker tjmeeker@comcast.net Newsletter/Librarian: Jennifer Flynn 317-840-4593 jennifer.flynn@hotmail.com Ned Hugus, R.I.P. 02/07/18 He was famous in our club for his one-line zingers at demos. Ned was great fun to be around. He will be missed. Webmaster/email, Newsletter: Bob Anderson 317-402-5278 BobAnderson@tds.net Website CICAAW.org Remember: if you have mastered a skill in turning or in another interesting artistic form that you think the club would like to see in a demo, please contact Rich or Jim (contact info at left). We can only have demos if we have our talented members share their knowledge. If you have ideas on what you would like to see in the future, Jim and Rich would enjoy hearing from you. 1
Turning A Tool Handle February Demo (Plus how to add Texturing to your Turning) Jim showed us how to turn a tool handle with a brass ferrule. He started with a 2 x 2 x 12 long piece of dried Bradford Pear, turned it round between centers with his new roughing gouge that (he paid full price for). Then he held one end with a 4 jaw chuck and drilled the other end with a 5/8 Forstner bit held in the tailstock with a Jacobs Chuck at 800 RPM. Replaced drill and chuck with a live center and turned a tenon to except a 5/8 brass compression fitting from Lowe's. The fitting was screwed on with help from an 18 inch Crescent wrench. Then the brass nut was turned round at slow speed with a parting tool. The handle was then turned to a comfortable shape and sanded ready for a new tool to be epoxied in place. Fittings from Lowes Handle, roughed out Jim using his new roughing gouge Turning a tenon Tool handle that has a brass ferrule After the brass ferrule had been turned Jim is talking about the 18 inch crescent wrench Fitting the ferrule Part 2 of demo on next page 2
Plus How To Add Texturing To Your Turning Jim used a lot of different texturing tools. He also included a quick look at how to use the new mandrel on making bottle stoppers. Jim made sure he left us new ideas to try. Thanks for a jam-packed 2 hours of demos! Arbortext tool Bottle stopper Mandrel By Stainless Bottle Stoppers Jim uses this for jewelry - you can turn each screw and it makes different cuts All of this picture grouping is the Elf Tool. The last picture Jim add some color. Robert Sorby texturing tool If you have any questions, contact Jim. 3
Color Contest 1. Must turn item; timeframe from February meeting till March meeting. 2. Must fit inside the brown sack bag provided by the club (lunch size). 3. Must be colored somehow. Wood burning can be added but will not be counted as color. Only color will be judged, not the piece itself. 4. The judging will be anonymous. Please keep your turning in the bag and someone who is not participating will be in charge of helping with the judging. How the judging will work : turned pieces will be anonymous. One person (who is not participating) will take the art out of the bag and place the pieces in front of the bags. Each person in the club will drop a ticket in the bag voting for the turning they like best. The person who has the most tickets wins. Prizes: 1st: $15.00 2nd: $10.00 3rd: $5.00 4
Woodworking Show 2018 February 5
Tool Tip by Rich It s all about the edge I have spent a lot of effort over the past couple of years trying to learn everything I can about turning. One area that has a lot of information available is your turning tools. There are lots of comments on various Web sites and blogs and many YouTube videos to watch. What is the best tool angle for your gouge? How do you approach the turning with the tool? How often do you sharpen? And on and on. So I can t answer all the questions, nor am I qualified. But there are some basic ideas that will help you think about the turning process, tool in hand. Let s focus on bowl gouges... There are many grinds that you can use, and if you are an experienced turner, you have your favorites but if you are new to turning, it can be confusing. The most common are the fingernail grind, the swept back grind, and the traditional or simple grind. (There are several signature grinds in the literature). The relevant feature is the nose angle and the side angle of the grind and how much side length is available to cut with. While it is true that the nose angle can influence how aggressively the gouge will cut, if you stay within reasonable values they all work similarly. From what I can tell, if you are a production turner, where time is money, you will care what grind you use. But for the rest of us, it is about access to the piece with the correct geometry for the cut and the experience you have to develop muscle memory. A 45 +/- 5 degrees nose angle is supposed to be close to the most efficient at cutting when approaching the work with a flute that is angled about 45 degrees. A 55 degree and 65 degree are common as well for deeper bowls. I am sure there are look up tables somewhere that tested this with different woods to find the most efficient cut. But the reality is that you can cut just fine with smaller angles and larger angles. Bevel rubbing gets harder depending what you choose but the gouge will cut. If you use a jig (and I highly recommend you do) to sharpen your gouges, don t worry too much about getting an exact angle. What is important is that you use the same one each time so you develop the muscle memory and it becomes natural for that gouge. When would you want a steeper angel? On the inside of a bowl, the larger nose angle will allow the transition cut from the side walls to the bottom of the bowl while maintaining bevel contact. Now that you have a gouge in hand, how you present the edge to the work determines the cut you will get. In bowl turning where you are faced with side grain and end grain twice per revolution, how you angle the tool is important. To get a good cut with end grain, you have to slice it. For side grain you can get a good cut by a peeling cut. The short answer is that you should learn to hold a strong vertical angle 6
of the cutting edge to bowl, to slice the end grain. The bowl gouge can be held in more than one way to accomplish this. Again, there are lots of You Tube videos that can show you how to do this and it is beyond the scope of this article to describe it without graphics. But I suggest you think about how you hold the gouge edge the next time you start turning and look at what kind of finish you get with the different options. There is a wealth of information available on the AAW website and our CICAAW library has some good books and DVD s to help your learning process. As always, if these ideas are not clear, look me up at the next meeting or send me an email or visit me in my shop. Woodturning Tip of the Day Brass Inlay You can get free brass inlay for your turnings at any key making place. They will be happy to share their fillings with you. But these days, many of the keys are steel. You don't want steel in your inlay. So, push a magnet into the filings and all the steel chips will become attached to the magnet. March 11 Meeting Topic: Rich Parker will be demonstrating how to turn an off-center bowl like to ones shown below. The technique is not hard to master but requires a couple of different jaw sizes for your scroll chuck. A jam chuck can be used as well. 7
Show-n-Te ll February Rich Parker Ash platter Rich Parker Cherry bowl Rich Parker Cherry bell-shaped bowl Dave Wilkerson Segmented Poplar Pat Wilkerson Cherry lidded-filled Pat Wilkerson Painted iridescent bowl Tim Kennedy Catalpa Bowl/Burnt & sand blasted Jennifer Flynn Coffee scoop Ron Cruze Tall Vase 8
Closing words from our President Spring is not too far away and hopefully the bitter cold has left. Now is a good time to get back your shops and turn something beautiful from all that wood you have stashed away. We all get too busy with outdoor projects come spring and summer, so let's see some really nice items brought in for "Show & Tell" along with your color contest pieces. See you in March. James F. Dupler Join us for our next meeting - Everyone Welcome 2nd Sunday of every month At the Zionsville Boys and Girls Club 1575 Mulberry Street, Zionsville, IN 46077 Directions From the North: From US-421 and SR-32, go SOUTH on US-421 (2.0 miles) Turn Right on W 156th ST/COUNTY ROAD 200 S. (p9 miles) Turn LEFT onto COUNTY ROAD 950 E/PLEASANT VIEW RD/ N 68TH RD. Continue to follow N 68TH RD (3.4miles) Turn LEFT onto ZIONSVILLE RD/ ZIONSVILLE-WHITESTOWN RD. (<0.1miles) Directions from the South From I-465 and MICHiGAN RD (becomes US-421) go NORTH (2.8 miles) Turn LEFT onto S CR-550 S/TEMPLIN RD (0.6 miles) Turn LEFT onto S 1100 E/ WILLOW RD (0.1 miles) Turn RIGHT onto TEMPLE AVE (0.3 miles) Turn LEFT onto TURKEY FOOT RD (0.1 miles) 9
Central Indiana Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners March AAW s 32nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM JUNE 14-17, 2018 PORTLAND, OREGON Learn more at tiny.cc/aaw2018 If you are not a member of the AAW, it s never too late to join! There are many benefits such as online videos and past issues of the American Woodturner. AAW members can access all past journal articles online at woodturner.org. Remember: if you shop at Rockler, you get 10% off of purchases if you are a current member of our club. Every time you make a purchase, our club earns a check mark, resulting in gifts for our club. Our club has anchorseal for sale, $10.00 10