Phil Roybal s Rose Engine

January, 2011 www.svwoodturners.org COMING UP! SVW & AAW Renewal Due Now Art of Home Show, SC Convention Ctr 1/21-23 Phil Roybal s Rose Engine Feb. Meeting Traditional Bowl Design by Jim Rodgers 2/2 H&G Show 2/11-13 Chris Pytlik Demo 3/6 Utah Woodturning Symposium 5/19-21 January Program/Demo/Presentation Phil Roybal performed a fabulous demonstration on Ornamental Turning, showing us 3 applications, using his home made (based on a demo he had seen some time back) Rose Engine, of this art. Phil has posted information on our Yahoo Group site. More photos on page 13. COMING ATTRACTION - March 6 Chris Pytlik s Signature Dye Stain Process January, 2011 Rose Engine 1 Featured demo 1 President s Letter 2 Next Month 2 Check It Out 3 President s Challenge 4 Show & Tell 8 Staff reports 11 Membership Form 12 Club Notes 14 Ironman 15 Chris is also well known for his spheres and natural edge bowls but his signature pieces go through a dye staining process which may include a theme, followed by a multi coat lacquering process, resulting in a blown glass or glazed effect. You can sign-up sign up at the Yahoo site database page, and pay ($30) at the next meeting or at any sawdust session before the demo. More photos of Chris work on page 13

PREZ SEZ W e had a great turn out for our first meeting of 2011. I want to thank all of those who saved me from falling over backwards into the coffee pots. The turnings entered into the President s Challenge, Laminated and shared during Show and Tell were a real testament to our clubs outstanding turning ability. I compliment you all. February s Presidents Challenge is Stemmed with March s challenge being 4 inch X4 inch. The meeting and the outstanding program presented by Philip Roybal concluded late in the evening. I have received several comments and suggestions as to changes to meeting format and room arrangement with the goal of shorting the meeting. The arrangement of chairs first facing the coffee machine then being re-arranged to face the lathes seems to take up some un-necessary time. The February meeting will start with the chairs arranged facing the lathes. I will also be opening up a discussion early in the meeting on possible changes in the meeting format. Be prepared with your suggestions and comments. Rich Johnson presented we have several Home and Garden shows available this year and requested the membership participation in greater numbers. These shows do two things, first they provide an outlet for our turnings and second they are recruitment opportunity for new members. Check out our Yahoo Group site for the show dates and signup sheets. Grant Beech announced our first demonstration is Sunday March 6. Chris Pytlik demos dyed hollow forms with deep gloss sprayed lacquer finishes. He is also well known for his spheres and natural edge bowls. The signup sheet is posted on the Yahoo site. Should you have suggestions for either demonstrators or meeting programs please contact Grant. Stay turning, Ard Next Month... Join us Wednesday, February 2nd, at 7 P.M., at Rich Johnson's Center, which is located behind his home at 14,979 Joanne Ave., San Jose. From Hwy. 680, take the McKee Road exit East about 1.5 miles to Toyon Ave. Turn left and go 0.6 mile, turn right onto Joanne Ave. Bring your chair and items for Show and Tell. We all learn together. Jim Rodgers from the Bay Area Woodturners will give a power point show on Traditional Bowl Designs. Jim has entertained us in the past. $VW Renewal$ are due and Craig will be available to collect from the few who have not already renewed. President's Challenge for February: Stemmed Page 2

CHECK IT OUT From the SVW Library The Taming of the Skew Phil Roybal Many of us know Alan Lacer as the Grand Old Man of the Skew; but the tool initially scared him, and he struggled to get it to work. Now, after 20 years experience, he takes us through its mysteries, shows what causes its notorious dark side, and how to get those The Skew Chisel - The Dark Side and the sweet cuts we all dream about. He starts by cautioning that this is a tool for spindle work only. Sweet Side (#121) Alan Lacer Lacer begins by profiling and sharpening the tool; and for skews, SHARP is critical. He grinds his bevels to a length 1-1/2 times the thickness of the steel. Thinner tools get shorter bevels. He grinds the edge of the chisel straight across from the long point for about 1/3 of the width, then rounds the edge down to the short point. This permits a variety of cuts. He grinds on a #60 wheel, then power hones with an MDF disc on a buffer, charged with white stainless steel buffing compound. In use, he keeps things sharp by honing with a diamond stone, going back to the grinder perhaps once a day. Lacer introduces the planing cut, which removes wood quickly but leaves a very nice finish on the wood. He likens the tool to a hand plane, showing us where the sweet spot for cutting lies, and what happens when we let the cut climb up the edge toward the long point. To avoid such risks, he recommends having a large, 1-1/4 skew for planing cuts on larger stock, and a 1/2 skew for finer work. Next up is the V cut, made long-point-down. He makes the initial cut, then shows how to deepen it with alternating cuts along each wall. This is the foundation cut for beading, and he also uses it to highlight beads and cut shadow lines for emphasis. This cut leads into the shoulder cut, a finishing cut that slices across end grain to make a step in the spindle s diameter. A variation of this cut is the saucer cut, a shoulder cut that traces out a concave face and can be used to make a captive ring. Lacer leads us into the pommel cut, a furniture maker s cut that makes the transition from square to round stock, as at the top of a table leg. He begins the cut as a V, then removes stock on one side to turn the area round. He shows variations that leave square shoulders and curved ones. By the end of the DVD, you ve seen just about everything a skew can do. The video features great close-ups and high production values. Scenes are well lit, well shot, and the audio quality is great. This is a great way to make friends with your skew. Check it out! Page 3

President s Challenge Laminated TURNING OUT Ard Sealy ( Turned Laminated Veneer Lumber Bowl ) showed a bowl made from a laminated veneer lumber beam found at construction sites. It is 9 by 3 and finished with 50 50. Mike Lanahan turned a Barber Pole Spiral Rolling Pin. The woods are walnut cherry, maple and Purple Heart. The finish is Watco butcher-block oil and polish. Ok, even though the final result is longer, it was thicker to start with. Mike explained that the goal was to create a rolling pin with a barber pole spiral from segmented and laminated layers of 4 woods so that each wood appears to smoothly move from one end of the rolling pin to the other as it is turned, like the threads of a screw. Scott Landon turned a bowl or plate from pine and redwood at an angle and carved the outside. The finish is Minwax Tung oil. It was carved by hand. Lonnie Hurst turned a bubinga, maple, and walnut dip and chip holder. The finish is wipe on poly. Gary Keogh showed a maple and apple bowl finished with sanding sealer and 50 50 and titled, Quick Do. Gary commented, With the holidays & company from out of town for a week and a lack of material, I just threw this thing together. Page 4

TURNING OUT Continued Marcus Moody presented a small candy dish with 33 layers (1/8 thick) of Purple Heart and yellow heart. The finish is Hut PPP, crystal coat and wax. There is no finish where candy goes. The piece was laminated first, and then turned. John Whittier turned an Elm urn with a laminated piece of cherry for the top. John used a plastic pipe fitting to create a screw on top and finished the piece with 5 50. Craig Thorson turned a tool handle from diamond wood and finished it with 50 50. Colin Mackenzie did a Dried flower vase from laminated maple, and finished with 50 50. Jim Gott used paralam material (offcut of 14x4 piece) to turn a bowl. Lots of little voids were filled with CA and coffee grounds and the bowl is finished with 50 50 Bob Gerenser, crediting inspiration from Phil, turned 2 laminated pendants from African mahogany and maple so that one is light on dark and the other is dark on light. The finish is gloss wipe on poly. Page 5

TURNING OUT Continued Herb Green turned a rolling pin made from 3 or 4 types of wood laminated together. It is finished with poly and Herb noted that it is an item, which sells well at the H&G shows. Herb also did a makeup for last year s seasonal challenge. Using football season as the theme, Herb turned a painted firball (football made from fir). It is hollow; laces are leather, through holes and tied inside. It started as an inside out turning using the technique of gluing the sections together separated by newspaper. In the process, he broke his arbortech drive belt. The piece also flew of the lathe once and hit him in the face shield. Rich Johnson turned a Plywood Bowl and finished it with Deft sanding sealer and Deft lacquer then buffed. He used a captive ring tool to make the bowl lip. Becky Frisbee used Baltic birch plywood to turn a drop lid box and finished the box with EEE. Dick Pickering turned an ice cream scoop from red dyed color wood. Color Wood is a lamination of many layers (maybe 150) of maple veneers. The finish is sanding sealer, 50 50, then buffed and waxed. He actually made 6 scoops for family members; the kits came from Craft Supply. Dick described a problem in drilling and Dean said that you need to freeze the material before drilling out for pens, e.g. to prevent breaking apart. Jim Benson turned an oil lamp made from a lamination of Redwood, Walnut, Cherry, and mahogany. The finish is EEE/high friction polish (Mylands). Page 6

TURNING OUT Continued Dean Adkins started with laminated plywood and tried to hollow but that piece remains unfinished. Then Dean made a top from diamond wood and a maple handle. The finish is natural and it is polished to 5000 Abranet. Phil Roybal created a birdhouse ornament made from laminated maple, padauk, and walnut. The finish is Polyurethane varnish and wax then buffed with the Beal system. The birdhouse is hollowed and turned with a finial. The roof is walnut, turned separately and glued in place. Johnny Alias made a Baltic birch bowl finished with 50 50. He glued a photo in the bottom and then applied cast acrylic resin over the photograph. Harry Levine created a segmented bracelet made from 2 pieces of corian and 3 pieces of veneer - black and white. The finish is 4000 grit polish. Mike Wiley turned a laminated travel coffee mug from maple, black walnut, birch veneer, and Bubinga. It is finished with 1 coat of sanding sealer and 3 coats of water based poly. Laminations are off-center, which created different angles. In hindsight, I think the way I laid out the laminations looks more interesting from the end-grain point of view. I learned that turning travel mugs is fairly fussy with frequent stops to check the fit of the insert. Page 7

SHOW AND TELL Ard showed a spalted pecan (wood he bought back in his early days) hollow form finished in 50 50. It is 9 by 5 high and hollowed with Mighty-O. Bob Gerenser showed a segmented (laminated) Jatoba potpourri bowl; he made a number for Christmas gifts. He also showed an olive salad bowl from our wood fetch at Monta Vista HS. Finish is currently one coat of wipe on seal coat. Mike Lanahan showed a shaving brush, stand, and razor; made from diamond wood from (Penn State Color Grain Festival). The finish is rub on poly using an airbrush. This project was a backup for the President s challenge. Dave Feind explained that a friend brought a hand turned chess piece from Transylvania. And from New Zealand Dave showed an off center bowl made from Rimu. Scott Landon took a square piece of palm and made a bowl. He used a wire brush on the outside, but left inside as smooth as possible. The finish is Minwax Tung Oil Lonnie Hurst, using claro walnut from November, turned a natural edge vase. The finish is sanding sealer, poly, and then buffed. Gary Keogh turned an apple bowl finished with 2 coats of sanding sealer and 5 coats of 50 50. The original wood was large but this is what ended up being useable. Page 8

SHOW AND TELL Continued Colin Mackenzie a showed tool for measuring the thickness left when reversing a bowl. This tool enables one step measuring of the bowl bottom thickness. John Whittier showed a Christmas piece, using Baltic birch plywood; he makes for some of his shows. This is a large platter with a green bottom and red inside. The dye is Behlens Solar lux alcohol based stain. Tom Schmida showed, using Wenge given to him 10-15 years ago by a friend, a bowl. This was hard to turn as the wood was very dry and he had to sharpen every 5 minutes and finally used his carbide hollowing tool. Even then, much time and dollars of sanding were needed. The finish is 3 coats of Tung oil. Tom also described how he uses press and seal (between the neoprene and piece) with his vacuum chuck. And, he also brought some Wenge literature and world of wood journals for people to see. Rich Johnson showed us a piece of pink ivory he has been terrified to touch. So he did a sample with mahogany. Using a screw chuck and a 3x3x9 block of wood, Rich created a fly away bowl and finished it with sanding sealer, lacquer and then buffed. Oscar Wittrock showed his 1 st natural edge bowl of 2011 made from strawberry and finished with sanding sealer. Page 9

SHOW AND TELL Continued Dean Adkins showed a small apricot bowl from a tree, which was in his back yard. The wood splits pretty bad so he left a limb on the tree and then it did not split too badly. He burned rings with a wire and the wood was bleached in between. Charlie Belden showed 3 different creations as follows: A winged cup made from claro walnut and carved with an arbotec sander using sanding disks in a flex shaft and in a mini angle grinder (Proxxon). The finish is several coats of 25% lacquer. The wings are turned on 2 horizontal axes to crate two tapered intersecting arcs and then carved. Described a firewood s journey. Charlie took a piece of firewood (some kind of fruitwood), from a neighbor s woodpile and sandblasted. The piece sidetracked into being a natural split faced bowl, showing evidence of its journey remnants of the outside of the branch just below the bark, chain saw marks from when it was cut to length, and band saw marks from being trimmed to fit my lathe s swing. It is fun to explore with fingertips and eyes closed. The finish is French polish inside; the rest is natural. A suspended Walnut Amphora from claro walnut and African Blackwood and finished with French polished lacquer. This is a token of appreciation for a tree trimmer friend. The Blackwood pull is inlayed into the lid, permitting the lid and pull to be blended into an uninterrupted reverse curve. FOR SALE DeWalt 10 Radial Arm Saw, Model 7770, in great shape.. Never been raced or wrecked. Make me an offer. No reasonable, and probably not unreasonable offer refused. Call Mike Lanahan (408) 926-9330 Place an add for those pesky tools you don t use anymore, just laying around the shop taking up space. E-mail MikeLan@aol.com Even Roy wants to know... How did you do that? Rich Johnson's Woodturners' Boot Camp Learn the basics, from chainsaw to polish. An all day class. Book available. Sign up now. (408) 254-8485. Have you changed? Have you changed email addresses? Have you moved? Have you changed phone numbers? We are trying to update our roster and found many things have changed over the year. If you have changed, let Howard know so that he can update the roster. Page 10

Staff Reports 1. Ard (President) See Prez Sez. 2. Grant (Programs) A well know turner from Bay Area Woodturners will be our demo presenter at the February Meeting. Jim Rodgers will be giving us a power point show on Traditional Bowl Designs. Jim has been at our club in the past and has always put on a good show. The sign-up sheet for Chris Pytlik has been added to the database on the yahoo group site. Please sign up at once. You can pay at the next meeting or at any sawdust before the demo. We must fill the day with 22 people or the club will have to pay the shortfall from the club treasury. 3. Mike (Newsletter) Mike explained that he is buried, already, with articles to publish but if you are aggressive and send him some additional material he should be able to fit it in. 4. Phil (Library) We (Jeff is helping on this project) are producing art work from original DVDs to make DVDs individual and we will also move the library out into the larger room (where we meet) in order to leave Rich s space to Rich 5. Craig (treasurer) Has dues report for whole year. Craig provided an income and expense accounting for 2010. 6. John (Ways and Means) - They have 20 pieces this month, but will not bring wood every month if we don t take it. There are also some donated items for raffle including a glue spreader and an electric chain saw sharpening kit. (Note: This caused Colin to mention that Powersharp is something he has heard about for chain sharpening without removing the chain.) At his house, John has Dave Feind s circle sets in 2 sizes, $14 and $20, for sale. John also got some Iron bark Eucalyptus from the Santa Clara golf course. 7. Becky (Sunshine)- Barbara Jones husband has skin cancer and we passed around a get well card to sign. 8. Charlie (Webmaster ) Charlie noted that there is not too much interest (use) of the club website but that we do get more hits from outside. 9. Howard (Secretary) Has Iron Badges for those 2010 members that made it. Congratulations to the first time Iron Men (persons?) 10. Bob & Gary (Property Management) - Gary took a bunch of the show tools and reground and sharpened them since we don t take a grinding wheel to the shows They will take a look at the Rikon lathe to make sure it is ready for shows. 11. Johnny & Milton (Site Prep) - 12. Rich (Home & Garden) Rich explained that shows could be an outlet for stuff we make. Some history, - Used to do craft fairs but at $200 this was too expensive which led to H&G show participation about 10 years ago. - The new kid on the block is the H&G show in the convention center. The old show (fairgrounds) is still going on but we could not get enough signups for this weekend. They have offered us a booth if we demonstrate. There is a fairgrounds show this coming weekend but our space is empty. This show is newly named: Art of Home. - Rich put all dates for this year on our Yahoo site. These are club events and need participants. AAW insurance supports us. Typically we give a turning to the show. - There is another show from this month, January 21 23. There is only so much room for selling, e.g. 4 feet per person. - Shows are also a good recruiting venue. - Club participants must be an AAW member and must where a navy blue SVW logo shirt (a hat is no longer sufficient). Other Old business Someone mentioned that we have 4 instructors to help new (and old) members. These instructors are Phil Roybal, Rich Johnson, Jim Gott, and Jim Benson. The sawdust sessions will start up next week, January 12. Note that these sessions are not club events but rather are an informal session offered by Rich. New business Rich s insurance for our meeting/demo facility takes the first hit if there is a claim, then us. If we pay a nominal fee, the AAW insurance kicks in. It was moved and seconded that we pay that fee. Continued on page 12 Page 11

Staff Reports, Other continued Regarding the club lathe, the Jet is simply worn out and the question is what do we do with it? It is not useable for our demos. Perhaps it could be sold. The members moved, seconded, and voted that the club Board should decide the fate of the lathe. Regarding helping Charlie with the website, it was approved by the members that Mike Lanahan will chair a committee to review the web site and make a proposal for updating the site. New faces and long time absentees No new faces. We do have a guest from Oregon, name of Alex, who has visited us before. Alex has both a VB36 and Stubby. Ard went over some of the basic housekeeping items including, Sodas and water are in the back and members pay and Coffee is up front and free. Always use coaster and do no put liquid items on machines. Rich has a dog so keep the gate closed at all times. Join Silicon Valley Woodturners Want to join a great group of turning enthusiasts in an atmosphere of sharing and camaraderie? Become a member of Silicon Valley Woodturners. We meet on the first Wednesday of each month. See page 2 for details. Drop in at any meeting and check things out. To join, contact Ard Sealy (see contact list). Learn more about our club on the web at www.svwoodturners.org. Silicon Valley Woodturners Membership Application Name Date Address City State Zip Home # Type of Lathe E-Mail Are you a member of AAW Yes No Individual Membership $25.00 Family Membership $35.00 You can fill in the membership form before you come to the monthly meeting, or mail it and a check made out to SVW to: Craig Thorson 2325 Kehoe Ave San Mateo, CA 94403 Page 12

More Photos of Phil s Rose Engine Demo, from page 1 More Photos of Chris Pytlik s work, from page 1 (reprinted by permission) Page 13

CLUB NOTES SVW needs YOU It takes more than the officers and program chairs to make our club function at its best. If your name s not in the column at right, we still need your help in smaller ways to manage some of the club s activities. This is a HELP WANTED ad, and we need you to respond. There are always things that need doing here. In particular, we need: Volunteers for shop tours Volunteers to present at meetings Members to write up their profiles for the newsletter Short articles for Chips & Chatter Please volunteer to Ard Sealy and help make our activities happen. 2011 Silicon Valley Woodturners Staff, Volunteers, Contacts President Ard Sealy (916) 871-4626 asealy@pacbell.net V.P./Program Chair Grant Beech (408) 314-1040 grantbeech@sbcglobal.net Treasurer Craig Thorson (650) 678-1970 chomes@wwdb.org Secretary (substitute) Howard Cohen (408) 378-9456 howard687@yahoo.com Colin Mackenzie (831) 425-1514 colin@jkvnl.com Newsletter Editor Mike Lanahan (408) 926-9330 Mikelan@aol.com Sunshine Chair Becky Frisbee (408) 978-6219 Photographer Jim Gott (408) 265-9501 jgtimp@aol.com Property Management Bob Gerenser (408) 262-5411 bob.gerenser@sbcglobal.net Gary Keogh 408 281-9054 gkeogh@sbcglobal.net Home & Garden Show Rich Johnson (408) 254-8485 Rich@latheart.com Apparel Bob Gerenser (408) 262-5411 bob.gerenser@sbcglobal.net Gary Keogh 408 281-9054 gkeogh@sbcglobal.net Ways & Means John Whittier (408) 379-3722 jwhit10506@aol.com Librarian Phil Roybal (408) 255-4789 phil@philroybal.com Webmaster Charlie Beldon (408) 559-1582 charlieb@accesscom.com Site Prep Committee Johnny Alias (408) 227-2423 vet59@ix.netcom.com Milton West (408) 729-6334 miltwest@sbcglobal.net Sharing Knowledge MEMBERS: Please contribute your expertise to our newsletter. The editor will help you get your article ready if need be. Deadline is one week after our club meeting. OTHER WOODTURNING CLUBS: you may use materials in this newsletter for the benefit of other turners. Please credit Silicon Valley Woodturners and the newsletter month and year for any material you use, and mention our web site: www.svwoodturners.org. Note that if we ve flagged an article as having been reprinted from another source with permission, you must secure that same permission in order to use that material. Volunteer Instructors The turners below have graciously offered to open their shops to help members who want to learn to sharpen, try something new, or master a technique that just doesn t seem to be working. We all love to share. You just have to ask. Willing to help? Contact Mike Lanahan to join this list. Jim Gott (408) 265-9501 Rich Johnson (408) 254-8485 Phil Roybal (408) 255-4789 Jim Benson (831) 475-5615 Page 14

Picnic Trembleur December Serving November Lidded October Winged September Color it August With Handle July Patriotic June Not footed (no stands) May Hollow Form April Egg March Made from 4"x4" February Stemmed January Laminated IRONMAN Ironmen are those who successfully complete all 12 President s Challenge projects for the year. Those who meet the challenge are awarded coveted and distinctive IRONMAN name badges. A blue bar in the accompanying chart means that person has completed the project for the month indicated. You needn t be a great turner, you just need to participate. Make something in our Challenge theme and bring it to the next meeting. President's Challenge 2011 Adkins, Dean Alias, Johnny Benson,Jim Frisbee, Becky Gerenser,Bob Gott, Jim Green, Herb Hurst, Lonnie Johnson, Rich Keogh,Gary Lanahan, Mike Landon, Scott Levin, Harry Mackenzie, Colin Moody,Marcus Pickering, Dick Roybal, Phil Sealy,Ard Thorson, Craig Whittier, John Wiley, Michael IRONMAN Rules Entries must not have been shown before. If you miss a month s Challenge, you may bring it to a Sawdust Session, or to the following meeting. If you bring a make-up Challenge to a meeting, you must also show the current month s Challenge Editor s Note If I ve overlooked your President s Challenge entry somehow, send me an e-mail at MikeLan@aol.com Page 15