Turners Group
Beginning January 2010 The GWA woodturners group meets the second Thursday of each month at Peachtree Woodworking 6684 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross, Ga 30071.
Meetings are two hours beginning at 7:00 PM. Each meeting begins with five to fifteen minutes of announcements and show-and-tell. Then a demonstration takes the remaining time. Demonstrations are conducted by GWA members, local woodturners, Georgia woodturners, nationally and internationally known woodturners.
2012 Jan - Jack Morse - Hollow Vessel with a Bark Top
Written by Dan DouthartJack Morse started our 2012 Turning SIG year with a hollow form demonstration. The piece was made from Ambrosia Maple with a bark upper surface. Jack started with a blank between centers and the bark surface (top) at the head stock. He trued the blank and then removed most of the waste to get the basic rough exterior shape. A tenon was formed on the bottom and reverse mounted in a scroll chuck with tail stock support. The form was trued and the upper portion of the form was turned to the desired final shape. Starting with the hollowing, Jack drilled a hole just larger enough to allow the hollowing bar to be inserted. Jack wanted the keep the hole as small as possible and less apparent in the finished piece. The hole was drilled to the desired depth of the hollowing. Jack used the Carted Products Hollow Roller Vessel Turning System and Laser Guide to perform the hollowing. The 1.5 hours for the demonstration was not sufficient to complete the hollowing, but Jack had several completed pieces in the Show-an-Tell so that we could see how it will look when finished.
Jack donated one of the Show-an-Tell items for our surprise drawing. He also presented the camera operator with a small turned bowl as a thank you for his services. Thanks Jack.
Dan
The October 13th meeting of the GWA turners was an excellent presentation by our own Jack Morse. Jack was asked to turn a section of Norfolk Island pine and he then prepared the piece at home by turning it round and drilling the center to the correct depth. We viewed a ten-minute video on how this was done and so now we understood that this process alone would be the entire allowed class time. Back to live class, Jack turned the rough outside shape and then began demonstrating the new Carter hollow roller system. An interesting program and all went well as we now have a beautiful N.I. pine hollow form. Jack super class planning and use of the allotted time, once again many thanks. Butch
August 11, 2011
We welcomed Ron Brown back, it's been a long time and we always enjoy watching a pro do his thing. Ron is the founder of this club and he's always ready to help or if he's away to offer advice. He always seems to show how easy everything can be as a spatula was created in what seemed minutes. Scoops ( two kinds), salad forks & spoons followed by how to mount a sphere in a chuck using a piece of leather then creating the scoop, or if you're good two scoops. He always has topps, acorns and interesting things to facinate our crowd so we say it's been too long Ron, you're welcome to demo any time you might fit us in. Great show, thank you Ron. Butch
September 08, 2011
Jimmy Rocker's class was on platters and we were treated to a special class. It's clear Jimmy picked up on the techniques of all the past instructors and thoughtfully gave an excellent presentation. I was very pleased and impressed as were all in attendance. This must have been difficult to consentrate for Jimmy as we were trying to resolve video problems for most of the evening but he never wavered. My descriptive word for Jimmy would be - impressive. Those of us who have done a demo know and appreaciate the thought, class outline and practice it takes to stand before you and do a good job,THANKS Jimmy well done. Butch
July 14th, Turning Ornaments with Mark Sillay
Written by Robert (Butch) DavisJack Morse presented our June meeting and created an off center square edged bowl. We all sat fascinated as this unfolded. Many questions were asked all along the way that showed everyone was fully engaged in the program. This was a very good program for each of the 22 attendees who I think are all advanced enough to give this a try, let's look forward to future "show-and-tell".
Jack agreed to an October demo and my request is for a Lidded Box. November and December are open schedules and I invite our members to demo something they have learned these past two years to show how they have benefitted from the GAW turners group. Please step forward, I'll fit in all who volunteer and hope to fill in even more future Months classes with our own members.
Our "come-back-box" program is still alive however seems to bounce between just a few members. This is a wonderful way to receive artwork from members and since it's a suprize it makes it more fun, more of us should get in on this wonderful art exchange.
Happy turning, Butch
Our April turners meeting got a good turnout and everyone enjoyed one of the top meetings so far. Russell Eaton and Constant Laubscher demonstrated how to assemble one of the beautiful Lazerlinez kits. To see the process step by step made us all feel less apprehensive about trying one of these outstanding kits. Russell then turned the barrel between centers, very interesting and makes a lot of sense. I'll try one this way, but I must say every time I see a demo done with such ease and then I try it, weird things happen for me. The CA finish once again proves beautiful and enduring. The evening surprise was the Eagle pen given away to the LUCKY winner Harold Smith. A very great gift Russell and Constant and thanks for a super demo.
Butch Davis, Turning Chair., GWA
During this class, Mike Peace demonstrated how to turn a winged box. He discussed the design aspects of the project and discussed the feedback he had received from a turner in New Zealand. The evolution of Mike's design from the first box to the most recent box is very evident. Mike discussed the tools he uses and the types of cuts he makes. He also provided an excellent hand out for everyone to take home! He made it look easy - lets see if we get some Show and Tell results from this demonstration.
Our February Turners meeting was attended by thirty members, thanks for a good turnout. The subject was on how to create some of the "Features" used in a Segmented feature ring. I needed to start by showing how to determine the size of the pattern and it's surrounding background. Our example was diamonds by using a tablesaw. A number of members have DeltaCad so I briefly showed how it get the face length and height in a drawing. I next briefly showed Bill Kandler's "Segmented Project Planner". We had some fun with "LaminationPro" part of the WoodturnerPro software. My next talk was on Points, both vertical and horizontal showing the sled to create the vertical ones. I have patterns from all these from my past projects. I got lots of good questions which I enjoyed as is shows all were involved. The last item to show was the glue up and cutting to create an "IndianBlanket". I had hoped to make a Diamond and it's background using a disc sander but our time was up, perhaps a future time. Butch Davis
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