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Alabama Woodturners Association March 2006 |
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A member of the American Association of Woodturners |
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Come
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Coming
Events · Mar
11th — Mark Kauder “segmented turning” · April
28-30 — The Southern States Symposium @ the Georgia Mountains
Conference Center in Gainesville, GA (see Pat Johnson for a flyer) · AAW
Symposium in Louisville KY– June 22-24 Officers
of AWA Vice
President — Pat Johnson Secretary
— James Armstrong Treasurer
— Phillip Duffy Directors:
Larry Thomas, Tim Austin, Bill Cleage, Jim Black, Bruce Gibson,
Worth Barham, and Pat Connell. Web
Master — Harold Jones Newsletter Editor — Jerry Hanchey Inside
this issue:
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The February meeting was kind of a blur to me with doing the program as
a novice turner. I learned
a lot preparing for the demo with help from Will Pate and Pat Johnson.
I learned from doing the biased turned winged jar demo in front
of you folks too! I’ll
bring the finished jar I turned for you with the “clipped” wing —
it turned out pretty well. I
like the biased turning stuff so I will try some more things with it.
May be next year I’ll do another with no stream explosions!
This month’s program by Mark Kauder will be on segmented
turning. Everyone should
look forward to it...Mark’s become one of the best segmented turners
in the country. (see short bio on pg 3)
Looking ahead we have the Southern States Symposium on April
28-30 in Gainesville, GA. As
one of the AAW sponsors, our chapter has responsibility for one of demo
rooms. We need volunteers
to cover two hour segments. Duties
include helping the guest turner set up, running the video camera during
the rotation and helping clean up between rotations.
Video duties will give you the “best seat in the house” for
viewing the rotation. With
the two hour schedules, each volunteer will have plenty of time to see
other
demonstrations. We’ll
discuss the details more at the March meeting.
Since Bill West will not be going this time, we need someone to
be the “point man” on this trip.
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Then
we have the AAW Symposium in Louisville, KY in June.
I plan to go to that one too and know several others are going
as well. I got an e-mail
from John Hill, our AAW contact, that there will be a “Chapter
Collaborative Challenge 2006” which I sent to each of you.
Anyone interested in getting involved with this let me know and
we will get something going. It
requires at least six members to be involved —the more the merrier.
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they
want a little coaching. We
are about information and education...so pass on what you know. We will have a new sign-in sheet at the next meeting with a check box for member or guest. The head count is important to the Senior Center so this helps us give them the correct number. Don Blankenship has prepared the new form and will see that the Center gets the head count Finally, I would ask our members to help our newsletter Editor, Jerry Hanchey with some “content.” I have been looking at newsletters from other chapters and there is some good stuff out there and we can be the best with help from you. The newsletter and the web site, done by Harold Jones, are our face to the public and future members. Both Harold and Jerry are doing a great job so support them all you can. Dave
Chanslor — AWA President 2006 |
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Our
guest turner for March is Mark Kauder. He lives in the small town of
Phenix City, Alabama; a small town on the Georgia—Alabama border
just across the Chattahoochee River from Columbus, GA where his day job
is located. After retiring from the U.S. Army in 1995, Mark became
employed as a computer network server engineer for the parent company
that makes Char-Broil grills and Zebco fishing rods and reels. He started woodworking slowly, beginning with home repairs. After his Army retirement. He then began doing some furniture building while assembling a shop of tools. In 1998, while in Atlanta, Mark saw a woodturning demonstration that started the wheels turning. About a year later, he bought a small Jet Mini Lathe to turn pens for Christmas presents. Not long after he turned his first bowl, and from that point on, all other woodturning and woodworking took a back seat to the bowls. Like many people, he started turning wood that was found locally. But he soon became bored with the Pine, Oak and Sweetgum and started looking for alternatives. He happened to see an article on segmented turning. The materials used gave him the opportunity to try out some kiln dried wood types that were not available locally. The rest, as they say is history. Mark fell in love with segmented turning. It presents lots of options, and no two bowls are the same. Mark says, “I don’t have any insightful ‘Artist’s Statement’. I just try to make bowls with attractive shapes, using nice combinations of wood and design features that do not overpower the shape. And lastly, I try to apply the best finish I can.” I suspect you’ll like his work. - EDITOR - |
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Items for Sale (This list will be automatically purged each month for items older than 3 months) |
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Blower, good for blowing off walks, shops& driveways.
Mel Brown 205 680-1775 New DELTA Mortising Attachment Kit No. 17-924, $40. Contains four mortising chisels, four bits and case. Fits drills with quill diameters of 66mm, 50.8 mm, 48 mm and 38 mm. Jim Waligora 205 916-0900 |
Delta
Model 23-700 Wet Grinder. Excellent INCA 10” jointer/planer combination. $500 Bob |
VEGA
36” Pro Duplicator. $500 OBO Lofton Beck 205 339-3687. Shopsmith
Model 500: Lots of
attachments, accessories, and manuals $2000 Jim Black 205 631-3786 Delta
Wood Shaper, ½
and ¾
spindles. For sale or trade for Jet mini lathe.
$500 Neal Clingan |
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Update—Will Pate Thanks to all who helped and participated in the first AWA Christmas Ornament turning class for 2006. The class included Danny Aultman, Don Blankenship, Barron Bartlet, Jennifer and Chuck Smith, Phillip Fortmeyer, Walt Sellers, and Wayne Bagwell. Helping the instructor were Jim Black, Bill West, Larry Thomas and Dave Chanslor. Richard Serviss was there to help too and took photos for our Web Site. This was the first inside-outside and hollow ball ornament type class ever held where both types were taught at the same time. I learned a lot. We could have spent hours more on this subject but time is limited for these things but there will be more classes. We have planned another class before Christmas, if there is enough interest. (Sep or Oct) There were eight happy faces in the class, and fun was had by all. But...we need your help! Please let me know what kind of Classes and/or Hands On Workshops you would support. There are many good turners in our club who are willing to teach, we need only ask. We are considering a workshop to be held during a regular |
meeting
this year with a dozen or so lathes.
That way everyone can try some things with a little coaching from
the experts. Let us know
what you think. Again, thanks to Richard Serviss for the pictures.
Will
Pate showing how to turn a Christmas Tree Ornament |
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Dave Chanslor at work
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Will
Pate starting the reverse turning
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Announcments |
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| Membership
dues for 2006 are still only $30.00 and are due yesterday. Please
see Philip Duffy at the next meeting and get your membership current for
2006. |
For
those interested in joining
our club, it is
a great way to share and learn woodturning techniques.
With over a hundred members, the experience of our members ranges
from novice to professional turner.
Contact
Philip Duffy at 256 355-4201 or Dave Chanslor at 205 669-5196 |
LOCATION
OF MEETINGS— From I-85 N, exit 256B (From I-85 S, exit 256A).
Turn West on Oxmoor Rd. Go
about .5 mi — halfway there take the left fork at the traffic light—
Turn left onto Oak Grove Road and go about .2 mi.
The Homewood Center is on the right. |
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