Cape Cod Woodturners

Minutes and News

June 2018

President Clarke Buchanan welcomed 31 members and guests to the meeting.

Update from Mike Grady on Beads of Courage Boxes

On May 10, the Western Mass Woodturners delivered eighteen Beads of Courage boxes

from WMW and CCW to Bay State Children's Hospital. Beads of Courage coordinator

Sarah Framarin received the boxes on behalf of the children and was absolutely

delighted. She said there will be an ongoing need for the boxes because Bay State

Children's treats approximately twelve new patients each month. The hospital has limited

storage space so it was decided to hold back some of the boxes and keep them in the

club's inventory for the next delivery.

Thanks to all from CCW who are participating in this community support project!

CCW Participates in Cultural Center of Cape Cod

Rise and Shine Program 2018

Nine students and their instructor from Monomoy High School worked with 12 CCW

mentors over 2 mornings in May making pens (either solid or laminated), honey dippers,

or small bowls.

Many thanks to Dave Arnone for his primary role in organizing this important

community project for the club. Participants included Dave, Don Chase, Bruce

Benwood, Jan Casiello, Richard Wright, Mike Traynor, Mike Grady, Marc Sitkin,

Clarke Buchanan, Bob Reynolds, Steve Patzman, and Robin McIntyre.

Upcoming programs and events

In July, Don Chase will do a demonstration on turning pens. Our CCW July meeting

will be on the second Wed in July, July 11th to avoid conflict with the July 4th

celebrations of many families. Mike Grady has our demonstrations planned through

the end of 2018. During the July meeting, we will be breaking into small groups

to collect ideas for next year's demonstrations and sawdust sessions--bring your

thoughts! If you can't attend, email your ideas to Mike.

The August demo will be Rick Angus from Central New England Woodturners

demonstrating "Spindle Turning Practice for Everyone."

September will feature Vic Mastro presenting "Inside/Out Turning".

In October, Clarke Buchanan will demonstrate the twice turned bowl.

This year's CCW demonstration at the 13th annual Tool Discovery Day at the

Chester Ranlett Tool Museum, Route 6, Eastham will be July 22--Marc Sitkin is

our club liaison. Volunteers will be allowed to sell their crafts and anyone can

tailgate and sell tools. Back your car in, set up a card table, and join in the fun to

sell tools that you aren't using. The event is open to the public from 11 am-3 pm with

setup at 10 am. The Museum is next to the Eastham post office.

The Society 66th Annual show will be held at Drummer Boy Park, Route 6A (773

Main Street), West Brewster on August 7, 8, and 9, from 10am-5pm. Several CCW

turners will be participating in this show and sale--Wayne Shepard, Jim Silva,

Richard Wright, and Mike Grady. Hope to see you there to support them!

Marstons Mills Village Day, a street fair that the club has demonstrated at for

several years, is September 9. Last year we gave out about 70 tops that members had

turned. Please turn some tops for the kids again. To avoid choking hazard, they must

be a minimum height of 2 1/4" and minimum diameter of 1 1/4".

Bass Hole in Yarmouth has been reserved for the September picnic. Save the date--

9/15!

Segmented Woodturning Symposium , October 11-14, 2018, Marriott West Hotel,

St. Louis Missouri. Registration is open! www.segmentedwoodturning.org

Mike Grady has scheduled Mike Mahoney via video and real time interaction

with Mike Mahoney on October 20, Saturday from 1-4 p.m. There will likely be 3

topics over the 3 hour session for $15 per person. This is an added value to all club

members.

The Holly Berry Bazaar in November benefits Cape Cod Hospital Two years ago

at the last Bazaar, wood products sold about $5,000 overall. Please consider donating

turnings to this worthy community project. Either you can price items or ask them to

price them.

Raffle Opportunity

Steve Abbot generously donated a Craftsman Industrial Dovetail jig to the club.

Raffle tickets are being sold for $5 with a limit of 24 tickets sold. Be sure to get yours

and take a chance on this great tool.

Pen turning opportunity for all

The club now owns 5 pen maker kits which can be loaned out to club members. If

you are interested in trying a kit, see Dave Arnone. Try it, you'll like it--they make great

gifts!

Friends Don't Let Friends Breathe Dust

On these dry, low humidity days, even if it's too nice out to turn, open up your shop for

several hours with good cross ventilation to clear and change the air. Have you taken

your dust collector filters out recently to blow them out with compressed air? How about

your shop vac filter? Take advantage of the low humidity days to air out and clean out,

for the sake of your lungs.

Wanted

Gary Potter is looking for a mid-size lathe with electronic speed control and

forward/reverse capabilities. Contact him at 508-419-1007 or gp-sp@comcast.net.

Expressions in Wood: Carved and Turned Vessels

April 15--June 17

Highfield Hall, 58 Highfield Drive, Falmouth

Artists featured are Toby Lorenzen, Mike Grady,

Sue Beardsley, Bob Beardsley, Gary Tabor

Admission $5

Don't miss out on this spectacular show!

CCW logo apparel

If you are interested in a hat, jacket, sweatshirt, tote bag, or other CCW logo items, check

out the catalog from Wholesale Embroidery, 295 White's Path, S. Yarmouth.

Clarke modeling his new jacket

RESOURCE

New for June from Richard Wright: Here is another site which might be of interest. Lots

of ideas on how to make tools and accessories for turning, instead of buying them.

http://www.homemadetools.net/category/woodturning

Newsletter contest results

Our club entered the CCW annual newsletter contest--a first for us! Although we didn't

place in the contest, we garnered a respectable 58.4 out of 80 points. Thanks to all who

keep sending contributions to add to the newsletter. Please continue to contribute!

The AAW WIT ExCHANGE, September 5-7, 2018 at Arrowmont School of Craft in

Gatlinburg, TN is a 3 day immersion into the creative process. The possibilities for

learning and sharing a variety of techniques are unlimited: woodturning, pyrography,

carving, and painting. This event has been a vision for 5 years and has finally come to

fruition! Check it out at https://www.woodturner.org/page/WITExchange?

AAW Website June Tip of the Month

We all have opportunities to teach others, just by interacting with other

turners, even if we are not formally mentoring someone. AAW have

several guides to offer. After signing in, click on READ and scroll down

to Mentoring and Teaching Publications.

The guides (free for members) that are listed include:

AAW Teaching Guide

Let's Go for a Spin

Pen Manufacturing Enterprise

Teacher's Resource and Project Guide

Planning and Presenting a Successful Demonstration

Got Wood? What Now?

Setting up Your Woodturning Workstation

Not a member? FOR JUST $20, individuals who have never been AAW members may sign

up for a three-month introductory AAW membership using a credit card. Each introductory

membership includes ALL THE BENEFITS of AAW membership—including a copy of

the American Woodturner journal—for a full three months.

Wanted:

Kathy Regan is setting up shop and is looking to find out if anyone has a used Nova

chuck and faceplates for sale. The thread is 1-1/4 x 8 TPI and the faceplates she is

looking for are 3” and 6”. You can email Kathy at kath.regan@gmail.com

Mentoring program

Remember that our club mentoring program is available to all members. About a

dozen club members serve as mentors. New turners will be matched with an experienced

turner who can help you learn the basics. Experienced turners who want to learn more

about a certain technique or project will be matched with a mentor. Sign up for the

program on our website or chat with Dave Arnone or Mike Grady who are chairing the

program for the club. Learn something new and have fun

Also, if you would like to experience working on a variety of size lathes, let Dave know

and he can set up that exposure for you in one shop setting.

Remember that we have mentoring for demonstrators, too.

The Club Tote is filling up! If you have some turnings that you would like to donate

for club sales, please get them to Clarke. We will get you a donation slip for your

taxes along with our thanks. Smaller, inexpensive items tend to sell well. We have

about 40 items in the tote that were donated by club members for our next event.

Need supplies?

The club has thin and medium CA glue for $8 per 2 oz. bottle, double backed tape for

$11 per roll, and end grain sealer for $12/gallon. These are available at meetings. You

can also contact Clarke about the end grain sealer. The club makes a small profit on

these bulk purchased items but you save!

Bradford Pear wood

Pear wood is available from the Mayo House in Chatham. If you take some, be sure to

bring back a turned piece for the Chatham Conservation Foundation. Steve brought

one of his turnings to them and they were thrilled with the results! Tonight we had Mark

Snyder's pear out of pear wood--see the Show and Tell in this newsletter.

Show and Tell--bring your successes and questions to share!

Mahogany--Mark Snyder 21" honey locust--Clarke Buchanan

Apple and driftwood--Jim Caiazzi Honey locust--Marc Sitkin

Spalted holly--Jim Silva Holly--Jan Casiello

Harry Potter wands--Bob Reynolds Pear--Mark Snyder

Work in progress--Ron Hyslop Maple--Robin McIntyre

Maple--Bob Reynolds Don't forget to bring your troubled pieces!

Everyone learns from them!

Featured Presentation

Wood Identification by Peter Wild and Vic Mastro

Peter has been an arborist for 40+ years and shared his insights on identifying trees.

He recommends The Tree Identification Book by George Symonds as a good

resource (ISBN 978-0-688-05039-9).

The major catagories of characteristics to think about are:

overall shape and form of the tree

bark--is it smooth, plated, or one of many types of fissured bark

leaf--is it serrated, what is the veination

thorns present or not

flowers

fruit

twigs and buds

needles

Vic has had a lifelong interest in and career in forestry and entomology.

Cross section of a log

Horizontal section of a log

Magnifiers are important for examining wood--get a 10x magnifier since the

descriptions are based on what can be seen at that level of magnification.

Thanks, Vic and Peter, for an interesting and informative presentation!

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday,

July 11, 2018 at 6:30

at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod

307 Old Main Street, S. Yarmouth

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