Mountaineer Woodturners Newsletter

January 2008

Our president, Joe Smith presided over the meeting.

There were about 40 persons were in attendance. We had six visitors.

• Our treasurer reported $2774 in the treasury.

• The 2008 dues are still being accepted by our treasurer, E.J. Ulland. Remember, they are overdue.

• Next month is the 2008 Challenge. There should be NO Identification on the rolling pins.

• We still have a few Mountaineer Woodturners hats for sale.

Show and Tell

Jerry Smith turned a hat worn by his brother Joe. The hat rim dried out so quickly that before it could be finished it split. Some suggested that it was Joe’s head that did it.
Charlie Brown brought a beautiful weedpot turned from Flame Wood (?).
David Gaines showed us a real nice set of 4 small bowls turned from Cherry (?) on his mini lathe.
Dave Jones brought in an Oak bowl
	and Oak tool handle which were treated with Black Cesso (?) which fills the pores in the grain to give the wood a real interesting appearance.
Dave also had a Cherry vase turned from a crotch
	and an attractive Cherry lidded box with a mint quarter set into the lid. Neat idea.
Jim Morrison brought in a wonderful large segmented salad bowl from Cherry. He had made a total of 3 of them.
	He also had a neat large bowl turned from some sort of a shaping block formerly used in the phone business.
Jim showed us one of the hooked tools he was to demonstrate making; this was set into a beautiful Maple handle.
Bill Morris was turning a bowl with a skew, so he has nothing to show!
Bill McKay had a couple of nice natural edge bowls, one from a Maple burl
	and the other from a Walnut burl.
He also had an attractive third bowl from a burl.
Bob Lett showed us a really nice large cherry bowl he had turned.
Gary Gibbs showed us how scrap cut off pieces could be made into attractive natural edge bookends.
Byron Young brought in a couple of really nice hollowed vessels.
	One was colored with an aniline dye.

As usual, Jim Morrison gave a great demonstration. He showed how to make a special "Alan Lacer" Hooked Cutter, and then used the tool he had made to demonstrate end grain hollowing.

See:

1) Alan Lacer’s website

2) He uses Oil Hardening Drill Rod from MSC.

2) Central New England Woodturners website

Some other "Hook Tool" sites:

3) Here’s one starting with masonry nails

4) This one uses masonry nails, too.

The rest of the schedule has not yet been finalized.

The February meeting will feature the 2008 Challenge judging and an interesting demonstration of tool making by Herb Derr.

Don’t forget John Jordon in March.

• The Newsletter will be sent by e-mail to those members who have given me their email address. This medium will contain an HTML document in which I have included links to pictures of the "Show and Tell" items as well as a link to the website. Those who do not have e-mail addresses listed with me will receive the usual hardcopy newsletter by US snailmail. Any others who wish a newsletter by mail should let me know.

• Please send me pictures of your work so that I can add it to the gallery.

• The Newsletter with pictures is available on the website.

Jim Smith, Secretary,

Phone: 304-342-1755

e-Mail: mountain@mountaineerwoodturners.com

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