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| Future Meetings (Gary Guenther)
If you have suggestions for future demonstrators, or would consider demonstrating yourself, please contact our Program Chairman, Gary Guenther at gary.guenther@att.net or 301-384-7594.
| 2010 Scheduled Demonstrators |
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• August 12th - Member participation -- Bring your own homemade tools and jigs to show and discuss.
A great idea from Elliot Schantz -- this is a BYO “tool tips” session. Most of us modify tools, make tools, and create useful jigs to achieve desired ends and to help us work more efficiently. There are innumerable ways to hold objects on a lathe and to then shape those items with tools. That’s what the craft aspect of turning is all about. We all have our own unique sets of procedures on and off the lathe, and a collection of “stuff” we’ve used in the past to solve particular problems and finish our pieces.
Have you ever wondered what cool stuff your friends are making and using? Well, here’s our chance to find out. We would like as many of you as possible to bring your collection of the tools and jigs and tricks and products that make your work your own. Let’s see your gouge grind, your sharpening jig, your skew shape, your handles, your jam chucks, your special-purpose chucks, sanding and buffing attachments for the lathe
or grinder or drill, hollowing tools, tools for getting into hard-to-reach places, lights, drill bits, materials for filling holes, dyes, sealers, finishes, gloves, safety equipment, and more. Look around your shop pick some items you think would be fun to show us.
Bring as many items as you like, and we’ll take turns and see how many times we can go around the room. Of course if you would rather not bring any hardware, just come with a notebook and a camera, because we are going to see some interesting things that will be new and useful to many of us. This is your meeting. You will be the demonstrators. Let the ideas flow!
At this meeting, we are also going to have a Swap Meet! We’ll have a separate table set aside for this. If you have any stuff laying around that you don’t want or need any more, bring it and swap it with each other -- or just put it on the Silent Auction table for the benefit of the Club.
• September 9th --Mark Sfirri -- the acknowledged master of multiple axes
Mark is, quite simply, a legend. His unique and instantly recognizable works are in the best museums and collections in the world. We have seen some of his pieces in our field trips. It’s going to be really hard to decide what two forms to ask Mark to turn, from his amazing repertoire of bats, candlesticks, figures, curved handles, etc. Mark was in DC in April to receive a Distinguished Educator award from the James Renwick Alliance, and we are very pleased and privileged that he will be able to come back to join us in September. There will be a $10 demo fee for this demonstration.
• October 7th – Jim Duxbury – techniques for making a kaleidoscope
Jim will demonstrate the turning of centerless pieces with his unique cone jig and apply this technique to the construction of his Traditional Model Kaleidoscope. This approach is adaptable for hollow vessels such as birdhouses, ornaments, or any staved-type cylindrical pieces. Jim is also the inventor of the Resp-O-Rator™ of which he holds two U.S. Patents. There will be a $10 demo fee for this demonstration.
• November 11th - TBD
• December 9th - Clif Poodry -- The use of jam chucks for making a small, Drozda-like box.
Proficiency in making jam chucks will make you a more confident and productive turner. In the world of woodturning, a “box” is a small vessel with a lid, made to hold small items. Cindy Drozda is one of the finest turners working today, and her works and style are instantly recognizable. Eliot Feldman did a demo for us on making a box a year and a half ago, but we still don’t see many boxes in our S&T sessions -- I, myself, have made only one. These little forms can be a little fussy until you get the hang of it, but they are very rewarding and much appreciated as gifts. Boxmaking is an honored tradition and a very hot topic now, as evidenced by an extremely lively Special Interest Night session on boxmaking at the 2008 Richmond AAW Symposium. From what I’ve seen, for some people, making them becomes addictive. I hope this demo will encourage more of you to give them a try.
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