Coffee Hours 201 – 210

John Kelsey: Amtrak Setup, May 10. Learning opportunities for all that participated. Fun with canes; multi-functional cane.
Mark Skinner: Honey locust worktable.
Stew Bremner: Manitoba maple burl/epoxy work-in-progress with a design opportunity, followed by extended conversation regarding epoxy pieces…WHY???
All Zoomers: General discussion regarding epoxy turning, including Jimmy Clewes Mega Mate hollowing tools and related tool types. Also, refer
to Edmonton Club YouTube when Stew demonstrated flood coating
epoxy pieces.
John Ziegler: ‘How’d it go?’ at LAWA 5/7/24 meeting featuring extended ‘Show & Tell’ with open forum discussing turning challenges and solutions..
Jonathan Wilson: Comparison between Mahoney’s Oil and Osmo Top Oil.
Kai Köthe: ‘Sphere Madness,’ featuring a 12” diameter turned yew root.

John Ziegler: Notice regarding September 7th (Saturday after Labor Day),
Lancaster Music Fest, during which LAWA will be seeking volunteers to showcase woodturning between 12:00 and 5:00 (simple pieces such as tops).
LAWA June meeting to feature jigs; In-person and Zoomers, please bring your jigs and discuss, as the meeting will be dedicated to showcasing jigs used on and off the lathe.
Notice regarding June 22 and 23; Ernie Conover will be at Kauffman’s Kitchens (LAWA meeting location). Saturday session will feature Ernie at the lathe for ‘soup-to-nuts’ tutorials from lathe safety, sharpening, tools, turning, etc. Sunday session will feature hands-on for up to 10 turners (two turners per lathe), with Ernie offering spindle and bowl turning lessons and insights.
John Kelsey: Turned or not??? Slide show from recent attendance at the
International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF).
Ray Simmons: Small Richlite jewelry dish, using Lindow Machine Works Rose Engine.
John Ziegler: Recent videos of the LAWA display at the Lancaster Train Station and discussion.
Reminder: LAWA members wishing to have their work shown online should send photos to lancasterwoodturnerszoom@gmail.com.
David Hudgell: Oak burl piece. Manitoba maple (box elder) bowl. Red cedar bowl.
Question: how to best preserve the white color of the wood on these pieces. Suggestions include Krylon AV Inhibitor gloss spray, lacquer, Osmo Top Oil, and marine spar varnish (will help keep the red colors red).
John Chalikian: Small walnut bowl (with perpetual rough spot). Blue-dyed applewood bowl. Blue-dyed applewood ‘magic wand,’ with ongoing challenge to avoid spiral grooves in skew chisel work. 14” applewood platter.
Doug Reesor: 100-year-old cedar from the Ontario Seagram’s factory; emerging Seagram’s whiskey bottle with laser-printed label. The first piece
turned fine, but second piece presenting significant chipping issues. Ensuing discussion about how to reduce the chipping include soaking in water, oil, Mahony’s Walnut =Oil, PC-Petrifier ® wood hardener, and soaking in Seagram’s whiskey.

John Ziegler: John Kelsey is en route from Bognor Ontario to Manitoulin, so Jim Bowman and John Z. will be co-hosting this morning. BTW, John K. is having a great time on his trans-Canada trip, and we will look forward to his presentations upon his return. Ernie Conover’s June 22 and 23 sessions are open to any turner within driving distance. We currently have 13 attendees signed up for Saturday (Ernie at the lathe), and 11 for the ‘hands-on’ Sunday session. We can accommodate 12 more for Saturday, and one more for Sunday. Attendance costs $25 per day. Jim Bowman: Jim is seeking a woodturning club for his ‘neighbor’ that actually lives in the Arlington area. Mike Peace recommends pointing Jim’s friend to the AAW site (Woodturner.org) to find a local chapter. Don Smith: Annual woodturning competition pieces, each of which received ‘high commendations’ from the jury). 1st piece: 13” tall mahogany candelabra, holding four candles. 2nd piece: Multi-colored dyed ash vase with wooden flowers. Mike Lebo: Two sugar maple burl bowls, finished with spray lacquer. Mike Peace: Mike’s first attempt at turning a ‘disc’ vase out of wet red oak, dyed with black, red, and yellow dye. Extended follow-up conversation regarding chucking and otherwise holding these types of pieces on the lathe. Highly addictive acorns…quick and fun to turn. Hard maple box. Toby Bouder: Dyed box elder natural edge bowl. 5” diameter wisteria bowl. 9” tall dyed maple vase. Bert Delisle: Mushrooms! An 85th birthday gift to a friend that detests mushrooms… Weighted stands for ornaments. Yarn caddy for on-the-go knitting…traveling, walking, and…riding a bike??? Max Kacksetter: Heart or ‘disc’ vase article in February 2024 AAW magazine, showing how to hold the wood and turn on two axes. Don Smith: Tip regarding how to turn on and off a virtual background on Zoom. Ken Vasko: Nittany Valley Woodturners picnic and their ‘flying object’ competition, with Ken showing his soft maple flying saucer/platter.

Mike Peace’s chess set on Carter & Son’s website, 3D Printers, sharpening systems including pros and cons. Ray Simmons: Rose engine ‘paper chuck’ as preparation for cutting. ‘Ornamental Turners International’ on Facebook will illustrate the work done around the world. Kai Köthe: Displaying spheres; Kai shows several ways that he displays his beautiful spheres. Ken Vasko: PowerPoint of the Lancaster Train Station display of the LAWA turners’ work. John Kelsey: ‘Pop-up’ visit by John as he makes his way across Canada. Bert Delisle: Shoutout to Kai regarding the aluminum cutter discs that Bert uses to create his aluminum molds for casting lead weights. Tap-centering guide is incredibly useful to easily create threaded wooden glue blocks. Doug Reesor: Maker spaces (i.e.; Lancaster’s Thaddeus Stevens’ ‘Make 717’ facility) are very useful to use or test tools and equipment without the large investment in not-so-often used equipment, with follow-on discussion. Jim Bowman: Question: How often do folks turn on the lathe? (Life gets in the way, but the ensuing comments suggest folks find a way to turn most days of the week). Randy Smith: References the California-based ‘Little Machine Shop,’ which carries metalwork-oriented apparatus that works well for woodturning. Kai Köthe: Quick photo of his friend’s sphere-turning jig. Similar ones are available to purchase from various manufacturers. Malcolm: A cautionary comment that handling lead can be dangerous, including breathing the fumes. Also, using a metal lathe to turn wood will likely ruin the metal lathe.

John Kelsey: July 2nd LAWA picnic, with Mike Kuterbach taking home the flying object trophy. First (of many, we hope) slide show from John’s epic cross-Canada trip. Mike Peace: Dusty, the red oak four-piece turned elephant. Red oak bowl with hand-carved rim. George Kuipers: Several olive wood boxes with clever lids, Osmo finished. Small olive wood cup. Kai Köthe: Photo ‘string’ using fishing line, with layered ‘hot wood’ balloon. Jim Bowman: Interesting river or yellow birch (?) bent branch, mounted on waste block with CA glue and hot glue, turned into a propeller-shape and finished with Mahoney’s. (No risk with that piece…). Beautiful twig/pencil pots turned from old porch posts. Bert Delisle: Bird houses and tiny birds on stands. Bert is currently in the lead for having the most off-cuts of wood stash… Don Svob: 30” diameter (!) turned pine tree root. Vying with Jim Bowman for turning questionable wood… Toby Bouder: Wood stash: 15’ x 30’ shed, FILLED with wood, plus workshop not far behind. Toby joins Bert in leading the wood stash competition. Several dyed wood pieces, to be continued next week.

John Kelsey: LAWA workshop Saturday, 7.13.24, 9:00 – 12:00 Randy Smith: Susquehanna Woodturners monthly meeting featured Martin Stolpe. Toby Bouder: MANY dyed pieces, including maple stump, white oak burl (12 pieces), elm burl, mulberry, and walnut. Bruce Lamb: Commentary on using black (TransTint) dye; Bruce suggests using 16:1 ration rather than 32:1. Ray Simmons: Four-inch square companion piece to his round Richlite piece. Beautiful and precise! Jim Duxbury: Next level multi-axis turnings, featuring tangential radiating arcs, including a lidded box. PLUS, an angled Dux Chuck; don’t try this at home. Don Smith: Laburnum banana boat with retained bark. John Ziegler: Black cherry bowl, spalted maple salad oars, black cherry pencil pot. Don Smith: Power sanding kit.