April 2003 Meeting

Joe Traynham, our club President started the meeting by reviewing the club business and mentioned that the June meeting will be held at a members house as sort of a "get to know you" mixer. No formal presentations or programs will be given but I'm sure there will be plenty of woodturning discussion going on and more. More about this later. Check the website for details.

We had our first raffle and I think it went well! The club made some money and a couple of woodturners got some great stuff on the cheap. 2 items were raffled off. One was a nice big 1" Square Sorby Scraper that our Club Treasurer, Don Carlson, won and the other was a Figured Maple turning block that another member (I didn't catch his name .. Anyone know???) won.

You can see Bill King, our guest presenter, there at the doorway getting ready to show us how to turn a peppermill. There were lots of people here again with a few new faces added. Very welcome!

Show and Tell

We need more show and tell items! Bring it in. Hey, it can't be worse than mine. Bring in your mistakes or uncompleted turnings and get some free advice from the experts and no-so-experts alike.

Ernie brought a larger hollow vessel out of Spalted Hackberry. The collar is out of African Blackwood. The collar was turned, then he decided how big he wanted the opening. Then he took the piece of blackwood and set it into the lip nice and tight. He was asked if he used a respirator when using spalted wood. Ernie said that he has a whole system that he uses, which includes an air cleaner with all woods, especially with spalted woods. He uses MinWax poly and then buffs it with the Bealle system. The bowl wasn't aged when he started; the spalting keeps it from warping.

Joe has a small hollow vessel that he has shot with a flowing lacquer made out of Buckeye Burl. The lacquer was Jet semi-gloss. He buffed it after the lacquer with the One-Way system. This is the first time he has tried the On-Way buffing system and it turned out great.

Program - Bill King making a Peppermill

Bill King, our guest program presenter from Texas but having roots here in Missouri (being born and raised in Hickory county), does several types of woodturning. Here are just a few...

Woodturned Hats. Incredible!	Laminated multi-wood Peppermills
Laminated multi-wood Rolling Pins	Assorted turnings that Bill brought to show us.

And now, on with the program.....

NEW Get Bill's paper handouts here

	Bill started out describing some of the other turnings he brought with him (some nicely stained box elder bowls were in there). Bill touched on several different woodturning subjects and it was clear that Bill had lots to share that we just didn't have time for in this meeting. Maybe we can get him back for some more programs! Here you can see Bill explaining grain direction with different bowl orientations. "Cut downhill"
	Mounting the Peppermill Blank. By the way, Bill, the handouts were a big help to follow along as you were going through each step. Thank you.
	Layout lines. Important step!
	Forming the body of the peppermill

	We got to see a little of Bill's tool technique.
	Drilling out the base of the peppermill using a Forstner bit. Slow speed and take small "bites".
	Now, he's using a big 'ol auger bit to drill out the area throughout the body of the peppermill for the mechanism to fit into. Again, slow speed and make sure it's going in straight.
	By the time Bill got down to really detailing the body and top of the peppermill, he had a crowd around him.
	Good presentation Bill ! Thanks for showing us this fun and interesting project. Come back again...