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San Diego Woodturners Page 14 March 2013 Wood Day at Nottingham By Mike McElhiney How much wood could a wood turner chuck when a wood turner would chuck wood A great deal is the answer to that one. Tom Edwards, Dan White, Mark Jacobsen, Roman Scheidel, Karen Freitas, Jeff Neff, and Allen Driver tore into our huge woodpile at Nottingham while club members observed, learned and then turned. Tom began the day by cutting up a round on a cleverly designed platform. He took the piece to a bandsaw, handed it to Roman who cut it round in a trice, showing me yet another method of making a bowl blank. If you don’t have a wonderful set of those round cutouts made by Karen Freitas, try this: find a piece of cardboard, draw a circle of about the size you need, tack it to your bland and voila! You are ready to turn. Tom went through the process of chucking up a piece and then turned a quick bowl, showing bowl gouge techniques, tenon tactics and fielding questions from the group. After the demo, Tom went back to the wood he’d selected for the day, cut blanks and handed them to attendees. They carried their pieces to Roman who manned the bandsaw, gave advice and sliced and diced the blanks. Inside, Allen Driver, Karen Freitas and Jeff Neff helped people get started with their bowls. There were at least six, maybe seven people turning at any one time. Many of the attendees took advantage of the astounding offer of FREE WOOD. Yours truly brought a piece of fresh and very wet sycamore to the party, sliced it in twain with my trusty chain saw, took it inside and turned a quick bowl. At least I started. The wood was so wet that I stopped, found a towel, dried my face shield and started again. Then I blew a fuse! I know where the fuse box is now and got that going again. But the floor was so wet from the sycamore that I had to move the lathe and get a mop. Eventually I finished, took it home, micro waved it and it sits waiting for sanding on my bench. That is how turning goes for me; always interesting, sometimes wet. But back to the woodpile... Quite a few people were taking advantage of the FREE WOOD offer by Dan. After finishing my bowl, I walked back to the club wood storage facility and helped to organize the unbelievably cheap and varied selection of wood. Star Pine or Norfolk Island pine or carob or olive, or oak or pepper and more – they are all there. It is a shame to not take advantage of this incredible wood supply. Go to Frost. Check the price. Come to Nottingham. Check the price. No comparison. And it is a shame to let that wood become firewood; a year in the sun and sealer on the end or not, the wood dries and cracks. Much of the wood there does have cracks in it – but it is still eminently useable. Tom Edwards taught a class on using epoxy resin to fill cracks and stabilize a turning piece. It is worth taking or if you have done so, use your know-how to make this wood into something gorgeous. We have avocado to die for. I took some home with me. (Continued on page 15)
San Diego Woodturners Page 15 March 2013 (Wood Day - continued from page 14) Next time you come to a meeting at Nottingham, go home with a piece or pieces of wood. Too big Someone will cut it up for you. Too expensive... Never!
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