March - San Diego Woodturners

Chapter AAW 

SHAVINGS 

...from the Prez 

Volume 2011 Number 03 March 2011 

P.O. Box 507061 • San Diego, CA 92150-7061 

Tools and Techniques 

A Chapter of the AAW 

www.sdwt.org 

Come to Nottingham on March 19th and join club mentor, demonstrators, 

and fellow turners in exploring Tools and Techiques 2011. Topic 

and instructors are here: 

Bowl Gouge & Spindle Roughing Gouge Jim Meeks 

Greetings All… 

Many thanks to Joe Fleming 

for this month’s most enlightening 

presentation! He continues 

to create artistic turnings, 

putting to use the many techniques 

he has gleaned from his 

association with other experts. 

I noticed that many of our 

newcomers (ie. From Ken’s 

Palomar Class) were intrigued 

by the results of using different 

dyes, inks, and sanding 

approaches, etc. I know many 

will be trying some of these 

ideas as we speak. 

Bowl Bottom Gouge 

Scrapers 

Coring 

Sharpening-Jig 

Sharpening-hand 

Specialty Tools/handle 

Tenons 

Tops and chatter work 

Hollowing tools 

Carving/Inlays 

Skew 

Spheres 

Threading 

Nan Bushley 

Tom Edwards 

Don Owen 

Ken Roth 

Joe Fleming 

Ken Haines 

Oskar Kirsten 

Sally Ault 

Mike Jackofsky 

Jim Berger 

Ed Ducharme 

Tom Cummings 

Paul Terlow 

This month’s program is especially 

important, in that it gives 

us the opportunity to share 

ideas and techniques on a “oneon-one” 

basis. Many times, 

success is merely an adjustment 

of angle, pressure, or the 

Reminder 

Hands On - Tools and Techniques 

March 19, 2011 

9:00 am to 2:00pm 

at Nottingham Arts. Center, San Marcos 

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San Diego Woodturners Page 2 March 2011 

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most efficient tool to achieve 

the desired results. We need 

all the help we can get, and 

sometimes it comes when 

we least expect it. If you are 

having a problem with sharpening 

or choice of a tool, for 

example, hopefully wone of us 

“old timers” can provide some 

insight in solving it. So, bring 

your questions, problem tools, 

and ideas, and be prepared to 

advance your woodturning 

skills… 

Because we are always in 

need of inspiration, I’m going 

to borrow from Mark Baker 

--- “it can come from many directions, 

but what you do with 

it can only come from you,” 

This Summer offers so many 

chances for us to grab some 

inspirational opportunities … 

1.) Our Annual Picnic – with 

the turned objects raffle and 

the contest of Turnings with 

surface embellishments. 

2.) Utah Symposium – with 

many of the best in our field, 

demonstrating their specialties. 

3.) AAW Symposium – again, 

many of the best doing their 

own magic. 

4.) Last but not least –our own 

Mini-Symposium – many of 

our local excellent turners will 

share their secrets with us, as 

will Molly Winton. 

There is always an impres- 

HAPPENINGS 

Shavings 1 

Coming Events/Classes 3 

Coming In April 4 

Dan Leaf Honored 5 

March Program/DVD Library News 6 

Membership Message/New Workshops 7 

AAW Recognizes the “Quiet Stalwarts” 8 

Woodturners of Olympia - Annual Symposium 9 

Joe Fleming - Coloring Wood 10/11 

Mike Jackofsky Teaches Hollow Form 12 

Wood Dust - Friend or Foe 13 

Desert Woodturning Roundup 14-17 

Bowls for Benefactors 18 

SDWT/Rockler Coupon 19 

Mentor News 20 

Mentors/Committees/Board Members 21 

Wants and Disposals/Raffle News 22/23 

Resources/Wood News 24 

Click on any title or page number to navigate to that page....... 

Member application available on last inside page before mailer 

sive Instant Gallery with pieces 

displayed by many of our attendees. 

And finally, our Silent Auction 

– with items donated by many 

of our own and other famous 

turners. 

What we do with these ideas is 

up to us!!! Go forth and enjoy! 

Till next time…Have fun, work 

hard, and stay safe! 

Nan 

Newsletter Blast 

Thanks once again to all that 

contributed to this month’s 

newsletter: 

Nan Bushley, 

Sally Ault, 

Leonard Badour, 

Mavis Porter, 

Becki Edwards, 

Ken Roth, Karen 

Freitas, and Jeff 

Neff. Thanks to 

Allen Driver for 

the “wood thing”. 

Phil 

NOTTINGHAM ACCESS 

For access to the Nottingham Arts Center contact Terry Sullivan via 

email (go2tms@sbcglobal.net.) or at the number listed in the member 

directory. Include the day and time you intend on arriving as well as 

the purpose of your visit.


2010 WOODTURNING CLASSES/COMING EVENTS 

The following is a list of the woodturning classes and coming events. If you are interested in signing up for any 

of these classes act quickly since classes usually fill-up. Interested in being a demonstrator Contact Sally Ault 

to sign-up or for more information. E-mail: sallyault@cox.net or by phone at (619) 225-1120. 

March 19, 2011 

Hands-on - Tool Techniques 

Learn a new technique or enhance one you already have 

with help of the talented turners in our club. 

August 2011 

Mike Lorch - Bowl Master 

Join Mike he dazzles the membership with his bowl turning 

prowess. 

April 16,2011 

Michael Mocho 

Michael is a master at box and 

vessel forms, surface techniques, 

as well as knobs, feet, 

finials, and spires. 

May 14, 2011 

Annual Picnic 

Dr. Ken and Pat Roth will host the club for the annual 

event. “Surface Embellishment” is this year’s picnic challenge. 

Be sure and bring a turning for the raffle. 

May 19 - 21, 2011 

PROVO UTAH Symposium 

Mike Mahoney dinner on Tuessday. Craft Supplies “Super 

Sale” on Wednesday. Make a week of it! 

June 18, 2011 

Ken Roth 

Ken will dmonstrate making 

hollow form with TINY openings...by 

hollowing through 

the base. 

June 24-26, 2011 

AAW 25th Annual Symposium 

St. Paul, Minnesota. “Turning 25” 

July 2011 Mini Symposium 

Molly Winton 

Molly’s carvings and surface 

embellishments are astounding. 

Molly will demo 

for the club and conduct 

classes. 

September 17, 2011 

Take-A-Turn 

Come work at one of the stations with the help of club 

member. This is your opportunity to see and try out a new 

tool or technique, seek solutions to a particular projct or 

idea, and have fun. 

October 15, 2011 

Cindy Drozda 

Cindy is well known for her boxes 

and forms with fine delicate finials 

and spires. Cindy will demo for the 

club and conduct classes. 

November 19, 2011 

Pete Campbell - Fire Pots 

See Pete Campbell work amazng feats in wood and flip 

flops. Pete contiues to amaze and wonder all with his 

350lb half sphere tables to the tiniest of boxes and everything 

in the middle. This month he will demonstrate his 

“Fire Pots” for our members and guests. 

December 10, 2011 

Annual Christmas Party! 

(At the Nottingham Center) 

Participate in the potluck and gift exchange. Celebrate 

the season at the Nottingham center. Open to members 

and their spouses.


Michael Mocho - Coming In April 

This presentation will cover a variety of design strategies and techniques for creating and altering box and 

vessel forms. He will illustrate how tool and material selection, sharpening, RPM, and stance at the lathe all 

effect the nuances of final form and surface quality. Michael will also demonstrate a variety of on-lathe textural 

techniques including chatter-work, indexed embossing, radial fluting, and spiral work using the versatileand 

often tricky- Sorby spiral and texturing tool. 

Plenty of useful information will be provided on the finer points of lathe set-up and adjustment, sharpening 

strategies, and simple jigs and tool modifications- which will add new creative possibilities to your work. Fast 

and effective methods for cutting clean box interiors will also be demonstrated, as well as simple tips for making 

accurate connections between parts such as lids, finials, knobs, spires, inlays, feet, and other appendages. 

He will also illustrate the creative possibilities of innovative free-hand abrasive shaping techniques- both on 

and off the lathe- by using particular cross-section turnings as a starting point. 

This demo will change the way you look at your turned forms and will inspire new explorations. 

The hands-on workshop will address as many of the topics that can be fit into the available time. There will be 

plenty of one-on-one instruction, and students are encouraged to bring their own tools to try a variety of small 

projects designed to help develop tool handling skills, a greater understanding of wood, cutting dynamics, 

sharpening, and the design possibilities that these techniques can add to your work. 

www.mmocho.com


At our Febuary meeting the San Diego 

Woodturners honored Dan Leaf with a 

lifetime membership. Dan has been turning 

since he was in high school at Hilltop High. 

He was very interested in segmented pieces. 

Dan made several trips to Arizona to meet 

with Ray Allen. In 2005 he built his own 

very large lathe. He built a hollowform with 

3315 pieces that is approximately 45 inches 

tall and 34 inches in diameter. He entered it 

in the 2006 San Diego County Fair Design in 

Wood where it took the Masters Award. It is 

a beautiful piece and he titled it “For Ray”. 

For several years his family graciously 

allowed the San Diego Woodturners to store 

wood at their business in Chula Vista. Dan 

is very resourceful and creative. He has 

designed and built stands to make wheel 

chair accessable lathes for our Turn Around 

for Vets program. Our mini symposium has 

been lucky enough to have him teach tool 

making classes. He has donated endless 

Dan Leaf Honored 

amounts of material and his time. Thank 

You Dan! Also Thank You to Alex for the 

wonderful cupcakes. They were yummy and 

eaten very quickly. 

SAN DIEGO FAIR 2011 

Yes it’s that time of year again. The San Diego fair 

will start June 10 th through July 4 th so it’s time to 

turn out your best. 

Check your calendar and help us out by signing up. 

You do not have to be a good turner. We will have 

someone there to get you started with a lesson or 

two. We like to have a minimum of two people in 

the morning and two in the afternoon. If you are 

still a full time worker we need help on the weekends. 

Your reward for helping are two tickets for 

each shift. You will be surprised at how many old 

friends you find when you start passing out free tickets 

to the fair. Don’t make me beg. Sign up! You 

will have FUN! 

Thank You. 

Tom Edwards 

San Diego County Fair Update


At our March meeting we will 

have another session of “Tools 

and Techniques”. At this meeting 

some of our “experts” will 

be manning a station where you 

can learn and try a tool or technique 

that you have been having 

trouble with. You can wander at 

your leisure and learn at any or 

all of the stations. 

We will bring in lunch (our treat) 

and this meeting will run from 9 

until at least 2. There will be a 

short business meeting at 9 and 

the raffle will be held during our 

NEWS FROM THE DVD LIBRARY 

Look for new DVD’s by Brian McEvoy at the next meeting. 

Thank You to everyone who has returned their DVD’s. And for those 

of you who haven’t…remember there is a $5.00 late fee per month per 

DVD. 

You may mail it to Tom & Becki Edwards, 2782 Dahlia Avenue, San 

Diego, CA 92154Thank you! 

The DVD Crew 

How to clean your DVD 

Use a soft cloth ~ lint free ~(an old clean T-shirt works great) 

Put a little water on the cloth 

March Program 

Tools and Techniques Workshop 

lunch break. Be sure to bring 

something for the instant gallery 

too. 

Our instructors/demonstrators: 

Bowl Gouge/ 

Spindle Roughing Gouge 

Jim Meeks 

Bowl Bottom Gouge 

Nan Bushley 

Scrapers 

Tom Edwards 

Wipe the disc from the center to the outside edge ~ 

DO NOT WIPE IN A CIRCULAR MOTION! 

Coring 

Don Owen 

Sharpening-Jig 

Ken Roth 

Sharpening-hand 

Joe Fleming 

Specialty Tools/handle 

Ken Haines 

Tenons 

Oskar Kirsten 

Tops and chatter work 

Sally Ault 

Hollowing tools 


Carving/Inlays 

Jim Berger 

Skew 

Ed Ducharme 

Spheres 

Tom Cummings 

This is an impressive line-up of 

talent! Join us on March 19th at 

the Nottingham Center for a day 

of fellowship and fun. Maybe 

we can learn something too! 

See you there! 

- Sally Ault 

If the water does not solve the problem put some Isopropyl (rubbing) 

Alcohol on the cloth and wipe from the center to the outside edge. 

Again, do not wipe in a circular motion.


New Workshops and Updates 

Thanks for making SDWT the 10th largest AAW 

Chapter! We had 169 members in 2010. 

AAW and SDWT membership is January through 

December, so it’s time to renew memberships. 

Please note that in order to join SDWT, you must 

be a member of AAW. This ensures that you and 

our club are protected by the AAW insurance 

policy. 

AAW membership (new or renewal) is easy to do 

at www.woodturner.org; on the left side, select 

Join AAW, then select either new or renewal, and 

follow the instructions. While you are at the AAW 

website, look around at the impressive member 

benefits. 

If you prefer, we can handle AAW membership for 

you. Visit our website www.sdwt.org, on the left 

side, select Membership, then Membership Application 

within the text. 

Annual dues are $73 which includes AAW membership. 

Name badges for new members (or 

replacement) $5. You can either pay at the next 

monthly meeting or send a check and application to 

San Diego Woodturners 

P.O. Box 507061 

We are working on some new workshops for next 

year and I need some feedback from the SDWT 

members. We are discussing having a workshops 

by: 

Joe Fleming on coloring. It would be a 2 day 

workshop at his shop and would cover a number of 

different coloring techniques. It would be in late 

February or early March. Joe will be doing a demo 

on coloring at our February meeting. 

Mike Jackofsky will be teaching advanced 

workshops for our members. The 3-day advanced 

workshop will be March 12-14 . 

If you are interested in the workshop please contact 

Sally Ault at sallyault@cox.net or call 619- 

415-5308. There is still an opening in the class. 

Michael Mocho will be our demonstrator in April 

and he will do 2 day workshops when he is here. 

Please check out his website at www.michaelmocho.com 

to see the work he does. He will help us 

with making boxes, cutting clean interiors, making 

accurate connections between the box and lid 

and finials, knobs, feet, spires and inlays. He will 

also help us become expert in on the lathe textural 

techniques. 

Please contact me at sallyault@cox.net and let me 

know if you are interested in any of these workshops. 

If you want to talk about it, you can call me 

at 619-415-5308. 

Thanks 

Sally Ault 

San Diego, CA 92150-7061 

See you at the next meeting! 

Leonard Badour


AAW Recognizes the “Quiet Stalwarts” 

The Quiet Stalwarts - every chapter has a few. You know...the guy or gal who is the first to pitch in and the last 

to quit at the end of the task. It takes a lot of effort by a lot of people to make a chapter successful but usually 

there are one or more “quiet stalwarts.” They are the backbone of most of the chapters. When nobody else will 

take on a task, they will. When everyone else has burned out, they keep on plugging. Not once but time after 

time , year after year. Always giving to share the joy of woodturning. We know how important they are to the 

chapters and we’d like to help the chapters recognize them. 

(http://www.woodturner.org/community/chapters/quiet/recognition/) 

San Diego Woodturners Recongnizes 

Tom Edwards (Becki Too!) 

Tom Edwards was awarded a SDWT Lifetime Membership Award in 2010 with his wife, Becky (Team Edwards). 

Over the years, Tom, as longtime Board member and mentor, has functioned as Resource Chairman; 

- retrieving, preparing, and providing local woods to members. Chair of set-up and management of the 

SDWT demo booth at the SD County Fair; where members turn tops, etc. to raise money for our Toys for Tots 

and Wounded Warrior Projects. A leader in our Turn Around for Vets (our Wounded Warrior project); Tom 

has modified tools and lathe equipment to accomodate the needs of our injured Warriors. Team Edwards also 

manages our Video Library and Lost & Found collection. Tom and Becky are an inspiration for all our woodturning 

friends.


Woodturners of Olympia Symposium 2011 

July 23, 2011 7:00am - 5:15pm Lacey, Washington 

www.woodturnersofolympia.org 

Creativity in 

Woodturning 

Featuring: 

Symposium 2011 

Mike Mahoney 

Stephen Hatcher 

July 23, 2011 

About the Turners 

Mike Mahoney, Provo, UT 

Mike Mahoney has been a professional 

wood turner since 1994. His 

bowls are featured in galleries 

across the United States. Mike's 

work is sought after by collectors 

all over the world. Mike is often 

requested to demonstrate and teach for wood turning clubs, 

craft schools and symposia. He has traveled around the world 

to discuss and demonstrate his craft. He is considered an 

authority in woodturning. Mike is passionate about his craft 

and the American Craft movement. 

He is dedicated to producing 

quality craft and educating 

the public about woodturning. 

His wood comes from urban 

sources (tree trimmers and local 

cities). He produces all of his 

work on the lathe without any 

embellishments after the fact, 

creating a very traditional feel with contemporary ideas. He 

wants his work to be attractive as well as useful. 

“For my work to be admired is one thing, but for my work 

to be used fulfills my purpose as a craftsman." 

Mike Mahoney 

Stephen Hatcher, Olympia, WA 

Stephen is an artist who 

works with wood and stone, 

lathe turning platters and 

vases from wood and then 

inlaying mineral crystals to 

create images of striking 

beauty. He has merged the 

disparate techniques of 

woodturning and stone carving, 

resulting in work that is 

unique both technically and 

in style. The pieces are made 

from highly figured woods 

where each design is inspired first by the wood figure that 

presents itself and the best form to capture that figure. The 

inlay designs are uniquely hand carved and created with layered 

translucent crystals. These designs are principally inspired 

by the changing seasons and natural beauty of the 

Pacific Northwest as well as the traditional art forms of Japan. 

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February Demo - Joe Fleming - Coloring Wood 

“Coloring Wood Is Not Weird” 

Notes on Demonstration by Joe Fleming 

Work Safely: when using colors, always protect 

yourself, especially your eyes and hands. 

Turning a beautiful wood vessel provides great satisfaction, 

but the ability to embellish the artwork with 

color allows the artist to create unique and wonderful 

art pieces. 

During his presentation, Joe demonstrated a number 

of techniques to color wood, using paint, stain, dye, 

and ink, including bleaching and lacquer finishing. 

He talked about the tools necessary, coloring media, 

wood considerations, surface preparation, technical 

issues, and top coats. Joe also demonstrated the 

creation of a glossy, glassy lacquer finish. 

Here are notes on the presentation highlights: 

The handout is available on the San Diego Woodturners 

website, under Techniques & Tips, and is 

titled Coloring Wood With Dyes. While you are 

there, Joe has at least six other article of interest: 

• Rules for Creating Good Forms 

• Tips on turning Small Vessels 

• Coloring Wood With Dyes 

• Sharpening Your Woodturning Tools 

• Eccentric Circles 

• Turning a Calabash Bowl 

In 1999, Joe joined the San Diego Woodturners and 

we quickly became aware of his woodworking skills 

acquired over a lifetime of wood working with his 

dad in Iowa. The special interest in woodturning 

was quite by accident. Joe volunteered for a Church 

Committee that would build, you guessed it, a new 

Church. Jim Leary, then a member of the San Diego 

Woodturners, was also on the committee and the rest 

is woodturning history. 

Joe learned additional woodworking skills from 

classes, trying to attend one per year dealing with 

artistic development. He also learned from some of 

the best in coloring: 

• John Jordon – ink soak 

• Michael Hosaluk – acrylic paint 

• Jimmy Clewes – all around woodturning 

• Bin Pho – air brushing with transparent 

paints 

• Don Deery – coloring wood 

• and our own Ken Haines – pyrography and 

colors 

As the title states: coloring wood is not weird. 

Colors can even out the wood grain and cover up the 

outer, lighter sapwood. Using Pyrography (woodburning) 

can help control the colors from bleeding 

into unwanted areas. Additionally, bleaching 

removes the color from wood, leaving it shades of 

white. 

Colors are available in different mediums: 

• Dye – pure color; will not hide grain 

• Paint – contains the most solids to cover up 

wood 

• Stain – similar to paint, but with less solids 

Some of the materials mentioned in the presentation 

are listed below: 

• Bleach – two part from Home Depot 

• Prismacolor colored pencils and markers 

available online 

• Liquidtex Professional Grade Acrylic heavy 

bodied acrylic paints – Michael’s 

• Liquidtex Basics Value Series Acrylic lower 

bodied paints – Michael’s 

• Golden acrylic paints; transparent and blendable; 

used by Bin Pho 

• Basic brand acrylics from Michael’s 

• Grex Private Stock Color System – designed 

for wood; grexusa.com 

• Master Lacquer at Rockler’s – heavy bodied 

and requires only a few layers. 



(Joe Fleming - continued from page 10) 

• Deft Lacquer at Home Depot can require 30 

coats 

• Frisket Masking Paper, Spray, or Liquid – 

matte finish; online 

Reference books mentioned are: 

• The Wood Sanding Book – Sandor Nagyszalanczy 

• Understanding Wood Finishing – Bob 

Flexner 

• Decorating Turned Wood – Liz & Michael 

O’Donnell 

• Color Mixing Bible – Ian Sidaway 

• Fine Woodworking #169: Spraying Basics 

• How to Mix and Use Color – Tony Paul 

• Blick Art Materials – dickblick.com 

• Tri-City Paints, San Diego: spray painting 

supplies 

Joe’s highlighted coloring technique is the Don 

Deery high gloss method for all woods except burls, 

which have too many grain imperfections for a high 

gloss finish: 

1. Sanding: stop at 180 or 220 grit; higher grits 

will fill wood pores and prevent color penetration; if 

desired, use wood filler to fill pores 

2. Spritz the surface to see grain pattern and 

imperfections 

3. Bleach if desired; use disposable brushes; the 

wood color will lighten only after the bleach dries; 

repeat bleaching if desired; Joe’s recommendation is 

as light as possible and at least three bleachings 

4. Lacquer seal coat the surface lightly, leaving 

deep pores open for color 

5. Grain-filling with Color (optional): rub in 

colorant; when dry, lightly sand to lacquer layer, 

leaving color in deeper pores; make sure that the fill 

effect is even over the entire surface of the vessel 

6. Top Coats: top coat color with two coats 

of sanding sealer; minimum of five coats of spray 

lacquer, sanding after all lacquer layers are applied 

to remove shiny dimples, using up to 400 or 600 grit 

7. Buffing: use the four step Meguiar process, 

meguiarsdirect.com 

The lacquer and color can be spray painted if desired 

for better control than a piece of cloth. Spraying 

also allows blending and banding of colors. Equipment 

choices: 

• Iwata Air Brush equipment: iwata-medea. 

com 

• HVLP – High Volume Low Pressure systems 

• Air compressors generate water, so use an 

in-line water separator 

After all the hard work is finished, preserve the colors 

by keeping the artwork out of sunlight. Exposure 

to sunlight will eventually fade the colors, even 

if they are top coated. 

• Metal acid dyes are the most durable, but 

have limited color selections 

• Water based colors have the next highest 

resistant to fading and are the recommended choice 

• Alcohol based colors are not as color fast as 

water based 

Practice on scrap pieces of the same type of wood 

first. Note the differences between sanding grits, 

bleaching, colors – blue turns teal, red turns orange. 

Popular wood stays green even after bleaching. 

Walnut bleaches well; using red on bleached Walnut 

highlights the red color; Maple also works well. 

If you have any questions, Joe Fleming is available 

as a “coloring” mentor.


Mike Jackofsky Teaches Hollow Form 

Mike Jackofsky did several hands-on workshops in 

February. The 2 two day workshops were designed 

for those who didn’t have much experience making 

hollow forms. I think you will soon see the results 

on the Instant Gallery table! 

Mike started the class off with a bowl form to practice 

shaping with a gouge and then everyone practiced 

using hollowing tools in the open bowl so they 

could see how the tool was cutting. 

The next piece was an enclosed form with a large 

opening and peeking in through the hole to see the 

how the tool was cutting was forbidden! 

The next piece or two had smaller and smaller holes. 

There were some design opportunities that presented 

themselves and at least 2 funnels made but all in all 

the results were terrific and showed great progress. 

Mike is a really excellent instructor and is able to 

work with a class full of different skill levels. I 

think the big smiles in these photos are a testament 

to what a great time everyone had. 

There is a 3 day workshop on March 12-14 for those 

with more hollow form experience. There maybe a 

spot left so if you are interested, please contact Sally 

Ault. 

- Mavis Porter 

Tom Morelli 

Eric Freedus w/funnel 

Howard Katz 

Ron Hoyt 

Rick Olds 

Paul Girard 

Robin Hoff 

Paul Girard


Wood Dust - Friend or Foe 

First In A Series by Dr. Ken Roth, M.D. 

Working with wood exposes 

you to dust, toxins, and allergens, 

thereby threatening your 

health. Current medical knowledge 

tells us that the risks from 

these sources are too great to 

continue to ignore the impact on 

our health. As we live longer 

the effects of health hazards are 

showing their ugly faces in those 

of us who have insulted our 

bodies with poor diet, too much 

alcohol, tobacco in any form, 

and have breathed in harmful 

substances. This discussion will 

briefly point out the effect of 

dust, toxins, and allergens in our 

lungs and how to minimize the 

inherent risk of working with 

wood. 

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF 

DUST 

A micron is 1/25,640 of 

an inch or 1/1,000 of a millimeter. 

Visual dust is greater than 

20 microns but dangerous dust 

is less that 10 microns. Most of 

the dust greater than 5 microns 

are deposited on the walls of the 

nasopharynx and trachea and 

are removed by the cilia (the 

vacuum cleaner of our bronchial 

tree) and macrophages (white 

cells, that eat foreign material in 

our bodies) unless overwhelmed 

by chronic exposure or by high 

concentration. Dust particles 

less than 0.5 microns readily 

reach the alveoli, though 90 % 

can be expelled with the exhaled 

air. Incidentally, cigarette smoke 

particles are 0.5 microns. 

Wood also can contain chemical 

toxins (Western Redcedar = plicatic 

acid), allergens (Sequoia 

redwood), and molds (spalting 

in wood or bark). Silky oak 

(Lacewood) ,G.robusta, causes 

a contact dermatitis by exposure 

to Tridecylresorcinol in the 

wood; And the flowers and fruit 

contain hydrogen cyanide which 

is very toxic. 

If the concentration is small or 

the exposure not prolonged, 

the machrophages and cilia can 

eventually handle the deposited 

dust. OSHA states that “the 

maximum permissible exposure 

per 8 hours is ½ tsp. in a 

24’ x 24’ x 9’ shop”. 

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY is a 

big word that describes what 

all these things do to us. We 

can become acutely ill with a 

pneumonia, respiratory distress, 

bronchial asthma, or a chronic, 

respiratory condition. 

The bottom line is that dust 

particles are foreign bodies and 

the body reacts to them by an inflammatory 

reaction; the chemicals/toxins/allergens 

are similarly 

handled by inflammation. 

Inflammation produces tissue 

fluid (edema) and THICKENS 

the tissue between the alveoli 

(the “balloons” in the lungs). 

The pulmonary vessels are between 

the alveoli to pick up the 

oxygen and to dispel the carbon 

dioxide. If the tissue between 

the alveoli thickens to the point 

that it is difficult or impossible 

for the oxygen/carbon dioxide to 

exchange, then we are in trouble.. 

This can occur as an acute 

pneumonia-like process or as a 

chronic condition. In the chronic 

condition scarring results, making 

the changes permanent and 

the ability to breath difficult or 

impossible. 

Smokers, at this point I need 

to tell you one reason smoking 

is bad. Nicotine paralyzes the 

cilia, thus making it impossible 

for the trachea and bronchia to 

clean out the entrapped foreign 

particles . One cigarette paralyses 

cilia for approximately 

one hour. This is why smokers 

constitute the vast majority of 

people who die from pneumoconiosis, 

silicosis, emphysema, 

bronchiectasis, and COPD to 

name a few. Smoker’s lungs 

simply cannot handle the crap 

that we breathe into our lungs 

on a daily basis – particularly if 

your work or play environment 

includes dusts or other breathable 

irritants. 

Enough for you to digest for this 

time. In the next newsletter I 

will tell you what to do about 

DUST…


On Thursday, February 17th, my 

husband Maury and I headed out 

to drive to Mesa Arizona. I was 

anticipating the Woodturning 

Symposium and he (who doesn’t 

turn wood) was excited to go 

and see Cabella’s Sportsman 

Warehouse. 

On Friday afternoon I went to 

pick up my registration packet 

and then attended the opening 

ceremony. As soon as I got 

there I found Mike Mahoney 

and several of our club members 

such as Scotty Van Hoften, Paul 

Terlow, Barry Rockwell, Mavis 

and a few others. We all went off 

to the presentation of “Where is 

woodturning heading” It was 

interesting to hear the same old 

argument of Traditional turning 

versus Art. 

Several headed to the Pen Turners 

event but Maury and I headed 

over to the Sports Bar with 

Mike Mahoney, Steven Hatcher, 

David Nittman and Jimmy and 

Mary Clewes. This would be our 

new hang-out which had pretty 

good food and a hopping happy 

hour. 

Saturday and Sunday were 

filled with watching presentations 

from the likes of Hatcher 

with how to pop the grain of 

maple and Christian Burchard 

on how to orient the grain and Al 

Stirt on green wooden bowls. I 

always seem to end up in Mike’s 

presentations because I totally 

enjoy his style and grace when 

Desert Woodturning Roundup 

demonstrating. He makes it all 

look so simple when he uses the 

McNaughten System to cut 8 or 

10 bowls out of one blank. 

They had a nice instant gallery 

with works from all the demonstrators 

and many attendees. 

There was a sales area with 

numerous vendors selling everything 

from wood to tools and 

everything in between. I found a 

few items I couldn’t do without 

but I did have money left over if 

you can believe that. There were 

different items offered in their 

Silent Auction each day and 

Saturday night during the dinner 

they had a live auction. I think 

they needed an auctioneer that 

actually knows what he’s looking 

at though. 

The Desert Woodturning Symposium 

occurs every other 

year and is an enjoyable time 

that doesn’t take too long to 

get there. They didn’t have an 

especially large crowd so I hope 

they at least broke even and will 

be planning on another one. If 

you get the chance you should 

drive on over in a couple of 

years and see what a symposium 

is all about. There is always 

something new to learn and 

visiting with old friends is worth 

it anytime. 

-Karen Freitas 



(Roundup - continued from page 14)


Last Minute Trip to Mesa 

by Mavis Porter 

Members may remember receiving Marshall Chapman’s very generous offer of a free admission to the seminar 

in Mesa, Arizona; I was the early riser who jumped at the offer. I was lucky enough to hitch a ride there 

with Scott Van Hoften and Tom Lightener, who were fine traveling companions. The seminar was attended by 

about ten club members. There were eight demonstrators and forty eight demonstrations; and it was located at 

an excellent Convention Center which was within spitting distance from the hotel. 

The Instant Gallery was stunning, a few examples follow; 

David Nittmann 

Jason Clarke 

Hans Finsterwalden 

Betty Scarpino 

Mel Genge 

Lyle Jamieson 

Mike Mahoney


Desert Roundup Seminar Reviews 

by Mavis Porter 

Lyle Jamieson 

The basic bowl seminar, which was not that basic because Lyle chose a piece of olive from the crotch of 

the tree; it was triangular and selected for its probable good grain. 

When he mounted the wood, he used a laser from behind the 

headstock to make sure the wood was evenly distributed given 

its strange shape. Lyle also emphasized balancing the wood and 

tightening the tail stock hard enough so that the wood could not be 

moved by hand before turning on the lathe. His other emphatic lesson 

was to search out your face plate and do not use the chuck: the 

chuck will introduce some wobble. The face plate must have holes 

added to it, and the wood must be attached with size 12 x 1 ¼ sheet 

metal screws, an impact driver should be used to tighten the screws. 

The face plate has to be seated on the tail stock with no padding or 

anything else that could introduce wobble. Lyle said he did not know he had so many rules. If you want more 

go to www.jamison.com . I also took his hollowing classes which were interesting but mainly emphasized his 

patented laser system for knowing how thick the wood is, it works well but I am not sure it is any better than 

many of the other systems. 

Christian Burchard 

How to make balls, or as he prefers, spheres. Like Jaimeson, Buchard eschews the use of a chuck, and prefers 

to glue wood onto a block attached to a face plate. He turns the balls by using three perpendicular lines 

as guides. I believe he always uses wet wood and very often it is madrone burl, which is plentiful in South 

Oregon where he lives. He uses many unconventional methods including drying wood in a microwave, and 

putting the balls in a very hot oven to dry before the final turning. He also decorates the balls with various 

lines and will move the ball on the face plate by loosening a couple of screws and wedging in underneath to 

make asymmetrical patterns. Burchard also makes thin beautiful bowls which are allowed to distort while 

drying and are then sand blasted and finished. I took his seminar on design and he showed some very “way 

out” designs: in many of these the work on the lathe has to be a very small portion of the total work. I recommend 

looking at his web site because I failed to get any good pictures. www.burchardstudio.com He did 

recommend a book “Understanding Wood” by Taunton Press. 

Mark Sfirri 

Off center turning, having taken the class I remain almost as confused, and think the only way to get my head 

around it is to play with it. Sriffi makes elongated 

bodies, which remind me of those done 

by Alberto Giacometti, as well as shapes that 

make it very hard to understand how they could 

have been turned. I have not found his web site 

but his work is readily found by googling his 

name. He provided us with a schematic for 

making multi-axis candlesticks and a couple of 

other projects; I would be happy to fax these 

to you or make copies. Mark recommended a 

book called “Anatomy for the Artist” unfortunately 

there are two books with that title.


San Diego Woodturner Members, 

Clubs can make the world a better place. If you’re wondering how to donate one or more of your creations to 

a worthwhile cause, here’s some suggestions: 

I. Bowls for Service Wives 

Bowls For Benefactors 

Our servicemen are protecting us overseas but their wives and families 

are holding down the fort at home and also deserve some recognition 

and our gratitude. Ray Brooks is collecting small bowls and boxes to be 

presented to the service wives at the holidays. Please contact Ray if you 

are able to help. 

II. 

Empty Bowl Program 

Empty Bowls is an international program begun in Michigan in 1991 by a high school art teacher. The San 

Diego branch would appreciate a donation of some of our group’s wooden bowls for their fundraiser. The 

public pays $20 per bowl, gets to eat wonderful soups donated by local restaurants and also gets to keep the 

bowl. All the money is donated to TACO (Third Avenue Charitable Organization- tacosd.org ) for their ‘feed 

the hungry’ program. If you are able to donate a bowl or two, please contact Sally Ault. The bowls will be 

needed by the end of May. 

III. Rotary Club 

One of our long time members, Ken Patterson (assisted by Ken Roth) lobbied two Rotary Clubs, La Mesa and 

Escondido, to make charitable donations to the San Diego Woodturners Turn around for Vets program. The 

La Mesa Rotary (48 members) donated $1000 and the Escondido Rotary 

(205 members) donated $1400, for a total of $2400! In return for their 

generosity, Ken Patterson wants to surprise the two Rotary clubs with 

donated artwork from the San Diego Woodturners. Both Rotary clubs 

have charitable auctions at their Bowling Tournaments in May. If you 

have a nice piece to donate in appreciation, they would be thrilled. Please 

contact Ken Patterson if you are willing to donate a piece of your work 

to these generous organizations. 

If you would like to contribute, please bring some of your artwork to one of our club meetings and give them 

to any board member, or give the listed person a call and we’ll make arrangements for a pick up. 

Thanks in advance, 

The San Diego Woodturners


Rockler sets up a discount for SDWT 

Mike Durlak, manager of the San Diego Rockler Store, 

is offering the San Diego Woodturners this exclusive discount coupon. 

Valid only at the San Diego location on Claremont Mesa Blvd, this coupon 

gives each SDWT member 20% off one item (with exclusions as noted). 

The coupon (shown below) is valid for one use only per members HOUSEHOLD 

and the member must show their current SDWT membership card. 

Mike is very supportive of our club and willing to continue the discount program 

as long as it is not abused. 

Be sure and give Mike a big smile and hearty thanks when you redeem your 

coupon. 

**20% 

********COUPON REQUIRED FOR DISCOUNT 

OFF** 

NO EXCEPTIONS********** 

This offer is made to current members of the San Diego Fine Woodworker’s Association. 

Coupon required for redemption. Each coupon can be used once. Does not apply to previous purchases. Does not apply to Leigh Dovetail 

Jigs.No discounts apply to power tools. No rainchecks will be offered. Offer good only on non-sale items. Discounts may not be 

combined. One item is defined as a single unit of an item, not multiples of a single product. Members must have their card present at time 

of purchase. 

ONE ITEM! 

***MEMBERS MAY USE EACH COUPON ONCE*** 

SAN DIEGO WOODTURNERS 

COUPON REQUIRED FOR DISCOUNT, NO EXCEPTIONS, 

EXPIRES 3/20/2011 

Coupon may be used ONCE! Does not apply to previous purchases. Power Tools excluded. 

Sale items excluded. Discounts may not be combined. Discount Restricted Items Excluded. Sale prices can not 

be adjusted to use coupon. When in doubt, ask Mike. Coupon copies will not be accepted. 

****COUPON WILL NOT BE HONORED PAST THE EXPIRATION DATE**** 

*****ONE COUPON PER MEMBER HOUSEHOLD ONLY*****


MENTOR NEWS 

Let me put some questions out to our club members; 

Is there some technique you feel you not sure how to do 

Is there a tool you wish you could master 

Would you like to know how to properly buff your project 

Are you not comfortable sharpening your tools and could use some instruction 

Is there a project you like to turn but don’t know how to set up or what is the 

process to do your turning 

We want our members to take advantage of our mentors. I want to give the first 5 

members who advise that they have meet with a mentor and gotten help/assistance 

and or instruction this month a 10 dollar Craft Supplies gift certificate. 

All of the Mentors on the list are available to answer your questions 

and give you assistance when possible. Please call me with 

your suggestions on what we can do to help. 

Thank you again 

Jeff Neff 

619-384-3183


MENTORS 

Jeff Neff (Chairman) 

(619) 384-3183 

Pete Campbell 

Temecula / (951) 767-0455 

Tom Cummings 

Escondido / (760) 745-2769 

Ed Ducharme 

Santee / (619) 448-9389 

Joe Fleming 

San Diego (Scripps Ranch) 

(858) 586-0562 


Escondido / (760) 741-7112 

Oskar Kirsten 

San Diego (Pacific Beach) 

(858) 274-3472 

Chuck Luebbers 

San Diego / (619) 262-8522 

Don Owen 

Chula Vista / (619) 426-1457 

Rick Rausch 

Poway / (858) 748-3645 

Ken Roth 

Poway / (858) 842-1236 

Paul Terlouw 

Encinitas / (760) 753-2693 

Horst Remmling 

Encinitas / (760) 436-6758 

Jim Meeks 

San Diego (Rancho Bernardo) 

(858) 485-6544 

Allen Brooks 

Alpine / (619) 4454769 

Board Members 

President 

Nan Bushley (760) 728-0591 

Vice President 

Sally Ault (619) 225-1120 

Secretary 

Leonard Badour (858) 658-2591 

Treasurer 

Ken Roth (858) 842-1236 

Members at Large 

Al Buffington (858) 487-3631 

Jim Berger (760) 788-7636 

Art Bolic (858) 292-7127 

Sam Dixon (760) 743-8566 

Allen Driver (760) 518-0507 

Tom Edwards (619) 423-2778 

Karen Freitas (760) 727-3950 

Jim Meeks (858) 485-6544 

Jeff Neff (619) 384-3183 

Tom Stahl (858) 748-0068 

Phil Stivers (760) 480-9477 

Lost and Found 

Are you lost 

Are you searching to be found 

Have you found something that 

might have been lost, but has 

been found 

Have you lost something that 

might be found, but not by 

you 

Contact Becki Edwards in the 

Library area or (619) 423-2778. 

COMMITTEES 

Newsletter Editor 

Phil Stivers (760) 480-9477 

Audio/Visual 

Cam Baher (760) 310-9710 

Librarian 

Tom Edwards (619) 423-2778 

Raffle 

Jeff Neff (619) 384-3183 

Al Buffington (858) 571-0381 

Del Mar Fair 

Tom Edwards (619) 423-2778 

Chuck Luebbers (619) 262-8522 

Gallery 21 

Ken Haines (760) 432-0563 

Scott van Hoften (858) 453-8504 

Programs/Classes 

Sally Ault (619) 225-1120 

Karen Freitas (760) 727-3950 

Membership 


Resources 

Allen Driver (760) 751-2162 

Tom Edwards (619) 423-2778 

Ken Haines (760) 432-0563 

Sunshine 

Tom Cummings (760) 745-2769 

Refreshments 

Brian & 

Pat Saunders (858) 571-5384 

Mavis Porter (858) 755-3177 

Tops-for-Tots 

Tom Cummings (760) 745-2769 

Instant Gallery 

Thom Smith (619) 997-5304 

Mentors 

Jeff Neff (619) 384-3183 

Meeting Set-up/Clean-up 

Allen Shiro (858) 486-389 


Christmas Party 

Nan Bushley (760) 728-0591 

Picnic 

Ken Roth (858) 842-1236 

Communications/Media 

Mavis Porter (858) 755-3177 

Ken Rayburn (760) 724-9402 

Symposium 

Tom Stahl (858) 748-0068 

AAW Liasion 

Scott van Hoften (858) 453-8504


Wants And Disposals 

Wants & Disposals is open only to current members that want to Buy, Sell, or Trade equipment or supplies. It is not intended as a commercial 

marketplace. These listings are presented as a service to our members. It is not an invitation to solicit nor permission to contact the member 

on matters not relating to this listing. 

Items for wants and disposals may be e-mailed to Phil Stivers (woodenwonders@cox.net). Up to three pictures may be included and will be 

placed on this page as space permits. 

Kirsten Kone 

Vicmarc lathe vl 300 with 3 extensions that I would like to sell. The 

lathe has 3 extensions, so it will turn a post up to 11’ long. It also 

comes with a duplicator. 

$4000. or best offer. 

Tom Denlick 

619.851.7608 

Now available 

from 

Oskar Kirsten 

www. 

oskarkirsten 

.com 

Kirsten Kone - 

complete 

$64.00 

+ 

$15.00 

Shipping and 

Handling 

Klingspor Sanding Pads/Disks 

See Ken Roth at the meeting or call (858) 842-1236 

FLEX ARBORS 

Disks (hook & loop) 

2” - $ 8.75 each 2” - $4.00 per 25 disks 

3” - $ 9.50 each 3” - $5.50 per 25 disks 

Knobs 

Phil Stivers will be offering 

for sale knobs to 

fit Oneway, D-Way and 

Hosaluk Handles. $14ea. 

ABRANET Sanding Abrasive 

We will have ABRANET sanding mesh at the next meeting. Just stop 

by the DVD library area and you will able to pick some up. We have a 

new supply of 120, 220, 400, and 600. 120-400 grit for $1.53 per foot 

and 600 grit 8x2½ for 83 cents. 



Legacy 900 Ornamental Lathe - 

Current Retail Price $1,430.00 

Accessories: 

Circle Cutting Center 29.00 

Dust Control System 139.00 

Large Indexing Plate 89.00 

Double Locking Collar 29.00 

Indexing hubs 

included 

Mounting Pilaster included 

Total Retail Value $1,716.00 

Will sell all for $ 1,050.00 

Wants And Disposals 

Unit is in excellent, almost unused condition (router not included). 

To view the capabilites of this machine go to: http://legacywoodworking.com/products.cfmproduct=3 

Call Rick Harrell 619-200-9775 or email to r.harrell@cox.net 

March 2011 RAFFLE 

Thanks to all the February’s Raffle was another success! March’s Raffle will offer more great items up for 

grabs. Don’t forget to put your latest turnings in the Instant Gallery for a chance to win for raffle tickets. 

4” buffing dumet flannel 60 Ply wheel with plastic 

and lacquer wood buffing compound 

8” buffing wheel for white diamond with white diamond 

buffing compound 

8” buffing wheel for tripoli diamond with tripoli diamond 

buffing compound 

Olive wood turning blank 

Osage Orange turning blank 

A.A.W. Turner’s Smock 

Allan Lacer 5/8” skew 

3/8” Sorby fingernail bowl gouge 

1/2” Sorby fingernail spindle gouge 

Vicmarc Chuck 

Craft Gift Certificates 

Jacob drill chuck 

ALL of the proceeds from the raffle are reinvested in future raffles and never used for any 

other purpose, so come, enjoy, and if possible, participate in the raffle. Please let me what 

items you would like to see in our raffle. 

Jeff Neff (619) 384-3183 bball5457@yahoo.com


RESOURCES 

Tropical Exotic Hardwoods ** 

2270 Camino Vida Roble Ste “B” 

Carlsbad, CA. 92008 

(760)434-3030 

North County Tools 

955-A Rancheros Drive 

San Marcos, CA 92069 

(760) 743-2004 

Enviro-Safety Products ** 

516 E. Modoc Ave. 

Visalia, Ca 93292-7630 

(800) 637-6606 

Rockler’s 

8199 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. 

San Diego, CA 92111 

(858) 268-1005 

The Hardwood & Hardware Co. 

8849 Complex DR 

San Diego CA 92126 

(858) 536-1800 

Woodworker West 

Woodworker West 

PO Box 452058 

Los Angeles, CA 90045 

310-216-9265 

Tool Depot (two locations) 

3799 Gaines Street 

San Diego, CA 

(619) 220-7111 

1655 Broadway #13 

Chula Vista, CA 

(619) 585-1800 

American Furniture Design 

Ben Matte Tung Oil can be purchased 

here 

2243 Mountain View Dr 

Escondido, CA 

760-743-6923 

www.americanwfurnituredsgn.com 

Klingspor Sanding Pads/Disks 

See Ken Roth at the meeting or 

call (858) 842-1236 

FLEX ARBORS 

2” - $ 8.75 each 

3” - $ 9.50 each 

Disks (hook & loop) 

2” - $4.00 per 25 disks 

3” - $5.50 per 25 disks 

** Vendor does not offer disounts 

to club members ** 

GOT WOOD 

Some very nice wood has been added to our stash. Fresh cut Ash, Pepper,Camphor will be available at 

the next meeting. Most of it needs to be cut into usable sizes. I will try to have someone available to 

saw it. This will provide you a chance to see the proper and safe use of chain saw operation. 

Tom Edwards and I have been invited to give a presentation at the April meeting of the Professional 

Tree Care Assn. This is a organization of 150 arborist in San Diego. They want to know about San 

Diego Woodturners and what kinds of wood we use and what they can provide. It sounds like a great 

opportunity. We will let you know the outcome next month. Stop by the trailer and check out new arrivals. 

All wood at the same bargain price of 25 cent per pound. 

Ken Haines 760-432-0563 Allen Driver 760-751-2162

San Diego 

Woodturners 


http://www.sdwt.org 

P.O. Box 507061 


The San Diego Woodturners is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing education, information 

and organization for those interested in woodturning. Our meetings are held once a month, generally 

on the 3rd Saturday of the month. Meeting location and meeting topics are announced in the Club’s 

newsletter and are posted on the Club’s website. 

Activities include: 

 

 

 

 

 

Monthly meetings 

Monthly newsletters 

Mentoring by experienced members 

Annual woodturning symposium 

Exhibits and shows 

 

 

 

 

Discounts from local suppliers 

Demonstrations by national and international 

experts 

Instruction for all levels 

Video library 

To become a member, complete the form below along with your dues payment and mail it to the address 

above, or bring it to any meeting. The membership fee is $73 which includes membership in AAW. A new 

name tag is available for $5. 

Name:____________________________________________________________________ 

Address:__________________________________________________________________ 

City:_________________________________________State:_________Zip:___________ 

Telephone:_____________________E:mail______________________________________ 

Spouse’s name:______________________________________ 

Annual Dues & Newsletter ($73 - includes AAW membership) ___ New name tag($5) ___ 

For further information, contact any club officer or: 

Leonard Badour at: lbadour@qualcomm.com or call him at: 858-658-2591

San Diego Woodturners, Inc. 

A Nonprofit Corporation 


P.O. Box 507061 


Chapter AAW 

NEXT MEETING - March 19th! 

Tips and Techniques 

Saturday March 19, 2011 

9:00am until 2:00pm 

at the Nottingham Arts Center, 

San Marcos

March - San Diego Woodturners

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