June 2002 - Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild

INSTANT GALLERYAndrew ForrestThis meetings Instant Gallery was a little leanin the number of pieces that were displayed.Our June meeting is the last one of the season, let’shave a good turn out.Stan Clarke’s Walnut Box.(Friends like thatare good to have!)He turned a smallbowl and finishedit with mineral oil.Nicely done. On arecent trip toMexico he found anice little screwtop box ofindeterminatewood.Al Koehn madetwo fine maplebowls.Screw top box from Mexico.Stan Clarkebrought in athreaded, liddedbox of figuredwalnut. It wasfinished withlaquer and wax.David Wagnerhas a friend atthe UBCBotanicalGardens, and gota nice piece ofrhododendron.David Wagner’s rhododendron bowl.Doug Schop made a vaseout of butternut and abowl out maple andfinished both with tungoil.Sandy Howkins broughtin his first attempt at ahollow form. A ratherlarge enclosed maplebowl. According to Sandyit is unfinished and needsto be jam chucked, forwhich he is getting somepointers from John Bese.It looked great.Doug Schop made this butternut bowl.Rich Schmidt hasbeen busy lately.A maple bowl withthree carved legsor feet. A peculiarlooking piece,made of a maplecrotch that couldbe any number ofthings and lastbut not least, amaple bowl with arock inlay aroundthe rimThis months President’s Challenge was somethinginspired by Michael Hosaluk. The range of itemsthat turned up was amazing!...and Doug made this maple bowl.Bruce Campbell has been very busy off the lathe.His three pieces were very entertaining. Themeanest looking sea cucumber I’ve ever seen wasfinished with acrylic paint. “Cawford” the cut upand re-glued bowl bird was colourful. The “HappySandy Howkin’s hollow bowlGVWG – June 2002 Page 3

Al Koehn turned this maple bowl.Bubble Bowl Fish” was a hollow form, cut in halfand hinged, sitting on three fins. His spun spoonswere fairly nifty as well. All items were verycreative.Rich turned this piece from a maple crotch.A multi-function item from Ted Fromson came withit’s own stand. The hollow “Green Bottle” could berotated on the stand, it can even be taken off thestand.Ross Pilgrim got in on the action as well. Hishorizontal segmented box of oak was put togetherthat afternoon.My oak ladle was a very entertaining to turn. I’venever been air cooled by the object I’ve beenturning before! Having that handled wizzingaround whilst I was hollowing the ladle was a newexperience for me. I very much enjoyed it though....and Al made this maple bowl.Colin Delory brought in a nutty bowl that wasturned, cut up and re-glued.Tom Byrom got started early on next monthschallenge and showed off his door stops.Rock inlay maple bowl from Rich Schmid.Rich Schmid turned this piece.This month’s challenge was outstanding. Thenumber and variety of items that were brought inwas, I think, the best turn out yet. As a club wehave some very creative and energetic people wholike to experiment and that will, in turn, inspirethe rest of the membership to think out side thebox or bowl or whatever.Next month’s challenge is to make a set ofdoorstops. Square stock with turned ends and bandsawn in half on the diagonal. Let’s see a wholebunch next meeting.GVWG – June 2002 Page 4

PIECES FROM MAY’S PRESIDENT’S CHALLENGE...yes, you can try this at home.“Cawford” by Bruce.Bruce Campbell’s “Bubble Fish Bowl”.Tom Byrom’s door stops (Talk about being proactive!)Ted Fromson’s “Green Bottle”.Spoons by Bruce Campbell and ladle from Ross Pilgrim.GVWG – June 2002 Page 5

THANK YOU IAN WAYMARKStan ClarkeWhen I am “hogging” out wood on a bigbowl my mind tends to wander. Certaintools or certain cuts will remind me of something orsomebody; “Chris Stott showed me that cut,whoops! I learned that catch from John Bese. Rudewouldn’t like this shape (Rude Ozalnik). What agreat session that was thanks to Ian”, and I amthinking again of Ian Waymark.In 1989 I was selling woodturnings at a craft fairin Vancouver when a skinny little guy introducedhimself and handed me his card:“WOODTURNER’S WORLD, Ian Waymark”. Hereis what Ian says:“I had been a woodworking teacher at Yale School(Abbosford) for 23 years before emigrating to NewZealand. On my arrival in Lower Hutt I noticed alarge banner across high street advertising awoodworking show and sale for the comingweekend. I attended, enjoyed the show and wasshanghied as a potential new member. At the firstmeeting of the Wellington Woodworkers Guild Imet a Maori woodturner by the name of TirongoAmoamo. He was offering lessons on Saturdaymornings in his shop. I decided to attend eventhough I thought myself a half decent turner at thetime. In Ti’s shop I was “scraping” away on thelathe when I felt the handle of my chisel beingpushed down and to one side. Ti had his hand onthe handle and was lowering the tool into the“cutting” position. Magically, the dust disappearedand shavings curled off the tip of the tool. I was“Cutting” rather than scraping and I was hookedon turning. I then attended every class I could,turned every moment I could and attendedseminars with the likes of Richard Raffan. At theRaffan seminar I met Brian Latimar of Teknatooland struck up a friendship and an interest inshipping lathes to Canada”.In the mid 1980’s Ian returned to Yale Secondary,started a company named Woodturner’s World andbegan selling Teknatool lathes, tools and NZ timberfrom his home in Abbotsford. Again Ian’s words“Bob Burke, Henry Goosen and I met at YaleSecondary and discussed the possibility of startinga guild based on the guild I had been a member ofin NZ. We decided to give it a go. I think we thenplaced an ad in the MSA news to the effect ameeting would be held for any people interested informing a woodturning club. I believe seven oreight showed up and the club/guild was on its way.We then started to meet once a month in mywoodworking shop at Yale Secondary School”. So in1988 the Fraser Valley Woodturners Guild wasborn with Bob Burke – President, Ian – Vicepresident,Ed Pretty – Secretary, and Ted Lightfoot– Treasurer.But what we, of that vintage, best remember arethe symposia that Ian produced. These were held inthe Yale Secondary School with the theater beingthe venue for the featured turner and the twowoodshops for the supporting turners. The firstsymposium in the summer of 1990 featured RudeOzalnik and Bonnie Kline with Jason Marlow andDale Rouleau. Although there were only about 12turners in the club over 100 people attended thistwo day event. What a joy it was to watch Rudeturn and to listen to his amusing and enlighteningstories. I fell in love with Bonnie Kline, and Jasonand Dale put on great demos. We were asked toenter a contest with the theme of “Time”. I entereda swinging hourglass which Rude (the jury)rejected, but that’s another story.The Second Annual Woodturners Symposium washeld March 15-17 1991 featuring Michael Hasaluk,Mick O’Donnell, Jason Marlow and Dale Rouleau.It also featured a tiny lathe that Ian designed andmanufactured which he named “ORCA 1" and ahugh lathe (30" swing in-board, 3HP variable speedmotor, 2" shaft) named “ORCA 4". By this time Ianhad retired from teaching, moved into a new houseand built a large workshop in the back yard. Heinstalled four lathes and ancillary equipment forturning seminars.The 3rd Annual Woodturners Symposium was heldJune 27 28 1992 and featured Richard Raffan,Michael Hasaluk and Bonnie Kline. The addedattraction with this one was that the participantswere able to do some “hands-on” with the featuredturners. Richard Raffan handed me a 1" skew andinvited me to demonstrate the technique he hadjust taught us. I remember it well; the spinningwood, skew in hand, 16 woodturners watchingevery move and disaster! But that’s another story.A “surprise” turner at this session was Ken Sagerfrom New Zealand who gave a great slidepresentation at the dinner. Each of the symposiahad dealer’s booths selling tools, wood etc. and eachended with a dinner in the banquet hall of a finerestaurant where the presenters gave slide talksand spoke of their latest discoveries, and we pickedup many a good tip from turners around the table.It was a joy knowing Ian’s wife Jean. Here is whatIan says: “Jean was my right hand in almost allactivities. I think the executive was well fuelled byJean’s hot muffins and she was the perfect hostessGVWG – June 2002 Page 6

for many of the big name turners who attended ourseminars”. Then in 1993, DISASTER. Ian becamevery ill, sold Woodturners World to KMS andretired to Mudge Island. He says, “2001 sees mestill quite ill but in good spirits and enjoying life. Istill dabble at woodturning and am pleased to seemy skills with the chisels and gouges are still therealthough a bit rusty”So with Ozalnik, Raffan, Kline, Hasaluk,O’Donnell, Marlow, Sager and Rouleau thewoodturners of that era got a real kick start thanksto Ian.GVWG PICNICSunday, July 21, 2002John BeseThe address for the picnic is 18726 Advent Road,Pitt Meadows. Just follow the map below.The picnic will begin about 2 o’clock. We will needa few members to help set up for this event. Themoney from the auction will be used to hostupcoming events and for club expenses. Donationsof turned objects and wood will be most welcome.Bruce Campbell will be in charge of setting up thewoodturning competition, so join in the fun andlaughs.Also, don’t forget to bring your food to cook, plus aside dish to share with the group. The Club will beproviding drinks, buns, butter, etc. for the meal.After we have digested all that good food, BruceCampbell will begin the fund-raising auction. Lastyear, this was the highlight of the evening!ALLAN BATTY DEMO ANDCLASSES IN AUGUSTArt LiestmanWe are very pleased to announce that AllanBatty will be here August 10th and 11th.As you know, the similarly named “Stuart Batty”has twice visited our guild to demonstrate and teachclasses. If you ever wondered how he became such atalented turner and demonstrator at such a youngage, you will now learn the secret. His father, AllanBatty, is an exceptionally skilled turner with greatteaching ability and a razor sharp wit. He bringsalong a lifetime of woodturning experience in bothspindle work and faceplate work and isacknowledged as one of the great experts with theskew chisel and with thread chasers. This is onedemo that you definitely won’t want to miss!On Saturday August 10th at the Evergreen CulturalCentre, Allan will present a full day demonstrationfrom 9:30 am to approximately 4:00 pm at theEvergreen Cultural Centre at 1205 Pinetree Way inCoquitlam. The Evergreen Cultural Centre is on thenortheast corner of the intersection of Pinetree Wayand Guildford Way. To get there, find theintersection of Barnet Highway and the LougheedHighway. Coquitlam Centre Mall is on thenorthwest corner of this intersection. Thenorthbound street is Pinetree Way. Guildford Way isapproximately 4 blocks north of this intersection.Parking is available in a parking lot adjacent to thecentre. We have arranged to prepay the parking, soyou won’t need to plug the meter. The demo will bein the “loading dock” at the back (south) side of thebuilding. Don’t forget to bring a lunch!In the demo, Allan will cover hand-threaded boxesand deep end grain boxes using hook and ring tools.After that, he is prepared to demonstrate our choiceof several additional projects such as twist work,square bowls, platters, or secret boxes. This will bea great opportunity to see a master at work. Bethere! There is a charge of $25 per participant toattend the demo.Allan will also offer a class for up to 6 participantson Sunday August 11th. In the class, he is preparedto work around the students’ interests withdifferent students doing different projects. Somepossibilities include thread chasing (cutting threadson the lathe with hand held tools), deep end grainboxes, and platters. (Note: if you wish to do threadchasing, you will need your own chasers.) Theclasses will be held at KMS in Coquitlam from 9:30am to 5:00 pm at a cost of $150 per participant. Ifyou wish to participate, please contact me as soonas possible to be put on the list. (Call 604-939-3843or email artliestman@shaw.ca.)GVWG – June 2002 Page 7

UPCOMING EVENTSFred Baldwin – Education Co-ordinatorGuest presenters for upcoming meetings are as follows:JUNE 26 – Threaded boxes are the theme and BruceCampbell will turn the lid and bottom of a box thenshow how he cuts the threads into both pieces.SEPTEMBER 25 – Roger Clapham of ClaphansBeeswax Products will talk about applying variousfinishes to turned worked.OCTOBER 23 – TBANOVEMBER 27 – Again this will be a collaborationof turners (John Bese, Steve Hansen, Marco Berraand Rich Schmidt) who will be demonstrating Xmasgifts or novelty. If you have any ideas and would liketo see them demo please let me know.DECEMBER – Group demonstration to be arranged.JANUARY 22, 2003 – Bowls can have handles –really – and John Bese will take on this challenge.That’s all so far. For future meetings if you have anysuggestions please give me a call – 604-531-9395 oremail me at fbaldwin@shaw.ca.CLASSIFIEDFOR SALE: Melyvn Firmager tools available.Parting tools, irish grind, nib gouge, scrapey gouge,swept back gouge, angle tools.Call Bob James 604-980-9192 pager 650-3046 oremail plumbbobconstruction@hotmail.com.DON’T FORGETTHE GVWG PICNICSunday, July 21, 2002andALLAN BATTYDEMOSaturday, August 10, 2002CLASSSunday, August 11, 2002NEWSLETTER DEADLINEPlease be sure to email me any articles youwould like to see in the next newsletter byJuly 7th, 2002. Send attachments as text only toGVWGnewsletter@shaw.ca. More!!! MORE!!!SEND ME MORE!!!!!Opps, sorry for yelling. If you want to read it,somebody’s got to write it.A SPECIAL THANKSTo KMS Tools and Equipment for their support in thepast and in the future!!GVWG OFFICERS,APPOINTEES ANDVOLUNTEERSPRESIDENT:Art Liestman, 604-939-3843VICE PRESIDENT:John Bese, 604-581-8807SECRETARY:Larry Stevenson, 604-438-3947TREASURER:Don Hoskins, 604-939-6808MEMBERS AT LARGE:Ted Fromson, 604-876-0267Andrew Forrest, 604-990-9667Fred Baldwin, 604-224-5788FOF COORDINATOR:Bob James, 604-980-9192EDUCATION COORDINATOR:Fred Baldwin, 604-224-5788LIBRARIANS:Russ Selwood and Michelle JacobsWOOD EXCHANGER:Phil Laliberte, 604-936-2995FOOD CHIEF:Rich Schmid, 604-538-7012NEWSLETTER:Thom Chadwick, 604-879-1275or GVWGnewsletter@shaw.caDIGITAL PHOTO GUY:John Flanagan, 604-939-0942WEBMASTER:Mark Bese, markbese@shaw.caGVWG – June 2002 Page 8