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Fine Turnings Seale Chapter, American Associaon of Woodturners November 2017 www.sealewoodturners.org Our demonstrator this month will be Tones Briggs. His focus will be Ornaments with Finials but like many long me turners he is sure to pass on a number of useful ps and tricks. Tones got his start in 1998 aſter meeng Ted Bartholomew at a Seale Center woodturning exhibion. “He made hats turned out of wood and I thought that was incredibly clever. So I signed up for one of his workshops.” It’s easy to see how he got hooked on turning. Other turners have inspired him along the way...Bonnie Klein, Molly Winton, Dick Sing, and Dave Schweitzer among them. “Schweitzer and I got together and turned something every sin- gle Thursday night for years and years.” One of his signature items is Ornaments with Finials; maple burls globes with long thin finals extending from the top and boom. Join us as Tones shows us all how to make this wonderful giſt item. Annual Elecons will be held at this months meeng. The nominang commiee led by Da- vid Lutrick has put forward the following nominaons: President - Jim Kief Director of Programs - David Lutrick Treasurer - Steven Gary Member at Large - Russ Prior Nominaons will be taken from the floor prior to elecons. Floor nominaons that have been seconded will run against those above. Membership Renewal - We are starng membership renewal and hope that the members of Seale Woodturners plan to renew your membership and connue to support the club. We currently have 179 members. A large amount of the clubs income is from memberships. The dues will remain the same as the last couple years. If you renew your membership today through December 31, 2017 you receive a $5.00 discount off the normal $40.00 membership rate. Renewal cost starng 1/1/2018 will be $40.00. (see page 3 for more details) December Meeng - This meeng will be the annual Holiday Party; a potluck followed by a Yankee giſt exchange. More details will be in the December Newsleer. Inside this Issue: President’s Message 2 Sawdust Session 2 Membership Renewal 3 Kirsten Gallery 3 BAM Exhibion 4 Show and Tell 5 Mentors 8 Want Ads & Sponsors 9 Calendar 10 Officers & Volunteers 11
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Fine Turnings Seattle Chapter, American Association of Woodturners
November 2017 www.seattlewoodturners.org
Our demonstrator this month will be Tones Briggs. His focus will be Ornaments with Finials but like many long time turners he is sure to pass on a number of useful tips and tricks.
Tones got his start in 1998 after meeting Ted Bartholomew at a Seattle Center woodturning exhibition. “He made hats turned out of wood and I thought that was incredibly clever. So I signed up for one of his workshops.” It’s easy to see how he got hooked on turning.
Other turners have inspired him along the way...Bonnie Klein, Molly Winton, Dick Sing, and Dave Schweitzer among them. “Schweitzer and I got together and turned something every sin-gle Thursday night for years and years.”
One of his signature items is Ornaments with Finials; maple burls globes with long thin finals extending from the top and bottom.
Join us as Tones shows us all how to make this wonderful gift item.
Annual Elections will be held at this months meeting. The nominating committee led by Da-vid Lutrick has put forward the following nominations:
President - Jim Kief Director of Programs - David Lutrick Treasurer - Steven Gary Member at Large - Russ Prior
Nominations will be taken from the floor prior to elections. Floor nominations that have been seconded will run against those above.
Membership Renewal - We are starting membership renewal and hope that the members of Seattle Woodturners plan to renew your membership and continue to support the club. We currently have 179 members. A large amount of the clubs income is from memberships. The dues will remain the same as the last couple years. If you renew your membership today through December 31, 2017 you receive a $5.00 discount off the normal $40.00 membership rate. Renewal cost starting 1/1/2018 will be $40.00. (see page 3 for more details)
December Meeting - This meeting will be the annual Holiday Party; a potluck followed by a Yankee gift exchange. More details will be in the December Newsletter.
Inside this Issue: President’s Message 2
Sawdust Session 2
Membership Renewal 3
Kirsten Gallery 3
BAM Exhibition 4
Show and Tell 5
Mentors 8
Want Ads & Sponsors 9
Calendar 10
Officers & Volunteers 11
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President’s Message To start off with this month, I want to remind everyone that Gordon will take your money for the annual renewal of the dues before the end of the year. Renewal is $35.00 by check, cash or on Pay Pal. If you wait un-til after the first of the year it is $40.00. I also want to remind everyone that the fee applies to a whole family, if there is more than one turner in your family.
The club will be voting on the people that have been nominated at the general membership meeting on the 9th of November. David Lutrick
headed up the nominating committee for elections this year. The positions up for election the year are, President, Treasurer, Director of Programs, Member at Large (Position 1). Please remember that our club cannot run on few members for long periods of time. Other club members are needed to step up and donate your time and energy to keep our club moving forward.
The workshops with Eric last month went very well along with the demo at the club meeting.
Ryan is stepped down as the Director of Communications. So our club is looking to fill this very im-portant position. This position takes a lot of computer skills that many people, like myself, are not too sure how to do. We also need someone with a warm place for the 55 gal drum of sealer.
The Bellevue Arts Museum is now showing our club member’s creative side of woodturning October 6th though January 8th of 2018. It is downstairs and you do not need to pay to see the pieces next to the gift shop on the ground floor. More will be said about this at the club meeting.
Our club is also looking for a new location to have workshops and saw dust sessions in January of 2018. If you know of a place that handle this contact Andy Firpo.
Committee members spent hours looking into new Audio/ Visual equipment for the club and are go-ing to let the general membership know how the purchase of this equipment in is going to happen in a timely manner over the next year.
November Sawdust Session Topic: Open Shop
The last sawdust session of the year will be an open shop. Experienced turners will be available
to provide assistance and answer most of your turning questions.
This is an opportunity to work on your holiday gifts with out interruptions and distractions.
When: Saturday, November 11th at 9am
Where: AJ’s Big Yellow Shop, 19304 Filbert Road, Bothell, WA 98012
Parking: Along the sides of the driveway or in front on the street Do not park in the grass
Bring: Safety equipment, Turning Tools, a Sack Lunch (beverages are provided)
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Membership Renewal We hope that as member of Seattle Woodturners you plan to renew your membership and support the club. The vast majority of our income comes from membership.
The dues remain the same as the last couple years.
Renewal cost is $40.00.
There are three methods by which you may renew:
1. Pay in person at the monthly meeting with cash or check.
Checks payable to: Seattle Chapter AAW. No credit or debit cards.
2. Make a check made payable to Seattle Chapter AAW.
Mail to: Gordon Lowell, 23732 NE 134th Place, Redmond, WA 98053
3. Renew your membership on PayPal with a credit or debit card (a PayPal account is not needed).
To renew via the Club Web Site & PayPal:
1. Open link: https://seattlewoodturners.org/pay-membership-dues/
This will take you to the renew membership page on our website
2. Click on the top BUY NOW button under the (A) RENEW MEMBERSHIP section.
This will take you to PayPal.
3. On PayPal choose: Log In
or Pay with Debit or Credit Card (no Paypal account)
4. Please fill in the required info and click Pay Now button.
Please verify that we have the current contact info when renewing your contact info by emailing me at the address below. New membership cards should be available at the January 2018 meeting.
Thanks for your continuing support.
Keep Turning Gordon Lowell [email protected]
presents
“Dwellings within the Means” Turnings in Wood by Diana Friend
Opening Reception 1-4 PM Sunday November 12, 2016
Show Ends December 31, 2017
Gallery Hours: Saturday thru Sunday 11 am - 5 pm or By Appointment
See Show at www.kirstengallery.com
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BAM Exhibition
Woodturning: Functional Craft to Decorative Art
October 6, 2017 – January 8, 2018
The Seattle Woodturners and Bellevue Arts Museum are pleased to present Woodturning: Functional Craft to Decorative Art, featuring forty original artworks created by artists from the Seattle Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners. The exhibi-tion showcases the variety of items that can be made using a wood lathe.
Informal Reception Recap
A number of club members joined the general public for the Bellevue Arts Museum’s “1st Friday Open House” and informal reception for the Seattle Woodturners Exhibit.
The evening was highlighted by the presentation of a magic wand to BAM’s Head Geek/Wizard, Julia, by Mike Hughes and Tom Johanson.
The opportunity to show some of the great work being produced by club members came about from our continued support of the BAM KIDSfair with our turned tops. Julia has been our liaison and fan for this event since she joined BAM a few years ago.
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Show and Tell from October Meeting
Vern Tater
Gary Clarke
Steve Sergev
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Show and Tell from October Meeting
Steve Gary
John Schrader
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Show and Tell from October Meeting
Jose Pantoja
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The Seattle Woodturners encourages it’s members to join the AAW The AAW has a rich library of content available to members. Content includes arti-cles and videos on a variety of woodturning topics: Chucks, Sharpening, Shop Tips, and more. Members also have access to an archive of the American Woodturner (a bi-monthly printed publication) and Woodturning FUNdamentals (a bi-monthly digital publication aimed at foundational woodturning expertise). For information see the AAW’s web site: http://www.woodturner.org
Mentors Below are the mentors for Seattle Woodturners. They want to help! They are excellent sources. If they can’t
answer a question, they will know how to find the answer.
Gary Clarke [email protected] (425) 451-3437 Segmented work
Les Dawson [email protected] (425) 432-3879 Beginning work
Dan Johnson [email protected] (206) 412-7338
Hal Johnson [email protected] (425) 788-2221
David Lutrick [email protected] (425) 557-9571
Jack McDaniel [email protected] (425) 486-9205
AJ Mearns [email protected] (425) 501-0020
John Moe [email protected] (425) 643-4522
Jose Pantoja [email protected] (206) 669-3270
Allan Rumpf [email protected] (206) 687-7128 Beginning spindles
Steve Sergev [email protected] (425) 868-5666
John Shrader [email protected] (425) 653-3504
Bob Sievers [email protected] (360) 897-8427 Off-center work
Vern Tator [email protected] (206) 856 6759
Jack Wayne [email protected] (425) 488-9561
Donations Several members have donated to the club. We thank those members for their donations.
Many companies in the Seattle area match charitable donations. Some match the time spent on charity work with a generous hourly rate. As you participate in club charitable activities (Bead of Courage, Empty Bowls, Tops for the KIDSfair) and as a club volunteer (Web Site, Audio, Trailer Puller, etc) we encourage you to sub-mit this time so the club has the resources to expose a wider audience to woodturning.
SmileAmazon.com: Shopping at SmileAmazon.com, instead of Amazon.com, gives you the same products and prices. SmileAmazon.com will donate .5% of your qualifying purchases to Seattle Woodturners if you designate our Chapter as your charitable organization.
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Want Ads For members to sell or purchase tools, wood, etc.
Ads will run for 3 months. If you want items relisted you will need to notify the Newsletter Editor
For Sale: Bowl blanks, Furniture wood, Unbreakable aluminum tool handles, Chainsaw repair Contact AJ Mearns (425) 501-0020 or [email protected]
For Sale: Jet JWL-1642EVS—16” x 42” lathe including chuck, jaws, face plates, manuals, accessories, jigs, sharpening system, and more. $2000 (many other woodworking tools being sold separately) Contact Geoffrey Braden (206) 427-9907 or [email protected]
Sponsors We encourage members to shop at club sponsors. They provide the gift certificates and donate equipment to the club. The following sponsors give a discount when you show your membership card: WoodCraft, Rockler, and Crosscut Hardwoods. CraftSuppliesUSA will give a 10% discount on abrasive if you identify your-self as a member of the Seattle Chapter, AAW.
Woodcraft Seattle features one of the largest inventories of turning tools & supplies in the NW. Club members get a 10% discount. Easy off and on I-5 at Exit 162 (“Corson/Michigan”).
5963 Corson Ave S, Seattle 98108
Rockler has two location in the Seattle area. Club members get a 10% discount.
South Seattle - 345 Tukwila Parkway, Tukwila, WA 98188 North Seattle - 832 NE Northgate Way, Seattle WA 98125
Crosscut Hardwoods is one of the largest domestic and exotic hardwood suppliers in the Seattle area catering to DIYer’s and building professionals.
4100 First Ave S, Seattle WA 98134
Equipment Sales and Surplus provides “from the warehouse surplus” on JET, Powermatic, Wilton, Performax, and others as well as unmatched pricing on new items from these brands.
1801 West Valley Highway N, Auburn, WA 98001
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Seattle AAW Calendar January 2017 February 2017 March 2017
3 Board Meeting 1/31 Board Meeting 2/28 Board Meeting
12 Meeting: Nifty 50 Shop Tips 9 Meeting: Making and Selling 9 Meeting: Platters
— Olympic Woodturners Big Bowls — Leibrant’s — Jack Wayne
14 Sawdust Session: 11 Sawdust Session: 11 Workshop: Sharpening Skills
Bowlturning 101 for Bowlturning 101 for — Eric Loftstrom (full)
New Woodturners New Woodturners
April 2017 May 2017 June 2017
4 Board Meeting 2 Board Meeting 5/30 Board Meeting
13 Meeting: Tool Sale and 11 Meeting: Beth Ireland 8 Meeting: Glenn Lucas
Founder’s Panel
15 Sawdust Session: 13 Sawdust Session: Tops 9 Workshop: Glenn Lucas (full)
Platters and Plates — Bert Hovander 10 All Day Demo: Glenn Lucas
29 Workshop: Edges to Shave 12 Workshop: Glenn Lucas (full)
With — Eric Lofstrom 13 Workshop: Glenn Lucas (full)
July 2017 August 2017 September 2017
6/27 Board Meeting 1 Board Meeting 5 Board Meeting
13 Meeting: Mini-Symposium 10 Meeting: Tagua Nuts/ 14 Meeting: Turning Bone
— club members Twisted Boxes—Bob Epsen — Bonnie Klein
15 Sawdust Session: 16 Sawdust Session:
Top Turning Frenzy New Members—Bowls
28-30 BAM KIDSfair 30 Workshop: Ornaments (full) No Sawdust Session or Workshops
October 2017 November 2017 December 2017
1 Workshop: Ornaments — 10/31 Board Meeting 5 Board Meeting
John Moe & Hal Johnson 9 Meeting: Ornaments with 14 Meeting: Holiday Party
3 Board Meeting finials — Tones Briggs
12 Meeting: Eric Loftstrom 11 Sawdust Session: No Workshop or Sawdust
14 Workshop: Skew Chisel (full) Open Shop Session
15 Workshop: Sharpening
— Eric Loftstrom
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Seattle Chapter Officers
President A.J. Mearns [email protected] 425-501-0020
Tim Tibbetts [email protected]
Brian Flippin [email protected]
Vice President Secretary
Gordon Lowell [email protected] (206) 423 0094
David Lutrick [email protected]
Treasurer Director of Programs
Mike Hughes [email protected]
Ryan Pedersen [email protected] (704) 996-3178
Director of Membership
Director of Communications
Vern Tator [email protected]
Andy Firpo [email protected]
Member-at-Large #1
Member-at-Large #2
Seattle Chapter Volunteers
Mike Hughes [email protected] Jim Kief [email protected]
Ryan Pedersen [email protected] Dan Robbins [email protected]
Community Outreach
Videographers
Dan Robbins [email protected]
Lawrence Brown [email protected]
Newsletter Editor Audio
Ryan Pedersen [email protected]
Ross Nooney [email protected]
Web Site Photographer
Russ Prior [email protected]
George Baskett Head Wood Rat Librarian
David Lutrick [email protected]
Jim Hogg [email protected] (425) 590-7815
Sawdust Sessions Trailer Puller
Cheryl and Mark McNerney [email protected]
(open) Hospitality Safety Officer
Mike Hughes [email protected]
Steve Sergev [email protected]
New Members and Mentors
Sealer
(open) Michael Crampon [email protected]
Inventory Control Facilities Setup
Next Club Meeting: November 9th, 2017 6:00 PM (social time) 6:30 (meeting time)
VFW Hall, 4330 148th Ave. NE, Redmond, WA 98052
