Meeting Notes
Our meeting was held on October 22 at 7:00 via Zoom. Attending were Jim Cerra, Rick Wortman, Carl Beaulieu, Patty Jennings, Ed Nikles and Mike Peacock.
Rick reported that we got 1 more dues payment and accounting for the balls — for the ball and cup toy — that Jim purchased and the monthly Zoom charge our account stands at $957.77.
We agreed that the next meeting’s challenge would be the toys we’re making for the toy drive — due a few weeks after the meeting.
Jim will give 1/2 the balls for the ball and cup to Rick so you can arrange to pick up a few from either.
Show And Tell
This month’s show and tell includes the results of the October club challenge and other works by members.
Club Challenge: Using Color
This month’s club challenge was color in our turnings and members turned in some very fine efforts.
Carl Beaulieu — Turned two candlesticks from maple blocks. Used Keda Dye Kit. Measured weight of each component color to 0.01 gram accuracy to achieve desired blue/gray color on ash wood sample. Sealed end grain to retain color. Applied dye to maple and applied lacquer seal and buffed finish with very fine steel wool. It will take much more experience to set desired dye color to achieve a particular final project color tone and depth. Interesting challenge.
Patty Jennings – The wood is maple. I used 3 coats of acrylic paint with a light sanding between coats. After the paint was dry I sprayed on 4 coats of Poly with a light sanding between coats.
Rick Wortman — Hemlock(I think) bowl, 14×4″: Base and bottom have green and yellow milk paint respectively. Using 4/0 steel wool I polished the base until grain stood out and bottom until the paint was removed, leaving a yellow tinge. The stripe around the upper outside is India ink bordered by a wire burned band. The top edge is dark green milk paint and the inside is not colored making it darker than the yellow-tinged outside.
I threw in the children’s Christmas presents because I had just done them. The wands, 16″, have acrylic paint, colors separated by wire burned rings and the tops have nontoxic magic marker applied over chattering. Both were then sprayed with polyurethane for protection and brightness.
Jim Cera — Ash bowl with blue and yellow dye with shellac and carnuba wax finish.
Fred Guendel — Two lidded boxes that blend the Fall theme that Rick Workman suggested and the coloring assignment that Jim gave us. On the left of each photo is a pumpkin, turned frown ash, carved, then colored with orange dye; its finished with shellac and wax. On the right is an Apple, turned from figured maple, carved, then colored with red dye, the finished with shellac and wax. Both are ~3” tall and in diameter.
Scott Hendricks — Turn the maple blank. Paint the face flat black. Splash iridescent colored paints. While wet, put plastic wrap on paint and squish with your hand. Cut out the center, ring and edge.
Ed Nikles — Candle holder made from oak and then colored with a pickled gray weathered paint and the textured stripes were colored with a blue permanent marker. I finished the candle holder with two coats of high gloss tongue oil.
Mike Peacock — Ornaments and tops colored with Guilders Paste Wax. Red ornament is poplar. Green ornament is oak. All tops are poplar. (And good spinners!). Two of the tops photographed as black but they are actually a midnight blue and a forest green. The paste wax was diluted with paint thinner and the mixture applied with a brush. It was just my second time using Guilders Paste (did the red top in May) and there was a bit of a learning curve to get the proportions of paste and paint thinner correct for smooth application and good coverage – especially with each color being of a different consistency.
Jim Matthews — three point turning for holding a candle or snow globe
General Show & Tell
Ed Nikles — Several bowls.
Water Gap Woodturners 