March 2021 Meeting

Meeting Notes

The March 2021 meeting of the Watergap Woodturners was held over Zoom on the 2nd of the month.

Attendence. Attending were Jim Cerra, Rick Wortman, Mike Peacock, Joe Kopec, Carol Pastor, Patty Jennings, Ed Nikles, Scott Hendricks and Fred Guendel

Treasurer’s Report. The Treasurer reported a balance of $900 with the only outlays being the premium to renew our liability insurance policy. The Club earned $42 from Peters Valley Gift Shop sales.

Demonstrations. The membership discussed engaging one or more of this summer’s Peters Valley Workshop instructors to conduct a demonstration during the program portion of a meeting. Fred will contact Kieth Thompkins and Lucy Derickson; Rick, Janine Wang. Other topics were mentioned for further consideration—Dennis Fuge for pewter work; Seth for finials; a master sharpener for sharpening techniques.

Tips and Tricks. Our “Tips and Tricks” segment explored three topics: 1) A demonstration by Carl Bealieu of using the shadow method to turn a sphere; 2) A discussion by Patty Jennings regarding how she carved and colored an oak leaf relief pattern on a box; and 3) a space efficient way to store sandpaper using discarded food service containers from Ed Nikles.

Challenge/Show-and-Tell. A number of ball catchers and Kendama-type games were turned. The group was surprised by the number of different ways there are to turn a sphere/ball. Similarly, members offered a number of projects that were marked by skill and proportion. Patty Jennings oak leaf carved box top gained unanimous praise.

March Meeting. The next club meeting will be held 7 Apr 21 at 7:00pm, via Zoom. The “Challenge” for this meeting is a live edge bowl.

Show & Tell

This month’s show and tell includes the results of the March Club Challenge and other works by members.

Club Challenge

Mark Wallace — Walnut and maple ball catcher. Spray spar urethane finish.

Jim Cerra — Ball catchers- turned from poplar 6 inches high 1 1/2 inch ball

Fred Guendel — Ball catcher: ash ball with cherry handle.

Carl Beaulieu — Poplar ball catcher. Turned 2-1/4 inch ball using shadow method.  Hollowed catcher with spindle gouge and scraper.  

Ed Nikles — Walnut ball catcher.

Rick Wortman — The fist wo shots are of a Bilboquet, which is a French ball and cup game that is reported to have been imported to Japan where it evolved into a Kendama which is now a very popular there and is in the third and forth shots. Each of the three cups is a slightly different size. Both are quite challenging; especially stabbing the hole in the ball with the peg. The Bilboquet is hickory and oak and the Kendama is oak and cherry.

General

Mark Wallace — 1900 Boston teacher desk that I restored. Was in bad shape. A friend of mine trashed picked the desk. Solid maple and cast iron. Turned two pencil holders for ink well holes.

Fred Guendel — Two small maple hollow forms.

Patty Jennings — Maple vessel with carved lid that is colored with trans tint dyes.

Ed Nikles — Cherry vase with a textured colored ring top and bottom. Oak burl live edge bowl. Oak burl vase. Cherry pepper mill.

Jim Cerra — A hollow form turned from cherry. It is five inches high. It is an example of hollowing from the bottom up.