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January 29th |
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Scott covered all aspects of pen turning in his presentation. He had practical advice in blank preparation, pen mandrel use, pen bushings as well as turning, sanding and finishing. Additional best practices for pen assembly were also discussed. |
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The club has quite a few members who are interested in pen turning.
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In the later portion of his presentation Scott demonstrated how to create one of his cigar pens which highlighted the closed-end approach to pen turning.
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February 26th |
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Club members present a wide variety of the jigs and fixtures they have created to help them with their turnings. |
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March 26th |
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Lyle Solem presents on the design aspects as well as the turning techniques related to doing off-center turned objects. |
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Lyle discussed each change in axis and how it would affect the design by altering the center of the piece. |
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Show and Tell |
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March 28 - 29th Each year the Rochester Woodcarvers hold a two-day Woodcarvers Show in the 4 H building at the Olmsted Co. Fair Grounds to display their handiwork. We thank the Rochester Woodcarvers for welcoming the Zumbro Valley Woodturners to join in this event to display our turnings, demonstrate on the lathe and educate the public in the art of woodturning.
ZVW volunteers also demonstrated woodturning on our Club's small lathe. We turned honey dippers, easter eggs, finger tops, small bowls and other objects to give away to the crowd.
The Zumbro Valley Woodturners club donated several turnings to the collection of items on the raffle table that the crowd could bid on. All money collected in the raffle is used by the Rochester Woodcarvers to pay for this show, there was no attendance charge.
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Our Volunteers at this event:
Bob and Karin Post A big thank you to Chuck Grimm who took on the organizational responsibility required to make this project a success for our club. |
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April 30th |
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John Thorson focused on a chapter in the Richard Raffan book, Turning Boxes, taking us through roughing out a box from green wood, air drying and finally to the second turning to create the final box. |
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John went through the roughing out process where the green wood was left a bit larger than the desired final shape. Even thickness of the roughed-out piece leads to even and thorough drying for the second turning. The end grain of the roughed-out top is taped to the end grain of the bottom to slow dying in this area and avoid cracking. |
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The ZVW camera crew used focused lighting and an overhead camera shot to give a clear picture of the various aspects of box turning. |
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May 28th |
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Guest speaker Wendell Ziegler opened his speical-event presentation with an introduction to the various objects and techniques he turns using resin casting. |
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Wendell went into great detail on the casting techniques used to optimize the amount of resin required for each piece. |
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Durning the live portion of the presenation Wendell demonstrated the turning techniques used on a number of his forms. |
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June 25th |
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Club member Larry Persons presents the tools and techniques he uses to turn natural edge bowls. |
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Larry used several sizes of gouge, each ground to fit his technique for the job at hand. His dicription of the tool and its use was very informative. |
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Larry also had a number of sanding and finishing tips for working with natural edge bowls. |
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There were a number of interesting questions by the ZVW crowd that Larry answered. |
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July 30th |
 Todd turns his angel ornament using four staves, first turning the inside and then pivoting the staves and turning the outside.  Todd at the lathe showing his use of taepe to secure the staves making it very quick and easy to turn things inside-out.  Close-ups on the big screen helped the crowd see the tool technique and each cut made on the inside and outside of the ornament.  The crowd always has a great time when Todd presents and every finds the evening very informative. |
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August 27th  The first urn Dave attempted was to honor a good friend. Review of the wood used and the methods of construction and turning were covered with a verbal discussion of photos taken of the effort.  The big-screen TV was an effective way to let everyone see the photos.  Some sample urns, general guideline is one cubic inch of volumn for each pound of weight.  Zumbro Valley Woodturners at this event. |
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September 24th |
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The main agenda for the September meeting was of course good food and good company.
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October 29th |
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Chuck Grimm takes us through basic piercing techniques.
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November 19th |
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Mark Behrends leads a group discussion on artistic bowl design.
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December 31th
We met on December 21st at the New Haven Town Hall.
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