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October Meeting: Winged Bowl Demonstration with Jamie Donaldson 

National woodturner and instructor, Jamie Donaldson, will demonstrate his winged bowl techniques as our special guest at the October monthly meeting. Jamie will begin with basic bowl turning techniques and gradually progress into more advanced techniques for different types of bowls including his signature winged bowls.

“I attended my first turning workshop in 1987, and the magic of beauty in found wood was revealed to me. Here was a process that encompassed material, skill, form, logic, artistry, tools, and not deferred gratification. The orgy had begun!” - Jamie Donaldson

View his wood turning gallery at https://www.jamiedonaldsonwoodturner.com/Gallery

See his photo studio techniques for wood turning at https://www.jamiedonaldsonwoodturner.com/Tips-Techniques

Demonstrator Class: Winged Bowls

Following his demonstration at the October monthly meeting, national woodturner Jamie Donaldson will guide you through the process of making your own Winged Square Turning or Winged Bowl similar to the ones pictured. He will cover the process of sharpening the tools you will be working with as well.

Register for the Winged Square Turning class at Jamie Donaldson Class - Winged Square Turning - 10/20/2024

Register for the Winged Bowl class at Jamie Donaldson Class - Winged Bowls - 10/21/2024

Turn Fest

New Classes

Birdhouse Ornaments

As the holiday season approaches, we find ourselves looking for special gifts for special people. For woodturners, small gifts that will have special meaning for others are well within reach. With a little imagination and the use of wood scraps from your shop you can make beautiful birdhouse ornaments that relatives and friends will treasure for years to come. All of the materials that you will need to complete an ornament will be provided. If you are looking for something for that last minute gift, this is a great opportunity to make it yourself. You will also be able to make more when you return home.

Register for the class at Bird House Ornament - 10/12/2024

Lidded Box

Learn to turn a basic lidded box. We will take a blank through shaping, hollowing, lid fitting and sanding. Tools used will include gouges, scrapers, chucks, and sanding supplies.. 

Register for the class at Making a Lidded Box - 11/2/2024

Intermediate/Advanced Lidded Box

As an intermediate-to-advanced box turning class, you can create a decorative box with OVWG's master of box making! If time allows, we will also explore inlaying the top with a decorative inlay. 

As a prerequisite, you should have turned a minimum of 3-5 boxes (or take the basic box class) and not have taken this class before (see calendar event for details).  We will take a blank through shaping, hollowing, lid fitting and sanding. Tools used will include gouges, scrapers, chucks, and sanding supplies.

Register for the class at Intermediate Box Making - 12/7/2024

SAVE THE DATES

In the Area….

• At the Cincinnati Woodcraft store:  Woodcraft Events
   - Resin and Burl Turning Blank Casting class: casting resin and burl to make one of a kind handle blanks for your turning projects.
   - How to chose a chuck for your lathe - a walk through the different chuck options and when you need to use them.
   - Creative Carving Competition
   - Carvers Corner - third Thursday of each month, learn new techniques for wood carving from spindle spirals to embellishment 

• At the Cincinnati Rockler store:  Rockler Events
   - Laminated wood bowls - learn how to laminate your wood blanks to create laminated bowls 
 - Epoxy handle casting
 - Pen turning

Segmented Vessel Week

It was segmented vessel week at OVWG in August.  Jess Parrett led a two-part hands-on class that provided techniques for creating segments using a table saw sled, gluing segments into rings, and gluing rings on the lathe to create a rough vessel blank to finish at home.  Dan Gingerich, John Peters, and Terry Elfers provided instructional support and shared various techniques in making segmented pieces.

Offset Plate:

Bob Henrickson led the group in turning a different sort of plate by creating a plate using both offsets and tilts to produce a striking effect. The domed center provided a focal point for embellishment. Using a jam chuck, the back side of the platter was shaped into an ‘ogee’ curve. 

Cheese Platter:

KC Kendall provided the ingredients to create a cheese platter with a marble insert.  A tasty tip to share - repurpose a mortise.  A mortise on the top side is used to finish the bottom side of the platter.  If the marble insert in the center is set up to be removable, the mortise can also be used to hold a similar sized bowl for chip dip.

Intermediate Skills: Jam Chucks

In the July Intermediate Skill Building session, techniques using jam chucks to turn and shape round objects were demonstrated. Attendees created a jam chuck to hold a round work piece in place for turning and repositioning as needed to create a desired shape.

Intermediate Skills: Ball-and-Cup

It was time to have fun making a Ball-and-Cup toy in Bev Connelly’s Skill Building Session for Intermediate members.  In a round about way, the session started with making a sphere and then designing a cup to fit the sphere - all from the same workpiece blank.  Techniques included sphere making, hollowing with a Forster bit, caliper measure, and creating pieces that fit inside another. With Bev and Mark’s expert guidance in efficiently turning the workpieces, the biggest challenge was catching the ball in the cup.