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September is Here!

This year we kick-off with Turn Fest.  
Turn Fest 2024 - 9/21/2024
Not our regular big room demo but four simultaneous demonstrations happening at once. There will be two rotations of 90 minutes each a total of 8 different projects to get your creative juices flowing. We have a great lineup of demonstrators so be sure to mark you calendar for September 21st. 

Other insights gathered from the event included:

 - Rotate the log to get the best cross-grain or end-grain pattern.

 - Cut the log in sections that are a few inches longer than the diameter. The extra few inches provides a buffer for removing cracked areas from the ends.

 - When cutting near a limb, watch for an original bark inclusion that gets embedded behind the limb.

 - In large branches, the pith might be off-centered due to reaction wood being under compression. Reaction wood has a different structure from normal wood which impacts the amount of shrinkage and turning characteristics.

 - Logs can have two piths when trunks merge together.

 - Spalting can create decorative patterns in the wood and appear as fine black lines.

 - Irregular shaped logs and branches can produce interesting natural edge bowls.

Woodturning Chainsaw Milling Station

Build your own milling station to create bowl and spindle blanks as demonstrated in this video (Click Here ) You can use the left side to cut the log into blanks and use the right side to clamp the blank and round it out prior to turning, See the video for a demonstration and view the description for the parts list. You can add wheels to the base to make it portable. https://youtu.be/MPQfJAd7wQ4?si=OTDs06AcaFmFHSIT

In addition, you can view the article and plans here for making a Safe Log Sawing Horse to cut logs for blanks.



PYRO Open Shop has open positions in September

Bring a project to work on, or a flat piece of wood that you can practice on. If you do not have a pyro unit, there are 5 available to use for the evening. Email Mary Carol Meinken to reserve one. Come prepared to learn and have fun! The session is open to any OVWG member interested in participating in embellishing their work with pyrography. There will be equipment available if you do not have your own equipment. This is a sharing of knowledge interest group where we learn from one another. If you do not have equipment, it is a good place to learn what is available before purchasing equipment.

Register for the class on the website at Pyrography Open Shop. 6:30-9 pm - 9/18/2024

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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.