April 2015 - Bendigo Wood Turners

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Bendigo Woodturners Newsletter
Volume 29: Number 04
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Bendigo Woodturners Activities Program
Woodturners General Meeting:
4th Monday Monthly
6.30pm for 7.00pm start
Woodturners Executive:
1st Monday Monthly
6.30pm
Pyrography Group:
Every Tuesday
1pm to 5pm
Scroll Saw Group:
2nd & 4th Tuesday Monthly
7.00pm
Tuesday Group:
Every Tuesday
9.00am to Midday
Triton Group:
2nd & 4th Wednesday Monthly
7.30pm
Woodturning:
2nd & 4th Tuesday Monthly (or as required)
7.00pm (Ring Danny)
Carvers Group:
1st & 3rd Tuesday Monthly
7.00pm
General Woodworking:
Every Thursday
9am to 12pm
ALL the ABOVE
Every Saturday
9am to 12pm
BENDIGO WOODTURNERS DIRECTORY
President:
Immediate Past President:
Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Assistant
Committee:
Librarian:
Assistant
Grounds Committee:
Public Officer:
Auditor:
Safety Officer:
Shop Operator:
Assistant:
Equipment Officer:
Assistants:
Woodturning:
Triton Group:
Pyrography Group:
Scroll Saw Group:
Carvers Group:
Jeff Willey
Ph: 5447 1449
David Barber
John Phillips
Tammy Miatke
Malcolm Hill
Malcolm Hill, Norm Eason, John Turner
Harald Mai, Alistair Shanks
Rosie Kelleher
Dawn Eason
Jeff Willey
John Phillips
Rod Lester
John Turner
Norm Eason
Malcolm Hill
Bob Trigg
Lindsay Spilsbury, Bob Mason,
Malcolm Hill, Alistair Shanks
Danny Whitford
Jeff Willey
Allan Edwards
Wayne Morris
Bruce Guilmartin
Ph: 5447 2338
Ph: 5449 6330
Ph: 5449 3912
Ph: 5446 3317
Ph: 5447 1449
Ph: 5449 6330
Ph: 5443 9364
Ph: 5446 3200
Ph: 5447 8048
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Postal Address: Box 1259 Bendigo Central Vic. 3552
Web site: www.bendigowoodturners.com.au
Editor: Mandy Answerth: [email protected]
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General Meeting 27th April 2015
6.30pm for 7.00pm start, at the clubrooms
Duty Roster
Would the people so nominated please be at the rooms to set up by 7pm at the latest. If you are unable to attend
your must arrange a substitute.
A list of duties for the evening is on the wall in the kitchen
Main Room
April
Blair Achammer
Raffle
Kitchen
May
John Bradbury
David Alexander Miranda Brewer
April
May
Jim Priest
Helena Anderson
Bill Bruinsma
John Giles
David Archibald
Meg Bruinsma
Show and Tell
This section of the meeting is open to all members to enable them to exhibit any interesting items that they have made,
brought, found or otherwise acquired.
Monthly Competition
The Competition for this month is Pyrography. There has been some beautiful work so bring along your latest creation for all to see.
The Open competition is for any other item such as toys, lidded boxes etc.) section.
One entry only in each section per month and once an item has been entered it cannot be entered again at a later time.
Entrants will be invited to discuss their entry in detail allowing members to gain from your experiences.
Presidents Report:
Greetings fellow woodgrubs. Another Easter Show has come and gone. Last year we
had a very good year with the finances, this year we had a slightly below average year.
See financial figures at the end of my report. Thank you to all who assisted over the
six days and it was great to see the number of members who assisted over this period.
Emily Reuter has taken over as the Club Librarian from Rosie Kelleher who has
moved down to the Bellarine Peninsula. We thank Rosie for her contribution to the club over the three
years she has been a member. Rosie will remain a club member and will visit when the opportunity arises.
We wish Rosie all the best for the future.
We have had a large number of woodworking magazines donated to the club over the last couple of years.
It has been decided to keep magazines going back to 1996. If you wish to take some of the older magazines please do so. What remains after the end of April will be donated to the YMCA for their bi-annual
book sale.
The annual visit to Roger Hallam’s property in Western Victoria was held on Saturday the 11th April. The
weather was perfect and the catering was excellent. It is interesting to see the progress of the various tree
species since our first visit. After talks with Roger since the visit, he is keen to increase the participation of
CWWG members and the local visitors.
The annual Grampians U Turn will be conducted over the period 1-4 May at Ararat. There are seven club
members attending this year. By my last count there will be 64 turners and 16 partners attending. This is
the limit we have put on numbers due to catering issues.
Many members, both present and past, have donated a lot of their time and efforts over the years to give us
the clubrooms and equipment that we enjoy and it is our responsibility to ensure that current and future
generations of club members will be able to utilise this facility for years to come. It is our legacy to the
future members of our club. To help ensure the safety of the clubrooms and equipment, the Committee has
decided to install gutter guarding around our building. Firstly, I do not expect any member to climb onto
the roof to clean the gutters. The two large eucalypt trees at the front deposit a large amount of leaves on
the roof and they end up in the gutters. Consequently, this can clog the drain pipes causing backflow into
the building and secondly, this build up of leaves can also present a fire risk to our building. The committee members felt that given the events of February 2009, the club should do all in its power to ensure the
safety of the building by installing the gutter guarding.
For the safety of members, we have installed both dust collectors for our equipment and air filters in the
workshop. I implore, no I insist, that members utilise these items at all times when work is being carried
out in the workshop. They are not there for display purposes. It is also the responsibility of members who
use equipment to clean up after they are finished.
To all those members not in the best of health at the moment, I wish you a speedy recovery.
Jeff Willey
President
Biggest Morning Tea
26h May
Bendigo Woodys
Bring your family and friends. Donations of raffle prizes and food appreciated
10am
Show and Tell
A Big Happy Birthday went out to Jim Priest who turned 87 on the 22/3/2015.
John Scott bought along an old plane that was in is fathers
tool collection, the unusual thing about this plane is that it
has a grooved base.
Mark a prospective new member who has moved to Maldon has not turned for
15 years then turned this beautiful handled bowl. (wish I could be that good
after not turning for 2 years).
Bruce Guilmartin told the meeting how he would go to recycling yard and fill
his ute with old cedar wardrobes dating to about the 1870’s and putting them
back together using dovetail joints.
Who Am I - Des Pearce
Des is the second youngest of 5 children, he has 3brothers and a sister. Des grew up right here in Bendigo
and is first job was located where the Schwepp Centre is today.
Des then applied for an aprentership in fitting and machining and went on to do engineering drawing and
welding. As part of his course he had to make a project, so Des set out to make a drilling machine, it was
so good that he won an award for his project.
Sometime down the track Des joined his brother who was a carpenter and they built may houses in and
around Bendigo. In those days there were no pre fabricated door jambs and window frames these were all
made. Des was in the building industry for 9 years.
From building Des went into Trade teaching and left teaching in 1992 partly due to the fact that students
had no discipline.
Des brought a lot of Tritan machinery at the working with wood shows and now spends his time working
with wood.
Competition Pictures from February
Scrollsaw Competition
1st was Gladys Chelman
with her scrolled toy car
Open Competition
Arthur Curnick brought along this Blackwood
Bowl
This natural edged goblet was turned by Heinz
Gross from Cypress
Jim Priest made this mini table from Blackwood &
Pine
Old Woodworking Jokes
Q: Why does this gr eenish soft " har dwood" have a lot of fr iends?
A: Because it's poplar .
Q: Why did the pr oject ask for a shave befor e being slather ed with water -based finish?
A: Because it hadn' t been de-whiskered.
Q: How do lumber jacks get fir ed?
A: They get the axe.
Secretary’s Report
Another Easter has passed and congratulations and thanks to everyone who assisted at our major fund raiser
for the year. Particular thanks go to Malcolm Hill for organising our raffle and without it’s proceeds our
Club would not be as successful.
We have three new members, Richard Hodgson, Hugh Amann and Mary-Ann Scull who hopefully can
come along to our next general meeting to be formally introduced but if they cannot make it I’m sure everyone will make them welcome should they run across them.
Don’t forget that we will be having our biggest morning tea on Tuesday 26th May in the Clubrooms and any
donations to the raffle on the day would be appreciated. Please see David Barber if you can help.
John
Found this on the web thought you might be interest in
Tips on Drying/Finishing Aussie Burls
Aussie Burls, like all other burls, no matter how dry they appear, will still move and "wrinkle" over a period of time if you turn/carve from start to finish. If you don't mind movement or wrinkling, then you can
either wait a few weeks to finish, or re-sand and re-finish after it's finished moving/wrinkling. In some cases movement may not be a big deal or may even be desirable. But I suspect most people would rather not
have that happen.
So what can you do?
I turn twice, first rough turning and leaving the piece relatively thick, usually sealing with Anchor Seal or
Bullseye Shellac, and drying in a homemade dehydrator (see below) for 1 month or more per inch of thickness, then re-turning inside and out (for hollow forms of course) to final thickness. How thick I leave the
piece when rough turning naturally varies with the size of the piece. I might leave a 6" hollow vessel about
1/2" thick . . . I might leave a large winged bowl an inch or more thick. In any event, the dehydrator works
well . . . If I'm not in any particular rush, I'll leave a piece in the dehydrator longer than the 1 month guideline. No matter how dry the burl appears, I strongly recommend rough turning, then treating in a lowtemperature kiln (or oven if you don't have a kiln) to relieve internal stresses, before final turning/finishing.
Alternatively, you might consider cooking in an oven. After nearly 18 months I've yet to see any perceptible movement or surface wrinkling in a piece I cooked in the oven. Never having been accused of being
patient, I really don't like to wait a month(s) to re-turn something I'm excited about (if you're not excited,
why bother turning the piece?) . . . so I tried cooking a rough turned (3/4 - 1 inch thick) White Top Burl
Vessel and Gummy Corrugata and Red Morrel Winged Bowls at 170F (the lowest setting on my oven) for
18-24 hours (there's no rule saying you can't do so longer, I cooked a large Giant Mallee Burl piece for 36
hours) . . . I then turn to completion and finish with either oil (100% tung is my latest favourite), lacquer, a
combination of the two, or wipe on poly. I've seen no "wrinkling" and no warping/distortion well after the
time I've seen them occur on burls I've turned from start to finish. I believe this method probably works
well because the relatively low heat relieves the internal stresses in the burl (like with heat treated steel),
therefore precluding it from warping and wrinkling.
Lastly, most everyone has also heard at some point about using a microwave. I personally don't do so, but it
works . . . just be careful not to microwave for too long a period at one time or you might actually burn the
wood/burl . . . best to do so for shorter periods multiple times.
As for finishing, that is really a personal decision. I am an advocate of 100% Tung Oil, Wipe On Poly,
Bush Oil, Waterlox, Danish Oil and Mohawk Lacquer . . . I am also starting to soak pieces in tung oil cut
with turpentine (including the inside of rough turned hollow vessels) prior to final turning . . . it really helps
these hard Aussie burls cut very nicely and minimize sanding. I don't use Waterlox much anymore, but
should you chose to do so there are a couple of tips that will make your use of the product successful. I start
by blowing the piece off with air, wiping with Turpentine (and air drying), and applying a coat of the sealer
(with a brush or lint-free rag). Most importantly, when applying Waterlox, DO NOT "play with it" if at all
possible - meaning, if using a brush/rag, do not repeatedly brush/wipe over the same area, lest you will get
brush marks. I allow the first sealer coat to dry overnight (longer depending on humidity), and then apply a
second coat of sealer (again, allowing to dry at least overnight . . . when it no longer feels tacky, I will sand
with 1200 grit (you might also try 0000 bronze wool), blow down the piece again with compressed air, and
then apply a coat of Waterlox Satin to knock down the gloss just a bit . . . gives me a nice deep lower lustre . . . (remember, like I said, finishing is a personal decision . . . sometimes I will just use the sealer - like
with the large Jarrah Burl bowl in my gallery . . . I sometimes will use BriWax (apply with 0000 bronze or
steel wool), Myland's or Satin Wax over the final coat of Waterlox depending on the desired effect.
I like clear Danish Oil because it does not give as much of a yellowish tint (sometimes I really don't want
the sapwood to appear yellowish, e.g., the Vasticola Burl carving below) and will produce (with enough
coats and elbow grease) a beautiful low lustre finish with depth . . . after waiting at least 72 hours, I will
frequently apply Mohawk Sanding Sealer (2 coats then sand) followed by X coats of Gloss or Satin Lacquer . . . you will get far less orange peel than with Deft and have to do a lot less rubbing out. As for the
rubbing out, I use 0000 steel wool or 800/1200 grit sandpaper after 72 hours and sometimes (rarely these
days) buff using the Beale System (be cautious not to generate too much heat) and wax
Unusual Trees
Workshop Supervisors for Saturday Mornings
02/05/2015 Jeff Willey
09/05/2015 David Barber
16/05/2015 Norm Eason
23/05/2015 Malcolm Hill
30/05/2015 Alistair Shanks
06/06/2015 Maurie Chelman
13/06/2015 Bob Trigg
20/06/2015 Jeff Willey
27/06/2015 David Barber
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October
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May
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August
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November Scollsaw
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June
Woodturning
September Carving
December Pyrography
April 2015
27th
General Meeting
Competition - Pyrography
May 2015
25th
26th
General Meeting
Biggest Morning Tea
Competition - Carving
Club Rooms
June 2015
5th to 7th
22nd
The Australian Woodturning Exhibition
Waratah Room Whitehorse Centre Nunawading
General Meeting
Competition - Woodturning
July 2015
17th to 19th
27th
Sheep & Wool Show
General Meeting
August 2015
24th
Annual General Meeting
Demonstration & Sales
Competition - Scrollsaw
September 2015
28th
General Meeting
Competition - Pyrography
October 2015
26th
General Meeting
Competition - Carving
November 2015
16th
General Meeting
Competition - Woodturning
Bring your partners and a plate
December 2015
6th
Christmas Lunch
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