Turning a Lamp - October 10
Jim Yonkers shows the group how to create a lamp using the lathe in this video. |
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Open Wave Bowls with the Scrollsaw - September 20
Robert Ward outlines the process for creating "open weave" bowls with the scrollsaw. His slide presentation is below. After that presentation, Barbara Raymond-LaPrease showed a variety of the bowls and talked about challenges for creating them.
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Using a Router - September 6
Two of our members - Charlie LaPrease and Bruce Meissner - again tag team a discussion on routers and what they can be used for. |
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Turning a Ball Ornament with Finials - August 8
Mike Malecki demonstrates how to turn a hollow ball ornament that has finials in this video. |
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History of Dulcimers - August 1
Bernd Krause gives a fascinating talk about the history of the mountain dulcimer complete with both antique and replica dulcimers. |
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What is Creativity? - July 12
In layperson's terms, creativity would mean the ability to produce novel ideas, but not every novel idea is functional. Psychologists define "creativity" as the ability to develop novel and original ideas that are functional and applicable in real life and solve a problem. By their nature, woodworkers are creative even when using a set of plans created by someone else. Jim Yonkers explores creativity in this program. |
Below is the slide deck from Jim's presentation. The video will be forthcoming.
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Turning a Paper Towel Holder - July 11
Mark Anastas demonstrates how to turn a 2-part paper towel holder in this video. |
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Spiral Blades - June 20
Robert Ward presents the basics of working with spiral blades and then shows how they cut in this demonstration. The slide show is provided below.
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N-Loop Celtic Knots - June 13
Alan Stratton of As Wood Turns (www.aswoodturns.com) demonstrates how to prepare your stock to create an N-Loop Celtic Knot. This IRD demonstration was won by the club as a result of our 3rd place finish in Alan's annual Ornament Challenge. |
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Alignment with the Stars - June 7
Mechanical Joinery is a great tool in the woodworking toolbelt. Three members - Doug North, Bruce Meissner, and Charlie LaPrease - talk about and demonstrate different equipment that can be used to join wood. Demonstrated are the Festool Domino system, a doweling jig, the Kreg Jig, and various biscuit joiners. Note that the club owns a Domino system and biscuit joiner that can be loaned to members. |
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Threaded Boxes - May 9
Many turners love making small boxes as gifts or to sell. The challenge is making boxes with a threaded lid. Jim Kent demonstrates how he cuts threads on lidded boxes to to add a distinctive element to a box and allow the lid to be screwed on and off repeatedly and securely. This technique can easily replicated to add threads to other objects such as jigs and toys. NOTE: This is the video produced by Chad Dawson and presented during the meeting. |
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Photographing Your Projects - May 3
We create a beautiful project but then want to photograph it to record it for our portfolio, showcase it for sale, or just show it off to our family and friends. Are there tricks to photographing our projects? Dan Ware demonstrate and talked about what you should and should not do. NOTE: We experienced sound issues during this session. Only part of the video has sound, however the content is there for you to view. |
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Turning a Whiskey Glass - April 11
Dave Grant demonstrates how he turns a whiskey glass. |
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CPR - What You Need to Know - April 5
The near tragedy with Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin placed significant focus on the need for everyone to either become certified in CPR or at least understand what needs to be done. With that in mind, Janelle Melchior, one of the Belgium EMTs and CPR trainers, presented a session for us on information you should know about heart issues, CPR, AEDs, and what are your options. NOTE: Watching this video does not make you certified in CPR. In order to become certified, you must take a full 3 hour program with certified trainers. A search of the internet will produce locations for these certifications in your area. |
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Sharpening Carving Tools - March 16
Dave Weir walks the viewer through sharpening carving tools. |
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Turning a Bowl - March 14
Bowls are one of the two basic forms created on the lathe, a spindle being the other. Once you learn the basics of turning a bowl, the concepts can be applied to many other similar forms. Learning the correct way to turn a bowl and being able to ask questions about the process is what will happen in this demonstration by Charlie LaPrease. |
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The Japanese Art of Kumiko - March 1
Kumiko is the ancient Japanese technique of assembling wooden pieces without using nails. It began as an artform in the 8th century CE and remains active in Japan to this day. Articles in Fine Woodworking have led to its resurgence. In this video, Tom Cooney and David Wheat demonstrate how they are making pieces in this form. |
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Intarsia Basics - February 15
Sherry Kelsey walks through the basics of creating a project in the form called Intarsia.
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Tool Fundamentals - February 14
Robert Love, Larry Prunotto, and Charlie LaPrease demonstrate basic spindle turning tools as well as discuss safety and proper tool usage during this demonstration. |
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The Art of Air Brushing - February 1
Jackie Yonkers demonstrated the art of air brushing. Unfortunately, the sound did not record. Jackie's PowerPoint is below for reference. We will get Jackie into the studio to record another session in the next couple of months. We apologize for the issue.
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Turning a Snowman & Tree Using a Steady Rest - January 10
Ray Smith demonstrates turning a snowman and tree out of the same piece of wood using a steady rest during the turning. |
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Basics of Dust Collection - January 4
Mark Evertz of Oneida Air leads the group through a excellent discussion of dust collection using some of the Oneida Air products to help explain these very critical concepts. |
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