With the COVID-19 virus cancelling all events in April, members were encouraged to work on projects and send photos of those projects for display here and on the Facebook page.
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Arlie Howell provides a little Halloween fun in this great door hanging!
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Arlene Schlueter completed two projects for her daughter's birthday.
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Mike's Chaos Rolling Pin is shown below.
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Mike Vecellio was recently introduced to zebrawood, a West African wood whose heartwood is a light brown or dark cream color with black streaks vaguely resembling a zebra's stripes. Known to have a coarse texture that can dull planer blades and any other tools, tearout is also very common. He recently completed this bowl which he said is "60 inches across. Oops, I mean 6.0 inches across." The finish is Odie's Oil. He made the bowl to hold M&M's!!
A client returned a Gatsby pen to Mike because the mechanism wasn't working. Mike used another kit's mechanism and was left with the outer parts. He created a pen using the innards of an old Paper Mate pen plus a purple dyed birch barrel. |
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John McCabe recently completed a "trifecta" for his brother-in-law using wood from trees previously growing in his yard. All items will be relocated from his shop outside Cazenovia to a three-season porch in Virginia. In the top row is a walnut and ash hexagon game/dining table. Next to it is a cherry fire put. The bottom photo is a walnut live edge bar.
John stated that now that these pieces are complete, he can get back to some turning projects!
John stated that now that these pieces are complete, he can get back to some turning projects!
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Kyla Town, one of our new turners and members, recently completed this ambrosia maple bowl. It is about 6.5 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep. She finished it with sanding paste and carnauba/bee's wax. In December, Kyla completed the cherry bowl with mother-of-pearl inlay and finished it with EEE and Shellwax friction polish (below)
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Bud Millis made this MacKenzie-Childs inspired cheese board of maple and walnut. Recently, he located his "duckpan" which he created several years ago. Pretty ducky, huh?
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Ray Smith recently welcomed his first grandson to the family. He then turned this cherry rattle (with a size comparison to a mechanical pencil). The finish is walnut oil.
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Kenn Pickard is enjoying turning in his shop. These are his most recent bowls that are still in inventory - he gives many away. He uses a variety of woods - maple, spalted maple, cherry, ash, box elder, and walnut. He sends special thanks to Mel Taber for getting him started.
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What granddaughter won't love this American Girl bunkbed? Dave Stowe made this of pine, finishing it with Charlie's special finish.
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Bruce Meissner’s niece who lives in Baltimore has a Christmas villages and needed a way to display it. With a picture and rough dimensions, Bruce designed this 6 foot high unit. A rush job, Bruce completed the project in 4½ days and shipped it to Baltimore. For the cost of shipping, Bruce probably could have done a round-trip to Baltimore to deliver it!
The shelves are made from ½” plywood with pine under supports. The bottom disk is 40” while the top one is 12” in diameter. The base is bolted together with ¼” hardware and dowel nuts. The largest shelves are split in half so they can be shipped. The parts slide onto a 1½” PVC tube split in the middle. There is a PVC coupler to join the tubes. Bruce turned a 14” ash dowel to stiffen the joint.
The shelves are made from ½” plywood with pine under supports. The bottom disk is 40” while the top one is 12” in diameter. The base is bolted together with ¼” hardware and dowel nuts. The largest shelves are split in half so they can be shipped. The parts slide onto a 1½” PVC tube split in the middle. There is a PVC coupler to join the tubes. Bruce turned a 14” ash dowel to stiffen the joint.
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Brad Rees is our newest member. He recently purchased a Laguna lathe and is slowly learning to turn. After some practice (shown in the right photo), Brad created an antique peppermill from a piece of wood like that shown in the photo. Brad knows a little about lathes as he uses a specialized version to repair pool cues as the owner of Brick House BIlliards in North Syracuse.
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White Elephant Party ... Never heard of one before John Wyman sent this photo of his planned gag gift for the event that was cancelled. Apparently, it is customary to bring an amusing, impractical gift so he made these smiling concrete stones. They are now a Christmas gift for his grandson. Hmmmm!
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Doug North turned this cherry bowl and embellished the edge The finish is walnut oil.
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Bill Keller is one of the club’s experts in everything Shaker. He sells via his website, Keller Krafted, and recently sent these pieces off to new homes in Florida, Missouri, and the Finger Lakes.
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Charlie LaPrease received more requests for help with woodworking projects. Earlier this fall a woman asks that he make bowls from a maple log saved from a tree that was cut at the family home. She asked for 4 bowls and he managed to make 5 from this heavily spalted and checked log. As an additional gift, Charlie took some leftover pieces of the spalted wood and created a collection of snowmen.
Bill Shea needed two ‘mushroom’ caps for a Shaker chair he’s constructing. The jig shown was the incorrect size for the inside dimension so Charlie created a new jig and turned the four caps shown. Bill’s very happy with the two he received. It seems that Bob Casey, his intermediary, held on to 2! We are waiting on a photo of the chair with the caps installed.
Bill Shea needed two ‘mushroom’ caps for a Shaker chair he’s constructing. The jig shown was the incorrect size for the inside dimension so Charlie created a new jig and turned the four caps shown. Bill’s very happy with the two he received. It seems that Bob Casey, his intermediary, held on to 2! We are waiting on a photo of the chair with the caps installed.
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Bob, the son of a fellow fire department member continues to renovate a house on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. The club received a picture of those renovations in March 2007. As he continues, he often finds projects that are beyond his tool set. Recently he needed decorative corner pieces recreated. Charlie to the rescue. The corners are custom fit to the walls and have a very unique profile. The top could be turned but the rest of the profile will need to be carved to match the original and match the wall where they will be installed. Charlie turned four replacements. The original piece along with its unique profile are shown in the first photo. Charlie's replacements follow. In 2021, we will receive a photo of the final installation and share it with you.