Capital Area Woodturners

CAW Holiday Party

Mark your calendars for Sunday evening, December 10,2000 to reserve it for the CAW pot luck Holiday Social. 

Sharing Holiday Cheer!!

Capital Area Woodturners 3nd annual Woodturners Ball on Sunday evening, December 9th, in the church hall of the Messiah United Methodist Church Hall, 6125 Rolling Road, Springfield, VA  22152.  Our goal is simple:  Let's all get together during this holiday season to share some holiday cheer with the members, families, and friends of CAW; eat a hearty meal of whatever dishes walk through the door; vote for the best turned holiday ornament from the members' entries; and exchange a turned object for those participating in the grab-bag exchange.

3:30 PM - Setup - If you have some free time and want to help setup, please contact Tom Boley, 703-569-2548, to coordinate activities to help with.

5:00 PM - Social Hour - Fun, camaraderie, hors d'oeuvres, soft drinks, and inspecting the items entered in the ornament contest and the turning exchange.   

6:00 PM - Dinner - Really great food prepared by your friends, fellow woodturners, and/or their spouses.  Pot luck dinners are the best eating anywhere.  Drinks and eating utensils will be provided by the CAW.

7:00 PM - Fun & Games - Vote for your favorite ornament and grab-bag entry; dance with someone; sing some holiday carols; renew old acquaintances and make new ones; talk about turning, or just come and have some fun!!

Join us at our new location at the Bryant High School wood shop.

Program for the month: 8:30am - Help set up for the demonstration.  Look over the For Sale items in the equipment room.  Have a cup of coffee with your fellow turners.  Enjoy the normal hour of skill enhancement and practice time on the lathes.  Or talk over problems and techniques, sharpening, etc., with someone who might already have been there done that.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show & Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!  Photos of show and tell items will be taken for the next newsletter.   The tape library is open.  Bid on donated items on the silent auction table.
10:00 -  C.A. Savoy will demonstrate how to make his Christmas ornaments.

Silent Auction Table:  Let's try to re-invigorate this convenient way to clean out you wood pile and tool box.  Put your donated turning blanks, wood magazines, tools up for sale.  All proceeds go to the club to help buy tools, materials, video tapes, books, and other stuff it takes to run the CAW..

Program for the month: 8:30am - Help set up for the demonstration.  Look over the For Sale items in the equipment room.  Have a cup of coffee with your fellow turners.  Enjoy the normal hour of skill enhancement and practice time on the lathes.  Or talk over problems and techniques, sharpening, etc., with someone who might already have been there done that.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show & Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!  Photos of show and tell items will be taken for the next newsletter.   The tape library is open.  Bid on donated items on the silent auction table.
10:00 -  Special demonstration by professional woodturner Judy Ditmer.  Judy will share her techniques for making beautiful, fanciful jewelry on the lathe.  $5.00 Demo fee.

Silent Auction Table:  Let's try to re-invigorate this convenient way to clean out you wood pile and tool box.  Put your donated turning blanks, wood magazines, tools up for sale.  All proceeds go to the club to help buy tools, materials, video tapes, books, and other stuff it takes to run the CAW..

Program for the month: 8:30am - Help set up for the demonstration.  Look over the For Sale items in the equipment room.  Have a cup of coffee with your fellow turners.  Enjoy the normal hour of skill enhancement and practice time on the lathes.  Or talk over problems and techniques, sharpening, etc., with someone who might already have been there done that.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show & Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!  Photos of show and tell items will be taken for the next newsletter.   The tape library is open.  Bid on donated items on the silent auction table.
10:00 - Jim Marstall will discuss the design concepts, mounting techniques and carving/grinding tips that were offered in Roger Jacobs’ class on “Sneaky Feet” bowls during Jim’s stay at Arrowmont during the first week of August.  Jim will speak using overhead viewgraphs and hardcopy handouts.  Bob Reynolds will also summarize the highlights of his August class with Bob Clemmons at the John C. Campbell School.

Silent Auction Table:  Let's try to re-invigorate this convenient way to clean out you wood pile and tool box.  Put your donated turning blanks, wood magazines, tools up for sale.  All proceeds go to the club to help buy tools, materials, video tapes, books, and other stuff it takes to run the CAW..

Program for the month: 10:00am - 2:00pm - Club Picnic.

The Annual CAW Family Picnic and Turning Social. Please join us!!!

On Saturday, August 11 th , from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, the CAW will sponsor a potluck Summer Picnic and Turning Social at the Anchor Club of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Recreation Center on Telegraph Road (Route 611) just north of Fort Belvoir in Virginia.   The Anchor Club will have an indoor meeting room for us for eating and in case of bad weather. It also has an outdoor deck area for socializing and setting up our lathes. Please bring your mini-lathes if you have them, any tools you like to use, and some wood for making shavings.

Please don't bring beverages. We are required to purchase our drinks from the Coast Guard Anchor Club Bar - It helps support their facility. Besides, at $.50 per soda, it is as cheap as if you had bought them in a grocery store.

This will be a potluck lunch similar to our December Holiday party - the best eating of the year!!!
Please bring a dish to share according to the following list. No heating/cooking facilities available.  Bring a disposable serving spoon for your dish. Besure to put your name on the dish you brought.  Paper products will be provided by the CAW.
Last name starts with, brings: (Sample dishes)
•A - C: Side Dish(Potato casserole, Vegetables, Fruit)
•D - J: Dessert (Whatever satisfies your sweet tooth)
•K - Q: Salad (Tossed Green; 3-bean; Greek; Taco)
•R - Z: Main Course (Chicken, Ribs, Lasagna, Ham,
etc. don't let this get too expensive)

Please join us for fun, turning, and camaraderie!!

DIRECTIONS TO THE PICNIC AREA:

From No. VA, go south on Interstate 95 from the I-495 beltway, past the usual Woodcraft Store exit # 169 at Springfield. Get off at Exit 166A, the Newington, Fairfax County Parkway (Route 7100) exit going east. Within a 1/4 mile, turn left onto Route 611, Telegraph Road. The coast guard Station will be on your right a few blocks past the Hayfield Elementary and High Schools. On the ADC map book of Northern Virginia, the Coast Guard Station is on map page 29 at blocks 1E&F.

From Maryland, after crossing the Wilson Bridge on I-495, you can get off at Exit #2 onto Telegraph Road (Route 611) and follow it for about 8 miles. The coast Guard Recreation Center will be on your left.

Program for the month: 8:30am - Help set up for the demonstration.  Look over the For Sale items in the equipment room.  Have a cup of coffee with your fellow turners.  Enjoy the normal hour of skill enhancement and practice time on the lathes.  Or talk over problems and techniques, sharpening, etc., with someone who might already have been there done that.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show & Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!  Photos of show and tell items will be taken for the next newsletter.   The tape library is open.  Bid on donated items on the silent auction table.
10:30 - Renouned woodturner from the UK and previous CAW demonstrator, Martin Pidgen will give an exciting demonstration.  Unsure what Martin has in store for us this time, but last time he turned unique shaped bottle stoppers, light/fan pulls, and diamond shaped platters. 

Silent Auction Table:  Let's try to re-invigorate this convenient way to clean out you wood pile and tool box.  Put your donated turning blanks, wood magazines, tools up for sale.  All proceeds go to the club to help buy tools, materials, video tapes, books, and other stuff it takes to run the CAW.

CAW won 1st Place in the Artistic category of the AAW Collaborative Challenge Randy Bjorklund did a marvelous job of coordinating the timely contribution of turned CAWayolas and making the box and labels. With 36 CAW members participating in various aspects, the project won first place in the "Artistic" category at the AAW Symposium, and was donated for the AAW education fund. Tim and Sheryl Kochman are due special thanks for planning and designing the project, and for making the “painting supplies” in the box. They brought the project back home by acquiring CAWayolas at auction for their private collection. They are reviewing options for displaying the piece in a number of venues/galleries.

List of members who contributed to the project:

Program for the month: 8:30am - Help set up for the demonstration.  Look over the For Sale items in the equipment room.  Have a cup of coffee with your fellow turners.  Enjoy the normal hour of skill enhancement and practice time on the lathes.  Or talk over problems and techniques, sharpening, etc., with someone who might already have been there done that.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show & Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!  Photos of show and tell items will be taken for the next newsletter.   The tape library is open.  Bid on donated items on the silent auction table.
10:30 - Don Riggs will demonstrate the setup, mounting, woods, tools, and finishing for some of his specialty items such as the natural edge bowl, a torpedo clock, a pocket mirror, and other items depending on time.

Silent Auction Table:  Let's try to re-invigorate this convenient way to clean out you wood pile and tool box.  Put your donated turning blanks, wood magazines, tools up for sale.  All proceeds go to the club to help buy tools, materials, video tapes, books, and other stuff it takes to run the CAW..

Program for the month: 8:30am - Help set up for the demonstration.  Look over the For Sale items in the equipment room.  Have a cup of coffee with your fellow turners.  Enjoy the normal hour of skill enhancement and practice time on the lathes.  Or talk over problems and techniques, sharpening, etc., with someone who might already have been there done that.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show & Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!  Photos of show and tell items will be taken for the next newsletter.   The tape library is open.  Bid on donated items on the silent auction table.
10:30 - Tim and Sheryl Kochman will conduct a presentation on "Elements of Design".  What are collectors and galleries looking for in terms of turning designs - shape, size, texture, color, weight, etc..  These design elements are of interest ot everyone whether you are trying to please a gallery owner, a purchaser (collector or craft show patron), or your wife/neighbor/friend on a salad bowl given as a gift.  Please join in on the discussions with your experience and ideas.

Silent Auction Table:  Let's try to re-invigorate this convenient way to clean out you wood pile and tool box.  Put your donated turning blanks, wood magazines, tools up for sale.  All proceeds go to the club to help buy tools, materials, video tapes, books, and other stuff it takes to run the CAW..

Program for the month: 9:00am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking advice, or just practice.
10:00 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show & Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:30 - Bob Rosand, an internationally renowned turner will demonstrate his turning skills and techniques.  Mr. Rosand is well known for his Christmas Ornaments and Bird & Fly House Ornaments. He will describe a new texturing process that he has mastered. There are numerous other projects that he specializes in and these have been shared in the video "Turning Projects from Scrap" and the book "Techniques & Projects III" - which are available from the AAW and other woodturning catalogs.  Mr. Rosand is on the Board of Directores of the American Association of Woodturners (AAW). He lives in our area, hailing from Pennsylvania.

The usual $5 demo fee will be charged.

Here is a sample of the items turned by Bob Rosand during this demonstration:  His Signature Christmas Ornament, a lidded box from maple burl,  a acorn style fly house, a tea candle holder from maple burl, and a CD top (a great use for all those colorful CD's you get in the mail).

Program for the month: 9:00am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking advice, or just practice.
10:00 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show & Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:30 - Sheryl Kochman will conduct a talk on wood toxicity.  This is a very informative presentation on handling and turning spalted and toxic woods and what to watch out for.  Many pieces turned from these woods are the most beautiful.   Precautionary measures and dust collection will be discussed.

March 16, 17, and 18, the Woodworking show comes to the Capital Expo Center.   Capital Area Woodturners will be there all three days with a booth doing woodturning demonstrations.  Don't miss it!

Program for the month: 8:30am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking advice, or just practice.
9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show & Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:30 - Phil Brown will discuss and demonstrate his tips and techniques for his award-winning turnings From Forest to Finish.  Phil will talk about cutting flinches from a tree; orienting the grain for a specific affect; curring the blank on a bandsaw using his home made jigs to reduce the waste wood at the beginning and help balance the load; turning large thin deep pieces; working with punky wood and how to stabilize the item; sanding to get a smooth surface; and step-by-step finishing instructions to achieve a glass-like (but not necessarily shiny) finish. 

Phil is presently conduction a three day course at Maryland Hall on the same subjects.   So obviously, we are going to get a lot of information in a short time.  Come prepared to take good notes.  Some handout material will be available.

Program for the month: 9:00am - Hands-on skill enhancement. Members sharing their experiences and helping each other with turning problems, sharpening tips, chucking advice, or just practice.
10:00 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements, and Show & Tell. Bring in your recent turnings and share with us what you've learned!
10:30 - Topic: Jim Marstal and C.A. Savoy will lead discussion and demonstration of techniques they learned when they attended a class by Lyle Jamison

A mini lathe will be raffled off

The demonstration will entail Jim Marstall relating the apporach that Lyle Jamison takes to woodturning and, using slides that Mr. Jamison used during the course, the basic information and instruction that he gave about turning techniques.

C.A. Savoy will then give a hands-on demonstration of the boring bar setup that Mr. Jamison is credited with inventing for use in deep hollow turning. C.A. will also demonstrate the attachment to the boring bar that is an integral part of Mr. Jamison's deep hollowing setup.  This attachment is a laser pointer attached as an extension to the boring bar and assists the turner to get really thin walled vessels turning into the endgrain of deep hollow forms.