The meeting was held at Sam Staffan's shop and was well attended. This meeting was not on our calendar of scheduled meetings but there was interest and many people came and brought items they had made. There were many side discussions on how to do things and a lunch was provided. Many thanks to Sam for hosting the meeting.
There were no bring backs or formal demonstrations. Here are some of the very interesting Show and Tell items.
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| Jim Rutledge brought in some boxes he made with the Hiawatha Sportman's Club Logo on top. He also added one of the logo plate to his walking stick. Nicely done. |
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Here is a closer view of the neat boxes Jim made.
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Archie Patterson made two bowls from aromatic cedar and two vases from purple heart. The top cedar bowl is unfinished and retains it aromatic properties while the bottom one was finish with poly which enhanced the color but sealed in the aromatic properties. Alternative would be to finish the outside and leave the inside unfinished. The two purple heart vessels are buff finished as the wood is very hard.
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Steve Promo brought in two rough turned bowls. Rule he used is for every inch of diameter leave 10% in wall thickness so the bowl can dry and you will then be able to re-turn the bowl to finished state in about two or three years. Bottom is a finish bowl.
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Here Steve is explaining how to turn a platter from a slab section of a log. During the lumber milling process the outer sections of the log are cut off and discarded. Steve saves this sections and turns very nice platters from them. At the end of the meeting Steve gave away several of the slabs of wood for members to take home and turn platters.
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Here are some really nice boxes and a bowl.
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Here is a box with accent added and a hollow form made from four sections of wood turned twice. First, the sections are grouped as four strips togetherand one side is turned and then the sections are rotated 180 degrees and the other side is turned. The sections are then reassembled and finished.
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Here are some platters and a burl bowl. The platters are made from the slab cuts from a log. See above.
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This is a bowl made from a Burl. As often happens not only is the wood patter beautiful but there are voids where the tree grew around a fault. Still makes a wonderful bowl.
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Close up of the burl bowl showing the faults.
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There was an impromptu demonstrations of a portable winch that is great help in moving large logs from the woods and onto trailers. The winch is called a Baby Winch.
Sam demonstrated how you can move a large log from the woods to and onto your trailer using this baby winch and a cordless drill. Make sure you have several batteries. This version has a woven cord and the button shown allows you to release the cable and then rewind the cable using a drill motor connected to the drive shaft on the other side. The description on Amazon.com reads:
Portable
Drill Winch of 1000 LB, Red Handheld Drill Winch with 40 Foot
Synthetic Rope, Rotate The Hook 360 Degrees, for Lifting &
Dragging(Red).
Sam explained that instead of hurting your back trying to roll, drag or flip a heavy log you can connect the winch to a tree and then to your log and using a cordless drill motor drag the log 40' at a time and then into your trailer, which Sam has done. Much better then the manual come-along many people have.
It was a great meeting and everyone learned something by sharing their knowledge. Thanks again Sam and to everyone that came.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our friends.
