A Recent Turning Project

Posted by Tom Cadwalader

Recently I was requested to come up with a coaster caddy for all of the bar coasters we pick up in our travels and brew pup stops.  Below is one design I did utilizing the lathe and my router table.
It is about 4 1/2 " in diameter by 2 1/4 " tall.  The wood is maple with a Watco Danish oil finish, that was buffed with Tripoli and then waxed after the danish oil dried.

A natural Edge Bowl

At our club's Aril meeting Jim Rutledge demo-ed turning a natural edge bowl.  Below is a link to a video of that demonstration.

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G S Sanding

At a previous meeting Gary Smith was showing some of his recent work and he was asked what equipment he used to sand his projects.  At he April meeting Gary brought in another intricate project and brought along his preferred tools for power sanding.  This is a recording of Gary show his  power sanding tools.

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New Video

Turners, I have just uploaded a video demonstration.  It is Steve Promo demonstrating turning a carving mallet for the students of the woodworking class at the LaSalle High School, our new home.
This is a revised version of this video.
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New Location

At our November meeting the Hiawatha Woodturners will be meeting in our new home.  We have partnered with St. Ignace Lasalle High School and will have our equipment and meetings in the wood or metal shop at the school.  A few members got together yesterday ( Tuesday) and moved our gear to the new location.  Today Steve Promo and Tom Cadwalader were at the school doing three demonstrations for the wood shop classes.
Steve did a class room chalk talk with each group and then they all came into the shop for a woodturning demo by Steve.

Steve turned a mallet for the first group and then did a Box Elder platter for the other two groups.  I (Tom) ran the video system for the sessions.  I would have to say it's a win/win for both the school and the club.  Some stills from this afternoon.

Club News

Recently I (Tom Cadwalader) was asked to provide some turnings for a display at the Cheboygan Area Public Library.  I was happy to oblige.  The display was there for the month of September and garnered a lot of attention I was told.  Picture of the display is below.  There is a little bit of everything I make in the display.

Our next meeting is this Saturday at the the Moran Maintenance building.  We start at 9:30 am.  This month Steve Promo will be demo-ing how to make a mallet.  Hope to see you there.

Got Wood ?

Our home is on the market and I need to trim down my supply of turning stock.
I have a full pickup load outside under tarps, mostly maple, box elder, some beech, aspen, cherry. and White birch.  Free for the taking.  Several crotches. You just need to pick it up.
Inside I have dry and drying blanks.  Most are 6 -10 bowl blanks,  some is local some from Florida, like Bald Cypress.  Some Mesquite.  No reasonable offer refused.  I have included some pictures of the wood thats inside my shop.

All of the boxes below have blanks inside them