The club’s work will be on exhibit at the Huntington Library in September.  It will also show its work at the Northport Library in November.  If you would like to have your work on display please give it to Carl Saenger at the October meeting.  All work is secured in locked glass cabinets.

Symposiums

  The Totally Turning Symposium will be held at Sage College Campus, Albany, NY on October 25-26.  You can get a list of participants and directions by visiting www.adirondackwoodturners.org

  The Whole Earth Turning Symposium will be held at the Ft. Washington Exhibition Center, PA on October 30-31.  You can get all the details by visiting www.woodworksevents.com

Show and Tell

                   Alan Russo turned a large ambrosia maple bowl with the help of Joel Rakower and Carl Saenger.

                  Norm Abrams turned four black walnut bowls.  He finished with orange shellac.  He also showed photos of turned finials for a bed he made.

                  Joel Rakower did a platter from wood from Hawaii; a textured cherry hollow form, a masur birch hollow, a piece with biscuits to join a split, and a mahogany and maple piece with three carved dogs holding the bowl  was inspired by an old journal he found.

Bill Holland did a very large white  oak bowl using ammonia to dye it and  carved  painted leaves to add to its decoration.

Jim Diamond did two segmented hollow vases one with 302 pieces in each.

Bob Brady showed a piece he turned 15 years ago.  He also displayed a variety of bowls, plates, and hollows made from beach, maple, walnut, oak and cherry.

Pete Schultheies inspired by Bob Brady made two open segmented bowls along with two jigs.  He also made a salt and pepper set.

Marty Mandelbaum brought two walnut bowls, a carved footed bowl, oil lamps, burl bowl and a deep hollowed vase.

Martin Rost did a walnut platter, sycamore bowl, dogwood bowl and hue vase.

Ken Deaner showed three poplar bowls carved textured, pierced and colored.

Lenny Mulqueen completed his demo segmented piece with stained glass bottom, and stainless steel feet.  He also did a black walnut hollow and a sassafras bowl with carved leaves.

This was a great Show and Tell.  Keep up the good work

East Islip Library Exhibition

By Martin Rost

                  I visited the East Islip Library to see the display arranged by Carl Saenger and Charlie Panzner.  It is a wonderful display, and the location is great, right inside the entrance of the library.  Eight display cases stacked two high were filled with the works from 10 members.  There were a total of 41 pieces.  Although about half were bowls there was a good representation of other forms and techniques.  There were boxes, vases, platters, dishes and hollow forms.  There were segmented pieces and an example of multi-center turning.  There were pieces with surface enhancements, texturing, burning, carving and coloring.  Though definitely not all-inclusive, the display showcased various possibilities when it comes to turning.  Thank you to all the members who participated.

My only disappointment was in the number of people contributing.  Just to give an idea of the space we had available, there were 8 display cases, each  4 feet wide, 1 foot deep and 2 feet high. As it was, Charlie and Carl contributed about half the pieces to ensure that the cases did not look empty.

Segmented Turning

Martin Rost

                  Bob Brady gave an excellent demonstration on open segmented turning at the last meeting.  For those who might want to pursue this further here are some web sites that have information on segmented turning.  I do not know if they also have info on open segmented turning, but I think the sites are useful.  The sites have software, jigs, plans and examples of segmented turnings.
 

 www.woodturnerpro.com
www.verifiedsoftware.com/goodturns
www.turnedwood.com

Jim Diamond’s Demonstration

                  Jim Diamond  never fails to capture his audience when he demonstrates.  This time Jim showed the members how to turn a bowl with a wide rim.  Jim showed us how to use a faceplate with a glue block to hold the blank as well as a screw chuck.  He demonstrated the proper use of a bowl gauge and scraper.  Jim concluded by demonstrating his home made bottom fixtures to complete the project without marring the work.

Jim is a fine turner who decorates and textures his work adding a unique quality that is a hallmark of his creative ability.

Thanks for a fine job.