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AAW Symposium Continuedfrom Previous Page.David then showed us a glassapple that he said a friend of hismanufactures. It had a small holegoing through each side. He saidhe would show us how to insert awooden arrow through that hole.Figure 17 shows the finished project.a CD-ROM that supposedly has agreat deal of information on it. Idon’t think either of us has had anopportunity to give it a look see.There were brief talks by JohnLea and Jon Sauer and then SteveWhite as the president of the OrnamentalTurners International tookover for the rest of the evening. Hereare some of the photos that we tookduring the meeting.Figure 20. Another of themany pieces shown during themeeting.Figure 17. David Springettsarrow piercing a glass apple.To do this project, David tookan arrow that was already made upthat the tip would not enter the hole.He brought a cup of water to a boiland stuck the tip of the arrow in itfor a bit and then squeezed the tipuntil it was down to the thicknessof the shaft. He inserted the arrowthrough the two holes in the glassapple. As the arrow tip cooled, itexpanded back to its original shapeand could no longer be removedfrom the apple.It was an interesting set ofdemonstrations and took care ofFriday afternoon.Mildred and I came togetheragain and had dinner at the littlediner on the ground floor. It was nota fantastic dinner, but was much lessexpensive that a dinner at the hotelwould have been. We then spentsome time in the Instant Gallery andthen attended the Ornamental TurnersInternational meeting. Mildredjoined for the special price and gotFigure 18. Steve White,president of OrnamentalTurners International, duringthe introduction of the meeting.Figure 19. One of a number ofpieces shown that were done bySteve Whites partner. This piecewas done on several machines asI understood the description.Figure 21. New frame tohold a pen when checking apattern. I believe this is beingmanufactured by Steve White’scompany.Figure 22. This photo shows abottle stopper being decoratedon Steve White’s Rose EngineLathe.Page 28 More Woodturning August 2009
Michael WernerMichael Werner is a localwoodturner and artist, who is a fulltime teacher in the shop area of alocal school. Several years ago, Itaught a class on the skew chisel andMichael attended the class. The nextmonth he brought many skew turnedpieces to the club meeting. He hasmoved forward significantly sincethat time. One of his specialties isOff-Center/Multi-Center turnings.He said that recently he has returnedto doing some spindle work and thatwas the class I attended. The demowas called Crisp It Up! or BetterDetailed Turnings. Figure 23 showsMichael ready to turn.Figure 23. Michael Werner. Inthe background is a drawing ofthe piece that he was going toturn during the demonstration.Figure 24. Top part of a piecelike Michael turned.This piece was similar to thepiece that Michael turned duringthe demonstration. I had to leavebefore the demonstration was overso that I didn’t get a final shot of thepiece he was demonstrating. Here isthe bottom portion of the illustratedpiece:Figure 25. Bottom portion of thesample piece that Michael wasturning.Michael has become a verygood demonstrator in the some 10years that I’ve know him.Michael MochoOn Sunday morning, I sat inon Michael Mocho’s demonstrationof “How to Hot Rod Your Lathe.”Michael is a full time turner in theAlbuquerque area and does a greatdeal of different things.In this demonstration, he talksabout ways to customize and improvethe performance of your lathewith simple modifications, accessories,and innovative attachments thatwill greatly expand your creativecapabilities and help you work withmaximum efficiency and enjoyment.Apparently, Michael makes a goodmany of his tools and accessories. Iwas especially impressed with hismobile tool stand that is shown inFigure 26.Figure 26. Michael Mocho’smobile tool stand, which haslarge wheels to make it easy tomove around.Figure 27. Some of MichaelMocho’s work on display duringthe demonstration.[Continued on Page 30]More Woodturning August 2009 Page 29
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