A big thank you to all of the club volunteers who helped at the Milwaukee Woodworkers Show held in February. The booth had plenty of shavings from the two demonstration lathes and club members had great conversations with many show attendees. A special thank you to the club members who … Continue reading
We started out 2019 with a demonstration by fellow MAWT member Dave McBride turning a one-piece slimline pen from Corian. Dave shared many tips and hints of his pen turning expertise and well as presenting his great looking pens from wood and Corian. New president Ron Zdroik spoke about the … Continue reading
The Milwaukee Area Woodturners held their 2018 Christmas Party and December meeting on December 3, 2018 in the basement clubroom of the Milwaukee Woodcraft. The members in attendance enjoyed roast beef and turkey in gravy and other dishes that the members contributed. After the meal a short business meeting was … Continue reading
The November Meeting was held in the usual location at the usual time on November 5, 2018. Kevin Seigworth reviewed a number of different types of finishes. Thank you Kevin for a great demonstration. Your insight into a complex topic for which there are many opinions and solutions is very … Continue reading
Demonstration Jason Swanson demonstrated hand chasing threads and turned a small lidded box (with a threaded lid) from arbor vitae. The box will be raffled off at the Potluck and Party in December. The demo was video recorded and will be available through the library. Thanks to Jason for an … Continue reading
Ornament Demo For our September meeting, Dave Hiller from Monticello, WI demonstrated turning ornaments with wooden bodies and finials. Thanks Dave for an excellent demonstration. A selection of pictures from the meeting are shown below. For additional pictures, see the Photo Gallery Page. (NOTE: If you turned in an “Empty … Continue reading
For the August meeting Tony Rozendaal demonstrated making pendants with a shop-built eccentric jig. He also demonstrated the Joyner Jig and explained why he prefers the shop-built jig. Tony also uses these jigs to decorate the tops of lidded boxes. NOTE: the Joyner Jig has been modified since Tony purchased … Continue reading
At the July meeting… Demonstration Ken Thrun gave a nice review of segmenting. Ken was a pattern-maker by trade and this has influenced the way he makes segments. His preferred method is to draw a pattern for each segment size and cut out a curved segment on the bandsaw. By … Continue reading
I decided to make a separate post on the resources for vacuum chucking. Resources: Vacuum Pumps Bob Leonard’s web site – Frugal Vacuum Chucks One example of an inexpensive HVAC type pump – this pump will generate an oil mist. A vacuum generator that runs off compressed air – not … Continue reading
The Milwaukee Area Woodtuners club met on June 4, in the basement of Woodcraft of Milwaukee. Dave Drickhamer announces that we are over half way to the goal of 1000 pens turned in for Turn For Troops! The Topic for the evening was “Reverse Chucking Bowls” to finish turn the … Continue reading
