Form Ed Pfau comes this very appropriate Demo: “Roland Hege and I are going to be doing the Feb Demo …..it will be on sharpening tools. So gather up all the dull tools you have… or the one that you can not sharpen bring them to the meeting… we are going to put an edge on things”.

Hey! That is just what some really need. There are various ways to get a keen edge on the gouges and scrapers we use a lot. Now how do some of the pros do it? This will surely give you the information and skills to be able to have that type of edge which is need for real clean cuts.

Bring them on, and make a few notes so you can remember the ideas. It will be quite useful and likely you will be using these for many many years.

The Demo will be followed by coffee, a Raffle,s and good friends. Join us for a nice evening on Tuesday 6:30 pm, 2/2/10

The Mini-Hat Workshop, Roland Hege to demo!

Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Time: 9 am to approximately 3 pm
Location: Dave & Joan McKeithan’s Shop, Steele Rd
Wood: If you bring any, it must be wet, wet, wet and 9 inches in diameter.

Roland Hege says: “We will be bringing jam chucks for 1″-8 lathe spindle noses. Folks will have to bring lathes, chucks, and bowl gouges. We will try to bring enough blanks. If people want to bring their own blanks, bring them very green (wet, wet, wet) light colored wood 9″ in diameter x  about 5″ longcut like bowl blanks. Also bring a lamp with a flexible neck.”

Party Time, Christmas Parties are already here! This year is has flown past it seems, so come Celebrate with us!

When: Friday December 4, 2009 at 6:pm.

Where: 5813 Stonebridge Lane. This is off Davis Road, which runs North off NC 200 about 1 miles west of Steele Road ( meeting place)  or See directions on our website for the WWT Club Shop. Need more help? Call Moe or Edna Gingerich at 704-843-4455

What: Party/ Open House- bring a few Christmas goodies to share with others. Drinks and coffee provided.
Who: All members, friends, and students of the Waxhaw Woodturners Club. Bring a friend. You’ll be able to visit the WWT Club Shop and see how it is set up. Come one, come all. Have a good time sharing all your stories of broken and ruined masterpieces.
Extra parking on the street, The neighbors are quite easy to get along with so just use your head. Again, if you have any questions call Moe or Edna at 704-843-4455

“‘Thinking out of the box’. This will be a demo to stimulate the mind into taking your turning experience to the next level. Items discussed will be design opportunities, surface embellishments, use of color, and abstract turning. Everyone is encouraged to bring a turned item that is plain or they are not satisfied with. It can be something that cracked, went through the bottom, or anything they would like to discuss. We will have an open discussion and see what develops. I will also combine 2 or 3 turned items into one piece to show the potential uses. I rarely throw anything away.  Sometimes the fun and challenge is trying to find different  uses  and  to stimulate design ideas from it.”

  We welcome John Benton President of our neighbors The Charlotte Woodturning Club, to our meeting. John wants each of us to bring  a turned Christmas Tree Ornament to donate to the Hospice Care Tree. Mr. Benton is colecting these ornaments as a service to pass them on and personally I can bring my support since my mother-in-law that has just spent alomst a year on Hospice Care.

Don’t forget to bring at least one of these along on Tuesday at 6:30 pm. Bring along a friend to introduce them to the best hobby in town.

Raymond Overman is scheduled to be at the Waxhaw Woodturners  for a Demonstration on October 6, 2009.  Regular starting time is 6:30 pm. on the first Tuesday each month. He will demonstarte making a BLUES BOWL as seen in the photos below.

Raymond Overman is an accomplished turner and having been with us last year on 8/5/08 making a Teapot. You can review this Demo athttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7866951420023045620#If you have an inkling to see some new techniques you should seriously consider to be in attendance for this Turner.Let’s be prompt to allow a brief business meeting to be completed so the demonstration can proceed. Raffle to follow.  See you there!
With this you can become a certified Blues person! No Kidding!

The Waxhaw Fall Festival is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday  Oct 10 & 11, 2009 and as usual we will be involved again demonstrating Woodturning. We hope to have many of our members involved again to set up, man the tent and do lots of turning for the crowd.

It is a favorite of the people attending especially the children who receive tops and such and a great way to show off and even sell your products. Display tables available.

If interested in being involved email Dave McKeithan with times and days that you will be available. Saturday morning setup at approx. 8:00 am with the Show opening at 10:00 until 6:00 pm. Sunday we need people from 12:00 to 5:00 pm. Help is needed and you can assist in several hour slots or for the entire event.

Thank You for your Participation

Hang on to your hats. We have a Demonstration that will really be very interesting. In attempting to describe this work Wikipedia has this description and it is copied here what someone wrote:

A rose engine lathe is a specialized kind of ornamental lathe. The headstock rocks back and forth with a rocking motion or along the spindle axis in a pumping motion, controlled by a rubber moving against a rosette or cam-like pattern mounted on the spindle, while the lathe spindle rotates. Rose engine work can make flower patterns, as well as convoluted, symmetrical, multi-lobed organic patterns. The patterns it produces are similar to that of a spirograph, in metal. No other ornamental lathe can produce these “rose” patterns.

Engine work is easier than a high-gloss finish, especially in recessed areas, and is often found inside the casing of expensive watches. It sometimes confused with “jewel finishes,” a much cheaper process of making swirly marks in metal made by attaching an abrasive pad to a power drill. Jewel finishes used to be common on stereo faceplates and automobile interiors.

Roland Hege and  Fred Connell collaborated in the design and production of this one called Rambling Rose. This has the capability of producing the amazing work known for 3 centuries or more.

An Antique Ornamental Rose Engine Lathe and a design possibility (below).

Come and massage your inspirational senses. This can get very very creative and exciting. Just to see this Rambling Rose by Mr. Hege is bound to give you ideas beyond limit.

6:30 pm for a real short meeting and then this Rose Engine Demonstration. Raffle to follow.

See you at the shop of Dave and Joan McKeithan: Directions given in the sidebar under Contact Us and Directions.

Attention All Turners
The August Demonstration and Meeting will be a Workshop on how to effectively use the Skew. This tool is a wonderful tool but has also can be blamed for many frustrating attempts to use it. It will produce a most splendid surface not requiring any sanding. A very slight angle can make the greatest difference and you will show increased skill by being at this great a Workshop.

If you have a mini Lathe that you can bring, please do so as that will increase to number of folks like you that can spend time with the Instructors  and make it a profitable day for all.
…so if you would like to improve your skills and cease fearing the SKEW come on a August 8, 2009 -Saturday for The Skew Workshop. We will  likely meet about 9:00am to 3:00 pm. We’ll have some really good instructors. We will assure you a better result of using the skew by coming being part of learning from the experts. Not only that, you will have some great fun time with everybody else.

A BBQ Lunch will be available for only $5.00. Please email Dave McKeithan at  dmck@windstream.net     if you plan to attend so they can have the hot lunch ordered for you and waiting! Dave and Joan have been such gracious host/hostess to us in the past and we appreciate their assistance and kindness to all of the group.

See you there!