Visitors welcome

Monthly Schedule for 2008

Meetings 7 pm last Wednesday of the MonthWith noted exceptions 

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Contact: info@kingstonwoodturners.com)

Please bring along some of your own turning work for our "show and tell" table. If you want to bring along a failed project for discussion that is good too, or a piece of wood that has presented a challenge. We can all learn from mistakes and challenges. Learning to turn better and smarter is what the Kingston Woodturners is all about.

Every Month we have a Challenge table usually based on what presentations have been done at the previous meeting.

Upcoming meetings:

To be held at the Woodworking shop of Frontenac High School at 1789 Bath Road. Kingston, Ontario. The shop can be located by entering the front doors, proceeding ahead to a T, turn left and it is the third door on the left.

No meetings in July or August. However we will be having some small get togethers to exchange ideas etc. Contact sheet was circulated at the last meeting. For more information contact: info@kingstonwoodturners.com

Wednesday September 24, 2008  Coring bowls. Theory and measurements to help you and prevent making "funnels". Keith Notley will lead us in understanding how to measure for coring. Challenge: Turning from spalted wood. (Note change)

Wednesday October 29, 2008. Tool making. There are a number of tools and tool accessories that can be made for use on a lathe. This workshop will have materials available for members (and guests.) to make their own tools. 
Suggested tools so far: (You can leave further suggestions on our comments page - click here.)
We could use some materials as follows: 12 to 18 inch lengths of 3/4 inch ID steel pipe, Buckshot (as used by shotgun shell fillers), Used "sawsall" blades, 3/4 inch copper pipe - short lengths to make collars for handles. If you have any of these materials and are willing to donate it to our workshop please let John Williams know. (Contact John) Challenge: Turning that shows an economy of material.

Wednesday November 26, 2008. Nelson Freedman will show us how he makes his "winged" bowls..Challenge a home made tool. 

Wednesday December 17, 2008 Ken Waller demo on >>>>>> TBA. Challenge: "winged" bowl.

 

Past Meetings information: What has been done and demonstrated. (2008)

Wednesday June 18, 2008. (Second last Wednesday, This meeting will be held at Claude's shop.Directions to Claude's shop are Hwy 401 and Battersea Road.  North on Battersea 12kms right on (East) Washburn Road 5 kms I am at 1977 Washburn Road. Right on my driveway through the green gates my laneway is 1000 feet long.. it will bring you to the front of my shop and the side of the house. From the 401 to my house it is about 15 minutes. From the other way it is Highway 15 to Washburn Road ( Lower Brewer's Locks) then 3.1 Kms then a left turn  onto my driveway through the green gates my laneway is 1000 feet long.. it will bring you to the front of my shop and the side of the house.Click here to get a G Map) .  Claude Sevigny has developed a technique to deal with spalted wood and will show us how he does his cuts.

Wednesday May 21, 2008. (Second last Wednesday) Thread chasing. By Martin Chapman from Ohio. (This is a "don't miss" event. Martin is a regular instructor at the John C Campbell folk school in N.C. and at Arrowmont.) Challenge: Small vessels as demonstrated by Joe. For some samples of Marty Chapman's work click here.

Thursday April 19, 2008. Joe Werner from Peterborough demonstrated  his small vessels.  (Joe will be bringing some of the tools he makes plus some carving knives (for woodcarving) He has a variety of specialized tools including laser hollowing tools and HSS hollowing scrapers. His tools are of excellent quality - John W. has a Joe Werner crook neck hollowing scraper which has withstood many a catch with no ill effects to the tool.) Challenge: Lidded vessel
Joe Werner will have some tools for sale including: velcro passive spinning sanders both 2 and 3 inch; drive centers for chucks (like a regular drive center but fits in a chuck); heavy tool handles made of steel (very useful for reducing vibration and important for avoiding vibration injury); miscelaneous other tools as mentioned above.

Wednesday March 26, 2008. Herb Salter has kindly agreed to demonstrate making a box - lidded vessel. (This will be an excellent introduction to the thread chasing demonstration planned for out May meeting.)  (Dick Bird from Belleville was to tell us about collecting wood in Ontario North. Slide presentation. Dick will be unable to make it. We look forward to hearing from him at a later date).Challenge: A vase.

Wednesday February 27, 2008. Keith Notley has agreed to do a demo on how he does his vases. Challenge: An off center turning.

Wednesday January 30, 2008. Jim Dedrick will show us how cabriole legs are turned. (Off center turning has many other applications too. An excellent topic for all you aspiring furniture makers or Escoulen type off center turners.) Challenge: Lidded boxes. Agenda for Jan meeting

For archived meetings click here.

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