The West Virginia Woodturners Association provides woodturners in southeastern West Virginia and western Virginia with an opportunity to meet other turners, enhance their skills, and share their skills and interests in woodturning. Send an email to info@wvwoodturners.com to request additional information about the club and its activities.
Are You Safe?
All turners are concerned about safety in the shop, but how safe are you? Take this assessment and it will probably include several topics you may not have considered. Additional articles about woodturner safety are included in the new Safety page.
***May 16 Meeting Canceled***
The May 16 meeting has been canceled because of the corona virus restrictions. In place of his live demonstration, Jerald Carter has prepared a video showing how he designs, lays out, and assembles a segmented bowl. Here's a link to the demonstration.
If any Club members would like to produce a woodturning video, Jerry has offered to organize a video session with his videographer at the Harmony Wood arts in Beckley. Send him an email to start the process.
Video Demonstration
The March meeting was to include a demonstration by Cliff Baker on turning a natural edge bowl from green wood but since the meeting was canceled, he has made a 30 minute video of the process. He discusses many aspects of the project starting with a fresh log and proceeding to a finished bowl. Here's a link to the demonstration.
May Show and Tell
Many Club members are spending time in their shops to create new turnings and are sharing images by email. Images shared through May 9 have been compiled and are displayed here. Show and Tell will be updated as new images are shared.
Bruce Brenneman: Cottonwood bowl from a blank donated to the on-line auction by Mike Cope.
Gary DeGraff: 7 1/2" peach bowl with bark inclusion on rim.
Steve Butler: A work in progress - 19" figured maple with bark inclusions.
Gary DeGraff: 7" natural edge mesquite bowl.
Ron Manning: 10", 3-footed pierced maple bowl with wipe-on polyurethane finish decorated with
three small wood burnt maple leaves and three larger carved maple leaves with pierced veins..
Ron Manning: 4" salt and pepper shakers, lidded toothpick hold, box elder with wipe-on poly.
Jerald Carter: 12" segmented bowl with bamboo segments with cherry and walnut accents.
Jerald Carter: 8" green cherry bowl, cracks filled with sawdust and copper powder.
Gary DeGraff: 14" figured maple bowl, thanks to Steven Butler for this beautiful piece of maple.
Gary DeGraff: Very fragrant 8" natural edge peach bowl, finished with Mike Sorge's Organic Oil (shea nut).
Gary DeGraff: 8" peach bowl with a delicate void, linseed oil finish.
Jerald Carter: 9" maple bowl with an undercut rim.
George Boxwell: 4" myrtle bowl finished with Myland's friction polish.
George Boxwell: 9" walnut bowl finished with Myland's friction polish.
George Boxwell: 5" curly maple bowl finished with walnut oil.
For further information about any WVWA activity, call Bill Sproul at (304) 497-2319.
Supporting Companies
We would like to thank these companies for the support they have provided to the Club during the past year. Check out their websites when you are ready to purchase products that they stock.
Craft Supplies USA is a one-stop shopping site for everything a wood turner might need or want - lathes, tools, accessories, project supplies, materials, and more.
Woodcraft offers a 10% discount at the Roanoke store to WVWA members when they show a current membership card.
TurnTex supplies acrylic casting resin, solutions for stabilizing and hardening punky and spalted wood, and associated equipment.
by WVWA, a chapter of the American Association of Woodturners