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November Meeting: Ornaments Galore

Ornaments Galore

At the November member meeting, come and see how to make a variety of ornaments. There will be at least four different ornament types demonstrated. Get a head start on the holiday season and create great gifts by learning turning skills for making holiday ornaments for everyone on your list. Member handout document for the ornament demonstration can be viewed here: Ornament Making Demonstration handout

At-Large Board Position

Interested in participating in Guild activities as an At-Large Board member? If so, contact Todd Carris (secretary@ovwg.org) with your request. Elections will be held at the meeting.

Turning Finials

To complement the demonstrations and add to your turning skills, check out the new class on Turning Finials Turning Finials - 12/2/2024

Annual December Contest - Turn a Bowl

We are excited to announce the theme of this year’s contest, to be held at the December Member Appreciation Luncheon on December 14th. Members are invited to turn a bowl. You may embellish the bowl in any way you see fit and there are no size limitations. 

Member Appreciation Luncheon. (Log into website as a member before registering)

One entry will be awarded "Best in Show" as voted on by all members in attendance. Additionally 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards will be selected in each of the three divisions (Novice, Advanced and Masters) by a panel of judges from our Masters division. 

We encourage everyone to begin working on a bowl to enter into the contest. If you haven't yet turned a bowl please leverage the classes, skill building sessions and open shops to assist you in creating a bowl

for this years competition.

Not a member yet? You can sign up any time of the year. Click here for more info…

Want to learn how to turn a bowl? Check the calendar for an upcoming Bowl Turning class….

October Meeting: Winged Bowl Demonstration with Jamie Donaldson 

National woodturner and instructor, Jamie Donaldson, demonstrated his winged bowl techniques as our special guest at the October monthly meeting. Jamie began with basic bowl turning techniques and progressed into more advanced techniques for different types of bowls including his signature winged bowls.

“I attended my first turning workshop in 1987, and the magic of beauty in found wood was revealed to me. Here was a process that encompassed material, skill, form, logic, artistry, tools, and not deferred gratification. The orgy had begun!” - Jamie Donaldson

View his wood turning gallery at https://www.jamiedonaldsonwoodturner.com/Gallery

See his photo studio techniques for wood turning at https://www.jamiedonaldsonwoodturner.com/Tips-Techniques

Demonstrator Class: Winged Bowls

Following his demonstration at the October monthly meeting, national woodturner Jamie Donaldson guided class participants through the process of making their own Winged Square Turning and Winged Bowl. He covered the process of sharpening the tools as well.

October Meeting: Show and Tell

New Classes - sign up now, classes are filling up….

Turning Finials

Learn the basics of finial design and how to turn fine finials. These are the perfect way to complement a hollow form or holiday ornament. You'll make extensive use of your spindle gouges (but not the skew chisel). 

Register for the class at Turning Finials - 12/2/2024

Intermediate/Advanced Lidded Box

As an intermediate-to-advanced box turning class, you can create a decorative box with OVWG's master of box making! If time allows, we will also explore inlaying the top with a decorative inlay. 

As a prerequisite, you should have turned a minimum of 3-5 boxes (or take the basic box class) and not have taken this class before (see calendar event for details).  We will take a blank through shaping, hollowing, lid fitting and sanding. Tools used will include gouges, scrapers, chucks, and sanding supplies.

Register for the class at Intermediate Box Making - 12/7/2024

Christmas Ornament: Cross Drill with Inlay

As an intermediate class, you can learn to make a Christmas ornament using a cross-drill technique and advanced spindle turning skills.  Form snowflake laminates, inlay them into a cross-drilled hardwood cube, turn a globe with inlay, turn a cap and a finial to complete the ornament.

This class is full, but you can get on the waitlist at Cross drill with inlay ornament - 11/23/2024

Traditional Peppermill

Learn how to make a peppermill from layout, shaping, drilling and assembly. As a a project for beginners and seasoned (pun intended) turners alike. These woodturning projects are beautiful and useful additions to any kitchen and they make great gifts. In this class, KC demonstrates how to bore the proper holes to hold the grinding mechanism and then how to turn the exterior and assemble the mills.

Register for the class at Traditional peppermill - 2/8/2025

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Turn Fest

Bird House Ornaments

As the holiday season approaches, we found ourselves looking for special gifts for special people. For woodturners, small gifts that will have special meaning for others are well within reach. With a little imagination and the use of wood scraps, the class made birdhouse ornaments that relatives and friends will treasure for years to come.

Segmented Vessel Week

It was segmented vessel week at OVWG in August.  Jess Parrett led a two-part hands-on class that provided techniques for creating segments using a table saw sled, gluing segments into rings, and gluing rings on the lathe to create a rough vessel blank to finish at home.  Dan Gingerich, John Peters, and Terry Elfers provided instructional support and shared various techniques in making segmented pieces.

Offset Plate:

Bob Henrickson led the group in turning a different sort of plate by creating a plate using both offsets and tilts to produce a striking effect. The domed center provided a focal point for embellishment. Using a jam chuck, the back side of the platter was shaped into an ‘ogee’ curve. 

Cheese Platter:

KC Kendall provided the ingredients to create a cheese platter with a marble insert.  A tasty tip to share - repurpose a mortise.  A mortise on the top side is used to finish the bottom side of the platter.  If the marble insert in the center is set up to be removable, the mortise can also be used to hold a similar sized bowl for chip dip.

Intermediate Skills: Jam Chucks

In the July Intermediate Skill Building session, techniques using jam chucks to turn and shape round objects were demonstrated. Attendees created a jam chuck to hold a round work piece in place for turning and repositioning as needed to create a desired shape.

Intermediate Skills: Ball-and-Cup

It was time to have fun making a Ball-and-Cup toy in Bev Connelly’s Skill Building Session for Intermediate members.  In a round about way, the session started with making a sphere and then designing a cup to fit the sphere - all from the same workpiece blank.  Techniques included sphere making, hollowing with a Forster bit, caliper measure, and creating pieces that fit inside another. With Bev and Mark’s expert guidance in efficiently turning the workpieces, the biggest challenge was catching the ball in the cup.