April 2018Greetings!

Allotting Timber "I recently helped a man in Northfield,Minnesota, disperse a wood stash heinherited and stored for more than twentyyears. My suggestion was to contact localschools, and as a result he did well inconnecting with his community. The woodwill be distributed to turners in Northfield,

including the Art Guild Gallery and CarltonCollege. Additionally, I recommend thislink to a short video made by a CarletonCollege student, Allotting Timber." ~

Students Partake in WoodsChallenge A handful of students from the SpinMasters, awoodturning club from Chester Lewis AcademicLearning Center, Wichita, Kansas, spent springbreak with other area students at "KC Made", acompetition for woodworking students heldduring the Kansas City Home Show. Eachstudent could enter up to two items. Work wasjudged on workmanship, design, materialsused, documentation, knowledge of project, anddegree of difficulty. There were cash prizes forthe top winners and awards for the divisionwinners. Three of the SpinMasters broughthome ribbons in their divisions. For their weedpots, Tyler Martin placed second and Lacie

Bratton placed third, while Dar White placedthird in his division for his rifle pen. "Thestudents were so excited to be part of thecompetition," said Janet Sutter, who started the

College student, Allotting Timber." ~Anonymous Madrone Bowl Time-Lapse by Alex Olson(TRT 2:38)

Chapter Holds FirstBasic WoodturningWorkshop Earlier this year, the Diamond StateWood Turners (DSWT), Jacksonville,Arkansas, held its first basic woodturningworkshop. Chapter Secretary BrendaClarkorganized theclass afterreading anarticle by AlMiotke aboutthe successfulprogramoffered by theChicagoWoodturners.Brendacontacted Alwho suppliedhis advice and provided her a copy of thesyllabus. Thomas Dunn, long-time DSWT

chapter member and experiencedwoodturning instructor at the ArkansasCraft School, agreed to be the leadinstructor. Five other chapter membersvolunteered to be student mentors, andlathes were borrowed from a variety ofsources.

competition," said Janet Sutter, who started theSpinMasters in 2016 with an AAW EducationalOpportunity Grant (EOG). "Not only did thestudents get a chance to compete with studentsfrom other schools, they learned from talking tothe judges and spending time with people whoare currently in the industry. It was a valuableexperience."

Seven Scouts Make SevenPens In February, AAW member, Michael Roper,Evergreen, Colorado, taught Girl Scouts to turnpens so they could earn their Woodworkingbadges. Most of the Scouts had never usedpower tools and were nervous about their visitto the woodworking space. Michael's daughter,Rose, who has been turning since she wasabout six, and his friend, Josh, were teacherassistants. In just two hours, seven girlssuccessfully crafted seven pens. Michael saysthe most rewarding part of the session wasseeing the Scouts transition from young girlswho were afraid of machinery to confident newturners who were making plans for their nextwoodturning projects.

WMTV15: New GenerationTakes a Turn at an Age-OldCraft For five years, the Badger Woodturners,Madison, Wisconsin, have partnered withWest High School to teach students how toturn wood on a lathe. "This is a piece of atree with bark still on it and I'm going to makea bowl. I think that's really cool," said WestHigh School student, Lily Sandholm. Eachday Badger Woodturning members volunteerup to six hours of their time to work with theschool's four classes. In a six-week programdedicated to woodturning, students learn thebasics of rounding and tapering squarewood. "It's programs like this that really teachkids to think. To problem solve. That's whatwoodturning is all about," said BadgerWoodturner Dave Hiller. Hiller said they're

teaching students to take a vision in theirhead and turn it into a final product. Theschool's woodshop teacher Jim VanFossensaid the class has seen huge success. In2018 more than 300 students signed up forthe woodshop class. The class now has awaiting list to join at the entry level.VanFossen also said he has had twostudents take their education in thewoodturning class and turn it into a career.

IRON COUNTY TODAY: AYouthful Woodcrafter FindsHis NicheWill Arcularius of Enoch, Utah, and BrentArnold are an unlikely set of woodcrafters.More than 50 years of age separate the two--one is retired and the other is home-schooled.Arcularius is President of the Southern UtahWoodturners Club and Arnold is intocomputer-aided drafting, playing the cello, andcreating woodturning and technique videos onhis own YouTube page. They do have onething in common. Both share a passion forfine wood, a flair for turning old, discardedpieces into artful forms, and a talent inwoodturning. Arnold, age 16, and theyoungest member of the local woodturnersclub, began to fashion small wooden

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The workshop was announced at theNovember meeting and the six slots werefilled before the meeting was over. Theclass included two full days ofdemonstrations and hands-on activities -spindle-turning, beads and coves, andbasic bowl-turning techniques. Studentsranged in age from 15 to 60 years old,and each left with a beginner's tip book.DSWT now has a waiting list of 6-8 for itsMay workshop and plans are underwayfor a Fall workshop on more advancedbowl- turning, platters, and hollowing.

Words from a New Turner "I am new to woodturning. I began a few monthsago as a new hobby in my retirement years. Ijust wanted to share with you that joining AAWhas been one of the best decisions that I havemade. The resources that you provide newturners are tremendous. There is so much tolearn and so many skills to master, that havingAAW to help me along the way is greatlyappreciated. Hopefully I can give back as Iprogress in this fine craft of woodturning." ~ EdR., Fort Collins, Colorado

woodturning class and turn it into a career."You go to an English class and you say 'Oh, Iwrote a paper,' but in this class you comehome and say, 'Oh look, I made this bowl.This is what I did,'" said Sandholm.

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club, began to fashion small woodensculptures with a basic set of carving toolsand a pocketknife his mom purchased for himwhen he was 8 years old. Carving became akeen interest for Arnold when he joined theUtah Valley Woodcarvers group in Orem andmet silver-haired seniors who enjoyed it as afavorite pastime. Read more.

Newton's Law of MotionIn March, Greg Potter, Syracuse, NewYork, a member of the Central New YorkWoodturners, engaged elementary schoolchildren and their parents at the SyracuseLatin School's STEAM* night withexamples of how segmented bowls aremade. Additionally, he explained how mathis needed to calculate the cuts andultimately create a bowl. The kids' favorite

part of the evening was watching Newton'sFirst Law of Motion in action with tops. Thelaw states that an object in motion tends tostay in motion (potential kinetic energy)until acted upon by another force (frictionand gravity). Some of the kids also enjoyedcollecting wood chips. *STEAM is anabbreviation for Science, Technology,Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics, aneducation movement that moves awayfrom content areas and emphasizestechnology to connect the subjects.

Turning from Wisconsin toKenyaIn December, a team led by Kelly Bresnahanand Ric Van Sistine of Bay Lake Woodturners,Green Bay, Wisconsin, traveled to Kenya tointroduce woodturning at the Health EducationAfrica Resource Team (HEART) WomenEquality Empowerment Project (WEEP)resource centers. WEEP provides Kenyanwomen health care, nutrition, shelter, education,protection, and psychosocial support. During an18-month program, the women are taught skillsand business management to help thembecome self-sufficient, support their children,and break the cycle of poverty. New skillstraining was needed at the center and that'swhere woodturning came in!

HEART Woodturning Skills Training by MatthewVan Sistine (TRT 5:29)

AAW Member ToolboxAre you using of all the resources availablethrough the AAW? Click here to view asummary of member benefits in the AAWToolbox.

American WoodturnerCheck out the April 2018 issue of AmericanWoodturner, which includes "Just Wing It!" aneasy to make project by Richard Dlugo, aswell as numerous other compelling featurearticles.Click here.

Get Tools. Give Tools.The AAW Tool Bank grant program offerswoodturning tools to selected chapters, educators,nonprofit schools, and organizations for teachingthe art and craft of woodturning to youth and under-represented groups. Awards are made on aquarterly basis. Recently, Chad Dawson and Mike Malecki, both ofCentral New York Woodturners, were recipients oftool bank awards. Chad requested two bowlgouges for a program at the Lafayette Big PictureAlternative High School, Lafayette, New York. Mikerequested two full sets of tools for students in the Red Creek School Technology Program, RedCreek, New York. This is one example of the many resources available to AAW chapters. Quarterly Tool Bankapplications are due on April 30, 2018. Learn more and/or apply. Easy Wood Tools recently donated a full set of new tools to the program. You can too! If you've got tools you don't use, put them aside and bring them with you to theAAW Symposium. Donations will be accepted at the Symposium registration desk. If you can'tattend the symposium you can still contribute. Simply send your tool donations to the AAW officeat 222 Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul, MN 55102.

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Get ready for Portland!Instant Gallery Make, bring along, and display up to three pieces of turned work in the Instant Gallery, which willfeature more than 1,000 works in wood by woodturners of all skill levels who are attending thesymposium.

Silent Auction Create, bring along, and donate a turned work to be sold in AAW's silent benefit auction. Fundsraised will be used by the AAW to continue to develop and deliver woodturning education andservice programs for our member community.

Beads of CourageMake, bring along, and donate a handmade lidded box (guidelines) to hold the beads of a childcoping with serious illness throughBeads of Courage.

Empty BowlsTurn, bring along, and donate abowl of any size (or other turneditem) to the AAW's Empty Bowlsinitiative. 100% of the 2018proceeds will benefit Meals onWheels People, of Portland, OR,which enriches the lives of seniors,and assists them in maintainingindependence, by providingnutritious food, humanconnections, and social support.They also use their expertise andcapacity to serve other nutritionallyat-risk populations.

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