[crw-talk] Jimmy Clewes

[John & Donna Griffiths]

Members,

We are getting really close to the weekend Jimmy Clewes will spend with 
us, September 21,22 and 23rd.  We want to have as many members as 
possible attend, as we plan to open the attendance up to members of 
outside clubs soon, but CRW members need to act quickly to get dibs on 
the hands on-spots.

We need to fill the meeting room for the Saturday demonstration and fill 
the hands-on spots too.  Our mate Jimmy does not work cheaply and we 
need people to fill the seats.  Our prices are set to reflect the 
expenses of the club for his time, travel, food and wood; and cover 
unforeseen things that pop up along the way.  The Saturday 9/21 
demonstration is $35.00, lunch included at the Community Center.  The 
Sunday and Monday hands-on classes are $135.00 per day.  As previously 
mentioned the hands-on days will be held a A Line using Duane Hill's and 
club owned lathes.  (If you stop in at A Line please be sure to thank 
them, and thank Duane as well next time you see him.)

Below is Adrian's write-up from the July Newsletter:

Jimmy Clewes is coming to Coulee Region Woodturners LLC on September 21, 
22, and 23. The Board is asking Jimmy to focus his presentation on: 
Saturday - September 21 from 9 to 4 at the Onalaska Community Center - 
cost $35.00 includes lunch Back to Basics Bowl Turning showing Tool and 
process Technique He describes it as “I explain and show you how I turn 
a bowl. I will show you a very simple way of how to get a curve every 
time! Remember it’s hard to refine a curve unless you have a curve in 
the first place! My method of hollowing seems logical to me but very few 
people use it. Again, all will be ex-plained in the demo but I am sure 
you will learn something for even the seasoned bowl turners.” We will be 
asking Jimmy to continue beyond the basics as he has time.

Sunday – September 22 from 9 to 4 at Aline Tools - cost $135.00 includes 
lunch Natural Edged End Grain Vase He describes it as “Another favorite 
of mine. There is just something so therapeutic about wet wood. It’s a 
great way to improve your tooling technique also. This End grain Vase, 
will be turned thin and even so the wood does not split when drying. A 
light can be used when checking thickness. Another ogee curve! And a 
great looker.” Needed – Log of wet Ash, Elm, or Native Timber approx.. 
6”Dia 11”long .

Monday – September 23 from 9 to 4 at Aline Tools – cost $135.00 includes 
lunch Scorched Ash Bowl with Colored Lid He describes it as “A simple 
turned Ash curved bowl with a slight turned overrim, which is then 
scorched and textured to emphasize grain. The lid is colored maple, with 
a simple handle to comple-ment the simple curves of the bowl. I will 
show one of my coloring techniques.” Needed – Ash bowl blank 8” diameter 
2” thick, for the lid Maple 7” diameter 1” thick, for the handle Maple 
2” square 4” long

Required for hands on classes ¼” bowl gouge 3/8” bowl gouge (or 1/2 “) 
Roughing out gouge Parting tool Round nose scraper 3/8” spindle gouge A 
Standard Chuck with a screw chuck and drill size to match For Finishing 
Sanding/abrasives to 400 grit Jar of Sanding sealer or thinned shellac 
(50%) Can of Deft gloss spray lacquer, wax Danish/Deft oil or similar 
For Monday: Alcohol based colors/stains Gas Blow Torch Wood Spare pieces 
of wood in case of Design Changes may be advisable. Jimmygets his wood 
from Craft Supplies USA, Brandon Knopp is the guy to speak to. If you do 
not have the required tools many of us will share our tools just ask. 
The finishingcan be easi-ly shared. John Fisher is looking into 
providing the wet wood for Sundays Hands On Extra projects may be added 
as time permits.

Send your questions to John Griffiths griff at mwt.net. Payments and 
reservations to Jay Johnson our treasurer. Email Jay at 
jayejohnson099 at centurytel.net.

So there you have it, please sign up, we need all our members to step up 
to make this a success.  Just one more regular meeting before the event 
filled weekend.  Thanks

John


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