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Rochester Woodcarvers
January - February 2006 Newsletter
Meetings: 9am - 11am on the 3rd Saturday of each month (Sept - April)
May - the meeting is a picnic - look for details below
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 9th Street and 7th Avenue SE, Rochester, MN
It was the coldest day of this winter but we still had over 50 members in attendance at the February meeting which was the 30th anniversary of the founding of your Rochester Woodcarvers club. Two members said they were also at the first club meeting in 1976 and one of them also reached her 90th birthday this February!
The show tables are now over 75% filled for the upcoming carving show so if you are looking for a table contact Randy Kinnick or myself soon as we would like to fill up the building on both days. We will need more raffle items, volunteers to work helping set up and tear down plus work at the raffle and blank sales areas so please give a hand if possible.
The potluck will again be held so remember to bring some food items to share with the other carvers as we certainly do not want to have hungry carvers & workers at the show that also have sharp knives or gouges in their tool boxes at their tables!! We will not be having the catered meal on Saturday evening so if you want to go out to eat with other carvers you will need to arrange this on your own.
Continue to promote the carving show by putting out posters on bulletin boards you have access to & hand out the yellow promotion strips to people you meet. An easy & no cost promotion for members connected to the internet is to contact people in your email address book that live in this area to tell them about the show. If each person is able to just get a couple more people or family to come it can add up to many more people at the show. I encourage members, if possible, even if you are not planning to have a table, to take in the show to see all the wonderful artwork on display
Your club is also in need of volunteers to fill board positions of Secretary and Newsletter in the coming year. As is true for many organizations, the pay is low but the benefit to the club can be great!
It is still several months away but we need to have more members spend a few hours at the Olmsted County Woodcarvers fair display booth area the first week of August. The carving show and the fair are both fantastic ways to promote the Rochester Woodcarvers to people in this area and a chance to make people aware of the club and potential new members that might have an interest in carving. Lyle Bacon has locked glass display cases to put your carvings so the booth needs more carvings to show off member's talents & display the variety of carvings that you do. If you can spend a couple of hours one night at the fair it is a good chance to talk to people that just stop by to look at what you are doing.
President
Wayne Hendrickson
2005 - 2006 Meeting Dates and Program Topics:
- September 17 - Intarsia Art by Ivan Amman
- October 15 - Slim's Woodshed and Museum by Slim Maroushek
- November 19 - Woodcarving video and book production by Ev Ellenwood
- December 17 - Gary Froiland/family and the Christmas Party
- January 21 - Turning Wood by Lyle Solem
- February 18 February 18 - Carving Fishing Lures by Blair Harrington
- March 18 - Woodcarving in Norway by Tom Severson
- March 25-26 - 30th Annual Woodcarver's Show - 4H Building, Olmsted County Fairgrounds
- April 15 - Auction and Interest Stations
- May 20 - Spring Picnic - Oxbow County Park
5731 County Rd 105 NW
Byron, MN 55920
(507) 775-2451
11:00am to 1:00pm, Potluck lunch at noon
Reports
Treasury Report - Chuck Stupca
- March Show has largest expenses for club
- Insurance
- Community Ed Check - Should be receiving soon
- 2006-2007 Dues - Check if you owe
- New Carving Magazine
- Wild Fowl - Hand Applied Finish
- Resin Models donated from George Jones's Collection
- Bird carving materials donated from George Jones's Collection
- Art books from George Jones's Collection - should we include in library?
- Ev brought some donated books for library
- Ev donated his Sharpening DVD to Library
- Carve In - Bev - New Class begins January 31
- Email - notify Tom if your email has changed
- Please double check your email addresses
Randy Kinnick (originally from Indianapolis, IN) & Chuck Stupca (originally from Virginia, MN)
Announcements / Events
Show 2005
- 4-H Building at Fairgrounds - March 25-26 from 10-4 both days
- Flyers and Bookmarks available to handout
- Sign up sheets for tables, raffle items, blanks
Held 4th Thursday of the Month at the Rochester Art Center at 7pm
- January 26th - Non-Electronic Marketing
- February 28th - Documentation of Art (photos)
- March 28th - Electronic and Digital Marketing
Slim wondering if anyone would be interested in teaching a bird class (per Ev)
Owatonna Senior Center - Open Carving on Mondays from 1-3
Rochester Senior Center - Open Carving on Tuesdays from 8:30 to 11:30 in the Activities Room
New Badge Blanks for New Members Available
Wood Turning Club: Meets Last Thursday of Month - Contact Lyle Solem
Show and Tell - January 21, 2006
- Randy Kinnick - Acanthus Spoon in Butternut
- Sharon Roble - Tree Troll Walking Stick
- Bob Nowicki - Santa and Boy
- Tom Pike - Saint Lucia
- Harlen Fiek - Lamp & Two Walking Sticks (Diamond Willow)
- Gary Kolb - Albino Deer
Started turning because he wanted to make legs for furniture
Lathes
Old ones used a stick and foot pedal mechanism
New ones are power driven
Balance important - slow initially
Can increase rpms as object becomes more balanced
If object set in sideways - dangerous - balance and not symmetrical
Air Quality Important
Air Circulation System
Mask
Vacuum System
Varnish Recipe
Polyurethane varnish - 1/3
Tongue Oil - 1/3
Sanding Sealer - 1/3
Video on Turning a Lampshade was shown
Wood Turning Club meets Last Thursday of Month - Contact Lyle
February 18, 2006 Meeting Summary
Reports
Treasury Report - Chuck Stupca
- 4-H Building Costs are being paid
- Insurance Due
- Chuck has Badge Kits if any new members need one
- $400 Donation to church in Spring
- Sharpening DVD (donated by Ev)
- Some books from George Jones Collection
- Please check Overdue Book List to see if you have anything that needs to be returned
- Creating New Membership List
- 4-H Building at Fairgrounds - March 25-26 from 10-4 both days
- Flyers and Bookmarks available to handout
- Sign up sheets for tables, raffle items, blanks
- Pot Luck for lunch
- No Dinner on Saturday Evening
- Be sure to let your friends know and any interested parties
- Need more helpers to man booth and hand out information
- Please work time into your schedule
- Need more individuals to display their wonderful carvings
- Need Secretary and Newsletter Editor
- Happy Anniversary - Rochester Woodcarver's Club - 30th Anniversary (February 1976)
- Happy Birthday Ione! (Also a BIG write-up in the newspaper on her carving!!!!!!!!!!!)
- Rochester Art Center - Woodturning Exhibit - Admission if free on Thursdays
- Frieda Carter - broke her hip. Hope she is feeling better soon!!
- Marnie Whillock - Carving Magazine - Send your prayers her way
- Trent Busch - If you would like a little extra cash and would like to help Trent carve his little Bird Earrings - talk to Trent
- John Gordon - Epoxy Molding/Paper Mace' for extras for your carving (WI taxidermy shop) - May come and sell at Show
Jennifer Schroeder (originally from Rochester, MN)
Show-n-Tell
- Steve Murray - Wizard on a Walking Stick
- Bob Nowicki - Santa w/ Boy "Good Boys are Sleeping" and described his new seat - "Chair of Knowledge"
- John Gordon - Chickadee ornament
- Glenn Amundsen - "Hound Dog" Relief Carving and "Pieta" Relief Carving (donated for raffle - Thank You!)
- Bill Kittley - Dolphin
- Trent Busch - Maple Leaves (Cherry) and will bring newly finished Geese Intarsia Carving to Show
- Laverne Schettl - Mallard
- Bruce Murray - Scrimshaw of Edmund Fitzgerald on tooth
Company: "No Box Muskie Lures"
Started Fishing and needed to buy lures - decided he could make them instead
Muskie Hunters - crank, chop, troll
Market - Hunters, Collectors, Art Collectors
Will be showing in Galleries this year
17 step process to make things that you can leave outdoors
Uses Aromatic Red Cedar - hard to get
Plain down wood to desired thickness
Decide best way to lay pattern on wood (likes densest wood for tails)
Shaping - Carving - Power carve - Power sand (120 grit final sand)
Drill Holes for lead
Fill holes with lead
Install magnets if desired
Two part epoxy - add sawdust to epoxy
Similar to the wood and doesn't stick to sand paper
Thin epoxy with xylene and paint each lure with think solution
Soaks in 1/16" to 1/8", sometimes just on surface
Waterproofing step
You can use other woods too if you epoxy
Goal is to make indestructible
Sand
Primer Bonding - White matte finish (takes ~3 coats to cover epoxy)
XIM Primer from Hirshfields
Will stick to anything
Urethane Primer
Painting - Airbrush
Acrylics - Tamia (sp?) good
Base Coat first
If thin with Alcohol will dry faster
Lightest color (skin color) first
Uses mesh to help create scale appearance
Sealer Coat
Clear Coat
Target Coatings - Water Based (non-toxic), an industrial coating
Clearing Holes for Hardware and attach
Stamina Components for Hook Eyes
Dip Noses w/ Plasti-Dip (doesn't change action)
Small Lure - 3 coats
Big Lure - 4-5 coats
Install Hooks
Website:
http://www.noboxlures.com/