Inland Northwest Woodturners

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Remainder 2021 into 2022:  Some start times may vary, depending on the program, so please look for emails or read the descriptions below.

We are planning to be in-person as well as ZOOM, whenever appropriate, and all in-person sessions will be held at Ferris High School.  MASKS REQUIRED and no food or beverages in the shop, per current State of WA code and the requirements of our gracious host, Spokane Public Schools, District 81, Ferris High School.  You may bring drink or snacks and leave the main shop room to consume as you please.

December 2: Holiday party! Tool sale and exchange.  Wood raffle and MORE !!!            We will start the meeting at 6:30PM  Pacific Standard Time at the Ferris Woodshop.  This meeting will not be hybrid/zoomed.   

For Auction at the Meeting!:  A very solid and heavy full size Delta lathe that is pulley driven 5 speed and 240 V single phase current.  It is in good condition with a 1" x 8tpi spindle , 2 MT in the spindle and tailstock quill.  Good moving and locking banjo and tool rest.  This machine is suitable for a novice or advanced turner.  Not electronic variable speed, but do you really need more than 5 speeds?  We will help with disassembly and loading onto your vehicle from the shop.     Pick up date to be arranged, not necessarily night of meeting unless you have a pick up and want it then.  Also up for auction: the spherical box from Cindy Drozda's demo in November.   Signed by Cindy and engraved with " 2021, INW demo "!   These will be silent auctions with a bid sheet where you put down your name and your bid above the previous bidder's bid.   You must be present to bid.  No phone or remote bids will be taken.

There will be a tool sale / exchange and you are welcome to bring any of your excess tools or devices to sell or trade.  Woodturning related only please.  We also want to have an open show of your work,  (without critique unless it is requested by the turner).  There will also be a great wood raffle with some dried blanks and some wet cut half rounds.  For novices this may be a great opportunity to pick up turning tools that you didn't want to afford, or for sure that you didn't know you needed !    There will be our annual election of officers and Board at the meeting, and the slate of candidates has been presented at the November meeting and via emails.  We will have a limited quantity of Anchorseal and CA Glue and accelerator for sale at this meeting.  

 

We will always be grateful to Rosemary and Nick, from WoodCraft Spokane, for their kind allowance of our club in WoodCraft Spokane.  Conditions have changed, and as a thank-you for our club member's contribution to the Ferris High School woodworking program we have been offered use of their woodshop for our monthly meetings and our Saturday workshops.   A few decades ago, this club started out in an old, small woodshop at Ferris.  It is remarkable that we will be back in a new and extremely large shop there now!

Ferris is a District 81 high school on the South Hill of Spokane.  It is at the intersection of  Regal and 37th Ave.  An aerial view is shown below.  The parking lot is huge and the walkways are wide and have good handrails.  If you have large or heavy materials to bring to the meetings or workshops, please contact us and we will work that out with you. At this time MASKS ARE REQUIRED inside Ferris buildings.   The address for you to GPS is:  3020 E 37TH AVE , SPOKANE , WA.  (Please note that some of the roads inside the Ferris campus are one way and there are strange little turns in places.)

 

We need volunteers to help one morning a week at Ferris, from 8 AM to 12 PM.  We assist students turning on various size lathes and projects, while encouraging safety. The students are all eager to learn and make something they can take home.

Please consider helping this great program.  We cannot continue this vital role in our community without extra support.  If you cannot do every week, we hope to integrate your commitment with that of others and get the program well covered.

This is a sanctioned activity of the Inland Northwest Woodturners, and liability coverage is provided as a volunteer in a District 81 program, as well as for INW.

All volunteers in District 81 schools need to wear masks in the school and must show proof of vaccination to be initially screened.  A very brief survey is performed and a WA State Patrol screen is also done for any outstanding criminal violations.  These regulations are those of District 81 at this time and we will alert you if there are ongoing revisions.

Please contact:
Ron Valley 509-270-3064, or rvalley@comcast.net

Anchorseal is in Stock: Order from the Dues and Store page.  Pick up will be by private arrangement or can be set up for pick up at a in person at Ferris club meeting.  

Some pictures of the wrong and right way to use a chuck with jaws for mounting with a tenon (compression mode) or a recess (expansion mode). The base of jaws are not manufactured to be flat and in true to each other.  Only the top of the jaws are machined flat and true.

Just search for Inland Northwest Woodturners.

Some of our members have been working hard gathering lots of logs for cutting and distribution.    Stay tuned for the next distribution day!   (Large elm trunks on trailer below).

   

 

 "Found On Ground":  If anyone has, or knows of some good turning trees or logs, contact us!.   Note that it is not allowed to fell any trees as a part of INW.   You may do so on your own but at your own risk and liability.  These rules are in conformity with the club's insurance coverage requirements and generally safe practices.  Please be careful out there!

Our "Lend-a-Lathe" Program is designed primarily for new turners getting started on their woodturning experience. Currently a Rikon Midi  and a Jet Midi are in the program, with an initial 3-month loan period for members.  For questions, applications and supporting materials contact Damon, the program director. You can use the "Contact INW" message page and the request will be forwarded to Damon.

Our video and book loan out library :  This service will resume with our in person meetings as soon as we get situated at Ferris.  Many of our items are DVD's and you will need a DVD player to watch them.  Some will play on computer CD/DVD drives but some will not.  If you still have a DVD player, you should be good to go.  BlueRay players are typically not required.