So, who is this guy, and more importantly, what does he mean to do to our woodworking association? I'll try to answer these questions one at a time.

I'll be turning 61 sooner than I'd like. I've been very happily married to my high school sweet-heart for 41 years. We have two adult children and twin grandsons who constantly amaze me. I spent 24 years in the US Navy, retiring in 1992 as a Lieutenant. For the last 20 years I have been working for the United States Antarctic Program in one capacity or another from field operations to management support.

My interest in woodworking, particularly woodturning, reaches back for many years. The Navy kept us on the move, and I was never able to put together much of a shop, or pursue the training that I sorely needed. When I retired from the Navy, and we settled down in Anaheim, I was able to finally get some schoolin' and

start accumulating tools (after all, that's what it's all about...isn't it). I took a couple of classes from Jim Driskell and found a group of woodturners who met at the Woodworkers Club in Santa Ana. That's where I first heard about the Orange County Woodworkers Association. I joined the OCWA and over the years I've been active in several positions including refreshments, membership, Secre-tary, President of the Woodturners and now I've been elected as President of the OCWA.

Enough about me. What do I see as goals for the OCWA? First and foremost, my view of the Asso-ciation is that there aren't any pressing problems that require drastic action. For this, we all have the past President, James Santhon and the Board of Directors to thank. They have ably led this group for the last several years and we enter the new decade as a financially stable, vibrant group who are doing great things for the community. So here goes:

Goal 1: Ensure that we have an entertaining and relevant program. I'm meeting frequently with our Vice President, Drew Schellenbarger, to assist him in planning for interesting monthly programs, and maybe an activity or two. I'm also looking for opportunities to schedule some hands-on workshops and field trips.

Goal 2: Look for revenue sources. Although we are financially solvent, there isn't any money for new initiatives or to seriously expand what we are already doing. I'm open to any idea that will give us the resources to conduct the programs that we feel are impor-tant. I promise you that the Board of Directors will consider each idea and implement what

we are able. Some of my thoughts are: (1) Increase OCWA membership; (2) Advertis-ing and/or sponsorships; (3) Look for grants.

Now, I want to hear from you. What do you want for this organization? What are your ideas? You can contact me directly, my phone number and email address are listed elsewhere in this issue of the newsletter. I'm also going to have a small survey at the next meeting to gather your ideas...and hopefully a volunteer or two.

My wishes for a Happy and Bountiful New Year.

Sawdust & Sawdust & Sawdust & Shavings Shavings Shavings Volume 27 Issue 1 January 2010

President’s Message Craig Chambers

IN THIS ISSUE

President’s Message 1

Woodworker’s Sawdust 2

Woodturner Shavings 3

Show and Tell 4

Toy Program 5

Freedom Pens 6

Happy New Year 7

Meeting Dates 8

Welcome to 2010 OC Woodworkers. As your new Vice President, I’d like to bring more wood basics and not so basics back to the speaker series. You should see some very interesting topics in the coming months.

We start January off with Lon Schleining. Lon is an accomplished woodworker here in the Southland. He is best known for his residential, marine and commercial stair

building expertise, but also has had time for writing a few books. His book on workbenches is a must. He also has had 51 articles pub-lished in Fine Woodworking and 10 articles published in Fine Home-building. His newer books are on steam bending and this is what he’s going to be demonstrating for us on Thursday evening, January 7th. You don’t want to miss it.

Also on tap for the upcoming meetings are several local wood-workers that are going to share their woodworking skills. One will show the difficult seat to leg joints a la Sam Maloof. Another will show interesting ways to make plywood furniture.

And I have a request . . . as you know, I was the refreshment chair this past year and needless to say, I now need a replacement. Could someone please step forward for this important duty starting this Thursday? Call me if you have any questions. Thanks again, and I am looking forward to a great 2010.

Woodworker Sawdust Drew Schellenbarger

Board of Directors

President Craig Chambers (714) 761-9245 chamcj@pacbell.net

Treasurer Ralph Crowther (949) 588-2922

Vice President Drew Schellenbarger (714) 450-2365

Secretary Ed Straub (714) 536-4568

Woodturners President Victor Cohn (562) 252-2580

Public Affairs Chairman/Newsletter Don Scott (714) 533-7883

Director at Large Bill Rogers 714) 637-2912

2nd Director at Large Ralph Alder (714) 544-3328

Past President James Santhon (949) 481-2821

Committees

Badges Lew Musgrave (714) 532-4778

Toy Program Bill Rogers 714) 637-2912

Library Ollie Vaughan (949) 278-5939

Nominations & Elections Bill Rogers (714) 637-2912

Refreshments Pam Lane (714) 774-4497

Welcome /Membership Art Dunbar (949) 830-3569

Mentor Chairman David Wade (714) 771-3248

Resources George Plummer (714) 540-4527

OC Fair Ed Straub (714) 536-4568

Webmaster Larry Marley (949) 412-6710

Shavings President’s Message Vic Cohn

"My Cup Runneth Over" is a quote from the Bible (Psalms 23:5) and means "I have more than enough for my needs" What a strange way to start the month’s letter to our members. I had the above thought as my first year as your President of the OCwoodturners comes to an end. Better yet, why not get a new cup for my coming second year as your president. What a clever way to explain how I came up with the January 21, 2010 monthly challenge item. After a rather amazing demo by Cerritos College wood teacher, Jim Driskell at our December meeting, it was hard to imagine that creating a ‘feature ring’ out of segmented pieces would get many entries in the challenge for the coming month. So, on the spur of the moment, and after convincing past president Dick Foreman that I hadn’t lost my marbles, we came up with the idea for this months challenge. A cup, with or without a handle, as simple or as elaborate as you can imagine, as small or large as you care to make it, as our first challenge project for the year 2010. But, not to forget the great job Jim did showing us the method he uses to make ‘feature rings’, the audience, small as it was, really enjoyed the PowerPoint presentation and the many jigs Jim brought to share with us. Also, Jim gave the club a completed vessel he had made to add to the night’s 50/50 raffle. Thanks again Jim for the great job. We took in $140 dollars on the 50/50, maybe a new record, but the fun was only beginning. The winner got his/her choice of the $70 half of the 50/50 or the gift from Jim. There was no question that the turning by Jim was much the more valuable of the 2 items. So now a drawing for the 2nd winner. Our outgoing refreshment lady, Pam Lane was the winner and when she had her choice between $70 cash or a Rockler $10 Gift card, well, Pam showed us just how important our local suppliers are to the group by taking the gift card. Good going Pam and thanks for all the great goodies we enjoyed this past year. After the demo, head toy maker, Bill Rogers and The First Lady of Pens, Ruthie Ingram, were called up to receive modest gifts in appreciation for their years work. Bill and his elf’s came close to making 5000 toys for the year, a new record, and was presented a ‘fruit bouquet’ of chocolate covered apples and strawberries. Ruthie also set a new record, maybe 5000 pens as this newsletter reaches you, which I believe is more than half the pens produced in the entire USA in 2009. Wow, was the word I used when I called Ruthie up to the front to receive her gift of ‘dinner on us’ at Flemings Steak house in Newport Beach, CA. A well deserved moment for these 2 fantastic people who led us to making the world a better place in the year just passed.

After the break, it was time for the last monthly challenge of the year. We had 2 different categories of entries, an inside/out piece that had been demonstrated by Larry Marley in October, and a wooden hat that had been demoed by Bruce Lewellyn in November. After some confusion on how many awards there would be because of the 2 groups, I need to spend more time thinking about these things, the winners were announced. 3rd place went to George Plummer for a beautiful inside/out turning that I think caught a lot of us asleep think-ing that maybe George had lost his touch. Far from it. 2nd place went to Len Musgrave for a great rendition of a small cowboy hat. Now the crowd was waiting for the last 1st place winner of the year. And, what was that strange ‘blue hanging thing’ that was part of the competi-

tion? And better yet, who could find blue wood to make it out of? Not to ever disappoint us, you guessed it, almost the permanent challenge winner of the year, Ross Gilroy, took the 1st place award, $50, for his ‘Ornament in Blue’. I don’t know if anyone

knows how Ross does it, or how he did it, but Ross you deserve every 1st place you have won this year. I think I’ll ask Ross to demonstrate how he made the ‘blue’ (he painted it) ornament during the coming year. The evening was also the time to award this year’s Turning Master Award, for the 3rd year in a row, to Ross Gilroy. Someone suggested that we promote Ross, as in the Peter Principle, to the next higher level of competition, but first we have to make the new category. Should we call it the ‘Impossible to Beat’ category? New member Larry Marley was then pre-sented with the Fred Adam Award for segmented turning. We certainly have some very talented members in our group. From member news, Ollie Vaughn, our librarian, men-

tioned that at the Long Beach VA hospital the newest magazine he could find to read was over 2 years old. I asked Ollie if he would deliver gently read, current magazines brought in by our members to the monthly meet-ings to the VA, and he said he would be glad to. So, don’t throw last weeks or last months copy of Time, or Newsweek, etc… away. Bring them to the OCWoodTurners meeting or the OCWA meeting for re-reading by our military at the VA hospital. Once again, I would like to thank the membership for letting me lead the group, and I will attempt to make 2010 even more fun than 2009. And, don’t forget the professional turning demonstration by Malcolm Tibbetts, perhaps the best turner in America, on Sunday, January 17, 2010, at Laguna Tools. This promises to be a great day, and of course there will be plenty of food including the Chinese lunch to keep the hungriest turner happy. Please call Jerry Nininger, 949/631-7530, for your reservation.

Turner Committees

Outside Programs Dick foreman (714) 637-6175

Pen Projects Ruthe Ingram (714) 536-3624

Workshops Vic Cohn (562) 252-2580

Wood supplies Jeanette Gonzales (562) 417-7750

Refreshments Chester Maharaj (714) 832-6203

Video/Sound Ralph Alder (714) 544-3328

Challenge Denise Paley (949) 830-0730

50/50 Drawing Bill Rogers (714) 637-2912

AAW Membership Victor Cohn (562) 252-2580

Logo / Shirts Harold Hardy (562) 429-1671

Nominating Craig Chambers (714) 761-9245 Art Fitzpatrick (562) 421-6992

Special Projects Jerry Nininger (949) 631-7530

Show & Tell Photos OCWA

WE DID IT!!! We wrapped up another year of toy making as we continue to expand our out-reach into the community in which we live. We had fifty-six members help with the Christ-mas toy making program this year, that's a record. We helped fifty-four organizations around the county as they reach out to thousands of "at risk" children on a daily basis. We made a total of 4,939 toys, plus another 680 crosses which we gave to the Heart of Jesus Retreat Center, St. Paul's Youth Ministry and Lutheran H.S. Missions club. As our country struggles with the tough economic status of our nation, it is important that we make a positive difference in our communities. Now is the time for those of you who haven't helped with the toy program, to step up and get involved. Come to our monthly work shops and you will be blessed by the comradeship of your fellow woodworkers. Thanks to all who continue to make this a priority in your life. You are making a huge difference in the lives

of thousands of children. Our next workshop will be on Saturday, Jan. 9th starting at 9:00 am, at my house, 2052 No. Greengrove St., Or-ange, CA 92865, just a stones throw west of Rockler. I will circulate a sign up sheet, along with directions at our meeting on Jan. 7th.

Thank you and Happy New Year,

Toy Story Bill Rogers

By the time you read this email we will all have celebrated the holidays with family and friends and probably will be a couple pounds heavier but it is all worth the joy of the season! Our annual Christmas party was beautiful as always. Thanks again to our good friend Joe Lomax for another marvelous and delicious catered dinner. And as usual Joe snuck out before we could properly thank him but he knows how much it means to all of us and that it makes our evening very special.

Also, we were blessed with a visit from the best Santa in all of Orange County, our own Jim Steinmetz. Thank you for being with us again this year and making the evening extra special. Most of you know our wonderful friend Jim Anderson who fortunately was able to attend our Christmas party but soon after had open heart surgery. Our prayers are with Jim for a speedy recovery! What an amazing year!!! We came soooo close to making our goal of 5,000 Freedom Pens for 2009! As of today our final count is 4867 which is just short by 133 pens! The troops and I am so grateful for all of your support no matter how many pens you turned or how much you helped financially, it all added up to our final count. We have touched so many lives in a positive way and I hope you ALL know that because I share some of the emails with you at our meetings and a few in our monthly newsletter. Here is just one of many emails that I received recently:

Hello Everyone, Well life here in Afghan has gotten a lot better. The Holidays are coming up so once they pass we are on our downhill stride out of here. We have re-ceived a lot, I mean a lot of Care Packages from everyone all over the US. With that being said what we did here at MALS-40, 990. Is packed up some of the things everyone has sent us and we are shipping them out to other units that might not get much. And they are going to be sent to the Afghan kids that have be treated wrongly. Just as you all went and did this amazing thing for us. We are actually over stocked with many of the things you all have sent. It has been one amazing Christmas for me so far. I don’t want anyone to think we don’t appreciate the things you have sent us. Because we do greatly! We have kept many of things you all have sent. It’s just who we are, we don’t look at helping our self first. We are looking at the bigger picture. We have Ma-rines that are down in the thick of things that might have less of a Christmas then we are going to have, so we would like to bring some Christmas cheer to them. And to the Afghan kids that don’t have anything and never knew what Christmas was about. I hope you all understand where we are coming from on this. With that being said 990 is doing amazing this Christmas, from the Christmas trees, to the food and hygiene products you all have sent us. Just to let you know the amount of support the American people have given us this year. The past 3 days they have had to use a dump truck to bring our packages here, and my shop alone has received over 50 boxes in the last week. It is truly amazing to see this amount of support. We are truly pleased and happy with everything that has been given to us. We also don’t want you all to think your gifts will go unused. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years, Yours truly. Cpl Owens, James R. "TATER" MALS-40, Avionics 990 Production Control Camp Bastion, AFG Next year, 2010, we will be able to make our 5,000 goal with the help of everyone! We have over one hundred mem-bers who show up at our meetings and if each person makes 10 or 20 pens a month it would be a piece of cake to reach our goal!!! Victor is preparing 50 pen blanks with tubes glued in and squared for our next meeting so five lucky people will be able to sign out a package of ten sets of pre-drilled pen blanks with the kits. Thank you Victor for ALL that you do and your thoughtfulness is so appreciated…..also thank you so much for the surprise gift cards you pre-sented to me at our last turners meeting to Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse . Just another thought! If you can ask your friends or busi-ness associate to help finan-cially that would ease the burden on us as members. Each pen cost approximately $1.50 just for parts plus shipping, printing cards, etc. The cost of 5,000 pens is approximately $7,500 to $8,000 which we have been able to do thanks to some very generous supporters. Bless you ALL for your support of our ‘SPECIAL’ men and women serving our Country. My best wishes to all of you for a healthy and Happy New Year! Hugs.

Freedom Pen Project Ruthe Ingram

Nationwide Total = 100,320

Nationwide 2009 = 8,507

OCWA Total = 13,952 = 13.9%

OCWA 2009 = 3,919 = 46%

Bahret Bill 50

Bilevich, Robert 10

Bonta, Charlie 502

Brinkley, Brodie 8

Bruin, Linda 190

Foreman, Dick 105

Gibbs, Bob 850

Gilroy, Ross 30

Ingram, Ruthe 402

Lewellyn, Bruce 20

Musgrave, Len 50

OCWA Fair 400+

Potter, Bruce 384

Rogers, Bill (LHSOC) 520

Siqueland, Torger 100

Rogers, Les 240

Smet,Ed 69

Tilson, David 20

Tillotson, Don 30

Whiton, Bob 10

Wilmont, Fred 20

Smith, Bill 20

Folstrom, Ken 30

Hardy, Harold 10

Lewis, Audrie 20

Morris, Randy 10

Woodworking Show 60

Thorson, Eric 10

What can we

learn from each other this

year?

What can we teach each other this

year?

Al Whticomb — Person of the Year for 2009

Happy New Year—2010

WHERE? Tustin Senior Center

200 S. C Street Tustin, CA 92680

WHEN?

Woodworker’s Meeting Thursday January 7th, 7:00 pm

Woodturner’s Meeting

Thursday January 21st, 6:30 pm

Board Meeting Thursday January 7th, 6:00 pm

P.O. Box 1038 Fullerton CA 92836-8038

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