Dallas Area Woodturners (DAW) is a non profit organization that was organized in 1996 and has grown to over 200 members today. The club focuses on helping our membership learn and grow through education, demonstrations and sharing techniques, tooling and best practices with one other. The DAW is active in community service through woodturning.
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Enjoy some of our members’ creations
Dick Koch, Trumkreisel., Made from maple with a walnut post. Ron Giordano, Combination-lock box, Made from maple, walnut, and mahogany. 5″ high and 3-1/2″ diameter. John Holderman – Cedar Elm (tall), Red Elm (medium), and African Black Wood (small). Tony Cohen – Drinking vessel made out of scrap wood. Chris Cohen – Bottle topper that also serves as a functioning shot glass, White Oak Tod Raines – Small aperitif vessel turned from sycamore, 3.5″ high. Tod Raines – Classic wine glass form, Ash, 6″ high. Alain Schwarz – Drinking Vessel, Made of miscellaneous scraps of wood. Mike and Joan Sahl Jim McCleskey – Wedding Goblet with Captured Rings Ron Giordano – Natural Edge Goblet, 5-1/2″ high, found wood. Dick Koch – Classic thin wall goblet turned from maple and finished with gloss lacquer. Kevin Bassett – This Wood Cat Shot Glass is made from some scrap Pine and the tail is from Comp Wood. Phil Wilson’s turnings Chris Cohen – Bell made from cherry Dick Koch – Maple and Walnut Inside-Out Christmas Tree Candle Holder Phil Wilson – Vessel is American Elm and Snowman is Figured Western Maple. Ron Giordano – Made from Poplar and Colored with Black Fiebing’s Leather Dye and Tombow Markers. Bob Fleming Lou Boudreaux John Holderman Bob Fleming Ron Howe – Floating Lidded Vessel. Maple, Black Laquer, Acrylic paint, Gloss Lacquer. Box with Gold Leaf. Ron Howe Kevin Bassett Dick Koch – Ambrosia Maple, Crepe Myrtle, Gold Leaf Ron Giordano – Illuminated Sea Urchin. Walnut finial and base, lacquer, Mini LED bulb. Kevin Bassett -Natural Edge Vase, Red Oak Burl, Trans Tint Dye Joan Sahl Bowl with Norway’s west coast viksdal style paint Chris Cohen – Spalted Ring Box Steve Thomasson – Morocco Blue bowl Jim LaRocca – Big Leaf Maple Sunset over Water dyed bowl David Young – Red Oak, ambrosia maple, and maple. It has been spray painted, airbrushed, dyed, carved, and textured Tod Raines – “Ceremony”, Poplar, paint Bob Fleming – Textured, Rim Bowl Mike Sahl – Norwegian Style painted Egg Doug Cooley – segmented Hollow Vessel Jon Searles – Segmented Ball Michael Boyle – Shop Mallet Cory White – Catalpa Bowl Textured and Dyed Don Chesser Ornament Kevin BAssett – Natural edge Vase with Turquoise Jim LaRocca – Cherry Goblet with Cocobolo Stem Kevin Bassett – Box Elder spheroid Ron Giordano – Keepsake box, Pear, Spalted Maple Lid, Inlaid Walnut Ring Tod Raines Oval box and sphere Ron Howe Decorated Bowl Jim LaRocca – Natural Edge Mesquite Various – Apr 2019 Show and Tell Tod Raines – Curly Cherry Platter Kevin Bassett – spalted vase, a small sphere riding the edge Jim LaRocca – Big Leaf Maple Burl box with Jatoba insert and Padauk top Tony Cohen – Found wood Vase Kevin Travell – Acrylic Bottle stopper LSU colors, fleur de lis emblem Various – Apr 2019 Show and Tell Texas Pen Class
Featured Video of the Month
1926 German Wood Turning Video
This is a fascinating video from 1926 of a German wood turner. It shows him picking out a log, using a bandsaw to make a bowl blank, sharpening his tools, mounting the piece on a pulley-turned lathe, and then making and sanding a lidded bowl. It is amazing that the basic techniques have remained the same over the last hundred years. The phrase “Der Drechsler” means “The Turner” and the phrase “Naturfilm Hubert Schonger” refers to the film production company of the German film producer Hubert Schonger.
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Current state of affairs – COVID-19 and Club meetings
As we transition to a more normal state of affairs, club meetings/demos will be held at WoodWorld AND be over a Zoom meeting. The meeting will start at 6:00 pm. The demo will start at 6:30. The Zoom meeting link will be sent to members and also be available here prior to the meeting/demo. DAW COVID Policies
Instructions for connecting to a group meeting with Zoom