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The Newsletter for March 26, 2025 is now online here!

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Creating a Shortcut to World Wide Wood Turners Meeting

Create a Shortcut to the WorldWideWoodTurners Meeting

Yes, you can join the World Wide Wood Turners Meeting without coming to the website. While I would prefer you visit the site, and enjoy the contents each week, it is important you have an alternative.

There are some good reasons for having this information; (1) You find it frustrating to visit the website to get to the meeting, or (2) the website may go down and you need to get to the meeting.

There are various ways to get to the meeting. Conceptually, the methods are all the same, go to https://us02web.zoom.us, and enter the meeting id (86042552131). However, the method depends on the device you are using.

In each of the following cases, you will be creating a one-press button (shortcut) for you desktop. If pressed at the time of the meeting, it will take you to the meeting, .

iPhone

  1. Launch the Safari web browser
  2. Navigate to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86042552131
  3. Wait for zoom page to load
  4. Tap the “Share Icon” (which looks like a square with an arrow pointing out of it, located at the bottom of the screen.)
  5. Scroll down the share options until you find the “Add to Home Screen” option.
  6. Tap “Add to Home Screen”
  7. On the top line of “Add to Home Screen” window, enter: WorldWideWoodTurners.
  8. Tap “Add” in the top-right corner of the “Add to Home Screen” window.
  9. The website icon will now appear on your home screen.
  10. You may now click the icon anytime and it will take you to the location of the meeting.

iPad

  1. Launch the Safari web browser
  2. Navigate to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86042552131
  3. Wait for zoom page to load
  4. Tap the “Share Icon” (which looks like a square with an arrow pointing out of it, located at the top of the screen.)
  5. Scroll down the share options until you find the “Add to Home Screen” option.
  6. Tap “Add to Home Screen”
  7. On the top line of “Add to Home Screen” window, enter: WorldWideWoodTurners
  8. Tap “Add” in the top-right corner of the “Add to Home Screen” window.
  9. The website icon will now appear on your home screen,
  10. You may now click the icon anytime and it will take you to the location of the meeting.

Window Device

  1. Launch your Chrome browser
  2. Enter https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86042552131 in the browser address bar
  3. Press Enter
  4. On the screen reading “Open Zoom Meetings,” press Cancel
  5. Click inside the address bar, the address will be highlighted
  6. Drag the highlighted address to your desktop, a shortcut to the meeting will appear on the descktop.
  7. You may rename the shortcut, WorldWideWoodTurners

Android Phone

  1. Open Chrome
  2. Enter https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86042552131 in the browser address bar
  3. Press Enter
  4. Wait for the site to load
  5. On the screen reading “Open Zoom Meetings,” press Cancel
  6. Press the 3 dot icon in the upper right corner of the screen
  7. Locate the “Add to home screen” in the options menu
  8. Press “Add tohome screen,” a shortcut will appear on the screen
  9. Rename the shortcut; WorldWideWoodTurners
  10. You may now click the icon anytime and it will take you to the location of the meeting.
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Making a Bear Paw Hollowform by David Swain

Making a Bear Paw Hollowform By David Swain

Bear Paw bowl, step 1

Step 1 – I have it turned and hollowed, from 1/8” at the rim, to 3/16” at the bottom. I apply my sanding sealer usually 2 coats. Then I use Saral paper to apply the pattern.

Bear Paw bowl, step 2

Step 2 – I use my tapered coarse Kutzall burr to rough out the openings. I take itvdown to within ab1/32″ of the lines. I’m careful not to go too far on the tips of the claws.

Bear Paw bowl, Step 3

Step 3 – I first use a 1/2″ sanding drum to do the large opening to the line. I then switch to a 1/8″ double cut carbide cutter for the claws. I clean them up as close as I can get to the tips. I then get out my Exacto knife and finish the points of the claws. I start with a “V” shaped relief cut in the middle and work toward the lines. The thinner the slices you take the better. The grain of the wood does not always run with the cut.

Bear Paw bowl, step 4

Step 4 – I paint the edges of the openings. In this case black. Then put it on my little tube vacuum chuck and spray the gloss lacquer. I do between 3-5 coats. Finally buff with tripoli on my 8″ buffing wheel.

This can be tricky with loose cloth buffs. I’ve switched over to Airwave 8 inch soft buffs.

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(To get your city on the Map, add your city/country into the Chat at the next meeting. I’ll wander the chat, catch the city/country information and add it to the map. I’ll only add each city/country once, and no personal names will be attached to the map. If you can’t attend a meeting to add your name to the chat, or you would prefer, you can email your city/country to the webmasters and I’ll add the city/country.)
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