Mountaineer Woodturner Jan Newsletter

We had a great picnic. Only about 15 persons were present, but there was wonderful food and conversation. The weather was kind to us: it was not even hot or wet! We want to thank Dave Jones for all the work he put into making this picnic a success!

NEXT REGULAR MEETING

September 11, 2004

Tool Workshop and Wood and Tool Auction

Cedar Lakes

I seem to have left my notes at Cedar Lakes and have to compose this Newsletter from my memory – which is not very good.

You will have to forgive various omissions and errors, as I am trying to recall this from memory.

Dave Jones brought a wonderful spaulted Maple lidded vase
	and a lidded vase from Walnut.
He had a small turned lidded box with a finial.
	There was a hollowform from Box Elder.
Tom Schottle brought in some of his wonderful Alabaster turnings. He showed us an attractive pink Alabaster bowl with a wooden lid.
	He also had a white Alabaster dish
and two very nice lidded boxes
	turned from laminated Bamboo, which he obtained from a baseball bat manufacturer.
Jim Morrison brought in a wonderful segmented covered dish. The cover was off center and spirally segmented.
	Jim also brought in a couple of nice Pewter dishes.
Joe Smith brought some of his fabulous natural-edged bowls. He had a spectacular large bowl from Cedar. This bowl was large enough that it just fit on the lathe. However, as it was turned thinner and thinner, centrifugal force caused the work to flare out so that it was too large for the lathe and had to be cut back.
	Joe also had a deep bowl also from Cedar.
He also brought a beautiful bowl from (I believe) an Oak burl.
Jerry Smith brought in a couple of very attractive large natural edged bowls
	from (I am probable wrong here) White Oak.
He also had a nice Box Elder bowl.
Jim Smith: Yes, almost half the attendants at the picnic were Smiths. I brought in a hollowform from another piece of that wonderful Maple burl of Joe smith’s. He says that is the last of that burl.

Cedar Lakes. On September 11^th we will have a tool (making and using) workshop, as well as our famous Annual Tool and Wood Auction. Don’t miss it!

The Newsletter will be sent by email to those members who have given me their email address. This medium will contain an HTML document in which I have included links to pictures of the "Show and Tell" items as well as a link to the website. Those who do not have email addresses listed with me will receive the usual hardcopy newsletter by US snailmail. Any others who wish a newsletter by mail should let me know.

Some changes have been made to the website, including expanded members' Gallery. Most of the photos of members’ turnings that are being added to the Gallery are from this year’s Show and Tell sessions.

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