August 2005
Picnic
We had another great picnic. About 23 persons were present. There was wonderful food and conversation. The weather was kind to us: it was not too hot or wet! We want to thank Dave Jones for all the work he put into making this picnic a success!
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NEXT REGULAR MEETING September 10, 2005 Demonstration by John Crede and Our Annual Wood and Tool Auction Cedar Lakes |
Business
Business was postponed until the September meeting.
Show and Tell
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Dave Jones brought a nice lidded vase from a Walnut crotch with an interesting spiked lid.
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He also had a small turned lidded vase. |
| Tom Schottle showed us two of his wonderful Alabaster turnings. |
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| He has a new lathe, and brought in some woodturnings to show what it will do. He showed us some Mahogany turnings on which he had used some of the surface enhancement techniques demonstrated by Irene Grafer at our June meeting. |
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| Jim Morrison brought some really nice bowls. He had one plain Box Elder bowl |
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and a Box Elder bowl with a Padauk rim. |
| He also had an attractive rimmed Maple bowl |
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and a striking bowl from "architectural plywood with a Padauk rim. |
| Joe Smith brought some of his fabulous hats. He had one nice hat from Walnut |
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and a wonderful hat with a number of holes, from a burl. |
| He also had a nice turned ball cap. |
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| Jerry Smith also had some nice hats he had turned. Two were from Cherry, |
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| and the third was from Cherry but was painted in a Camo design by his sister. |
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| Bob Lett showed us a nice bowl he had turned from Apple |
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and a very attractive natural edge bowl. |
| John Crede showed us a fascinating turning he had made in memory of the late Pope, and showed us how he had constructed it. |
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He also brought along an interesting off-center-turned toothpick holder. |
September Meeting
At Cedar Lakes on September 10th we will have a demonstration of offset turning by John Crede, as well as our famous Annual Tool and Wood Auction. Don’t miss it!
Miscellaneous
The Newsletter will be sent by email to those members who have given me their email address. 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.
This email contains links to pictures of the "Show and Tell" items. The Newsletter with pictures is also available on the website.
Instead of trying to add photos of all the show and tell items to the members’ gallery, I will rely on photos sent in by the members. So please send me pictures of your work so that I can add it to the gallery.
Jim Smith, Secretary,
Phone: 304-342-1755
e-Mail: mountain@mountaineerwoodturners.com
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