Mountaineer Woodturner Jan Newsletter

August 2007

Business

Business was postponed until the September meeting.

Members of Mountaineer Woodturners now are eligible for a 10% discount at Klingspor (website http://www.klingspor.com )

Members of Mountaineer Woodturners are also eligible for a 20% discount at Hartville Tool with a 3% rebate to the club (website http://www.hartvilletool.com).

Members of Mountaineer Woodturners are also eligible for a 10% discount at Woodcraft. You will need to show your Mountaineer Woodturners nametag. For information see Betty Secrist, manager.

Remember - - The October meeting has been moved to the First Saturday.

NEXT MEETING

September 8th, 2007 at 11:00am

Annual wood and tool auction

Cedar Lakes

Picnic

We had another great picnic. About 25 persons were present. There was wonderful food and conversation. The weather was appropriate for a picnic: it was not too hot with a little breeze.

Once again we want to thank Joe and Mary Smith for all the work they put into making this picnic a success!

Mountain State Arts & Craft Fair

Our organization and its members earned a bunch of ribbons and awards this year.

Joe Smith won a first place Award of Excellence for his Yew Root bowl. This bowl was not turned as thin as Joe usually turns them. Due to all the air he was turning and also the stones in the root, he was running scared.

Tom Schottle won a first place Award of Excellence for his wonderful plate.

John Crede won a second place Award of Excellence for his bowl turned from Plywood.

Joe Smith was awarded Showperson of the Day.

The Mountaineer Woodturners booth was awarded a first place Demonstrators Award. Demonstrators were John Crede and Byron Young.

Dave Jones also entered a wonderful bowl in the competition.

Congratulations to you all!

Show and Tell

Tom Schottle showed us his prize winning plate.

Joe Smith showed us his prize winning Yew Bowl.

John Crede showed us his prize winning bowl.

Byron Young brought an attractive large Maple salad bowl. It was finished with salad bowl finish.

He also had a nice very-thin-stemmed goblet with a hidden ring. This was inspired by Jimmy Clews.

Dave Jones brought in a couple of attractive Cedar bowls.

He also showed us a lidded bowl turned from Oak.

Warnie Lore brought in a bunch of really nice Christmas tree ornaments. He also had a pepper mill from Cedar. The top kept splitting each time he tried to hollow it with a Forstner bit. On the fourth try he finally had to drill it all the way through and put a cover on the top of the hole.

2007 Schedule

Date Who/What
Description

Sept 8 Annual Wood & Tool Auction

Oct 6 Linda Van Gehuchten TBA

Nov 10 Frank Penta Platters

Dec 8 Chapter Challenge Demo

Miscellaneous

The Valley Woodworkers will be having an exhibit at the "Museum in the Community" in October. (See www.museuminthecommunity.org ).

The Valley Woodworkers will be having their fall festival on October 27^th, to which our membership is invited. It was a fun event last year.

The Newsletter will be sent by e-mail 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 e-mail 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.

Please send me pictures of your work so that I can add it to the gallery.

The Newsletter with pictures is also available on the website.

Jim Smith, Secretary,

Phone: 304-342-1755

Tom Schottle showed us his prize winning plate.
Joe Smith showed us his prize winning Yew Bowl.
John Crede showed us his prize winning bowl.
Byron Young brought an attractive large Maple salad bowl. It was finished with salad bowl finish.
	He also had a nice very-thin-stemmed goblet with a hidden ring. This was inspired by Jimmy Clews.
Dave Jones brought in a couple of attractive Cedar bowls.

He also showed us a lidded bowl turned from Oak.
Warnie Lore brought in a bunch of really nice Christmas tree ornaments. He also had a pepper mill from Cedar. The top kept splitting each time he tried to hollow it with a Forstner bit. On the fourth try he finally had to drill it all the way through and put a cover on the top of the hole.

Date	Who/What	Description
Sept 8		Annual Wood & Tool Auction
Oct 6	Linda Van Gehuchten	TBA
Nov 10	Frank Penta	Platters
Dec 8		Chapter Challenge Demo

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