December 2003
We had 24 members attending the meeting.
We heard that Paul Payne is now at home
and getting along much better.
NEXT
REGULAR MEETING
January 10,
2004
Chucks and
Stuff
Cedar Lakes
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Business
Several items of business were
discussed.
- Carl reported $2270 in the
treasury, before adding dues payments being taken in.
- We have 30 paid-up members for
2004.
- Our vice president, Tom Schottle,
has presented a tentative schedule for 2004 – see
the end of this newsletter.
- Tom has also suggested that when
we do not
have a guest presenter, he would like to expand the Show
and Tell and have more participation.
We should not only show our achievements but bring in the
screw-ups too. Of course most of you probably don’t
have any but for those of us that do, it’d be
informative to talk about problems, how they were solved.
Or if you still have a problem, ask the rest of the folks
here about it and maybe someone else has had the same or
similar problem and solved it.
- Remember that dues are still being
collected for 2004.
Show and Tell
| Dave Jones
brought a nice natural edge bowl turned from Box Elder.
It is really pretty wood, and it is a shame the red will
fade. |
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Dave also had a couple of fine
Christmas Tree ornaments from Holly, |
| both on stands. |
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| Dave Shombert showed
us the wonderful hollowform by Michael Lee he had
obtained at the Turning 2003 symposium. The work was a
replica of a Hawaiian Epu pot, turned from Koa. |
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Dave also had a couple of his
own marvelous turnings. One was a segmented dish from
Brazilian Cherry and Maple. |
| The other was a bowl from
Brazilian Cherry with Maple venier. |
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| Tom Schottle
had a couple of his wonderful Alabaster bowls. One was a
pink, |
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and the other white. They both
had Walnut rims. He also brought along one that did not
make it, to show what happens when Alabaster blows up. |
| Gary Gibbs brought
in three large attractive bowls |
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turned from Osage Orange. |
| The smallest of the three was
from an Osage Orange burl. |
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He also had a nice bowl from
an Oak burl. |
| Delbert McCartney showed
us one of his famous segmented dishes, from Holly and
Ebony. |
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He also had a pretty Wormy
Apple bowl. |
| TK McClung
brought in couple of nice Holly vases. |
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One of them flew apart on him,
but he was able to successfully glue it back together. |
Program
Tom Crabb (from Richmond) gave a
fascinating and very well prepared program on multi-axis turning.
He gave a start to finish demonstration on how he turns his
remarkable turnings. Some require chucking and re-chucking dozens
of times.
I would never have the patience to
attempt that technique, but to see how it was done was
fascinating
Tentative Program
Schedule for 2004
| January Meeting |
Chucking, etc. We
have scheduled a group session on mounting work on the
lathe. We need volunteers to bring in various devices
that they use: chucks and faceplates of all types are
needed. Tom Schottle says he will bring in his vacuum
chuck, but has requested someone to demonstrate reverse
chucking, and has asked Clarence to bring in his "string
contraption". |
| February
Meeting |
Tom Schottle will
demonstrate Alabaster turning. |
| March Meeting |
Dave Hout will
join us. |
| April Meeting |
We are considering
a workshop on basic spindle turning. |
| May Meeting |
Dave Shombert will
demonstrate segmented turning. |
| June Meeting |
Our annual auction
and preparation for the Mountain State Arts and Crafts
Fair. |
| July Meeting |
There will be no
meeting because of the Mountain State Arts and Crafts
Fair. |
| August Meeting |
We will have our
annual picnic. |
| September
Meeting |
Keith Bundy from
Cold Springs, VA, will demonstrate making Christmas Tree
ornaments |
| October Meeting |
Chris Ramsey will
be turning hats. |
| December
Meeting |
We are considering
a workshop on the basics of turning bowls. |
Miscellaneous
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.
The Newsletter with pictures is also
available on the website.
Remember that the URL for the webpage
is now www.mountaineerwoodturners.com, and the email address for the webpage is mountain@mountaineerwordtuners.com.
Jim Smith, Secretary,
Phone: 304-342-1755
e-Mail: mountain@mountaineerwoodturners.com
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