November 2007
Our president, Joe Smith presided over
the meeting.
About 30 persons were in attendance. We
had three visitors from the Athens, Ohio chapter, and visiting. Harry Newman was
here from the Lewisburg chapter with a load of bowl blanks for sale.
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NEXT MEETING
December 8, 2007 at
10:00am
Chapter Challenge Demo
Cedar Lakes |
Business
Our treasurer reported $2761 in the treasury.
- Nominations for officers for 2008 were:
Joe Smith - - President
Tom Schottle - - Vice President
E.J. Ulland - - Treasurer
Jim Smith - - Secretary
Additional nominations will be
accepted at the December meeting.
- Election of officers will be held at the December
meeting.
- We still have Mountaineer Woodturners hats for
sale.
Show and Tell
| Tom Schottle
showed us a very small top which he turned using a large "Alan
Lacer" skew. |
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He also brought in a beautiful natural
bowl from an Australian burl. |
| As a warning, he showed us a bent parting
tool (with a broken handle) which endured a "catch". |
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| Jerry Smith
brought in late (after Show and Tell) a nice deep
stemmed bowl. |
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| Clarence Clarkson
brought in a multi-axis item he had turned which
he titled "ET". |
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| John Crede
brought a very nice covered bowl from Poplar. |
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| Dave Jones
showed us two nice Walnut bowls cut from one piece of wood using a
"bowl saver". He also had a nice Maple bowl (No Photo). |
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| Bill Morris
brought in very nice covered box from Walnut bowl (No Photo). He was
unhappy (to put it mildly) with the use of a skew! |
| Bill McKay
showed us a large bowl |
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and a large vase, both from cherry
burls (Joe says the wood was probably Maple). |
| Gary Gibbs
showed us a photo of a large (about 30" diameter) Maple burl. He
brought a plate turned from the end of that burl. |
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He also had a pretty piece of burl.
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| He showed us a beautiful bowl,
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a shallow bowl from a beautiful burl
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| and a very nice bowl from Catawba. |
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Demonstration
| Frank Penta demonstrated multi-axis
turning |
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and how he turns his wonderful platters.
It was a really interesting and informative session.
Frank says one cannot get a catch with a skew
if you follow the rules.
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Some of Frank's Turnings
Next Meeting
The December meeting will feature the
2008 Chapter Challenge by Ervin Jones.
2007 Schedule
| Date |
Who/What |
Description |
| Dec 8 |
Ervin Jones |
Chapter Challenge Demo |
Miscellaneous
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 available on the
website.
Jim Smith,
Secretary,
Phone:
304-342-1755
e-Mail:
mountain@mountaineerwoodturners.com
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