Mountaineer Woodturners Newsletter

Our president, Joe Smith presided over the meeting. We had visitors, but none that wished to be identified.

E.J. reported that there is $1958 in the treasury.

Dave Shombert reported that Arrowmont is losing the lease on their property. They will either have to move or close.

Byron Young brought in an example of a cremation urn to those wishing to turn urns. He also showed us a ONE WAY sharpening jig for use with a larger gouge.

Clarence Clarkson brought some copies of an article on basics of spindle turning.

Jim Morrison showed us an Apple bowl he had turned to a thickness thin enough to see light through.
Dave Jones showed us an attractive spaulted Walnut bowl
	and a nice natural edge spaulted Walnut bowl.
He also showed us a dish made to accept a decorative cover.
Bill Morris showed us four nice canes he had made. Two were turned from Walnut and Maple. One was English – Black Thorn- courtesy of the Queen.
Dave Shombert brought in a wonderful Mahogany bowl with which he had received best of show at a Randolph County art show.
Tom Schottle bought a Bonnie Klein texturing tool at a recent symposium and used it to texture the rim of a beautiful Mahogany platter. At this symposium he witnessed the rare phenomenon of David Elsworth throwing a large piece off of a lathe.
	Tom also brought in a large Hickory bowl, which was a little too thin in the bottom.
Harry Newman, a former member of our group and now one of the founders of the new woodturning chapter in Lewisburg, brought in a couple beautiful plates from Curly Maple. They were from the same piece of wood, the only difference being the finish on them. He donated a blank of that wood for the wood auction.
	Harry also brought four off-center turnings.
Warnie Lore had a fascinating dish turned from Coal.

In the morning we held our annual tool and wood auction. Folks brought lots of quality items to be auctioned off. We made $658 for the club. Many thanks to donators and buyers!

After lunch Warnie Lore showed us how he makes Christmas Tree ornaments.
He demonstrated how to proceed with each step   Ornament Globe  --->
Ornament Icicle  --->
and had nice handouts to guide us through the process. Description of the construction of some of his tools was also given. Calipers for measuring the inside of the ornament globe, made from hard steel wire sold in 3 ft. straight lengths at hardware stores.  - - - - >
Thin parting tool made from a table knife -->   It was a wonderful program. Thank a lot, Warnie.

2008-2009 Schedule

Next Meeting

Dave Shombert will demonstrate how he makes his wonderful segmented turnings.

Miscellaneous