October 2009
Our president, Joe Smith, led the
meeting.
Visitor Bill Sands joined our group as a
new member. Glad to have you with us, Bill.
Business
There is $2787 in the treasury.
This year the Huntington Museum of Art
would like to have an all wood Christmas Tree, decorated by our group. Items you
make will decorate the tree over the season and you may add extra pieces to be
sold in the Museum Shop. The Museum would like to have your work by Nov 20.
Contact Jenine Culligan at org"Culligan@hmoa>org.
The mailing address is: Jenine Culligan,
Senior Curator, Huntington Museum of Art, 2033 McCoy Road, Huntington, WV 25701.
Phone is: 304-529-2701. Also, address questions to Charlie Brown.
Joe Smith noted that there will be
an "ornament workshop" 11/28 – 12/4/2009 at Cedar Lakes. This is a weeklong
Elderhostle (now called "Exploritas") program. Check with Joe for details.
E.J. Ulland is looking for someone who can
recondition woodworking tools. If there are any recommendations, please contact
E.J.
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NEXT MEETING
November 14th, 2009 at 10:00am
Jamie Donaldson - Photography
Cedar Lakes |
Program - Annual Wood & Tool
Auction.
Every one brought in their unused junk
and they then had fun buying other folk's junk.
The club made about $500, and a lot of
us left with some real bargains.
We wish to thank Paul Wilson for
donating Bob Fleming’s father’s old lathe to the auction.
Show and Tell
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image
| Byron Young
brought in a couple of his famous hollowforms, which were turned
from Box Elder, then dyed red. |
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One was bleached before
being dyed, which enhanced the color. The bleach was obtained from a
beauty shop. |
| He also had a nice
hollowform from Spaulted Maple. |
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Byron had a really nice,
large, bowl turned from a pine beam. It was sand blasted on the
outside and painted with "milk paint" on the inside.
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He also had a beautiful
lidded urn turned from Poplar and painted with that "milk paint".
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| Dave Jones
showed us a great turning tool he had made. |
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He also brought in three
very nice turnings from Spaulted Maple; a bowl, |
| a vase, |
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and a hollowform. |
| Tom Schottle
had a very interesting goblet he had first turned, the removed a
center section. |
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| Doug Kemp
had an interesting turning made from a yard sale goblet affixed to a
Juniper base. |
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He also had an attractive
bowl turned from a Burl. |
| Ron Jones
showed us a nice 8-sided lidded box. |
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He also brought in a
wonderful Jewelry Box he had made as part of the Valley Wood Workers
project. |
| Mary Caldwell
showed us a nice small bowl she had turned from Plum.
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She also had a very nice
segmented bowl from Cherry. |
| C.W. Caldwell
had an attractive natural edge bowl from Ash. |
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| Jim Morrison
brought in an interesting item turned from a hollow log. You would
have to see it. |
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He also showed us a candy
dish he had turned in shop, dated 1953. |
| Bob Burford
brought in an attractive bowl |
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and a nice small plate,
both from Cedar. |
Dan Pleska
brought in some photos of a huge Burl he had obtained. It filled the bed of his
truck.
2009 / 2010 Schedule
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November 2009 |
Jamie Donaldson will show us how to photograph our work
frugally |
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December 2009 |
Joe will unveil the chapter challenge for this year and give a brief demo of how
to do it. |
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January 2010 |
A workshop to practice the challenge |
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February 2010 |
Judging of the challenge in the morning |
Next Month’s Meeting
Jamie Donaldson will show us how to photograph our
turnings.
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 also
available on the website.
Jim Smith, Secretary,
Phone: 304-342-1755
e-Mail:
mountain@mountaineerwoodturners.com
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