Mountaineer Woodturner Jan Newsletter

Our president, Joe Smith presided over the meeting. We had no visitors who wished to be recognized.

NEXT MEETING

January 10, 2009 at 10:00am

Byron Young will lead a workshop on turning Hollowforms

Cedar Lakes

Business

E.J. reported that there is $2770 in the treasury.

We were saddened to here that E.J. Ulland’s home burned down since the last meeting.

DUES ARE DUE

E.J. is collecting dues for 2009.

Dues are $20 for the year

Show and Tell

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Bill Morris showed us a very nice lamp he had turned from Apple.
Dave Jones brought in a number of nice items. He had an attractive bowl from a Walnut crotch. It had a number of bark inclusions, which he treated with superglue.
	Dave had five vases. They were turned from (Firewood) Oak,
Magnolia (There were interesting stripes, which formed upon drying),
	Water Oak,
"Burnt" Elm (It was only "burnt" after finishing and drying in a microwave),
	and Spaulted Oak.
Clarence Clarkson showed us an ingenious adjustable balancing jig for his lathe. It is designed to be put on the outboard end of the lathe.
John Crede showed us a Christmas tree angel made from Walnuts and Acorns.
Byron Young had a hollowing tool with a very nice handle he had turned.
	Byron also had an attractive Cherry hollowform
and Cherry vase (The vase was turned from end-grain).
	He also had a mirror set into a nice turned backing.
Byron brought in some of his wonderful Christmas tree ornaments.
	Some were engraved by Stan Cook.
Jim Morrison showed us a beautiful shallow plate from Curly Maple.
	Jim had a couple of really neat segmented bowls,
made utilizing a Ring cutter system.

He gave us a short demonstration how they were made. We were so interested that he agreed to give a full demo on the procedure in March.

2009 Schedule Update

Jan	Chapter Challenge Workshop on Hollowforms
Feb	AM: Chapter Challenge Judging PM: Dan Pleska – "A chair maker's spindle turning methods"
March	AM: Jim Morrison - Ring cutter system demo PM - Tom Schottle & Bill Morris - Footed Bowls
April	Tom Schottle will lead a group discussion on Sharpening
May	Group discussion To Be Announced
June	Tom Schottle will give a recap of Mike Mahoney's classes
July	Mountain State Arts & Craft Fair
August	Annual Picnic

Program

The Annual 2009 Chapter Challenge

Byron Young gave the rules for the 2009 Chapter Challenge. The mission will be to turn a hollowform.

Maximum Height – 8 inches

Maximum Width – 8 inches

Base should be smaller than opening rim

Any finish acceptable – interior finish is optional

Must be turned from wood (single or combination)

Inner diameter must be at least 2 inches larger the opening

May have lid if desired

Do Not sign work before judging

The January meeting will provide a workshop on hollowforms. Bring appropriate tools to that meeting if you have them (calipers, chucks, hollowing tools, lights, etc.).

Winners will be determined by vote of the club members at the February meeting.

After the rules were discussed, and questions answered, we watched a video on hollowform turning by Mike Mahoney.

Next Month’s Meeting

Byron Young will lead a workshop on hollowforms, in preparation for the Chapter Challenge.

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