Mountaineer Woodturners Newsletter

June 2010

Our vice-president, Tom Schottle, conducted the meeting until the late arrival of President Joe Smith

There were 24 members signed in.

Our treasurer, EJ, reported by email that we have $2,283 in the treasury.

Tom Schottle reported that a school in Pocahontas County is looking for a Turning Instructor. For information, contact Tom.

Tom has a sign-up sheet for the Mountain State Arts and Craft Fair. Anyone who wishes to sell at the fair and has not already done so should contact Tom Schottle. In order to sell items at the Mountaineer Woodturners booth you must get a number from Tom.

There is to be a ribbon for the best demonstration at the fair, so we want to try for it.

The Mountain State Arts and Craft Fair EXPO is back this year, so bring in your best to enter. Items must be entered on set-up day.

Set-up for the Mountaineer Woodturners’ booth will be 10:00am on Wednesday, June 30.

Joe arrived in time to discuss some fair items. Joe made a motion to use treasury funds to obtain some stands. The motion was seconded and passed.

Byron Young brought a fabulous hollowform vase from Ambrosia Maple.
John Gregor had a couple of very nice platters. He used a vacuum chuck. He showed us the vacuum interface he made for his system.
Mike Ellison brought a couple of really nice segmented bowls. One was collaboration between he and others.
	The other was totally his creation.
Dave Jones brought in a gorgeous bowl from spaulted Norfolk Island Pine.
	He had an attractive bowl from Aspen.
He turned a neat bowl from synthetic decking board
	and a bowl from Tree of Heaven.
He also brought in a large Sycamore bowl, which his daughter had bought at a yard sale for 75 cents!
Jim Morrison had a neat spun copper liner for a Holly bowl.
	He showed us an interesting bookend made from a Maple burl
and a very nice spaulted Beech bowl.
	Jim showed us a large bowl, which had developed a crack. He cut the crack out and filled that space with a Walnut strip. He then dyed the inside of the bowl – nice effect.
Doug Kemp had an attractive Sycamore bowl
	and a Maple platter with three nice pens.

Jerry Smith demonstrated how he cuts (cores) bowl blanks manually, just using a straight McNaughton type cutter instead of the usual McNaughton Center Saver System. He made it look easy, although I think it was not. It was fast.

Tom Schottle showed us the One Way coring system he uses on his lathe.

While Jerry cut out bowl blanks, Joe auctioned them off – the proceeds going into the club treasury. We collected $134. Many thanks to Jerry and Joe.

Byron Young and John Crede represented the club giving a demonstration at the West Side Old Fashion Ice Cream Social in Charleston as part of the FestivALL celebration on Sunday, June 20, 2010, 1:00 - 5:00 pm.

The Newsletter will be sent by e-mail to those members who have given me their email address. 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.

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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