October 2003
We had 17 members attending the meeting.
Gary Clark from Hurricane joined us again this month.
NEXT REGULAR
MEETING
November 8, 2002
Jim Morrison and
Joe Smith
Cedar Lakes
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Business
Several items of business were
discussed.
- Dave Jone is taking change of
changing the club credit card account. I believe the
costs for this new account are 3% plus 44 cents per
transaction. I think it is with Discovery Business
Systems
- The price for David Ellsworth's
visit and demonstration has been increased to $750 per
day with a two day minimum. Tom Schottle moved that we
drop plans for this visit. The motion was seconded and
passed unanimously
- The nominating committee presented
a recommended slate of officers for 2004.
| Dave Jones |
President |
| Tom Schottle |
Vice President |
| Jim Smith |
Secretary |
| Carl Mercer |
Treasurer |
It was moved that this slate be
accepted. The slate of officers was elected unanimously.
Other News
- There will be a Woodcraft sale
November 15.
- The same weekend, November 15 and
16 there will be a large event in Dayton - "Artistry
in Wood". See Dave Mays for information.
Turning 2003
Five members of our group went over to
the third woodturning symposium of the Ohio Valley Woodtuning
Guild, from October 17 to 19.
As usual it was a wonderful event: 5
wonderful featured professional woodturners, 17 guest regional
turners, lots of equipment and tools to see (and buy), great food
and lots of socializing.
This year members of our group were
involved. During the Thursday evening "Topathon" our
own Dave Shombert on his fiddle contributed to the musical
entertainment. On Saturday evening after the banquet Bob Fleming
brought down the house and filled the coffers as auctioneer at an
exciting auction.
You do not want to miss the opportunity
again. Plan to attend in 2005!
Show and Tell
| Dave Jones
had visited Joe Smith's shop recently and picked up some
wood from which he made a couple of Birdseye Maple bowls.
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One was almost white. |
| He described Joe's shop as 6'
by 12' by 6 inches of sawdust. Dave also had a nice
Walnut vase turned so to give an interesting pattern of
sapwood and heartwood. |
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| Clarence Clarkson
had a number of items to share with us. First he had a
small vase, from a piece of Maple burl he had gotten from
Joe Smith. |
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Then he showed us an
interesting candleholder he had turned. |
| He had obtained some small
glass jars from the now closed Pilgrim Glass, and made
wooden tops for them; one top was from Cherry and deer
Antler, |
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another was from Bloodwood and
Corian, |
| and the third from Corian and
Ebony. |
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He also brought in a guide |
| and a glue bottle he
particularly likes. |
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| Tom Schottle
brought in a large white Alabaster bowl. The Alabaster
bowl was rimmed with segmented woods but I do not recall
what. |
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| Bill McKay
brought in a nice large natural edged bowl from Walnut. |
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Program
| David Wentz gave a nice
demonstration of spindle turning and discussed the type
of work in which he is presently involved. |
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| After lunch he showed us just
how useful a lathe can be by pealing Dave Mays' apple! |
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November Meeting
Jim Morrison and Joe Smith will
demonstrate their coring tools.
December Meeting
Tom Crabb (from Richmond) will be with
us in December. He's will talk about multi-axis turning.
Miscellaneous
The Newsletter
will be sent by email 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 email 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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