October 2006
Our president Joe Smith presided over
the meeting.
According to the roster, there were 19
persons in attendance.
We were deeply saddened by the death of
T.K. this month. He has been a real supporter of our group and a good friend.
T.K. will be really missed.
Our treasurer, E.J. Ulland was back
after having surgery on his left shoulder. He will be absent next month while
having the other shoulder repaired.
We were pleased to see John Crede back
on his new knee.
Dave Jones is presently in the hospital
after having (5) by-pass surgery.
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NEXT MEETING
November 11th, 2006 at 10:00am
Demonstrator Andrew Brown
Cedar Lakes
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Business
Our treasurer reported that there is $2492 in the
treasury. E.J. also said that the credit card company finally came through
with the money from the Arts and Crafts Fair.
- The club agreed to allow Klingspor to have a copy
of our membership roster in exchange for a standing 10% discount to all
members on that list.
- The November meeting will be a program by Andrew
Brown directed toward youth. Try to bring a young person as well as a spouse
to this meeting.
- The December meeting will be the kick-off for the
2007 "Challenge". Byron Young (the 2006 winner) will chair the challenge.
- Tom Schottle said the theme of next year’s
meetings is "Bowls".
Topics may include:
| 1) Basics (today) |
| 2) Natural Edge |
| 3) Nested bowls |
| 4) Overall Design |
| 5) Rim, Bottom, & Other
Enhancements |
| 6) Drying |
| 7) Finishing |
| 8) Segmented |
- There are still Mountaineer Woodturners hats
available for $10. See Joe or Tom.
Show and Tell
| Tom Schottle
showed us a neat top he had turned. It was simple, but the black and
white design on it was such that when the top was spinning it
appeared to be red and green. |
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| Bill McKay
brought in a very nice bowl he had turned from a burl. He said the
texture of the burl dictated the design. |
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| Bill Morris
showed us a small Walnut bowl turned from really
punky wood. The only way he could get a smooth surface on it was to
take off a significant layer with 100 mesh sand paper. Joe Smith
suggested that he might have had better luck by using sanding
sealer. |
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Bill also had a very nice covered
dish from cherry with a Sycamore lid. |
| Joe Smith
brought in a beautiful shallow bowl turned (less than 1/8th
inch thick from Maple. |
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| Marvin Faber
showed us a large jumbo-jaw chuck he had made for finishing off the
bottom of bowls. Really neat! |
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Program
The session was an introduction to
"Bowls 2007". Tom Schottle gave a program on "Bowl Basics". This included:
- Introduction
- Cutting the Blank
- First Mounting – Outside of the Bowl
- Cutting the Outside Profile
- Sanding the Outside
- Reverse Mounting
- Cutting the Inside
- Sanding the Inside
- Cutting the Foot
- Drying & Finishing
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The program ended with hands on turning
by various members
We all found this program extremely
useful and interesting. Thank you Tom.
Miscellaneous
On October 7th, Valley
Woodworkers had their Fall Wood Demonstration to which they had invited our
group. It was a real success and a fun event. About 15–16 from Mountaineer
Woodturners attended.
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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