Artistic Wood Turners
August
Newsletter
Another month is upon
us. Time for another learning experience for all Woodturners, Every day
should be a new challenge in able to advance in your turning skills.
The meeting this month
will be on the 16th of August at 9 am in the shop of Leland Leonard located at
537 Brent Lane in Pensacola. He is directly across the street from the AAA
office. There is some parking on his lot and at a medical clinic east of his
shop. There are plenty of places to eat within walking distance from his shop.
China Star, Checkers, McDonalds, and a short drive, to Ryan's, and the Waffle
House.
The Presidents
challenge will be a birdhouse or a goblet. OB will be on his honeymoon to
Mexico during this meeting and will not be here.
This club was formed
to further our skills in woodturning. I have observed in my two and a half
years of coming to our meetings that there are a few people who bring their
turnings to every meeting. It also is the same people who do the
demonstrations. We have people who do not participate they bring nothing to
the meeting and learn nothing. We have members who have offered to do one on
one or small groups with our membership and so far there has been very few
members participating in this service that the club has to offer, it maybe
that these members want to turn, but are shy about asking or participating.
The members that have offered their services are as follows Jack Diamond, Bill
Bryan, OB, and Al McCoy. If I have left out someone please let me know. In
order for a person to grow in this endeavor participation is the best teacher.
The clubs goal is to teach all our members to become better turners from the
beginner to the journeyman. We are asking that each member evaluate your
position and see if you are satisfied with your progress.
The
artisticwoodturners have very few members signed up in AAW. It is to your
advantage to belong to this organization with the subscription to their
magazine with helpful hints about turning and being insured. I was talking to
Lyle Jameison at his demonstration in Hattiesburg the 19th and 20th and he
said that to be a member in the club he is affiliated with back in Michigan it
is mandatory to belong to the AAW, so we have both extremes, which do you
want?
The demonstrators for
this meeting will be Jack Diamond, Robert McBroom and Leland Leonard. Jack
will be showing you how to make small quick items on the lathe such as chain
pulls, bottle stoppers, wooden lids, and do a demo on how to make a hollow
egg. Robert will be showing you how to do goblets, birdhouses, and other small
items. Leland will doing bud vases or flower vases, also show the club members
how to use his duplicator. After the meeting there will be a type of one on
one with members who would like to stick around for a personal experience with
the demonstrator.
Don't forget about
show and tell. We all learn about turning at show and tell. Bring some of your
creations.
The auction will have
something special Leland will donate some of his wood from his own stock to
the club for some lucky bidder. Have a great meeting. The club has some free
Mulberry at Leland's already cut up for you; several members of the club
rescued it from a fire and cut the wood just for you.
Note
I sent some pictures with the newsletter but the file was too large, so I am
sending just the text version Going on vacation and don't have time to correct
the size of the photos. Some of you may have received the first transmission.
Al
