Artistic Woodturners May Newsletter

I hope that all members received a copy of the special mailing that was mailed over the weekend. Requesting that each one submit their Museum quality turnings at our May meeting for the Jury. Four of our club members will be selected for the turning exhibit in the Orlando Museum of Art during the month of June.

The President's Challenge will be as follows. You must make your project one of the following ways or a combination of them. Face Plate turning, Jam chuck turning, spindle turning, or any combination of the three. You must have created the device that you used or it can be another turner's idea as long as you do not use a commercially manufactured chuck. You will be required to show the other members how you accomplished the piece. We are trying to teach turning the old fashion way or put some excitement into your turning.

Show and Tell should be exciting this month because we are getting down to the basics for the new members and the older members who need a boost to get them started.

Jack Diamond will have a demonstration on how to turn using a wooden face plate, he will show you how to make a Stave type Construction and turn it into a lidded box or pencil holder etc. He will use double-faced tape or a hot glue gun to hold his project on the faceplate. Al McCoy will do a demo on making the ball part of a Christmas tree ornament using nothing but a home made rig that has been well proven to work. Bill Bryan will have an open lathe for the members who want to see how to do a specific thing at your request, just ask Bill. We will have some hands on items, different types of chucks with extra jaws, spur drives, different live centers, and faceplates, that are available on the open market. There will be a demo on how to make your own faceplate using a 1 x 8 tpi to be used on a Midi lathe.