Artisticwoodturners

Newsletter

December 2010

I hope you are ready for the Christmas season and all of the activities surrounding this time of the year.

  We will be having our Christmas party at the Woodman lodge and the activities will be as follows.

All members are invited to bring a covered dish; we didn’t have a signup sheet so bring your favorite dish for the club to enjoy. Turn a gift for in the drawing portion of the meeting if your wife comes and wants to participate bring a gift for her. Please wrap the gifts and note man or woman. You will be given a ticket for the drawing one for each present. We will also give you a ticket for the drawing of the door prizes, which will be separate from the rest.

  If you have turned an entry for the 25^th anniversary of the AAW please bring it for the judging. It must be small enough to fit inside an 8” cube. You must be willing to sell it as well.

  Come and join in the fun.

  In January Pat Matranga will be turning for us. This will be paid for by the club, Non members will be charged $25.00.

  In February we will be having a sawdust session. If you would like to see a specific type of turning call Bill Bryan and ask him to set it up so we all can see it.

  March will be exciting for the club we will have David Ellsworth turning for us. He was the first member of the AAW. Put this on your schedule so you don’t miss the opportunity to learn from the master. We will have more info as the day approaches.

  Hope to see you at the Christmas party next week, if not then MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR

Words of wisdom from the Prez.

Very interesting I think I will come Back again.

Good info for all.

More info well taken. Norm our Master at arms talking while the President has the floor.

Great job Mark with the turning. Al Stirt's visit was worth while, keep the platters coming. This is why we have pro turners coming to teach us new things.

Great turning for the 25th Anniversary celebration of the AAW.

Nice pair of snowmen. Keep up the good work BO.

Nice finish BO.

Ed Kust explains a new way to make jewelry ask him about it.

John Peeples tries his hand at making bowls from slats Good Idea.

John Byl holds up a large spaulted bowl. Very nice.

Nice .............................................

A nice lidded box, very delicate.

Well Tarla I did it again caught Durk's eyes closed he has good reflexes he beat the flash.

Nice look the liming wax did the trick.

Mike makes another nice segmented bowl from the zebra wood he got from Mike Peters.

Mike highlights the Southwest look very well.

Jack makes another bird house and says "this one is for the birds."

A honey bowl and a dipper.

Darnell explains the history of this piece of wood, ask him about it.

Darnell is the winner. He was the only entry into the club challenge.

Leland's newest table with ball legs.

Norm auctions off this batch of Hickory logs donated by Gary Patton. The wood was from Ivan.

Bill and Jack had a demo on how to mount and turn odd shapes on your lathe.

Bill Shows how to mount this large piece of wood on this lathe.

Fred does a demo on how to make an angel, thank you Fred.

Bill does a demo on how to make a hollow form the old fashioned way thru the top

The birdhouse demo got plenty of coverage by the members.

Nice turnings.