Here’s a recap of the March Meeting.

Call to order at 10:00AM

Treasurer reported $3297.24 in the treasury with no outstanding bills.

Nothing new on announcements

General discussion:  Name tags; reminder to turn in you name tags after the meeting.  The number of name tags are diminishing with fewer member wearing them at the meeting  by Len Southward.   Names of the members needing tags were given to Dave Finn. He will have them available at the next meeting.  Alice Ford is our newest member. She joined and also made a donation to the club in appreciation of the work of members that help get her lathe up and running.

Scott Solsburg presented the Presidents challenge and show and tell entries.

I did not get the names of the Challenge winners but Al does have them. 

The demo was on various methods of removing the foot/tenon from a bowl for final finishing.  Dave Finn brought in most of the necessary equipment and did the turning.  I brought in a vacuum pump and aided in the demo.

Das will be doing the demo next month on turning a _____bowl. Not sure what he calls it.  I believe Al knows.

The challenge for April will be to turn a bowl. Any kind but with a tenon for reversing to turn the inside and then remove the tenon using one of the various methods used in the March demo.

Ken Ely has agreed to be our Vice President.   He will need to have his AAW members paid by Fran. He has NOT been notified of this.

Len Southward has verified he will be hosting the April Meeting.

Here are relevant links for vacuum supplies and such which Len can add to our website and Al can add to his meeting minutes.

 https://www.joewoodworker.com/       Vacuum chuck parts and supplies. 

 https://www.fingerlakeswoodturners.com/downloads/VacuumChuckingforWoodturners9.pdf

https://www.wbnoble.com/WN_articles/vacuum_chuck/vacuum-chucks.pdf