Monthly Newsletter from Steve Funk, President
Meeting Minutes
MIOH Woodturners
July 13, 2024
Meeting Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Steve Funk at 10:00 AM. There were 19 members
and 1 guest present
The treasurer reported a balance of $3,661.85
This Month birthdays are
Don Lacumsky and Tom Jones
Announcements
Steve Funk advised the members that we must be prepared for our participation in Artalicious by the August meeting. We need two crews to man our tent: one on Sept. 21 (11AM to 7PM) and the other on Sept 22 (11AM to 5PM). Today members will take home to complete the preparation of the pen wood blanks used our pen making demonstrations. We will also need several mini lathes in the tent. Rick Kimling has lent the club his small lathes in the past. He now has health problems, so we must either get someone else to provide the lathes or contact Rick to lend the club his lathes. Also, Steve reminded us to donate some of our finished projects for the Adrian Library Auction at Artalicious.
At the August meeting Lynn Southward volunteered to demonstrate how he makes a clever magnetic vertical pen holder.
Snacks were provided by Jim Kolb, Ken Ely and others
Safety Alerts
Steve Funk reminded us to not rush while working on simple projects. While starting to make napkin rings he was drilling a guide hole for a Fostner bit but did not chuck the drill bit properly. It wiggled around and destroyed his first wood blank. After verbalizing a few Pigggy Words he rechucked the guide drill bit and completed his project.
Show & Tell was conducted by Dave Finn
The raffle was conducted by Scott Solsburg
The President’s Challenge was conducted by Al Goldstein
Novice Class Winners were: 1st Place Fran Shaffer and 2ndPlace Ken Ely
Advanced Class Winners Was: Don Lacumsky
The Meeting Presenation was a video of a Zoom Meeting given by Bob Behnke the chemist at Titebound Wood Glue.
The President’s Challenge for next Month is for members to do a segmented project to test the performance of the glue they used. Results of these tests will be discussed at the August meeting.
Al Goldstein
MIOH Secretary