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Our November 11 meeting was attended by 28 members. The president’s challenge was to turn a wooden hat.  Winners I the Advanced category were:  1st place Tom Jones and 2nd place Lynn Southward.  There were no entries in the Novice category. Scott Solsberg and Bob Seeberger did demonstrations on turning Christmas ornaments.  Thanks to both […]

Our October meeting was attended by 30 members. The president’s challenge was to make a spindle turning.  We had several ties in the voting.  In the advanced category Lynn Southward, Scott Solsburg, and Rick Kimling tied for first and Tom Jones came in second.  In the novice category Al Goldstein came in first and Tim

Our September meeting was attended by 27 members and 4 guests. The president’s challenge was to turn a hollow vessel.  Winners in the advanced category were Eric Blom and Das Madhavan.  Winners in the novice category were Tim Parker and Jim Plotts. Alfred Schembri  from the Detroit Area Woodturners gave a demonstration on turning miniature birdhouses.  It was a

Our August 12th meeting was attended by 22 members and 1 guest. The president’s challenge was to turn a bowl.  Winners were Tom Jones (1st Place) and Das Madhavan (2nd place) in the Advanced category.  In the Novice category and Tim Parker was 1st and Clyde Brasher and Jim Plotts tied for 2nd. Pi did a demo at the Adrian Center

Our July 7th meeting was attended by 29 members and 1 guest Tom Jones and Lynn Southward did demos on turning a basic bowl.  Tom’s demos involved using a dummy board to mount the blank and turning with carbide tools.  Lynn’s demo involved using traditional lathe tools.  Both presented a lot of useful facts.  Upcoming shows: The Ohio Valley

Our June 10th meeting was attended by 25 The president’s challenge for our June was to turn a platter.  Gift certificates were given to Dennis Sisung for First Place and Denny Demuth for Second Place in the Novice category. Ted Wilkins and Das Madhavan were the winners in the Advanced category We raffled off a dyed egg that

Our May 12 meeting at Erik Blom’s workshop was attended by 25 members and two guests: Jon Fish and my wife Lou. Erik demonstrated his bowl coring system as well as his hollowing system.  The demos were very informative.  Thank you Erik.   After the meeting Erik also showed his carving workshop.   Erik providing

Our April 8 meeting was attended by 18 members and 7 guests  Un fortunately, I was not able to attend due to family commitments.  I understand that Betty Scarpino gave a great demonstration.    Her slide show at the end of her presentation which showed her trip to China for a Woodcarvers International Program was

Our March 14 meeting was attended by 29 members and one guest.    The President’s challenge for March was a miniature segmented turning.  Winners were Rick Kimling in the Novice division and Jim Nickless in the Advanced division Mitch Mattis demonstrated full size segmented turnings The president’s challenge will be a full size segmented turning. 

Our February 14 meeting was attended by 29 members.    The President’s challenge for February was to turn something that had to have the foot turned and explain the method used. Winners were Ken Goetz (1st) and Randy Maynard (2nd) in the Novice division.  Mitch Mattis was 1st in the Advanced division and Jim Nickless