March, 2019 Newsletter

Our April 13th  meeting was attended by 27 members and two guests.

Rich Enders reported a balance of $2823.20.

The president’s challenge was to turn a functional birdhouse.  Winners in the Novice category were Rich Enders, 1st and Birdsall, 2nd.  In the advanced Category Jim Nickless was 1st and Tom Jones was 2nd.

 Cookies were provided by Jim Nickless

Tom Jones gave a demo on basics of bowl turning, including tool control.  This was the first in a series on basics of bowl turning.  Thanks for a very informative demo, Tom.

The president’s challenge for the May meeting is to turn a basic bowl.

The Demo for the May 11 will be by Lynn Southward on bowl turning including reverse chucking to finish the bottom.  This should be very informative, especially for the newer turners.

 Upcoming shows:

  • The MIOH Woodturners have been asked to participate in the Great Lakes Arts Festival this Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5.  The event runs from 11-7 on Saturday and 11-5 on Sunday.  We will have at least two lathes at the show.  One will be for bowl turning demonstrations and the other for pen turning.  We will also have some member items for display and/or sales.  In addition, we will have literature about our club.  Tom Jones is spearheading this project.  He has people lined up to help.  If you have not already signed up please consider helping out.  If you are able to help, contact Tom Jones.  Even if you cannot help you are encouraged to attend this event.
  • For anyone who likes to plan ahead:  The AAW 33rd International Woodturning Symposium will be in Raleigh, NC, July 11-14.  You can see more information and register at https://www.woodturner.org/page/2019RaleighRegistration
  • The Ohio Valley Woodturners Guild is presenting Turning 2019 on Oct 18-20 at the Higher Grounds Retreat Center in south east Indiana.  They have offered a free registration for one of our members.  If you are interested and able to attend, please email me or Tom your name or add it to the sign up sheet at the next meeting.  We will have a drawing at the May meeting from the interested members.  You can learn more about this event at https://www.ovwg.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=998512&module_id=307406

Our May meeting will be on Saturday, May 11 at  10 AM at Christ Episcopal Church.  

Bring items for show and tell and raffle, as well as the president’s challenge.

I am attaching an AAW article about spalted wood.

 Len

Happy Woodturning