May, 2019 Newsletter

Our May 11th meeting was attended by 31members and six
guest:  Bruce Kinney, Ed Yeary, Don Neekamp,
Dan Sharp, Blackcrow Meij, and Francis Shaffer.

Rich Enders reported a balance of $2,692.67.  In addition we took in about $450 at the Great Lakes Arts Festival

Tom Jones gave a recap of the Great Lakes Arts Festival. Our booth had a crowd both days, all
day.  There was a wait to turn pens with about a constant two people
waiting in line.  Lynn Southward did the assembly and Tim Parker and
Rick Kimling did most all of the pen turning instruction. They were super with
the public. Das Madhavan, Erik Blom, Karen Finn, and Dave Finn did bowl turning
demonstrations.  Rich Enders brought the canopy which worked perfect and
helped out where ever needed.  Lynn, Rick, Tim, Rich, and Tom were there
all day both days.  We had good response from both the Woodworker studio
and public. Thanks to all members who helped with this event.

A
suggestion was made to purchase a reasonable face shield for the club to keep
with the lathe. Bill Weber is going to Woodcraft before the next meeting and
will pick one up.  Bill also agreed to take
brochures and business cards to leave with Woodcraft

Tom
brought up our mentoring program for the new members/guest
and told them to contact any of the board members if they would like some one-on-one
help and we would set them up with an experienced member they could meet with. 

Erik Blom, talked about the lacquer
he uses on his metal art and some of the members asked if we could send out the
info on it.  Here’s what Tom got from Eric.:

  • Permalac clearcoat—Anderson
    Paint store  in  Ann Arbor  has it.   I would call first.
  • Sculpt  Nouveao in
    CA. has something like it   800-728-5787  They say it works on metal, wood, stone
  • You can also buy it from
    their company store:  https://permalac.com/permalac-online-store/

     

    • It is pricey but it
      sounds like the perfect coating for a lot of wear and weather exposure. 
      $27.99 plus shipping for 12 oz. spray can.

The president’s challenge was to turn a basic bowl. 
Winners in the Novice category were Karen Finn, 1st, and
Wayne Miller, 2nd.  In the advanced Category Das Madhavan was 1st
and Erik Blom was 2nd.

Cookies were provided by Randy Maynard.

Bill Weber told the group about the “Woodturning tool
exchange” face book page.  It’s a good place to find deals on used
turning tools.   https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=woodturning%20tool%20exchange&epa=SEARCH_BOX

The president’s challenge for
the June meeting is to finish
the bottom of a bowl.  Judging to be done
with the bowl/platters/vessels presented upside down.  

Lynn Southward gave a demonstration on jam chucking bowls
to clean / finish the bottom.

Upcoming shows:

  • 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.  Tim Parker won the free registration for this
    event.  You can find more information on
    this event at:  https://www.ovwg.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=998512&module_id=307406

Our June meeting will be on Saturday, June 8 at 10 AM at Erik Blom’s workshop.  Erik will be demonstrating Carter Coring and metal work.  Erik’s address is 3000 Warren Rd.    Ann Arbor MI  48105.  His phone is 734-474-1176

Bring items for show and tell and the
president’s challenge.  We will skip the
raffle this month. 

Happy Woodturning,

Len