August, 2009

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Past Events

Summer Social – 18 July 2009

Mike Shuler Demo – 25 July 2009

Ventura County Fair – 5-16 August 2009

The usual suspects. The Christensens may now take their seats in the front row.

Steve Leblanc talked about his early functional turnings

Al Geller reviewed the County Fair experience and notes from the judging

Raffle. Chuck Stevenson is back from mission trip

Ralph Rossbach is one of the raffle winners. New member in back is Barbara CDeBaca.

Terrell brought Acacia wood for sale

Michael Ingham is experimenting with hand carving decoration

Ron Lindsay with hollow forms painted in iridescent colors

Robert Mitchell showed his tops and toys

Black Acacia for sale

Gary Toro demonstrated Christmas decorations – here turning snowmen

Snowmen turning split using bandsaw V cradle

Snowmen closeup

Cutting decorative disks

Parting off a disk having spiral on face

Using the spiral grooving tool on edge

View from back side

Center section of ornament – top being shaped

Now ready to drill all the way through

The bottom finial is turned from Pink Ivory

Starting the top finial – drilling hole for wire hanger

Sizing the tenon to the top hole

Final shaping of top finial

Show and Tell table

Router jig used to cut Vs in ornament body to accept inlays

Router jig bottom view

Finished ornament

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March, 2004
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Meeting Information: Saturday, March 27 from 9:00 am to Noon Hands-on Workshop at Russ Babbitt’s: Four lathes will again be available at Russ’s shop plus several different set-ups for sharpening turning tools. This is the second of three of these teaching sessions scheduled for this year. Come and take advantage of the one-on-one teaching. At…

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January, 2006
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Meeting Information: Saturday, January 28th, from 9 am to Noon Herm Ross and Al Geller: Tool Making At Levi Mize Woodcraftsman’s Shop 162 Aviador Street #17+18, Camarillo, CA 93010 Aviador Street is N. of the Camarillo Airport and is reached from the Central Ave. exit off of US 101: go S. and turn left on…

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April, 2003
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Meeting Information: Saturday, April 26th from 9:00 am to afternoon Hands-on-Turning and Teaching (see details below) at Russ Babbitt’s Lunch will be provided (small donation requested) Member Warren Brown presented the program for the February meeting on making Cyma Bowls. He brought bowls at different stages of development, and with the help of member Dan…

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