August 2019 – Doug Diggles

President’s Message The presentation by David Springett stimulated the curiosity of a number of attendees. The simplicity of his woodturning methodology, combined with lively and fast moving presentation techniques, made the day move fast, very captivating, and thought provoking.  I think we’ll see work from the membership show up at future show-and-tell sessions. Prior to…

Meeting Information: Saturday, July 12th   from 9:00 am to Noon Discuss AAW Symposium and future club events at   Russ Babbitt‘s (see below for more details about the meeting) Over 50% of our own members attended the AAW Symposium the last weekend of June.  Our participation began Thursday evening with the two lathes set up…

Show & Tell Bring your latest projects to show. Steve Dunn the Wood Man is coming Al Geller says Steve will be featuring light-colored spalted wood to purchase at the September meeting.  Steve brings a trailer full of wood, and based on previous experience, $25 should get you a sizable piece of something good.  

Meeting Information: Saturday, June 26 from 9:00 am Noon Jim Rinde: Un-natural Edge Turnings At the last moment this was postponed until next month.  Instead Ron Lindsay presented a talk on the effect of grain orientation on turning bowls with wet wood.   At Levi Mize Woodcraftsman’s Shop The May 22nd meeting was again held…

The second hands-on session in a row at Russ’s home at the May 20th meeting was again a great learning experience for our beginning turners, and lots of fun for those of us doing the teaching.  There is one more of these sessions scheduled for this year on Sept. 16th.  Photos from the meeting are…