January 2015 – Betty Scarpino

World-renowned woodturner and instructor Jimmy Clewes provided an entertaining and informative full-day demonstration for members and visitors at the October meeting of Channel Islands Woodturners.

President’s Corner – Steve Leblanc Raffle  We will be raffling off a fine ¾” Glaser skew chisel donated by Paulo Marin at our June 20th meeting.  If you can contribute some wood blanks or a roughed-out seasoned bowl blank as an enhancement to the raffle, bring it to the meeting.  It’s always fun to go…

Meeting Information: Saturday, August 28th from 9:00 am to Noon   Hands-on Workshop with emphasis on teaching tool use: we will have 4 lathes set up and a specific teaching program is planned for new turners. at   Russ Babbitt’s Note that this meeting is not at Levi Mize’s Shop: we will return there next month….

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…