February 22 - Shop Meet

This is David Hanna's spacious shop where 15 club members met this evening for the February shop meet. This is the first time David opened his shop for a meet.

In the back room are some of his craftsmanship on display.

February 15 - Turner's Meet

Floyd Yoder made the presentation this evening on segmented bowls. There were about a dozen members attending.

Floyd explained the process he uses to cut and assemble the segments for his bowls.

He stressed the importance of accuracy in the cutting of each segment.

He demonstrated the method he uses to flatten the assembled layer.

And then showed how the different layers can be glued together at the lathe in preparation for turning.

No actual turning was done but Floyd gave a great lesson in the segmented preparation.

February 11 - Main Meeting

Main Program

Bob Eslinger received an award of achievement from president Brian Timmons for his past service as president.

There were 40 in attendance for the main meeting tonight. The meeting was held in the main sales room because the classroom is being redesigned.

Main Program

Bill Rickel has displayed his fine rocking chairs in the Woodcraft Store for several months now and his work has drawn many admirers. He gave an informative presentation on the methods of work he uses in the construction of his chairs.

Bill learned many of skills needed and methods of work from a class he took from Hal Tyler. It is impressive the jigs that he has devised to achieve the tricky joinery and shaping of his chairs.

Bill acknowledged the steep learning curve and the willingness to think outside the box.

His chairs sell from $5000 and up. The market has yet to discover him so he is busy building up his inventory. His website is www.brwoodworks.com

Show & Tell

John Slezak – Radiation barriers put up in doctors office

Joe Mathis – Three drawer scroll saw box, and mystery wood sample

Herb Osmussen - Cracked lathe turnings, his new technique

Adam Ross - Molding made from modified router bit

John Philips – Nut Cracker

Paul Anderson - Two turned clocks with inlays

Prize Winners

Brian Timmons won the raffle which was a set of carbide drills.

These are all the lucky door prize winners.

January 25 - Shop Meet

There were 12 at the shop meet with Brian Timmons. We all enjoyed seeing his large, beautiful shop and the great snacks.

Mike is shown here enjoying throwing darts. We had lots of great discussions too.

January 18 - Turner's Meet

The January 18 turning demonstration was conducted by Denny Wetter. The meeting was attended by 10 members and one guest.

The wood was provided by Jack Branson. It was a piece of Birch that Woody Trefrey had donated to the Christmas auction. It was decided to make a small box with a lid. The wood was trued up between centers and tenons were cut on both ends.

The wood had some spalding and a couple worm holes. The bottom tenon is held in the chuck.

The lid blank is cut off with a thin parting tool.

The outside of the bottom was shaped. The worm was not home but left behind a nice feature that went clear through the side of the bowl.

The inside of the box was hollowed out starting with a bowl gouge.

The undercut area was removed with a round nose scraper. The lathe is running backwards and I am cutting on the far side of the piece. This avoids reaching out over the lathe and gives better control of the tool.

The lid was mounted in the chuck and a tenon was cut on the bottom of the lid to fit in the bowl. This tenon was used as a jamb chuck to finish the bottom of the bowl. The bottom of the lid was then hollowed out and the outside edge shaped.

A scrap of wood with a piece of foam glued to it was mounted in the chuck. The bottom of the lid was placed against the foam and the tailstock was brought up against the top of the lid to hold it in place. The top of the lid was then turned to shape except for a small tenon under the live center.

The finished turning. The tenon on top of the lid has not been cut off yet and a finish needs to be applied.

January 14 - Main Meeting

There were 38 present at the first wood club meeting of the new year.

Our new president, Brian Timmons took charge of his first meeting.

Main Program

Artist Jesse Wilhelm form Tatumantikis showed us how he goes about making tikis. As a display he brought in a tiki he had previously completed and a carved wooden fish that he painted. As a full time artist his interest in carving tikis is fairly new and he considers it just be a hobby. His work on tikis started by buying two in Key West and now in the short time of 8 months he is building a stockpile and selling to interested customers. He gave a very interesting demonstration of how he goes about his tiki work. First he finds a suitable log, then draws pattern on the face, and then starts cutting with his electric chainsaw. He paints them and puts an exterior finish on to protect them. They generally sell for $2-300 per tiki. His work can be seen at www.tatumantikis.com

Show & Tell

John Slezak – Pictures of poker table he made.

Floyd Yoder – Ebonized poplar turned plate, spalted maple turned bowl with floppy ears, wood hammer

John Petti – Pictures of highly figured veneer coffee table

Denny Wetter – Ambrosia maple turned bowl, and completed challis from the turners meeting

Herb Osmussen- 1^st time turned items – challis, and other small turning

Mike Swart – Pine rocking horse

Daryl Walters – Pictures of blanket chest out of pine

Bill Cowan – Small box with intricate lid

Terry Bair – Cut out reindeer

Tony Willemsen – Lidded turned jar he promptly tested on the floor

Prize Winners

Terry Bair won a Cabinet Maker's Screwdriver Set in the raffle

The door prize winners were Paul Piehl, Terry Bair, Tony D'Alberto and Woody Trefrey

December 11 - Christmas Party

The wood club Christmas Party was held at Colonial Oaks Park today.

The members and guests gathered at 6:30 pm for the social hour.

Everyone had a great time fellowshipping with each other before the meal.

As usual, Tony Kept the punch bowls ready with great refreshments.

President Bob Eslinger greeted the crowd, welcomed the guests and presented the plans for the evening.

The first item on the agenda was, of course, the food which was great and delicious.

Laid out on this table was the gifts for the guests and items for the auction, all provided by members.

Following the meal, the guests got to pick out their gifts as their names were drawn.

Here are the members that provided the items for the guests and the auction.

Denny Wetter was the auctioneer again this year and a great job he did.

There was a drawing for a free one year membership which was won by Woody Trefrey.