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Membership

 

Membership dues are $30 per year for an individual, $40 per year for a family and are renewed every April. Memberships are free for school wood shop teachers and students 18 and under.  Guests are always welcome.

If you’re interested in joining, please come to a meeting as a visitor, or contact us through the form on the right-hand side of the screen.

Benefits of membership include full access to the club’s lending library, with many books, magazines and DVDs.  Members in good standing can also borrow the club lathe (Delta Midi), tools, and chuck.  The club also carries insurance for all club-sponsored activities, including meetings, demonstrations, and classes.

 

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Hill Crest Residential Facility

Members of the Show-Me Woodturners visited the Hill Crest Residential Facility in December 2010 to distribute birdhouse ornaments made by the club members.

 

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Library

Terry Eiler is the club Librarian. At the monthly meetings members in good standing may check out DVD’s, Books and Magazines from our extensive library. Members are expected to return the items they have checked out at the next club meeting. If there are DVD’s or books that you would like to see added to the library let Terry know the name and author and he will see what can be done.

Browse the DVD selection of the library here.

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Directions to Meetings

Meetings

We hold our monthly meetings the second Thursday of each month at the Festus Band Building from 6:30 to 9pm.  The Band Building is behind the Festus Police Department at 100 Park Avenue, Festus, MO.

You can see a picture of the building’s exterior here.

The building does not have an address, but you can use the Festus Police Department’s address of 100 Park Avenue, Festus MO to find it in your GPS.

Here it is on a map

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Show Me Woodturners, Festus, MO

Show Me Woodturners was formed and became a chapter of the American Association Of Woodturners (AAW) in 2005 and has continued to grow ever since.

The mission of our club and its members is twofold. First and foremost is teaching safety in wood turning. Second is the mission of education. Teaching newcomers, young and not-so-young, is the cornerstone of our mission.

We hold our monthly meetings the second Thursday of each month at the Festus Band Building from 6:30 to 9pm.

Meetings consist of club business, show and tell for members to exhibit their latest projects, a demonstration of turning techniques and a Presidents challenge. We have two turning days a year for a full day of teaching, turning and friendship. We also offer a mentor program for one on one turning teaching.

We have a library of more than 20 books and over 90 dvd’s that members can check out and return at the next meeting for no charge. The club also has a midi lathe and tools that is available for members to check out for a month at a time. We also have club caps and shirts available to purchase.

Membership dues are $30 per year for an individual, $40 per year for a family and are renewed every April. Memberships are free for school wood shop teachers and students 18 and under.

We are a great civic minded club and are very active in the community. We have an ongoing program of club members turning bird house ornaments that we donate to local area schools and retirement homes. Our members have also built display cabinets for a local school and the new library in Festus, Mo. Throughout the year we do turning demonstrations at numerous locations.

Our members display their work on a rotating schedule in local libraries during the fall.

The Show Me Woodturners has a great mix of members, men and women, young and older. Even if you don’t have a lathe, but are interested in turning, please come and join us.

For more information on our club please contact us via the form on the right-hand side of this page. We always enjoy meeting new guests at our monthly meetings. Come join us.