June 14, 2012 Meeting Minutes

2 guests and 28 members were present.

Treasurer’s report: $1863.28 balance.

Library report: Nothing new this month, but Terry is looking for suggestions of a video that shows proper use of carbide tip tools.

Hematite demo is July 4 1-5pm.
Craig will still look into the resources for the Jefferson County Art guild as a carryover from the May meeting.
Tim is going to work on creating the list of equipment and serial numbers.
Craig built a rolling stand for the new lathe.
Need to follow up on the Twin City Days selling bowls.

It’s becoming hard to find the small birds for birdhouses, so grab them if you see them.
29 memberships paid up for 2012. 15 people who were members last year have not renewed. We have 7 new members this year.
Nametags are available for new people.
End Grain sealer is available for purchase.
Mike Short knows a guy with 500 board feet of walnut. See him if you’re interested in going in on it.
Roger brought in applications for the wood carver’s art show, Nov 3-4. if anyone is interested in having a booth there.
Guest turners: Discussion on whether or not it’s something for the club to pursue.
It was suggested that we may want to have a more structured format for turning day.
Carrie will look into estimating the AV equipment that would be required for showing demos.
Carrie has 3 turned pieces in the Emerging Artist show at the craft alliance, opening June 22.

President’s Challenges:

Next month’s challenge is an off-center stem turning.

Demonstration:

Next month’s demonstration will be “Back to Basics – Bowl Turning” by Mike Hermann.

13 members brought items show and tell.

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Keith – segmented bowl of maple and walnut
Arnie – pen
Carrie – honey mesquite disc for jewelry making
Bruce – Small box elder bowl
Greg – Large bird house in birch and maple
Mike Hermann – small cedar hollow form, cherry bowl
Gary – “Full Moon Flight” wall hanging collaborative effort of box elder, hickory, and carved geese of various woods.
Terry – Large Cherry platter/shallow bowl, Box Elder bowl, Hard Maple urn shape
Pat – Finial on a stand, failed finial efforts, cattail yard ornament with turned walnut cat tails and aluminium leaves, painted green.
Glen – Large cottonwood bowl, end box elder bowl with great flame, wormholes, and a crack filled with walnut bark.
Rachel – a bunch of pens and an engraver’s handle
Tim – walnut bowl, set of four aspen bowls
Craig – pen turned by his granddaughter, very tall catalpa vase

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15 Members participated in this month’s President’s Challenge of a finial.

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Gary was the winner.

Mike Hermann, lidded box with a finial
Tim, purple dyed finial
Craig, sea urchin christmas ornament
Greg, colored finial and a smaller finial
Carrie, ebony finial
Pat, walnut
Kenneth, osage orange
Keith, segmented cherry bowl with bloodwood finial
Joyce, bradford pear and walnut finial
Joyce again, natural branch box of bradford pear with maple finial
Roger, box elder
Glen, brazilian rose wood finial, with a stump burl base
Mike Short, red heart finial
Gary with an african blackwood finial on a segmented form made by another turner, Jim.
Joe Witener, walnut

Mike Hermann demonstrated turning a wacky off-center stem.

Month: July 2012