WNY WOODTURNERS II
VOLUME XI ISSUE 31 January 2, 2005
Meetings 7:30 PM;
Second Thursday
Hamburg Middle School
360 Division Street
Hamburg,
New York
The next scheduled meeting is Thursday, January 13 at 7:30 pm.
January’s demo Jim Hilburger pepper grinders
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President’s Letter
The President’s Corner by Kurt Hertzog
January will start another new year for the club with the
new officer’s taking their positions. The transitions have taken place and all
should run pretty smoothly. If there are a few bumps, please be patient and
help us with the transition.
The goals for the next year are pretty simple, in my mind.
Continue to reinforce the plans that we had for last year. Get more of the club
involved, make our fund raising efforts an ongoing, all year effort, and to run
the club to maximize enjoyment while minimizing the overhead.
We have one item left over that we should be able to
complete. That is the by-laws. We’ll have a package to present for
consideration shortly. Late last year we published the current and proposed
by-laws. We made a mistake by publishing the existing by-laws. It confused many
of the members who thought the old ones were what was being proposed. We must
not have done a very good job of marking things. We’ll not make that mistake
again. Suffice to say that the existing by-laws are sketchy at best and our
proposal should be a dramatic improvement. There was concern expressed over the
creation of a board. While it was a documentation of how we have been
operating, it concerned some so we removed all mention of it. The term
evidently brings bad memories to some.
The most important thing for the coming year is to get more
involved with running the club. We have a core of a few who are always there to
volunteer for any task that needs doing. That small group is carrying the load
for the entire organization. We need to help spread the load among more of the
group. Please be ready to lend a hand if asked. Better yet, be one who
volunteers to help without being asked. We are always in need of demonstrators,
charity event volunteers, and just helpers in general.
Kurt
__________________________________________________________________ President Kurt Hertzog opened
the meeting promptly at 7:30 by welcoming our guests for the evening; John Lunney, Jim Baxton, Bob Holing,
and Bud Schroeder. President Hertzog thanked out going
officer for their fine work over the years and welcomed incoming officers.
Treasurer Paul Mazuchowski
reported the following
Received - 50/50
$23.00 Dues - $210.00 Auction - $353.00
Pay-out – Insurance $268.00
Total $2597.08
Reminder
Dues - see our new financial secretary
Jay Ferrand
Old Business
Report on the trip to West
Penn Hardwoods - plenty of wood in stock and a 10% discount for
members and great food.
Another class was held at
Barb's barn by Kurt on sharpening and of course great cheese cake.
New Business
Jim Hilburger will be having a class at
Barb's Barn on ringed goblets. Dates are not set yet but probably a Wed. and
Sat session will be held a $5.00 donation for heat and electric will be
collected at the barn.
Jim Hilburger and Barb Berger
reported on Fisher Price Toy Fest they sold $120 and will split with the club
and charity.
By laws are still being
worked on by Barb B., Jake D., and Jim H. work in progress.
Kurt H. announced a mentor
program for new members and members having problem turning (besides Jim
Hilburger). Anyone interested in volunteering contact
Kurt.
There was a discussion over insurance for AWA
members. You are not covered for non club authorized demos. It was agreed a
paper trail of e-mails to the president requesting permission and a
returned e-mail authorizing you to give the demo. This is necessary for
insurance coverage.
Rockler will be giving gift certificates of $10. They
will be given out as show and tell prizes.
Instant Gallery (show and tell)
This portion of the program
continues to be one of the highpoints of the meeting. It provides insight,
ideas and humor.
Kurt Hertzog – Showed a very delicate
lidded box and a pair of spalted maple vases.
Gorden Frtz – Told his tale of woe with
apple-wood. Sometimes free wood is given to rid the giver of a problem. But he
did a great job on a mini goblet and pepper grinders.
Paul Mazuchowski – Showed another of his yo-yo
wood flowers and locust vase very well done.
Bob
Antonio- Displayed a number of pens made from wood he
obtained from Huron Hard Wood flooring as free samples.
Jay
Ferrand- Jay stumped the crowd with his turning. It turned
out to be a tipper still no clue. It's used by a drummer on a Celtic drum that
looks more like a tambourine. Always ready to help out the musically
inclined.
Ed
Katz- Showed his cherry pepper mill
Gerry
Rucker- Told of many ornaments he made for his
family's x-mass but brought along a couple he donate to the club very
nice job and thank you.
Rich Mialki- A very nice job on a sea urchin x-mas ornaments. As
Rich said they a very delicate and he broke a few. And thanks for helping
on my first night of note taking as the recording sec.
Jake Debski- As a prelude to his demo Jake showed a squared turned bowl
made of cottonwood. As it turns out a very soft wood to turn but as
those corners come around and click your knuckles I'll bet they don't feel like
cotton.
Paul Mazuchowski won $15 gift cert from
Craft Supply and Gorden Fritz was
the first winner of the Rockler $10 gift cert.
Demo
Probably the most anticipated night in a long time
for a demo. An over flow crowd jammed the auditorium and parking lots
bursting a waiting Jake's square turning demo. Jake demonstrated his way of
turning and he talked about oops he has had with these square devils. But as
the demo went Jake made it look easy and he did a fantastic job of showing his
turning talents and produced a very nice turning. Thanks for the demo and above
all thanks for the years of preparing the minutes of the meetings.
Elmer’s Corner
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Duane Herzig, Brier, Wash. |
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Drywall scrap
saves tiny turnings When I do small, delicate
turnings, I used to mount them to a wooden waste block screwed to the lathe's
faceplate. But I damaged too many pieces trying to remove them because the
waste block was stronger than the turning. Instead, I
now glue a piece of V2" drywall to the waste block, and then
adhere my workpiece to the dry- wall, as shown at left, using contact
cement or hotmelt glue. When I'm done turning the piece, I simply cut through
the drywall's paper "skin" to dismount the turn- ing, and then
remove the skin from the workpiece with a little solvent. |