Next Meeting
Our next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, February 25 at 9:30am at Jim Meyer's shop in Athens. Jim will be demonstrating the methods by which he designs segmented turnings, cuts and assembles the individual pieces, and then turns the blank to produce a finished piece.
Lathes and Lasagna
Lathes and Lasagna sessions are held on the first and third Tuesday evenings of the month at Bill Sproul's shop in Lewisburg. Turning is from 4 pm until whenever with dinner and a surprise dessert about 7 p.m. In addition to turning, one person also serves as "Chef of the Day" and prepares dinner and dessert for the group. In order for the "Chef of the Day" to prepare sufficient dinner for everyone, participants must RSVP to Billl no later than the Monday evening before the session. Any changes to the schedule will be announced on the Home Page.
Coming Events
April 28 The Club's semi-annual Wood and Tool Auction will be held during the Club's April meeting at Gerald Chandler's shop in Crawley. Members are encouraged to donate their surplus wood and tools so others may put them to good use.
Previous Demonstrations
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March 2011: Thin, Natural-edge Bowls Mike Cope demostrated turning thin, natural-edge bowls using a gouge with the Ellsworth grind.
February 2011: Skew Chisel DemonstrationMark Soukup is a professional Windsor Chair maker from Gap Mills, WV and he showed us the techniques he uses with a skew chisel and detail gouge to turn the legs, stretchers, and spindles for his chairs.
July 2010: Basic Penmaking Harry Newman covered the basic techniques for making pens using wood, acrylic, and different mediums. He also covered finishing, kits, and ordering.
May 2010: Lidded Boxes Byron Young, from Mountain Woodturners, presented a demonstration on turning lidded boxes, as well as bird houses, toothpicks, and tiny spinning tops.
April 2010: Auction and Photography Tips The semi-annual Wood and Tool Auction was a great success! Angie LehrBass demostrated techniques for photographing turned objects and included useful information on how to take good photos without having specialized photographic equipment.
March 2010: Coring Systems Rodney LehrBass demonstrated the McNaughton coring system and Harry Newman demonstrated the One Way coring system.
January 2010: Kaleidoscope DemonstrationJim Meyer presented a demonstration of turning kaleidoscopes. Click the button to read additional information and photographs of the demonstration.
Club Challenges
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November 2011: Lidded Boxes Dave Vehrs was selected for special recognition for his lidded box turned from cherry burl.
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