Villages Woodworker’s Club Meeting
7 p.m. Laurel Manor
The
meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Charlie Shark. The membership said
the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
Charlie
welcomed 1 new member, visitors, and all members who attended.
As
of yesterday afternoon, we had 725 paid members for 2008. We have had 70 new members during 2008, and
70 members were trained. Sign up for
Monitor, Greeter or Tool Crib with Heather at the back. The Monitor schedule is not available
tonight, so please sign up at the shop.
The Greeters schedule is now covered except during the week of Dec.
22nd. Our Tool crib is scheduled to open
on April 21st, and we are in strong need of tool crib monitors. Max will email 200 people who weren’t able to
sign up for volunteer duty last year and see if they will work the Tool
Crib. The tools should be better
maintained, such as checking for sharpness, etc.
We
also need a volunteer to head the tool crib and supervise the operations and
maintenance of our tools.
Certification/Training – Paul Greene – (by Charlie) - See Jack if
you are new and need to be certified.
Safety - Jerry Dederich – (by Charlie) - We have a Brinks security
system. If you are staff, an instructor,
or a carver, please get instructions on how to use it. Make sure you come in the front door, as you
have only 80 seconds to re-set.
Murry – Safety glasses have been
evaporating. Are we eating them? Please check your stuff and bring back extras
you have.
Golf cart path expense –
Results were not good. We planned to put
another layer down, but Sam advised not to do too much at present as
Shop Administration – Dave Adamovich - (by
Larry Cross) - Re: Turning Tools– It is a challenge keeping bowl and spindle gouges
sharp. We are having trouble making them
last as people aren’t sharpening properly and setting for different grind
shapes. Typically, a tool should last
about 6 years. If you are doing serious
turning, we need you to buy your own bowl and spindle gouge so you can sharpen
to your liking. Other tools are not a
problem as they are simple and standard to sharpen. Do like the carvers and buy your own—only
bowl and spindle gouges are necessary.
We will be stocking these at the shop for members to buy, and will offer
during classes. Note: we just spent $1,400 to replace turning
tools.
Question
for Dave: Do we need to drain the air
tanks at night? No, we are draining in the
morning.
Note: Monitor trainer also told to drain at night
to avoid water sitting overnight. Actually
it may not hurt to do it both.
Final
note from Dave: We decided the morning
is the best time as draining too fast is not good for the system. It is not necessary to drain at night.
Education - (Chuck Heise) – by Charlie - Lots of openings for
instructors, especially for Turning classes in May.
Toys – Don Young - (by Bob Thompson) – 700 toys were picked up by the Society. We have boxed about 1000 more. We are a little ahead of last year. Many of our helpers have left for the summer,
so we will be looking for other volunteers.
Woodturners Group –
Herb Faust - Tables painted
gray. We now have many dust collectors
up and they look good. Pen Turning
fiesta lately!
Woodcarvers – by
Charlie - We had 25-30 Carvers in
this morning. Master carvers come in on
Tuesday afternoon. Visitors are blown
away by their work. We have
approximately 60-65 Carvers, similar numbers to Turners. We now have a sound system for Turner’s
meeting, certification, and other requirements.
The Speaker talks to a microphone with a speaker, and there are also
headphones for those really needing hearing assistance.
Other Business:
Ken – Heading North shortly,
where there is still snow. Would like to
say thanks to all the men and women in the group. Anyone who feels there is no help there is
definitely wrong. When he sees teachers
taking time to work on projects of their own, he and others really enjoy
it. He will return two pair of glasses
before leaving Thursday! He wishes more
members would wear name tags or names on shirts so he can call people by
name. Selling raffle tickets with
$50,000, $25,000, $15,000 raffle prizes for the Knights of Columbus raffle in
Break
at 7:40 pm until 7:50 pm.
Show & Tell (pictures posted on the Web site)
Brenda
Clake – Maple/teak/soapstone Magic
bowl. Carved the lettering with a dental
type drill, and inlaid soapstone. An
example of the more intricate inlaid work you can do with stone per my demo
last month.
Herb
Faust – Bowl made from a piece of a
log from Brenda. According to Scotty it
is Melaleuca and it was imported to
Matt
Drozdoff – New turner. Thanks to Larry, John, Herb, Ron he is doing
pretty good. Maple/walnut segmented
bowl. Made of three layers of wood, with
bottom, middle, and top rows. Cutting
and gluing was the hardest part, but it was fun and a worthwhile result.
Ron
Gammon- Peppermill, wood turned
flowers. Peppermill from
Cora
Vennes – Intarsia limb with
birds. Not her latest project. Made with yellowheart. She loves working with exotic woods. Will be teaching Intarsia again next year.
Lyle
Hoffmeister – Display cabinet for
flags, made to display flags from
John
Vennes – Early American spice
cabinet. Last Nov/Dec in Fine Woodworking
featured this cabinet. Daughters
requested them, and also wife. 1st of
three to do. Dovetailed drawers, inlay
is the most difficult part; had to make a tool to cut the grooves. Initials and monogram were tricky.
John
Herega – Cutting board – Primarily
for cookies, pastry, and baking; based on his Mother’s old board. Cut on an angle because it is used on an
angular island counter. One apron edge holds
against counter, the other gives you a backing.
Can flip over and use the other side.
Cherry and maple.
Aime
Brochu – Folding work table. Holds 700 lbs, folds to 6”, weighs 24
lbs. He is a Novice woodworker and wants
to thank John Justice for lots of help.
Will be able to use and then store easily.
Note: Next week the
Turner’s will have Ron Browning as demonstrator at our club. He is from the Hands on Woodturning group,
and could be a professional if he wanted.
Next Tuesday at
7
pm—see you there.
50/50: The 50/50
raffle brought in $ 37 for club. There was one drawing of $13, two of $12 each.
Members
& Guests in Attendance: 49
Meeting
adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
Next
meeting on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008, 7 p.m., at Laurel Manor.
B.
Clake
For
Heather Sawyer, Secretary