Classic City Woodturners

Fellow Woodturners, regular meetings of the CCW are suspended until further notice.  This is in response to the Coronavirus, COVID-19 precautions being taken by most everyone.  We will keep you updated as time goes on.

Fellow Woodturners, the next meeting of the CCW is Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at the Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St, Athens.  The meeting begins at 6 PM and ends around 8:30 PM.  The demonstrator for the month is Mike Peace from Gwinnett County.  Mike has demonstrated for us several times in the past and he is always an interesting teacher and demonstrator.  Mike will be demonstrating the turning of a chess set.  He authored an article in the current (February) edition of the American Woodturner Magazine.  You can also observe Mike’s other turnings on his YouTube Channel,  “Mike Peace Woodturning”.  Remember to bring a friend and something for the raffle.  Also, if you have not paid your 2020 dues you may do so at the meeting or send your check made out to “Classic City Woodturners” to Mike Rozier, 175 Hidden Lake Dr, Hull, GA 30646.  Dues are $30 for an individual or $35 for a family membership.  Dues and raffle ticket sales are the only sources of income for the club that allows us to have demonstrators of Mike Peace’s caliber.

Fellow Woodturners, the next meeting of the CCW is Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020 at the Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St, Athens at 6:00 pm.  The demonstrator for the month is Stephen Ogle from Cartersville, GA.  He will be demonstrate the turning of solid wood mugs and tankards.  You can see YouTube videos by Stephen by entering his name at the YouTube search site.  This should be an interesting demo.

Fellow Woodturners, the next meeting of CCW is Tuesday, Jan 7, 2020 at The Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St, Athens.  The meeting begins at 6 PM and concludes around 8:30 PM. Marvin Payne, one of our own, will be demonstrating for our January meeting. He will be turning a natural edge wing bowl with discussion on a cut rim bowl as well as techniques and proper tool presentation, sharpening, etc. 

Remember to bring a guest and something (wood) for the raffle. Charlie Armentrout will be bringing some apricot wood. 
Also, be reminded that this is a new year and dues are due.  Individual dues are $30 annually and a family membership is $35 – a real bargain.

Apologies for the late posting!  Meeting is tomorrow!

Fellow Woodturners, the next meeting of the Classic City Woodturners is Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at The Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St, Athens. The meeting begins at 6 PM and ends around 8:30 PM.  The demonstrator for November is Mark Silay. Mark has been to our club many times and is always a big hit.  This time Mark will be doing a “hodgepodge” of items for discussion and demonstrating to include a new subject for him; using sapwood in turnings to highlight the light colors especially in ornaments.  He will discuss and demonstrate using a pen mandrel for turning Christmas ornaments.  And of course Mark will be discussing his slicing techniques that he is known for as well as a discussion on how to sharpen the spindle gouge for wood slicing.  We should try and have a large turnout for Mark.

We want to encourage folks to bring something for the Show and Tell part of our business meeting.  The importance of the Show and Tell is so members can brag about what they’ve been able to accomplish and provide inspiration to others to try ideas they may not have thought of or thought that they couldn’t do.

It is worth noting that our raffle receipts seem to be down from what we used to get. We need to remind folks that the raffle is one way we get money each month to keep the club going.  Dues alone won’t do it.  This is why we have the raffle and encourage you to support it.

Remember to bring a quest and bring something for our raffle.

This meeting will be our last for this year as December is when we have the Christmas party.  More information forthcoming.