Classic City Woodturners

Fellow Woodturners, There will not be a meeting on July 4th.  The next meeting will be on August 1, 2017.  Enjoy your 4th!!!

Fellow Woodturners, our June CCW meeting is Tuesday, June 6 at the Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St, Athens.  The meeting begins at 6 PM.  If you can help with setup please come by 5:30 PM.

For our  June 6, 2017 meeting we will have Don Douthart as our demonstrator.  Dan will be demonstrating making of his ring box without the use of jam chucks commonly required for finishing the top and bottom.   For those who are interested Dan has a You Tube video on this when he presented to the Gwinnet Woodworkers.  A link to this site is:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83tPSJYTRHI

We need a good turnout for this  demonstration, so remember to be sure to bring a guest and some wood for the raffle.  Our attendance has been low lately and we really need to have a good turnout this month.  Our raffle proceeds help to keep demonstrators coming.

Fellow Woodturners, the May meeting of CCW is scheduled for Tuesday, May 2nd.  It begins at 6 PM at the Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St, Athens.

For our May 2, 2017 meeting we will be having a clinic on sharpening so bring your gouges and skews.  Our program demonstrator will be Ken Rizza from Woodturners Wonders.  Ken will bring his grinder setup with the CBN wheels.  This will be a hands on sharpening exercise.  The lathe will be set up so that each participant can practice with his or her sharpened tool.  Skews are particularly difficult to sharpen but with Ken’s guidance this is made simple.  Ken will also demonstrate honing of the skew with a CBN hone.  This hone can put a razor sharp edge on a skew.

Ken will also demonstrate other products he has including various tool handles, sanding system for bowls and other turnings; his special lights that really can light up turnings and other items.  Ken will have most of his products there for sale and can accept any type of payment.

We need a good turnout for this hands on demonstration, so remember to not only bring your tools to be sharpened but also be sure to bring a guest and some wood for the raffle!

Fellow Woodturners, our next meeting is Tuesday April 4, 2017 at the Lyndon House Arts center, 293 Hoyt St, Athens.  If you can come early at 5:30 and help with setup it would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks last month to Drew, John, Nancy and Lynn for their help and of course all in the clean up.  Remember, dues are due.

For our April meeting we have Steve Mellott as our demonstrator.  Steve has provided us with the attached brochure that outlines his bio and demonstrations that he has made in the past.

For our evening Steve will be providing a brief presentation and discussion of his “dizzy” bowl.  After this discussion, Steve will turn his “Beads of Courage” box shown below.  Beads of Courage is a charity that Steve supports through his turnings.  This organization is a 501C3 tax exempt organization dedicated to helping children with serious illness tell their stories of survival.  It is a very worthwhile organization and to learn more about it Google Beads of Courage. The work by Steve and other turners who support this organization help a large number of at risk pediatric oncology patients.

The box is made from several different woods as you can see from the picture below.  It measures about 6” or more in diameter and approximately 6” tall. This demonstration should be very good and prove to be worthwhile for all attendees and guests.

Remember to invite and bring a friend and also bring some wood or other material for our raffle.

BeadsOfCourage

The CCW will meet at 6 PM on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at the Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St, Athens, GA.

For our March meeting we will have Peggy Schmid as our demonstrator.  Peggy may be the first woman demonstrator we have had or at least the first in a while.  Peggy’s work can be seen at her web site  http://www.peggyschmid.com/. 

For our evening’s demonstration she will be making what she calles her “, “Special Memory Boxes”.  These small lidded boxes were inspired by  oriental bamboo rice boxes.  They are 3 to 4 inches tall and made from 2″ square stock.  Each side has an original woodburned scene and each box is signed and numbered. 

When you go to her site click on the link “More”, then “helping my sister” and you will read about Peggy’s devotion to helping her sister fight a very serious medical condition by making and selling these unique boxes. 

Remember to invite and bring a friend and bring some wood for our raffle.  If you haven’t paid dues for 2017 yet, remember to bring them also.