Classic City Woodturners

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.

Fellow Woodturners, the next meeting of CCW is Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at the Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St, Athens.  The meeting begins at 6 PM and concludes approximately 8:30 PM  Our  demonstrator for the month will be our own Jim Tally who will be turning a Christmas ornament!  Jim will go through the basic steps of creating a globe type ornament that would make a great Christmas gift for family or friends.  This demonstration will kick off our Christmas gift turning time. 

Be sure to come and bring a guest and bring something for our raffle.

Fellow Woodturners, the next meeting of the Classic City Woodturners is Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at the Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St, Athens.  The meeting begins at 6 PM and concludes around 8:30 PM.   Joan Busby is the demonstrator for September.  Joan will be doing a resin casting demonstration and follow it up with turning of her casting.  Joan is a member of the Southern Bayou Woodturning club in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, where she has served on the board for the past two years.  She has been turning wood and pouring resins for 5 years. Joan’s interest in resins evolved out of her curiosity of color mixing and the creative  possibilities of that medium when turned on the lathe. She continues to explore the melding of wood, fiber and synthetics to create exciting new artistic and functional pieces. She has an exquisite eye for color which is reflected in her custom resin blanks. Joan is always seeking to expand her creativity and turning skills.

Her YouTube video may be viewed at https://youtu.be/OsXhaZeQOW8 .  We are fortunate to be able to have Joan to demonstrate and we need to have a good turnout of members and quests.   Remember to bring a guest and to bring some wood for the raffle.

Fellow Woodturners,  the next meeting of the Classic City Woodturners is Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at the Lyndon House Arts Center, 293 Hoyt St, Athens.  The meeting begins at 6 PM and concludes about 8:30 PM.  Our demonstrator for the month is Joe Schlawin.  He will be demonstrating turning a “trendy sphere”  (see picture).  I found this one on the AAW web site that he turned and I think our club members will enjoy see this and having him demonstrate for us.   This is Joe’s first time as our guest demonstrator and I am sure his  program will be a big hit.

Remember to invite a friend, bring something for the raffle and let’s have a big turnout for this demo.