MEETINGS

First Saturday of the Month
Doors open 9:00 AM
Meeting begins 9:30 AM
Rockler Woodworking & Hardware
7503 Brookpark Rd.

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

George Raeder, President
330-836-0147
gpraeder@msn.com

Don Gasler, Vice President
216-351-9540
donald.gasler@tri-c.edu

Chester Gordon, Secretary
216-221-9818
Chester@TwoGordons.com

Jim Bohmer, Treasurer
330-867-2482
gigibone@aol.com

Jim Duxbury, Member at Large
440-237-6116 
cyberdux@attglobal.net

Betty Werner, Member at Large
440-933-8109
rawegw@attbi.com

Brian Becker, Newsletter Editor
330-659-5961 
bbec31@adelphia.net

Welcome New Members Ralph Fegley, Norwalk, OH Richard Petty, Wellington, OH February Visitors William Kot, Windham, OH Lew Ross, Berea, OH

February guest turner Mark St. Leger and NCWT board member Betty Werner

DEMONSTRATIONS & PROGRAMS

• March 1, 2003

Featured Demonstration
“Dynamic Spheres” by Jim Bohmer
Turn and Learn
Thin walled bowl, any size, 
1/8” or less wall thickness.
LETs Help 
Less Experienced Turners Demo
by George Raeder
Collaborative AAW Totem Project
Totem Segments are due.  Please be sure to bring your totem segments to the meeting.
Special Raffle
 Wood donated by Doll Lumber and George Raeder from his Florida Trip
Show and Tell
Bring your items to show, tell and ask questions. Beginners and Experts alike learn and teach by showing their projects.

•  April 5 & 6, 2003

Featured Demonstration
GUEST TURNER DAVE ELLSWORTH

•  May, 2003

Featured Demonstration
“Multi-Axis Turning” by Jim Duxbury
Turn and Learn
Sphere 3" or larger
Raffle
Show and Tell

FEBRUARY MEETING REVIEW

• We would like spouse’s and significant other’s names for special communications and summer gatherings. Please list your partner’s name on the attendance sheet so we can collect them.
• Dues are due!!! If you have not yet paid your 2003 dues, please see Jim Bohmer to get up to date.
• We are building a database for resources. This info will be made into a list for the library and added to the web site.  Please provide a list of your favorite resources to Brian Becker so we can start cataloging the information. Please include name, address, phone number, web address and contact name(s) wherever possible.
• The new TV monitor, splitters, wiring, etc., done by Jim  Bohmer and Jim Duxbury helped considerably at our St. Leger demo. Many thanks to "the Jims" for their efforts.
• Thad Badowski will be taking orders for long and short sleeve club shirts at the March meeting.
• Name tag orders will be taken, see Stan Starry, Jr.
• Jim Duxbury mentioned a beginning woodworking class given at the Strongsville Rec. Center.  In the $25 class you will build a birdhouse. After attending the class you will be allowed to use the shop tools at any time for $1.50 per hour. This includes planers, router tables, etc. Residency is not required.
• The Mark St. Leger demo was a huge success.  Mark showed us several skill building projects on the first day. A tippy top, dancing top, egg, a box with threaded lid, and eccentric lidded box (made without special chucks) were demonstrated on the first day. The second day allowed us to see a a wooden flask and an eccentric box made with the Escalon Chuck. Many of Mark's works were on display for us to see. To see a full recap of Mark’s demo please click here.  
  

News Bits

• Have an interesting web site to share?
Contact Brian Becker to add your recommended sites on our web site under RESOURCES. 

• Jim Pugh has provided us with a large list of websites to use as resources. Click here.

• Points Award Winners

Points are earned for attendance (2); Show and Tell (2); Turn and Learn (3); Raffle donation (3); Demonstration (10); and other items such as helping out at shows, etc. 

2002 Points Winners are:

1.      King Heiple     95 points
2.      Dick Gray       90 points
3.      Bob Skinner     89 points

And the rest of the top 20: Jim Pugh, Jim Bohmer, George Raeder, Jim Duxbury, Jim Brindle, John Blainer, Pete Dickson, Don Gasler, Bill Noce, Bob Garon, Jim Shuster, Joe Quisenberry, George Bolles, Thad Badowski, Brian Becker, Marc Schreiber, and Al Kawentel.

In a note to King Heiple:

Hi King,  

I’m an AAW member in Virginia’s Capital Area Woodturners chapter. When my 3M Power Visor battery pack died, I worked out a method of replacing the batteries rather than pay $60 for a new battery pack from Craft Supplies.  Now I’d like to make a few bucks and give fellow woodturners the opportunity to benefit from my experience.  So, I’m offering to revitalize the old 4-hour battery packs with 10-hour batteries for $25.  These battery packs will most likely last years longer than the original, making them a real bargain.
Details are available on my website at http://www.members.cox.net/dreel

Happy turning,
Dave Reel

From the San Francisco Chronicle...

Bob Stocksdale, the master woodturner and Honorary Lifetime AAW member from Berkley, California passed away last month at the age of 85. Bob’s bowls and turnings are highly valued, and shown in many private collections and museums nationwide. Per Susanne Baizerman, curator of crafts and decorative arts at the Oakland Museum, “He set a standard for woodturners. There are other virtuosos now, but he was the leader of the pack.”

Bob was another of the American pioneers of woodturning. We will remember and miss him.

- Thanks to Jim Bohmer for providing this information

Display at Richfield Library

We are signed up to display at the Richfield branch of the Akron-Summit County Pubic Library in March.  PLEASE BRING YOUR WELL-PACKED ITEMS TO THE MARCH MEETING. The have a very nice display case, measuring about 6’ wide by 6’ tall, 17” deep, with a floor area about 4’ deep and 8’ wide for larger items.  The display is locked and secure.  Please help us to create the Richfield display and BRING YOUR WELL-PACKED ITEMS TO THE MARCH MEETING. We anticipate the display will run from early March for about 4 to 6 weeks. This will be an opportunity for the North Coast Woodturners to show their works in a beautiful new facility in Richfield where it will be seen by many. Contact Brian Becker, 330-659-5961 (bbec31@adelphia.net) if you have any questions. PLEASE BRING YOUR WELL-PACKED ITEMS TO THE MARCH MEETING. THANKS!

Penturners Rendezvous!

On May 7th, 2003 in Provo Utah at the Holiday Inn motel, penturners from around the globe will congregate to celebrate the re-emerging art of turned pens.

Food, Fun and Good Company await you there!  Wood chips and tall stories will be  flying!  Bring your favorite penturning book to be signed by the author.  Try  your hand at a new technique, or check out what's new in pen kits.  Whether  you're new to penturning or have done it for years, you'll be welcome!

What do you need to do to be included in this group?  Visit the Penturners Rendezvous web page (http://www.turtlewoodworks.com/provo03.htm) and send your information to the link listed there.   There is no charge to register or attend this fun-filled evening of woodturning.  That's right, the Penturners Rendezvous is FREE!

But why Provo Utah?  Well, it's because you'll all want to be there anyway. One of the oldest and largest of the Woodturning Symposiums, the Utah Woodturning Symposium, will be held in Provo Utah on May 8, 9 and 10. Some of the best woodturners from around the world will be demonstrating  at this Symposium.  And if this wasn't enough, on May 7th Craft Supplies USA, better known as The Woodturners Catalog, is holding their Super Wednesday Sale and Open House!  Here you will not only find unbelievable prices on all your fondest equipment and supplies, but there will be demonstrations by renowned woodturning craftsmen all day long!  And there will be 3 demonstrations on advanced penturning!

Learn more about the Penturners Rendezvous by visiting our web page (http://www.turtlewoodworks.com/provo03.htm).   You'll also find information there about the Utah Woodturning Symposium and the Craft Supplies Super Wednesday Sale.  Make it a woodturning vacation, and come to all three events!  Be There, Or Be Square!"

Best Regards,
Ed Davidson
http://yoyospin.com

NCWT HOME