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NEWS
OCTOBER,
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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
440-284-2998
donald.gasler@tri-c.edu
Chester
Gordon, Secretary
216-221-9818
Chester@TwoGordons.com
Jim Bohmer, Treasurer
330-867-2482
gigibone@aol.com
Betty
Werner, Member at Large
440-933-8109
rawegw@attbi.com
Brian
Becker, Newsletter Editor
330-659-5961
bbec31@adelphia.net
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DEMONSTRATIONS & PROGRAMS
October
4 & 5, 2003
SPECIAL
Featured
Demonstration
Professional Turner
NICK COOK
Members Free
$25 Fee for Non-Members
No
Turn and Learn
No Raffle
No Show and Tell
November 1, 2003
Featured
Demonstrator
Brian Becker
Turned Ornaments
and
Coloring Burl Ornaments
Turn and Learn
Turned Platter
Bring Something New!!!
Raffle
Bring your extra wood, magazines, etc., to help our
monthly fundraiser
Show and Tell
Show off your latest projects.
Get some advice, give others inspiration. Brag a
little!!!
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
No New Member This Month
WELCOME SEPTEMBER VISITOR
LYNN CRANE, ARIZONA
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President's
Turn
by George Raeder
This
month's message comes from the Great Lakes Woodcarving and Woodturning
Show in Strongsville. The NCWT membership should be very proud
of the club representation and turned projects on display at this
yearly event. At every single table, outstanding work was on
display for the woodcarver and general public attendees to observe,
discuss, and become aware of the woodturning process.
The
competition table in particular had terrific entries in each category,
which made judging by the three Buckeye Turning Club judges very
difficult. Some members who had award winning entries in several
categories have only been turning for one or two years and have made
incredible progress as evidenced by the recognition given their work
in the open competition. this should give some initiative and
inspiration to other beginning and intermediate members of the club.
In
addition, I have personally been impressed by the exponential increase
in the technical and aesthetic quality of work displayed at the
monthly meeting 'Show and Tell' table and number of members
participating. It's interesting to watch people like Dick Gray, Brian
Becker, and Wayne Jenkins start with an idea and develop and modify a
theme into numerous turned forms and functions.
In
my own case, it was fun experimenting with square bowls which evolved
into off-center shapes that have four different curved edges in lieu
of shapes with equal and repetitious sides. Think about different
shapes, how to chuck them, what woods to use for maximum effect, what
the results could be, how to improve initial unsatisfactory efforts,
or how color or texture might improve the product.
Stretch
your capabilities. Try new things. Everything you do will trickle down
to improve the overall quality of your work.
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October, 2003 - Scheduled Meeting
Preview
Featured Demonstration
Professional Turner
NICK COOK
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SEPTEMBER, 2003 -
MEETING REVIEW
September Demonstration
King Heiple - Turning Platters
CLICK HERE FOR MORE
King Heiple presented a demo on mounting/turning and making flat,
platters/serving trays. His demo included the use of two different
scrapers and the use of a paper mounted glue block for easy separation
when the platter bottom had been formed and the chuck was mounted.
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September Turn-and-Learn
Multi-Center Turning
Members Choice - Paul Kosmos (right)
Runner-Up - Bill Miloscia (left)
Click
here for a larger Picture
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Over
90 Showed for the September Meeting
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SEPTEMBER
MEETING NOTES - Thanks to Jim Pugh for the notes and Jim Bohmer
for the pictures.
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The Willard
Wood sale is in progress. President George Raeder opened the discussion by
describing some of the wood available and had some sample pieces to
show. Some research had been done to find the range of selling prices
for similar material at local sources. George asked the members to
suggest a reasonable selling price and suggested that a value at
approximately half of the going price would be fair. Various scenario's were put forth including having an auction
and
charging full value as the pieces available were larger/thicker than
anything presently on the market and as such should be more valuable.
Another member made the comment that the Cincinnati club, (another
non-profit organization), had gotten in trouble with the IRS for buying
and reselling some green wood sealer to club members at a modest
markup. It was decided that the wood would not be sold, but
that anyone desiring to have some could make a donation to the
club in an agreed upon amount. The discussion ended with the suggestion that the executive board set
prices/values based on the comments by members.
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More Willard wood
news: Some of the wood is at
George Raeder's and some is at King Heiples'. King brought a piece of black walnut that was
4" x 8" x 8 feet as an example of the wood available at his house.
After discussion it was suggested that it be sold (donated) to the
person making the highest donation. A donation of $120 was
made to NCWT for which the wood was awarded.
Our visitor, Lynn Crane, is the daughter of Phyllis Hassler. Lynn, who is a
member of the Arizona Lady Woodturners, was visiting her mom and among
other things, was showing her how to use the chatter tool. Okay
Phyllis, when will we see some chatter work?
- August Raffle - $160. The club voted on a new rule concerning selecting
items from the raffle table by winning ticket holders. The winners
would get in line in the order of their number being called and make
their selection in proper sequence. It was felt that if a winner was at
a distance from the table, several more winners could be called by the
time they arrived and if the later winner(s) was closer to the raffle
items, might select an item that the earlier winner had his/her eye on.
The line method was used and seemed to work just fine.
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King
Heiple introduced a discussion about a "Buy It Now" feature for
some raffle table items. His thought was that occasionally an item is
donated that is really more valuable than the $5 for 3 tickets that is
paid. In such cases, the donor could place a "buy it now" tag and price
on it. The first person who is willing to spend the money could then
purchase the item prior to the raffle. All proceeds would go to the
club. Anything not purchased prior to the main raffle would be returned
to the raffle table and treated just like any other raffle item. (I
would like to interject here that perhaps the donor should have the
right to remove a "buy it now" item prior to the raffle.) After much discussion it was decided that the "buy it now" idea would
be tried at the November meeting and perhaps again in January. The BIN
items would be placed on a separate table away from the raffle table.
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King also
brought in some cherry platter blanks from wood that was left
over at a Conover woodturning class. The pieces were priced by size and
most were sold with the proceeds going to the club.
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NEWS BITS
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It's
Not Too Soon to be setting aside
items for our December auction. Plan to bring your items and
your money on December 6th for our big annual fundraiser. Lots of
great items to bid on. Let's make it another great
success!!!
The Great Lakes Wood Carving
Exhibit was September 27 and
28 and was another huge success. As George Raeder mentioned
above, there was a fabulous representation from the North Coast
Woodturners. Click here to see more
on this year's show.
Jim
Pugh's wonderful bowl was
selected to represent North Coast as the woodturner's featured
raffle prize at the Carver's show.
Woodcraft, Bedford Heights will be hosting
Robert Sorby tool demonstrations on Wednesday,
October 15th, from 2:00-5:00 PM and from
6:00-9:00 PM. The store will be offering a 15%
discount on all Sorby tools (turning and
otherwise) on October 15th.
A walnut tree was salvaged by George Raeder and
kept for the club to purchase. The large sections
were $25 and the smaller sections $10-15.
Proceeds go to the club treasury. If
interested, please let one of the board members
know at the meeting and they will make
arrangements with George to pick up the wood.
Dues to become an NCWT member
are $55 - $35 for
national AAW dues and $20 for local NCWT dues.
Any member of NCWT member must also be a member
of AAW, but if you already have a current
membership in AAW, you need only pay the $20
local fee. See Treasurer Jim Bohmer.
For Sale:
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ATTENTION ALL NCWT MEMBERS!
Are
you hosting or participating in any shows in
November or December, 2003?
Please send the date, time and place of each show to:
Brian Becker - bbec31@adelphia.net
or 4762 Black Road, Richfield, Ohio 44286-9454
The next two issues of our newsletter will include this
information to help promote all shows where our members
will have their works on display and/or for sale.
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