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FRONT RANGE WOODTURNERS A CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WOODTURNERS 1992 “Dedicated To Doing Good Turns” August, 2009, Volume 9 - Number 08 Page 1 Inside this Issue Upcoming Events ...................... 1 News .......................................... 1 Executive Committee Meeting ............................................... 1 Kid’s Spree ............................. 1 Mentoring ............................... 2 Group Purchases and Individual Catalog Orders ...... 2 Club Library ............................ 2 Upcoming Symposiums ......... 2 Featured Providers ................ 2 Show and Tell ............................ 3 Demonstration........................... 4 Rockler....................................... 4 Web Stuff ................................... 4 Classifieds ................................. 4 Club Information........................ 5 General Meeting Information .5 Upcoming Events Important Note: Even though a turning challenge is announced for a meeting, this does not mean that other items can’t be brought for the show & tell. Feel free to bring in what you’ve created and don’t feel you have to be a master turner to show off your work. Everyone has start as a novice. August – Tuesday, August 4 th . Nick Cook will be demonstrating how to make a pepper mill July Turning Challenge: bottle stoppers, light pulls, door stoppers, refrigerator magnet, or a bud vase.v News Executive Committee Meeting Budget Review. We have gone over the budget set in December due to AV expenses, but still have money in the bank Andy took action item to research and get costs for small High-Def camera for over head track along with cabling and switching equipment Ask for discussion at club meeting about club covering the cost of the required AAW membership for the Officers Dave Hawley will apply for another AAW Grant for the Library for 2010. Wood Raffle is extremely important for raising money for the club. Insurance Andy took action item to talk to John Hill (former AAW Board Member) about Insurance for Club Assets and to clarify who is and who is not covered by the AAW liability coverage Presidents Platter process. Platter will be presented with names of Lifetime Members at Chistmas Party. Board will aim for one name per year but no min or max set. Will request input from membership on names Platter will be on Display in wall cabinet at our meeting area. Lifetime Members will also receive special Badges Will have names laser engraved onto plaque We have a couple of volunteers to turn the platter. Club will provide the stock FRW Educational Grant Process Andy took action item to find information of any remaining money allotted to the club's Educational Grant fund. We will mimic the AAW Educational Opportunity Grant process. No age restrictions, can request money for anything woodturning related: classes, symposium fees, tools, etc. A Grant Committee will be formed with one board member and 2 addition Club Members. Board member will be the liaison back to the Exec. Committee, not the chair. Committee will chose award recipients based on available funds and merit of application Advertise and use the income from the Christmas Party Auction for Grant Fund. Additional Items Would like to move Christmas party to a Friday night so that more people can attend. Setup Christmas Ornament Exchange at the Christmas party At the last club meeting a quorum of the officers met and agreed to sanction "The City of Aurora's Kids Spree" as a club event. Kid’s Spree The Front Range Woodturners’ club had another successful year at The City of Aurora's Kids Spree. Volunteers from the FRW make hundreds of spinning tops throughout the year. Then at Kids Spree the kiddos get to color their tops will they spin on the lathe. The kids really enjoy it, and the volunteers get a kick out of watching the kids.
Transcript of RONT RANGE WOODTURNERS
FRONT RANGE WOODTURNERS A CHAPTER OF THE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONOF WOODTURNERS
1992
“Dedicated To Doing Good Turns”
August, 2009, Volume 9 - Number 08
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Inside this Issue Upcoming Events......................1 News ..........................................1
Executive Committee Meeting...............................................1 Kid’s Spree.............................1 Mentoring ...............................2 Group Purchases and Individual Catalog Orders ......2 Club Library............................2 Upcoming Symposiums .........2 Featured Providers ................2
Show and Tell ............................3 Demonstration...........................4 Rockler.......................................4 Web Stuff ...................................4 Classifieds.................................4 Club Information........................5
General Meeting Information .5
Upcoming Events Important Note: Even though a turning challenge is announced for a meeting, this does not mean that other items can’t be brought for the show & tell. Feel free to bring in what you’ve created and don’t feel you have to be a master turner to show off your work. Everyone has start as a novice.
August – Tuesday, August 4th . Nick Cook will be demonstrating how to make a pepper mill
July Turning Challenge: bottle stoppers, light pulls, door stoppers, refrigerator magnet, or a bud vase.v
News Executive Committee Meeting Budget Review.
We have gone over the budget set in December due to AV expenses, but still have money in the bank
Andy took action item to research and get costs for small High-Def camera for over head track along with cabling and switching equipment
Ask for discussion at club meeting about club covering the cost of the required AAW membership for the Officers
Dave Hawley will apply for another AAW Grant for the Library for 2010.
Wood Raffle is extremely important for raising money for the club.
Insurance Andy took action item to talk to John Hill (former AAW Board Member) about Insurance for Club Assets and to clarify who is and who is not covered by the AAW liability coverage
Presidents Platter process. Platter will be presented with names of Lifetime Members at Chistmas Party.
Board will aim for one name per year but no min or max set.
Will request input from membership on names
Platter will be on Display in wall cabinet at our meeting area.
Lifetime Members will also receive special Badges
Will have names laser engraved onto plaque
We have a couple of volunteers to turn the platter. Club will provide the stock
FRW Educational Grant Process Andy took action item to find information of any remaining money allotted to the club's Educational Grant fund.
We will mimic the AAW Educational Opportunity Grant process.
No age restrictions, can request money for anything woodturning related: classes, symposium fees, tools, etc.
A Grant Committee will be formed with one board member and 2 addition Club Members.
Board member will be the liaison back to the Exec. Committee, not the chair.
Committee will chose award recipients based on available funds and merit of application
Advertise and use the income from the Christmas Party Auction for Grant Fund.
Additional Items Would like to move Christmas party to a Friday night so that more people can attend.
Setup Christmas Ornament Exchange at the Christmas party
At the last club meeting a quorum of the officers met and agreed to sanction "The City of Aurora's Kids Spree" as a club event.
Kid’s Spree The Front Range Woodturners’ club had another successful year at The City of Aurora's Kids Spree. Volunteers from the FRW make hundreds of spinning tops throughout the year. Then at Kids Spree the kiddos get to color their tops will they spin on the lathe. The kids really enjoy it, and the volunteers get a kick out of watching the kids.
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The kids really have fun.
You can see the concentration on their faces.
The parents always want to help.
Special thanks go out to this year's volunteers: Ron Ainge, Rick Orr, Rick Fleming, Tom Tedesco, Jason Springfield, Warren Glover, Jerry Smith, and the coordinator Pete Holtus.
Mentoring August 16, Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Small bowl basics. Because of the limited number of lathes available, a sign up list will be available at the August 4 meeting.
Members will need to bring eye protection and their own tools (if they already own them).
Chucking, jamming, cutting and scraping techniques will be covered, sanding and finishing will be discussed.
Experienced volunteer mentors are both solicited and welcome.
Call Bruce for details, (303) 972 – 4716
Saturday August 16 Bruce will be doing a bowl turning demo at Rockler, upstairs, on the Jet Mini 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Group Purchases and Individual Catalog Orders Please see the FRW website for the Group Purchases and Individual Catalog Orders rules. Copies are also available at the Group Purchase table before meetings. Please make checks payable to Roger Holmes for Craft Supplies and Woodcarvers Supply group purchases. Make checks for CA Glue and Sanding Disks payable to Del Fussell. To participate in Individual Catalog Orders sign up on the sheets that are passed around at each meeting.
Group Buy Schedule: Group purchase orders will be taken at the monthly meetings in January, April, July and October.
Group Buy Coordinator Contact Information: Roger Holmes – 1844 W. Plum Cir., Louisville, CO 80027 - 303-665-8041 - [email protected]
Del Fussell – 11455 N. Antelope Ln., Parker, CO 80138 - 303-805-2663 - [email protected]
Note: If Rockler stocks an item, please purchase that item from Rockler at their 10% club discount. We owe that to Rockler for being a wonderful host to our club.
Club Library Great work by Bob Britt, Michael Busse, Richard Kuivila, Denise Newman, and Bob Olsen at the July meeting! Don Ainsworth shared that his current scheduling will allow him to assist with the Library only occasionally, so if anyone is interested in helping out in the Library, we could use one more person.
We sold 37 VHS tapes – many more still available (see on-line listing). Proceeds will be used to purchase updated materials for the Library.
Two members donated their 2009 Albuquerque AAW Symposium Handout Books to the Library, so these are now available for sign-out. Cindy Drozda’s Demo from May09 is also now available, along with Pete Holtus’s Demo from Jul09 and Jill Rice’s CD of photos from the 2009 Utah Symposium.
Regards,
Dave Hawley, FRW Librarian
Upcoming Symposiums 11th Annual Rocky Mountain Woodturning Symposium Sept 12th - 13th, 2009. The Ranch / Larimer County Fair Grounds in Loveland, Colorado. Check their website out at http://rmwoodturningsymposium.com/v
Featured Providers Rocklers, Colorado Blvd, Denver, provides a 10% discount for club members – see the Rockler section on page Error! Bookmark not defined.. Rockler will be keeping the cash register open until the end of the meeting break. Try to do your shopping before the end of the break, so that they can get out quickly after the end of the meeting.
Wood Emporium, Loveland, provides a 10% discount for FRW members.
Craft Supplies offers monthly deals with special discount codes that expire monthly. Discounts and codes will be posted on the FRW website.v
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Show and Tell The turning challenge for the June was inlays.
Pete Holtus – Myrtle platter with brass inlay.
Doug Clark – Hollow form in Aspen with turquoise inlay.
Dave Yeoman – Bowl in lodge pole pine.
Henry Williams – Offset bowl in Jarrah.
Paul Stafford – Vessel in maple with little black beads onlayed
Paul Stafford – Bowl in maple with little black beads.
Gruelt Baker – Bowl in brisol cone
Ted Mellin – Rolling pin in maple and bubinga.
Tom Wirsing – Platter in fiddle back maple. Titled “Fiddle in the Round”
Gene Wentworth – Box in yellowheart, burl, cocobolo, and walnut. Cocobolo on the sides are actually drawers.
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Kim Komitor – Miniature hollow forms in purpleheart, cocobolo, boxedler burl and inlayed with turquoise. Turning Challenge Winner!
Marty Christenson – Pen in maple with brass inlay.
Steve Claycomb – Goblets in beetle kill pine.
Steve Claycomb – Bowls in beetle kill pine.
Demonstration Pete Holtus demonstrated seven fast and furious items. This was a really fun demo. Pete made a lamp pull, weed pot, bottle stopper, spinning top, door stop, and curly fries. He ran out of time before he could make the pen.
Pete Holtus
Pete making curly fries while Rick Orr catches them on the plate.
The completed items (ran out of time before the pen was finished.v
Rockler Patronizing their store is the best “thank you” we can give Rockler for their generosity in letting us use their facilities for our ever-growing membership. Keep in mind that they keep the register open late on meeting nights just for us. Just be sure to complete any purchases no later than the mid-meeting break so these poor
guys can start shutting down and go home.
As always – all FRW members get 10% off all items, except electrical or sale items, all the time. Just present your FRW membership card at time of purchase. (Note: This offer is only good at the Denver retail location, and is not valid for any other location or for Internet purchases.)
If you have suggestions for tools or materials that Rockler can carry, contact Rich Johnson, manager of the Denver store. Rockler web site: www.rockler.com.
Web Stuff The Front Range WoodTurners Web site address:
www.frontrangewoodturners.org
You can contact our webmaster, Jason Springfield, at [email protected] for suggestions about content.
Get the latest information about upcoming events, meetings, and view the excellent photos of the show and tell gallery. Other sites of interest: (Rky Mtn Woodturners, Ft Collins) www.verinet.com/-drmelli/rmwt.htlm www.lathes.co.uk www.woodworkingbasics.com www.treelineusa.com www.woodturnerscatalog.com www.kestrelcreek.com www.choicewoods.com www.woodturner.com www.woodturningonline.com www.kazistudio.com v
Classifieds Please note: All advertising in the Classifieds is free, but please be sure to notify the newsletter editor if an item is no longer for sale.
Ad Policy – All ads that are older than 3 months will be deleted, unless you contact the newsletter editor.
For Sale: Powermatic 90 Lathe. Lathe is clean and in very good condition. Includes 6” & 16” tool rests, 3” & 7” faceplates & wrench. Have
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manuals, ejector rod & 11/2”X8tpi adaptor. $500 – Call Gordon at 303-816-7380v
Club Information President/Videographer: Andy Zartman phone: 303-859-0724 e-mail: [email protected] Vice-President/Program Director: Ron Ainge phone: 720-747-4852 e-mail: [email protected] Treasurer: Warren Glover phone: 303-364-1729 e-mail: [email protected] Secretary/Newsletter Editor/Webmaster: Jason Springfield phone: 720-283-4000 e-mail: [email protected] Deadline for submitting material for inclusion in the newsletter is 15 days before the next meeting. Membership Chair Alisa Limvere
phone: 303-648-3414 e-mail: [email protected] Publicity/Shop Tour Chair: Marty Christensen phone: 303-252-7776 e-mail: [email protected] Librarian: Dave Hawley phone: 303-443-2332 e-mail: [email protected] Raffle-Wood Director: Curt Vogt phone: 303-627-2957 Group Buy Coordinators: Roger Holmes phone: 303-665-8041 e-mail: [email protected]. Mentoring Program Chair: Bruce Perry e-mail: [email protected] Members, call Bruce for suggestions on how to solve turning problems. I am around most times, and will return calls a.s.a.p. if you leave a message at 303-972-4716 Coffee Coordinator: Randy Weems phone: 303-797-3215 e-mail: [email protected]
General Meeting Information Normal meetings are the first Tuesday of every month, unless otherwise rescheduled.
Meeting place is at Rockler Woodworking & Hardware, 2553 So. Colorado Blvd. #108 Denver, CO (west side of Colorado Blvd. opposite the mall).
Meetings are 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
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Front Range WoodTurners P.O. Box 3696 Littleton, CO 80161
