Turners 2 October Meeting

Members start to gather for the October Turners 2 meeting

President Kurt Hertzog gets the meeting kicked off

After the business meeting, Kurt Hertzog starts off show and tell

Dave Breth shows his latest work

John Chavanne explains his new bowl

While attending the flower class, Gary Jones focused on the flower pot

Rick Wierzbicki has been turning bowls

Our evenings presenter, Sam Ciccia shows his version of the "throw top"

Gordy Fritz shows his lidded boxes and sign

Rich Mialki brought in flowers and miniatures

There were more miniatures in the show and tell, done by Roman Wierzbicki

After a short break, Sam Cicci gets the demo on turning throw tops

There was a good turnout for the meeting with everyone staying to watch Sam's demo

Sam has a very clever way of creating and forming the hard spinning tip

The turned shape is up to the turner with the only requirement being the string attachment needs

Sam's daughter often decorates the tops with a theme using modelers paints

Photos by Kurt Hertzog