WNY WOODTURNERS II
Meetings 7:30 PM; Second Thursday
Hamburg Middle School
360 Division Street
Hamburg, New York
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President’s Corner
President Hudson called meeting to order at 7:30 PM
Guest tonight: Chris Grace & Nancy Zientek
Treasure, Pat Boggan, reports for: March
STARTING BALANCE 998.25
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50/50 |
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24.00 |
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DUES |
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50.00 |
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SECRETARY EXPENSE |
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49.20 |
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TOTALS |
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74.00 |
322.39 |
49.20 |
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700.66 |
1023.05 |
Announcements
VP, John O’Neil announced the demo for May meeting will be Jim Hilburger. He will be turning items for the fair. He informed me that the “Chips will be flying.”
Remember the fair is not too far away and we are going to need lots of product to out do what we did last year. Bring in your turnings and we’ll store them for the fair.
If you have borrowed any videos, and are done watching them, PLEASE bring them back.
Old Business
Rich Miialki talked about the Don Gieger demo. He brought in some of the prizes to be given away.
Rich Crowe reported on “Carving for Cause.” All proceeds raised will go to the replanting of trees in WNY. Interest was shown by members to turn and donate their turning for this cause. He and Pat Delmonte brought some of the blanks for this cause. See one of those two if you are interested in turning something for this project. The auction will be held on Oct 12.
The family picnic was discussed. It is to be held on Aug 21st. It will be a, bring a dish to pass event, and the club will buy meat, buns and soda. Pat Boggan volunteered to take care of buying the hot dogs, hamburgers, and buns. Rick Crowe and Jake Debski will take care of the rest,
A message from the chairmen:
“We need to know how many members and their families will attend our Family Picnic in August. If you plan on attending please call: Jake Debski at 585-937-7644 and leave a message, or e-mail at jdebski@hotmail.com. There will also be a sign up sheet at the May meeting.”
Increase of dues was discussed. The purpose is to bring hands-on workshops in for the club members. A motion was made and passed to raise the dues up to $20.00. This will start next year.
New Business
Jim and Barb will represent the club at an AAW meeting for the chapter which will be held and the symposium I June.
Gifts for school staff are to be brought in for the June meeting. Prizes for 3 items will be awarded. This will be determined by membership vote, as we have done in the pass. All of the items will be given to the school however.
July meeting will be held at Ron Hudson’s. We would like to turn for the fair. So bring your lathe. Directions to Ron house will be included in the June newsletter.
Show and Tell
Pat Delmonte: 4 bowls; cherry & maple burl
Rick Crowe; large hollowed out ornament; natural edge bowl
John O’Neil: honey dippers for the fair
Ron Hudson: lidded box, maple bowl
Rich Mialki: miniature eggs, Tiama bowl
Jim Hilburger: chain pulls, door stops, & bottle stoppers for the fair
Barb Berger: salt & peppermill set
Ned Evans: cherry bowl; large chickadee birdhouse
Bob Harington: bowls, pens, magnets, & hollowed vases
Paul Boland: natural edged bowl
Jake Debski: large maple bowl
50/50Bob Penn
Rockler:
Craft Supply: Ron Hudson & Pat Delmonte
Paul Mazuchowski gave a very informative demo on making fluted bowls, platters, etc. Paul made his own jigs and indexing wheel for this project. Thank you Paul, for a nicely done demo.
ELMER’S CORNER
Here’s one I got from “Woodworker’s Journal” T-track Toilet Bolts
The ¼” brass T-bolts, sold at any hardware store for mounting a toilet to the floor, are perfect for attaching featherboards and jigs to T-track fence extrusions, You may need to grind or file the head slightly narrower to fit some T-track slots, but that’s all it takes. The standard thread will fit wing nuts, nylon-insert nuts or other knobs.
Respectfully submitted,
Muriel Kummer