Weekend Master Turner Demo Schedule

John Jordan — September 11-12

David Ellsworth — October 30-31

For More on Master Turners Demonstrations,
see Demonstrations Page

Minutes of the June, 2004 CWT Meeting
by Marie Anderson, temporary scribe

Paul Shotola called the meeting to order at 7pm. He reviewed the rules and regulations that allow CWT to meet at Woodcraft including locations of fire exits & extinguishers, caution for the rollers in the floor (avoid at all costs) and upstairs etiquette regarding breaks.

A member list was circulated for any corrections and/or revisions/updates. Membership chairman, Andy Kuby appreciates your review. Andy Kuby also announced that there have been vendors who are contributing merchandise to our monthly who have requested our e-mail and/or snail mail lists. If you DO NOT want your e-mail or snail mail address included on this list (if you don’t want extra tool catalogs in your mail box or vendor e-mail in your account) please contact Andy so he can remove your name/address from this list. Andy announced we currently have 168 members and there were 5 visitors to this meeting. Welcome to Grant, Tom, Letty, Robin & John. Reminder to any members, the club does have a Jet mini lathe available for check out from our club library.

Wayne Bernahl announced that we are a healthy club financially.

On the “healthy” note, glad to have Bob Hunter back and doing well after surgery and congratulations to Mike Wall (& his wife) on his new son.

Fran announced that Wayne Bernahl will be doing a demonstration on photographing your work this evening and Jim Brooks will be our demonstrator for July. This demo should give everyone some very “juicy tips” as he shows us how to Turn Apples.

Paul Shotola announced that he had received a donation from Thybony Paint & Wallpaper of paint to help make our meeting area a bit nicer. Volunteers were solicited to help apply this paint to the walls on Thursday, June 17th at 6pm…the more the merrier.

The CWT board decided CWT will not have an entry into the 2004 AAW collaborative challenge. The AAW has asked for input on the rules and Paul has responded suggesting the size limits be as put forth by UPS and a time limit of at least 2 symposiums be instituted for any future rule changes for the clubs that undertake large projects that take more than a year to finish. Special thanks to all of the volunteers who put so much time and effort into our project this year, it is volunteers like you that make CWT what it is—a great club!

Craft Supplies has a new program for AAW chapter clubs. They will be holding monthly specials. Each club will be given monthly access codes to be used to take advantage of these specials. They are also supporting our club with a monthly $15 gift certificate for our raffle. Please be sure to show your appreciation to them when you call to order from them say thanks from CWT!

Some dates to remember:
June 26 & 27th Graeme Priddle will be doing 2 all day demos for CWT. Cost is $25 for one day and $15 for the 2nd day. Graeme will be teaching/demonstrating turning techniques, as well as surface decorating with a burning tool. Binh has also set up classes at his home; however these are all filled at this time. Volunteers for Saturday/Sunday include Paul Cavanagh for set up/clean up & donuts; Coffee—Marie Hunter on Saturday, open Sunday; Ice/Cooler/Soda—John Crissman; Video (Saturday) Mike Wall.

October 30 & 31st David Ellsworth will be demonstrating for the club. The hands on classes are full. Need a volunteer to take David to SOFA on Thursday, November 4th, please contact Binh.

November 4-7th SOFA at Navy Pier—Binh is trying to organize a demonstration of woodturning to take place at SOFA this year. In the past, there have been demonstrations of Glass Blowing and Traditional Japanese Basket Weaving on the floor during SOFA. This year it’s Woodturning. Binh will need a couple of lathes, Grinder, misc. tools, green wood and volunteers to set up on November 3rd (Wednesday) and take down November 7th (Sunday 5pm - midnight). He also needs demonstrators Friday, Saturday and Sunday—if you are interested contact Binh as soon as possible.

John Crissman mentioned a nice article on page 100 of the latest Fine Woodworking magazine on patina finishing techniques (in the master class section). The article features David Marks with 3 pages and lots of good photos and it’s a “really good read”. John also mentioned he has wood glue for sale really cheap! It was also suggested that a “coring” tool be purchased for the library, however after a vote from the attending members it was decided that the club would not purchase.

Quad City club & Rockford Club are having an all day turning demo at Johnson Creek Hardwoods from 9am-5pm on June 26. The saw mill will be running and there will be a wood ID walk through the woods for those who would like to know what the wood looks like before it’s cut into turning blanks!

Prairie Woodworkers meet at the Owl Hardwood in Lombard, not Des Plaines, check with Tony Olszewski for times and dates if interested.

AAW has updated its website and it’s looking really nice. Be sure to check the gallery sections. Also members can now have their work posted on this site…time for a visit???!!! Speaking of the AAW, they are requesting donations of Kodak carousel side projectors to be used at the Symposium…anyone???

The raffle tonight netted $160 and all from just nine items. This the way our club raises money. Please be sure to support your club by either purchasing tickets for donating something to be raffled off! Thanks to Dennis Sullivan for his donations of wood, John Crissman for the glue and Craft Supplies for the gift certificate.

Dan Anderson gave a very spirited gallery review. His critique and insights into design and construction are always very well received. Dan’s goal during his critique is to pass along some of the tips he learned from critiques by Bill Hochmuth of Dan’s early turnings as the reason his boxes are at the stage they are today. Hopefully you noticed the cattails in Rich Fitch’s weed pot were turned! Also, the earring tree looking like a busty woman was a very nice addition to the table…the idea came from a craft supplies catalog…inspiration can come from anywhere!

Wayne Bernahl did a very nice demonstration on photography. Several suggested Wayne should be asked to do an all day demo on photography…something to think about???