Classic City Woodturners

The September CCW meeting is coming up at 6:00PM Monday September 24, at the Clarke Central HS Construction Technology lab (see the meeting page for directions). The demonstrator for the month is Ron Brown of Lawrenceville, GA. He will be turning a soup ladle, spatulas and other kitchen items. Also, he will cover other topics including “Kitchen spatulas on your wood lathe (and your band saw)”, “Acorns Gone Wild”, “Chatter Work Spinning Tops and How to Decorate Them”. He has a web site; www.coolhammers.com if you want to peek at some of his work.

We still can use some help at the Sandy Creek Folk Music Festival on Saturday October 6, 2012. Be sure to see Walter McRae Monday night if you can help. You can also contact Walter at wmcrae@uga.edu. We have decided to cancel club participation in the Lickskillit Arts Festival at the Lyndon House due lack of interest by members.

Also, remember this month the 3rd Bowl challenge, the ogee shape, is due. So, don’t forget to bring in your work for critique. The 4th Bowl challenge will be an enclosed curve with a rounded bottom. That ought to get your curiosity up.

The August 2012 CCW meeting will be held Monday, August 27th at 6:00 p.m. at the Construction Lab at the Clarke Central High School.

Mark Sillay is our presenter/demonstrator for our August meeting.  His presentation will entail:

·       “Toothpick technology”– This is joining without the use of tennons for solid objects, hollow objects, and irregularly shaped objects.

·       Thread chasing using the Baxter threading machine.  Mark will demonstrate this machine for an insert and for a finial both to be screwed in.

For those interested, some members will be meeting Mark at Jason’s Deli at 4:45 p.m. on August 27, 2012 which will be prior to the meeting.  Please join us for supper.  The club will be picking up Mark’s tab for supper.

Visitors are welcome!

The July 2012 CCW meeting will be held Monday, July 30th at 6:00 p.m. at the Construction Lab at the Clarke Central High School.   Frank Bowers will be our demonstrator, and he will be giving us some in-depth info on turning hollow forms with boring bars and various tools.  Bring your bowls for the second round of bowl challenge shapes to the meeting, as well.  Visitors are welcome!

CCW has demonstrated a few times this year at the Statham Farmers’ Market. Several folks dropped by for long enough to see what we were turning and grab a brochure. It is great publicity for the club. Here we have a picture of Lynn doing some spindle turning.

Thanks all who showed up to the Marigold Festival.  Everyone had a good time, and some new members were gained from our demonstrations.