TRICOUNTY WOODTURNERS

Monthly Meeting

June 1, 2011

 

 

Rudy Started Meeting at 6:55 pm

 

Welcome Guests

 

Minutes – in Book at table

 

Treasurer Report – Balance $3,713

            Ellsworth Demo and Classes – About $1100 in profit

 

Upcoming Symposiums – brochures on table

 

New Business

May need to find another meeting location; $80 per hour for this building going forward.  May talk with Commissioners and Hand in Hand Academy. 

Will take recommendations, other ideas.  Possible locations might include

Broad Street Baptist Church; Carrolwood Cultural Center; Churches; etc.

 

We are here until August, then we have to get everything out as they will be closing the building.

           

Randy the arborist has huge camphor and hickory in Brooksville.  May be planning another trip soon.

 

Rudy will do the “photography” demo in the fall. 

 

“Bowl Class” with different levels of difficulty.  August or September.

 

Buy and Sell

 

            Small Delta lathe

Bruce – Has a lot of wood available at his home.  Come take what you need and just give a little donation for gas.

 

Raffle

 

Show and Tell

 

            Judy – Platters with chatterwork and inlace; Mark Marek hollow form and natural edge bowl with foot for placement; three foot ten inch bowl; Segmented bowl with lid made out of a 2X4 with 18 sides; Bruce E. brought several pieces – red gum flat bowl; cedar bowl; natural edge magnolia; bowl from bee camphor; bobbin boxes with contrasting woods and wood burning; Allen Howell – spalted hackberry bowl; bee tree camphor with filling for cracks; cherry bowl with black walnut top; Glenn brought a sour wood bowl.

 

Demonstration

Rudy did a demonstration on how to turn a bowl. 

Evaluate the log, determine the design.

 

Meeting ended at 9:05pm.