The Monthly Newsletter of Yellowstone Woodturners
Billings, Montana

April 2006                          Vol. 7, No. 4

Minutes:

Minutes of the meeting held March 8, 2006 which was opened by President Ed Auker at 7:00 PM, There were 34 members and one guest present, the guest being Irv Fisher.

President Auker went right into the Show & Tell portion of the meeting.

Show and Tell:

Dan Schindler had a candy dish (full of candy)

Ed Auker showed off a steady rest that He had made and had used this steady rest to make a tall stemmed goblet of myrtle wood, he had also turned a box elder burl and used the Russ Fairfield "home brew" finish on it

Floyd Creekmore had a bowl made of myrtle wood with handles.

Bob Orr showed off an item called "arrow through the heart" which had been made by his brother from Denver who was a guest at our February meeting and Bob stated that his brother had enjoyed the meeting. He also has available the web site for the "Arrow thru the heart" if anyone was interested in making one contact Bob.

Paul Spencer had a bowl with a lid.

John Tuttle had a ash/apple wood goblet with a ring, a box made of locust/Brazilian walnut and a bowl made from locust.

Minutes of Last Meeting:

President Auker asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes as printed in the news letter. John Wasden said that the minutes read regarding the symposium at Utah "It is suggested that you bring your own lathe." This is not correct. The only place it is requested that you bring your own lathe is at the symposium at Bismarck.

Treasurer’s Report

Mick Hogg was called on to give the treasurer’s report.

 

Correspondence:

The President and the Secretary had each received a copy of the Dakota Woodturners "Sawdust & Shavings" which included information regarding the upcoming symposium in Bismarck and the President & Secretary had each made copies of the article covering the symposium and directions to the site of the symposium for anyone interested.

 

Committee Reports:

The President had available some of the completed forms of "Benefits of Membership" that Red O’Connell had passed out at the February meeting and he had additional blank forms available if anyone still wanted to fill them out.

President Auker called on the Audit Committee for a report of their audit. Chairman Jane Swaby reported that she and Jerry Rhoades and Les Dyrud had inspected the Treasurer’s books and found them all in good order.

 

Old Business:

There will be an open shop held at Ron Musgrave's shop on April 22nd and 23rd starting at 1:00PM and the main thing will be making shavings and will consist of mainly spindle turning, making coves and beads. It is requested that you bring your own tools and Mick Hogg will have the club grinder available.

The President reminded everyone that there is a suggestion box available so please make use of it.

 

New Business:

President Auker had been approached by the head of the Jail House Gallery at Hardin to have the club display their wood turning during the month of June. With a show of hands there were 15 members present that showed an interest in displaying their work. There is an enclosed cabinet where smaller items could be displayed and the rest would be placed on tables. These items would be placed there for sale and Ed asked her what percent the gallery would charge for items sold and she told him 30% and quickly changed that to 20% so maybe that is something we could negotiate .

Glen Hall said that he and Floyd Creekmore have a display cabinet that could be used for displaying some of these items.

President Auker appointed Dave Torrence to work with him in lining up this project.

President Ed suggested that we spend some of the club money to purchase items for the Club Library. Dan Schindler made a motion that the club spend $300.00 for this and this motion was seconded and passed. Marge to check out and see what should be purchased with this money. There was a suggestion that we purchase DVD’s instead of tapes because of the longevity of DVD’S compared to tapes.

It was suggested that individual members furnish Randy with information to be put in the news letter. Randy explained that it does not cost the club any more to have several pages in the news letter or just a few.

Miscellaneous:

Martin Robinson gave a very interesting and detailed report regarding an Ash log that he had cut into boards. This log was about 6 ½ feet long and 17 inches in diameter and I think he said that he and Dave Torrence and George Hoffman took this log out to L R Lee near Worden about ½ mile off of road 312 on road 9. Mr. Lee has a large band saw that cuts horizontally and all the equipment for handling these logs. He usually charges 20 cents a board foot, but for hobbyist he doesn’t charge anything. Martin had several pictures along to show some of the action.

Ralph Torrence had taken several black walnut logs out there, got a lot of good lumber, Mr. Lee and a helper worked about 4 hours on cutting these logs and Ralph was charged 20 cents a board foot, but the entire bill only came to $45.00.

Irv Fisher, our guest this evening said he also has a similar saw and to contact him if you want some logs cut into boards. He said he can cut up to a 22 inch log.

Name tags were handed out to Ray Curtis, Dan Schindler and Joyce Fiechtner

John Tuttle reported that the three bowls he showed at the February meeting he donated for an auction sale with the proceeds going to the Boy’s and Girl’s club.

President Auker declared the meeting closed and everyone enjoyed coffee and cookies compliments of the Billings Hardware.

 

Program:

The program for tonight was put on by Dave Torrence, The idea of this program was to help the wood turner decide on the proper shape, texture and use of wood. He handed out information called "Art for the Woodturner" which had for it’s basic design "Golden Ratio 1.62-1.

Golden Mean:

Aesthetics:  Based on an understanding of proportion and design.

A definition of good design: The arrangement of the Elements of design in such away that they are pleasing to the eye.

Guiding factors of design Simplified Laws of design. He went on to explain the use of the following:

Balance

Harmony

Rhythm

Simplicity

Influencing wood using the Elements of Design (tools)

Line

Form: cylinder, cone, and sphere

Texture

Value

Space

Contrast

Color

 

Using all the above information as explained by Dave, we should all be able to produce better looking turnings.

Dwaine W Beckman, Secretary.

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Click here for the Preliminary Guidelines for MontanaFair 2006
as provided by Dan Schindler

CRITIQUE

The definition of critique is a critical analysis or examination of the merits of a work of art.

A Critique can be a good method of learning the woodworking craft of woodturning.

Guidelines for a working critique:

1. This is only done on a volunteer basis.

2. The creator of the project should explain the goals explaining what was achieved.

3. Comments must be constructive and encouraging.

4. Comments must relate only to the project.

5. For inexperienced woodturners it would be helpful for one or two experienced woodturners to give their advice and suggestions.

6. Experienced woodturners can do this in a small group

7. The experienced woodturners critique should be more complete.

8. Inexperienced woodturners have expertise to offer the experienced woodturners.

If any Yellowstone woodturners would like to participate in a critique they should bring a woodturning to the April meeting.
        Submitted by Dave Torrence.

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This Month’s Meeting:


Unless you are notified otherwise, the April 12 7:00 P.M. meeting will be held at Billings Hardware on Grand Ave. Please bring your own chair.
Enter and exit from the building via the north entrance door that is next to the loading ramp. Parking is available on the north side.

Editor’s Notes:



Newsletter Deadlines:
Submissions for the newsletter must be received at least 10 days before our meeting. Material received after that date will not be included in the newsletter for that month.

President: Ed Auker (406) 665-1723
Vice President: Wayne Hoffman (406) 598-4285
Secretary: Dwaine Beckman (406) 248-9383
Treasurer: Mick Hogg (406) 656-7724
Librarian: Marjorie Ferrin (406) 656-1744
Photographer: George Hoffman (406) 259-9023
Technical Advisor: Dan Schindler (406) 373-5892
Newsletter Editor: Randy Fortiner (406) 245-7875
E-Mail: jlfortiner@gmail.com
Web Site:  http://www.ysturners.com

 

“One Good Turn” is the monthly newsletter of Yellowstone Woodturners, Billings, Montana  -
a local chapter of the American Association of Woodturners.