MINUTES OF JANUARY 11 2007

Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by President Stan Lambert, there were 22 members present and no guests.

Something new on the agenda for 2007 was story time, which started out with stories by Ed Auker and Stan Lambert.

SHOW AND TELL

Bob Orr displayed and explained the fire truck that he had built (Lots of work and lots of hours involved) Good job Bob.

Dan Schindler had a double natural edge bowl made of juniper

John Tuttle had two bowls made of African Mahogany and Maple and two beautiful segmented vases. (Nice work John)

Stan Lambert had made a turning of Red Elm which he thought he might use as a clock base. The size of this project he said he could only turn it about 300 RPM’s ( about scared everyone thinking about trying to turn an object like this)

Dwaine Beckman had a small bowl turned from Cottonwood burl.

Joyce Flechtner showed her expertise in the form of a segmented ball, vase, drum and bowl.

 

MINUTES

The minutes of the December13th 2006 meeting were approved as printed in the Newsletter.

Jerry Rhoades was sick, so had called Dwaine Beckman (last years secretary to fill in)

MISCELLANEOUS

Ray Curtis passed around a picture of a beer cooler made up of 86 pieces and turned on a lathe, this beer cooler held two six packs and ice.

TREASURER’S REPORT

Wayne Hoffman reported that Jane Swaby was sick and had asked last years treasurer Mick Hogg to sit in for her, then he got sick and asked Wayne to cover for them. Wayne said he would accept checks for dues, but would not be making out any checks.

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Ed Auker reported on the up coming symposium to be held by the North Dakota Woodturning Club at Mandan ND on April 13-14-15.

They open their session on a Friday night, then have one and one half days of on hands sessions and Sunday afternoon the demonstrators put on a demonstration They will be having 3 or 4 people demonstrating and last year the cost was $100.00

There will be more information available in the coming months.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

The A & E (advancement & education) committee reported by Red O’Connell.

Red had talked with Pete Hoiness regarding liability insurance for the Club during our symposiums on January 20^th.

Red said that the North Dakota Woodturners have a form for all participants to sign releasing them from any liability from any incident that would occur during their symposium and Pete figured we should do the same and after some discussion it seemed to be mutually agreed that we do the same thing for our symposium.

Red said that he had contacted the AAW regarding liability coverage, and should be getting the necessary papers from them in the next few days.

Some other items covered regarding the symposium, bring your own chairs--- Ray Curtis will bring cookies & pop to Dwaine’s and Red will bring the same to Ron’s ( I don’s know who will bring goodies to George’s shop but as efficient as this committee has been I am sure this will be taken care of)--- Anyone participating in the hands on with Dan should bring their lathe into Ron’s on Friday—Red has the door prizes ready—In case of bad weather and cancellation the committee will handle the notification and if cancelled the symposium will no doubt be held the following Saturday—

OLD BUSINESS

Some items brought up by President Stan were are follow

Dues are due

Biography of individual members

Mentor program

Experienced members helping newer members

Challenge program (such as turning egg’s ball’s etc)

It was decided that for the April meeting you are asked to turn and bring an egg ( use your imagination something like was done with the bowling pins some time back)..

Outreach, (such as helping the Boy’s & Girl’s ranch)

Wayne Hoffman stated he had received some information on the Mission Ridge (assisted living or independent living) home needing help and Bob Orr said he has been working with them and that some lady had donated $35,000.00 to purchase shop equipment for them. This equipment has been purchased and maybe we as a club could take on the challenge to help them out.

The next news letter should have a form to fill out if you are interested in helping some newer wood turner learn new skills.

Books to be audited Ray Curtis-Wayne Hoffman-Jane Swaby to audit last years books and report at the next meeting

We as a club do not have a meeting place for February and March because the Billings Hardware will be doing some remodeling and will need the room where we meet for storing items.

Joyce Flechtner,, Bob Orr,,Stan Lambert and Jim Larson are on the committee to locate a meeting place for these two months.

John Tuttle asked if anyone would be willing to donate an item for a fund raiser for the Boy’s and Girl’s Club, if so, contact John.

Someone inquired if we will be participating in the Home Improvement Show and it was decided to ask TJ regarding space for this.

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

 

Program

The program tonight consists of members showing and explaining some of the jigs–gadgets and do-dads that they use in their shop. Some of the items shown are listed below.

ED AUKER —steady rest---tool holder which rests on the way’s of his lathe at a 45 degree angle, making them easy to reach—wooden mallet—circle to mark log for making natural edge (etc)bowls—buffer made out of a paint roller to polish small objects (usually run at 2000 rpm) —paper cup turned upside down to mix epoxy etc—mty tuna fish can to hold finish when wet sanding—chuck gauge..

RALPH TORRENCE–jig for holding wheels (for model trucks etc)to make tire threads on table saw.

JOHN WASDEN–jig to hold tail stock when removed from lathe so it won’t end up falling on the floor—tool holder to hold tools used when turning ,he also furnished a plan for this, which was placed in the library.

BOB ORR—Paint your work bench white because it seems to give you more light and also put some indoor/outdoor carpet on a part of the bench makes good soft place to work.—place block of wood in the drill vice to drill into when drilling wood.—foot switch to control drill press-------

flashlight holder so you will know where to find your flashlight—Book called Shop Tips.

JERRY EVANS—had a bowl kit and to reinforce wall added Durhams Water Putty to outside, then turned the inside Jerry said he would bring this project back for show and tell when finished–he also had a small cutting tip that he held with a vice grip for the handle to finish turning the inside of this bowl.

RED O’CONNELL—tapered plug used as jam chuck—on his steady rest he has thumb screws to hold arms in place and made a wooden wrench to tighten these thumb screws—made a jig of aluminum to hold his 3/8" gouge when sharpening on his Elsworth sharpening tool —two large nuts held together make a good jig to see if your bit is sharpened to the 118 degrees as the two nuts give you 120 degrees

DAVE TORRENCE—made a frame work (board) with equally space holes, using aluminum pins and used for form bending light wood

PAUL SPENCER—steady rest

STAN LAMBERT– uses a turn table to set items on to spray paint (turning the table by hand while spraying)—uses two switch type magnetic bases to hold his finger board on the table saw .

Dwaine W Beckman (acting) Secretary

Getting to Know The Members

Name: Stan Lambert
Born: Lancaster, California
Married: Jan, 1968
Children: Nick, 33
               Josh, 29
Raised: SW Minnesota on a farm
High School: Worthington, Minn.
College: SDSU in Business Agriculture 1968
Job History: Real Estate Broker (35 years & counting)
Hobbies: Flying, wrestling, coaching, hunting, four-
wheeling, woodworking, & woodturning.
Other interests: Optimist Member - 38 years
Church lay leader, Youth volunteer ( Hunter Safty - 24 years "Just Say No" Club - 14 years )       Optimist Special Children's Camp - 35 years