The Monthly Newsletter of Yellowstone Woodturners
Billings, Montana

July 2006                          Vol. 7, No. 7

Minutes:

Minutes of the meeting held  JUN 14, 2006

Meeting called to order by President Auker at 7:00 PM, there were 27 members Present.

Auker reported that there was no news letter printed because Randy had a family emergency and had to leave town before he got the news letter made up.

Minutes of the last meeting were printed and distributed to the members present and there was one correction cost of the new internet site will be $100 pre year instead of $20 per year.

Treasure Report

Mike Hogg, Treasurer was called upon to give his report.

Correspondence

There was no Correspondence.

Committee Reports

The A&E committee reported we will have an upcoming report on "Cost of Free Wood".

Fair committee reported that we will have a display & turning at Hobby Hall again this year and John Tuttle will be in charge of this again this year.  A signup sheet was sent around for those who would be able to help at the Hobby Hall and assigned hours will be made up at a later date.  Hours at the Hobby Hall will be from Noon to 9pm.

Jail House Gallery

Dave Torrence passed around some pictures he had taken at the gallery and said that the good news was that some of the articles had been sold.

The Custer Re-enactment will be held June 24th and though it would be nice if some of our turners could be at the gallery and explain some of the work on display, the members who may go to Hardin for this are George Hoffman, Red O'connel, Dan Schindler, and Jane Swaby.  The gallery will be open from 9AM until 5PM, and it was suggested that the above turners should try and be there by 10AM.

The gallery would like to display our turnings through the month of July and wood like to have some more articles brought down.  It was decided that the club would display our work through the month of July.

Ed Auker said that the manager of the local radio shack was dumb founded when he saw Dan Schindlers hat on display.

There was some talk about the Yellowstone Woodturners setting up a booth, but when they found out that there would be a $50.00 a day charge, this was dropped.

New Business 

It was reported that Craft Supply has a list of woodturning clubs around the nation and that the Yellowstone Woodturners was listed there.

Show and Tell

Dave Torrence had a plate and a shallow bowl made of black walnut. 

Ralph Torrence had a humming bird feeder from iron wood, he also had a  kite flying line holder

Don Buska had a large bowl with several stick work designs and a box with squares like a checker board.

Paul Spencer had a unique pepper mill and salt shaker and also a box with a lid made of fir.

Mike Hogg had a composite bowl with a lid.

Bob Orr had a Business card holder and he also demonstrated how to wash a handkerchiefs using a coffee can. See June Pictures Here

Break Time

Time for coffee and cookies supplied by Billings Hardware.

 Demonstration

Inlace By Red O'Connell

(An inlay material, For more information see www.inlaceonline.com. ) 

 First of all Red said that Inlace is dangerous stuff and you should be very careful not to inhale any of the fumes. 

The things you can mix with the Inlace is limited to your imagination.  Red has used coffee grounds, ground up rice, pulverized coal and you use food coloring if you want  different colors.  Add Sparkles (glitter)  of various colors.  Red said Bondo does not take dye very good. Some precautions that should be taken when using Inlace are:

1 Keep all raw material in area where the temperature will stay below 90 degrees.

2 Work in a ventilated area

3 Wear eye protection at all times.

4 Mix in a glass or paper containers.  Some plastic containers will work just fine but test plastic before mixing a lot of material.

5 Don't store raw material in direct sunlight.

Directions

Take and mixed 2 fluid ounces of Inlace and add 2ml (1 cap full) of hardener and any coloring or other components to glass container.   Mix well but try and avoid bubbles.  You have 12 to 15 minutes to install Inlace to your project.

Inlace will be hard enough to turn in 12 hours.

Touch ups- After finishing your projects and you find a small area that needs filling, clean the area with acetone and install more lnlace, or just use a drop of Hot Stuff and refinish the area. After refinishing you won't be able to find the repair.  Very small pine holes caused by air bubbles will be filled in when you apply a finish of your choice.

Red suggested that you make a groove 1/8" deep and wide with V type edges so the inlace won't fall out.

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: Paul Spencer (406) 861-6718
E-Mail: paulspencer2001@yahoo.com
Web Site:  www.ysturners.org

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

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