The Monthly Newsletter of Yellowstone Woodturners Billings

Hopefully some sunny days are in store for us in the near future. I heard one comment last Sunday about forming a committee to get started on building an ark??
Rick Orr from Colorado will be with us as the main part of our program for the June meeting. He will give us the benefit of his recent marathon of making tops (several hundred); plus he is donating some items for an extra raffle. The rest of our program will entail some various ways of producing wheeled vehicles for the fair.
   We will pass around a sheet for a sign-up of those willing to fill shifts at the fair booth. ( no need to pick dates yet). Now is the time to get excited about our booth; a new sign is being made ( thank you Don Buska and Jeff Meide, the West High shop teacher ) also planning for entries and booth give-a-ways. We do need several booth chairmen to be in charge for 2-3 days of our time at the Hobby Hall.
   Our July program will be a freebee demo from Sam Angelo of Wyoming on his specialty of "from tree to bowl" turning.    Sam will be our Symposium demonstrator along with Alan Lacer this coming Oct.   A & E Committee Chairman, Ray Curtis informs me that $800 of our $1,000 AAW Grant has arrived. If you noticed our club was listed in the last AAW magazine as one of the 84 recipients receiving grants this year.
   See you June 11th at Ron's shop,

President Stan Lambert opened the meeting at 7:00 pm sharp on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at Ron’s shop. There were 21 members present.

John Wasden brought a bowl for hackberry and has 3 pieces to Don Buska showed us his rolling pins and holders. A small bowl made from 225 pieces and a very detailed rim chuck that he made for large bowl turning.

The minutes were corrected to add Ralph Torrence as the third place winner in the Easter egg contest. Sorry Ralph.

We will be using the Career Center for the Oct Symposium Oct. 4 and 5. We had a dust issue when we used the Career Center last year. But will not be using talc this time.

Ray Curtis sent a letter to the AAW that we are having Alan Lacer for the Oct Symposium. Discussion followed about if the group wants to have a hands-on session with Alan and how many lathes to set up. Thank you for all the time you are spending on this project, Ray.

Don and Stan went to West High again. 6 members enjoyed the session and that will start again next year.

June 11th Meeting At Ron Musgrave's Shop. Turning carriages for the Fair. (Turn a car for the the MontanaFair with wheels that were donated to the club), Top turning presentation

July 9th Meeting At Ron Musgrave's Shop. Turning Techniques, Sam Angelo, Fair Preparation

August 6th? Meeting At Ron Musgrave's Shop. Pattern (Stick) Inlays, Don Buska.