The Monthly Newsletter of Yellowstone Woodturners
Billings, Montana

March 2007                          Vol. 8, No. 3

 Think About Turning Today!

A message from Our Club President

Our thanks to the Audit committee ( Ray Curtis,Wayne Hoffman, & Jane Swaby ). We are in the black, balanced, with cash in the bank. Very professional; "Great Job!"

Reminders - - "Make an egg" for the April meeting. "Atta Boys" for the "Best" and maybe a prize?"

- Our Mentoring program. Don't hesitate to offer your specialties to help members and others to improve their skills. - Meeting place. Career Center 7:00 pm 3/14/05 @ 3723 Central Ave. Billings: Parking to the West - Enter west door. We will meet in the same room as last month. You do not need to bring a chair.

- Woodturning Symposium at Bismarck State College. Save $15 - only $85 for early registration by March 15th. Contact Ed Auker or Stan Lambert if you are Interested.

Thank you ED Auker for an excellent demo on buffing at our last meeting. See you March 14th @ the Career Center. Stan Lambert, Pres.

MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 14, 2007 

The meeting was called to order late by President Stan Lambert due to a few people getting lost at the Career Center, and to a change in meeting location.

 Show and Tell

 Ray Curtis showed a White Ash plate and bowls as well as an Elm Bowl and an Elm and Walnut bowl

 Wayne Hoffman had Walnut lidded box

 Dan Schindler has a small natural edge bowl made from Sagebrush

 Floyd Creekmore displayed a set of open spiral candlesticks

 Mick Hogg had a set of segmented salt and pepper mills

 Dwayne Beckman had several open segmented hollow forms

 Ralph Torrance displayed a beautiful road grader made from Maple and Walnut that he claimed wasn’t right – looked great to everyone else

 Don Buska showed a Baltic Birch plywood beer glass and a segmented hollow form

 Red O’Connell had a blue stained Baltic Birch goblet

 Dave Torrance displayed 3 songbird intarsia projects

 Stan Lambert showed a Purple heart and Maple segmented candy dish and a Cypress wall hanging

 Minutes

 The minutes of the January 10 meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter.

 Treasurer’s Report

 The audit committee met and concluded that the books are in order.

 The symposium generated a profit of $239.84.  As of February 12, the club has a balance of $2,785.80.

 Correspondence

 The club has received a copy of the calendar for the Rocky Mountain School of Woodturning in La Porte, CO (just north of Fort Collins).  Anyone interested in getting a copy can contact Gerry Rhoades.

 The club also received a schedule from the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, CO.  The schedule can be seen online at http://www.andersonranch.org/

 Entry forms have also been received for the Dakota Woodturners Symposium in Bismarck, ND April 13-15.

 Committee Reports

 The Symposium was judged a success by all who attended.  The committee wanted to express their thanks to all who provided space and especially to those who provided food and refreshments.

 Old Business

 A reminder that we are supposed to be turning eggs for the April meeting.

 After some discussion, it was generally agreed that we have probably outgrown the space at Billings Hardware.  It was also generally agreed that the Career Center space could probably be used on a long term basis, but the Meeting Space Committee will continue to look for meeting space.  It would be nice to have a space where we could have a locked cabinet that would hold a lathe and other things belonging to the club.

Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch is looking for club members to teach woodturning to the residents.

 New Business

 Ed Auker suggested the club buy a coffee pot.  A motion was and seconded to that affect and was passed.  Stan Lambert will buy the coffee pot.

 Dan Schindler suggested the club add the AAW Symposium DVDs to the library.  A motion was made and seconded to make $365 available to the librarian for new acquisitions, including the AAW Symposium DVDs.  The motion was passed.

 There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned to coffee and cookies and Ed’s presentation on buffing.

 Gerry Rhoades

Secretary

New Members

David Kirkness - Welcome to the CLUB.

Getting to Know The Members

Gerry Rhoades

Name:  Gerry Rhoades

Born:  Missoula, MT

Married:  August 1987

Children:  Jeffrey, age 16

Raised:  Missoula, MT

High School:  Missoula County High, now called Sentinel High I think

College:  B.S. in Finance, Metropolitan State College in Denver, CO

                M.B.A. in Operations Management, University of Minnesota

Job History:  Procurement professional most of my working life

Hobbies:  woodturning, fly fishing, skiing, bicycling, scuba diving, jazz musician

Other interests:  Ski instructor volunteer with Eagle Mount

Wayne Hoffman

Wayne Hoffman was born in July of 1940 in Billings, Montana, living on the bench for seven years then moving to the near Westend.  His father was an accountant but had a hobby of building houses in the summers; so Wayne began learning carpentry early as a natural part of family life.  In about 1947 his dad bought a Craftsman wood lathe so he and his brother tinkered with it for many years until Wayne sold it in about 2000; whereupon  he soon bought a Jet mini-lathe which he uses now, hoping some day to buy a larger lathe.
Wayne graduated from Billings Sr. High School in 1958, went to MSU-Missoula where he graduated with a BA in Math/Physics in 1962 then continued in school two more years, receiving a teachers certificate.  He taught high school math/science in Helena for three years then joined the department of defense to teach American students on bases in Newfoundland, Germany and England until 1972.  His dad was retiring from accounting and offered Wayne the business so he came back to Billings, went back to school to become a licensed public accountant and worked in accounting until 2003 when he retired.

Wayne married June Genger in 1964 and together they raised two children, Eric (1970) and Julia (1972); currently both living in Portland.  Wayne and June divorced in 2001 but remain friends. In the last decade Wayne has been adding equipment to his shop and now has a 13" swing metal lathe, which he uses more for woodturning, a drill/mill machine, a Delta 12" radial arm saw, a 12" Grizzly band saw and a 10" Makita chop saw.

Paul Spencer

Name:  Paul Spencer

Born:  Sandy, UT

Married:  November 1981

Children:  David 24, Sara 23, Lori 19, Ken 17, Elisa 15

Raised:  Sandy, Utah

High School:  Hillcrest High School, Midvale, UT

College:  BS, Electrical Engineering Technology, Northern Montana College, Havre, MT

Job History: Computer Service Technician

Hobbies: Woodworking (started Turning  July 2005, Scrolling. Ect.)  Computers

March

Mar 14: Meeting, At the Billings Career Center at 7:00PM.  Presentation: Hollowing Tools

            Bring in your hollowing tools for a discussion on the pro and cons of  these tools.  Hand made and commercial, both small scale and deep hollowing are welcome. 

April

Apr 11: Meeting:   Presentation: Turned eggs.

Wanted, For sale, Free 

This is your area,  Email, or phone me if you have an item to post here.

PRESIDENT:  Stan Lambert  (406)348-3499
VICE PRESIDENT: Wayne Hoffman (406)598-4285
SECRETARY:   Jerry Rhoades (406)248-1869
TREASURER:  Jane Swaby (406)248-7507
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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