Message from the President

July 2008

Greetings Turners!

This is my weekend to indulge in one of my other hobbies - golf. The British open is on as I try to write this and I love watching them play on the rugged courses of Scotland & Britain. Eventually I will get back out to the shop, but for today I can let the lathe gather a little dust.

Thanks to Reed Gray for the fine demo on end grain hollowing and the collection of different tools available to do it. I really want one of those articulated elbow tools! Of course, that demo means that the challenge for this month is to produce your own end grain piece.

This month we are going to have several demonstrators, and we will be going through different finishing techniques. When I first started, my main finish was lacquer in a can; this will show you several good variations to get the type of finish you want.

Big news - some of you probably already know that James has sold Woodcraft. The new owners will take over in early August, and will be at this month’s meeting to meet the club members. Be on your best behavior!

If you took some of the Walnut that Dave Young brought in for his fundraiser for the park in Soda Springs, this is the last chance to bring in a finished piece to send back with him.

See you on the 28th!

Tom B.

Notes from the Web

As an extra perk of Beaver State Woodturners membership, any and all members who wish one can now have a Beaver State Woodturners email address and/or website address. Your email address would appear as (your_text_here)@beaverstatewoodturners.com. You could either have a separate BSWT email box, or have any emails sent to that address forwarded to any email box you currently have.

Your website address (if you wish one) would be www.beaverstatewoodturnes.com/(your_text_here)/(home_page_name).htm.

Your_text_here could be your name, business name, or anything else you want. Home_page_name likewise can be anything you want.

If anybody is interested, just let me know -

Schedule of Events

  • Monday, May 28, 6:00PM, BSWT meeting, Woodcraft, Eugene
 
Our challenge for this month’s meeting is an end-grain hollowing. Bring one in for a chance to win a $15.00 gift certificate.

Our Thanks to Woodcraft

  
We would like to thank James and the staff at Woodcraft for all the help in setting up and allowing us to use the store as our meeting place. When you need turning supplies or other wood working tools be sure to check out Woodcraft and their great selection of tools.