Newsletter
March 2008
Newsletter
March 2008
Meetings 2nd Tuesday of each
month.
The next meeting will be
March 11
7:30 PM.
Meetings are held
at the small pre-school building on the corner of County Line Road & Ridge
Avenue
Social hour @
2008 Officers and
Contacts
|
President |
Mark Anderson |
732.477.0847 |
|
Vice President |
Tom Jones |
732.571.9636 |
|
Treasurer |
Buren Gilpin |
732.223.9861 |
|
Librarian |
Bruce Perlmutter |
732.530.5762 |
|
Secretary |
John Puckhaber |
732.349.4275 |
|
Newsletter |
John Puckhaber |
732.349.4275 |
Meetings 2nd Tuesday of each month.
March Meeting
Tom Jones
Demonstration
This month’s meeting will feature a
demonstration by Tom Jones of our own woodturners club. He will show us how to turn miniature
turnings such as hats, vessels, and even lidded boxes!
Along with showing
us how to mount,
turn, and finish the tiny pieces, Tom will show
us how to make the small specialized tools needed to turn the pieces.
Tom is our vice
president and the master of our website.
He has been turning about eight years and a member of the club for the
past four years. He is an accomplished
turner, and has been recently been focusing on miniature pieces.
If you visit our
website and look through the members’ gallery, the photos you’ll see are taken
by Tom.
This should be a fun
demo, one which can be done by our members who only have a mini lathe (no more
just pens).
Future Club
Activities
The April meeting
will be a regular meeting with Show & Tell and possibly a return of “the
challenge”.
We still will have
meetings in May & June, and we are trying to line up one more outside
demonstrator this year…we’ll let you know.
As always, if anyone
has any suggestions or topics for meetings, tell us. Let us know if there’s any interest in one of
the remaining meetings being devoted to open turning.
Tylersport Turning Fair
Unfortunately, most
of you missed this year’s Tylersport Turning Fair in
PA. This has to be the best bargain in
turning, when you consider that three of the featured artists in the current
issue of the AAW Journal’s article “The Sphere” are featured…and participated
in Tylersport:
Will Smith, Michael Kehs and Derek Weidman. You recall we have had Will Smith and Mike Kehs as demonstrators here.
Also, Mark Anderson made his demonstrating debut at the fair. He showed the folks there how to use the
Jameson system for deep hollowing. Not
only did Mark demo at the fair, he entered the turning competition and won
second place, finishing behind only Will Smith…Nice job Mark!
Keep early March
open next year…all that for only $5 a day!
Upcoming Shows
& Symposiums
2008 AAW National Symposium will be held in
If any of you are planning to attend, consider registering soon, since this symposium really grows every
year (Louisville in 2006 grew so much from previous years that the hotel and
symposium site was nearly overwhelmed).
The Woodturning Center in Philadelphia, PA has scheduled several in-house exhibits for 2008. Our club now holds a membership at the center, which has as its mission the education, preservation and promotion of wood and wood-turned art. For further information, visit their website at:
The Woodworking Show
This year’s Woodworking Show was held February 15 -17 in the Garden State Expo Center in Somerset. Our participation keeps getting better, in terms of the numbers of members attending, the amount of time the lathes are actually being used, and the number of people stopping by the booth.
We also looked quite professional with our new banner. Thanks to Tom, who kept after the printer to do it right (three times) and finally approved it about four hours before the show opened!
The show was under new management this year, and they wanted to try something new called “Strolling Mini Demonstrations” each lasting about 15 minutes or so, but I guess it didn’t work out…maybe next year. One thing we are now able to do is sell our work at the booth.
What remains to determine if the show was a real success is whether we get any new members. We’ll see.
The ASWT HOW
Program
We are in the
process of starting our own HOW (Hands On Workshop)
program. This effort is being led by
Russ Bertelsen, who welcomes suggestions and
comments. He can be reached by e-mail at
rberte7777@aol.com or talk to him at the March meeting.
HOWs
first course: Learn to Turn
This Hands-On-Workshop is designed
for beginners or those wanting a refresher on the basics. The course will
emphasize lathe safety and operation, selection, sharpening and use of basic woodturning tools, wood preparation, turning techniques, shaping, sanding and
finishing. Typical beginner projects will be bowls, boxes and small
platters. Donation
Fee $35.00, 1 Day.
Time, date & location to be
set shortly.
|
Learn to Turn |
The Program
Committee
Our program committee has been set up for the purpose of planning and arranging meeting programs for the club. If you have any suggestions for a demonstration, instruction, or anything else, let the committee know.
The
Program Committee
Tom Jones 732.571.9636
Ed Aras 732.741.5940
Buren Gilpin 732.223.9861
Russell Bertlesen 732.367.2862
Stan Liebowitz 732.886.1530
Tom Barnes 732.363.0712
The Website
For those of you who haven’t recently visited, take a new look! The calendar is right up to date with all sorts of interesting things, and the members’ gallery is chock full of great photos of OUR work. The site is continually getting better…thanks Tom. To submit news, calendar items, or photos, contact Tom at:
www.atlanticshorewoodturners.com
Meeting
Specifics
Meetings are the second
Tuesday of each month except for July and August. They are held at the little pre-school
building, which is located at the corner of
Meeting
Directions
Directions: From Route 9, go east on