Newsletter

November 2009

Meeting Night Change for December!

The December meeting will be

Monday

December 7th

7:00 PM. Start

Meetings are held at the small pre-school building on the corner of County Line Road & Ridge Avenue

Setup starts @ 6:30

Things you need to know about the meeting

1. The building will be closed by the church due to the yearend holidays starting on our regular Tuesday meeting night.

2. We will have a joint meeting with the scout troop which uses the same space as we do. We will use this as a community service event to teach them how to turn pens (and hopefully get them interested in woodturning as a hobby). There are six scouts in the troop, so we are hoping for

six mini lathes. There will be enough supplies for each scout to turn two pens. We already have the kits and wood for the scouts, but we need six mini lathes, six mandrels, and six sets of bushings (the ones for slimline pens). The wood blanks will be drilled and tubed before the meeting. If you can supply what we need, let me or Tom know. Make sure whatever you bring is labeled so it can get back to you.

3. We will also use this night to set up and organize both our old and new storage cabinets (we need to move both within the area we use for storage).

4. There will be no business or show & tell at the meeting.

5. If there are any questions, call John Puckhaber or Tom Jones (numbers in the box below).

6. We will resume our regular second Tuesday meeting schedule in January. The date will be January 12^th at the regular start time.

New Officers for 2010

After a long time of wonderful service Mark Anderson has decided to step down as President, and Buren Gilpin has also decided to retire as Treasurer. A huge thanks to both, as our club has grown and improved greatly under their leadership.

Tom Jones will ‘enthusiastically’ take over as President, Ishmael Tuazon will become vice President, and Stan Leibowitz will take over the Treasurer’s duties. John Puckhaber will remain as Secretary.

2010 Officers and Contacts

President	Tom Jones	732.571.9636
Vice President	Ishmael Tuazon	732.792.3806
Treasurer	Stan Leibowitz	732.886.1530
Librarian	Ishmael Tuazon	732.792.3806
Secretary	John Puckhaber	732.349.4275
Newsletter	John Puckhaber	732.349.4275

Upcoming Events

The Woodworking Show will be held this season the weekend of February 19^th to the 22^nd, 2010 at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset. We will again participate, so there will be sign up lists at both the December and January meetings.

Three noteworthy things to think about: (1) Craft Supplies USA will not be at the show, so we can’t purchase anything from them at the show. (2) There will be a “Showoff” contest open to any attendee (us too) with a grand prize of a Delta Unisaw. For details, go to the show’s website at: http://cms.thewoodworkingshows.com

(3) We now have two display cabinets so bring your smaller pieces for display at your booth. The more good work the showgoers see, the more they’ll stop at our booth. Also, plan to turn because shavings and moving things attract visitors!

Totally Turning 2010 Symposium will be held in Saratoga Springs, NY on the weekend of March 27^th & 28^th, 2010. This symposium will be a part of “Showcase” which is a very large and excellent woodworking symposium. Attendees will have full access to both Totally Turning and Showcase. There will be World class demonstrators there, including David Ellsworth, Kurt Herzog, and Jean-Francois Escoulen. For more information, visit their website at: http://www.totallyturning.com

2010 AAW National Symposium will be the weekend of June 18^th to 20^th, 2010 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Details such as the demonstrator list and the topics for special interest night are not yet set, but will be posted on the AAW website at: http://woodturner.org/ If you are thinking of attending, Register early and even earlier for hotel reservations, as close-by rooms disappear quickly.

AAW EOG Grants

The 2010 Educational Opportunity Grant (EOG) application submission period has begun, and will run through January 15. This is open only to AAW members, so if you are, go for it! The details are on the AAW website. Our club and some of its individual members have been very successful in getting grants, so hopefully, history will repeat itself. The club may this year attempt to get video/photo equipment for demonstrations, the website gallery, and teaching purposes.

Ron Hughes on Yellowwood

American Yellowwood - Cladrastis Kentukea

Common name is derived from the appearance of the freshly cut heart-wood which is yellow; hence, yellowwood.

Yellowwood is a slow-growing moderately long-lived tree. The wood is durable, medium weight and takes a beautiful finish.  It is a favored wood for gunstocks, when available. Because of the attractive white flowers the trees are occasionally planted in gardens and parks. 

Its native habitat is North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. Nowhere is it very common. It has also been found in Maine.

I have only green turned a few things and found that it turns very well with little movement. It seems to hold the yellow color after the finish.

In my forty years of tree care I have only cut down two yellowwood trees. I know of only two others; which are in the Freehold area.

Thanks to member Ron Hughes for submitting this information on yellowwood. Ron has also brought in several beautiful examples of his work with this wood, as well as making it available for our members.

Demonstrators

We are currently in the process of lining up outside demonstrators for 2010. The possibilities include:

Mark St Ledger

Kurt Herzog

Dennis Fugue

Ted Sokolowski

We will try to have two demonstrations this spring; they will be held on an all-day Saturday format. They’ll tentatively be held again in my shop and we’ll let you all know about the ‘modest’ cost.

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:

twjones@bigfoot.com.

www.atlanticshorewoodturners.com

Members can get the user name and password for the members-only section at a meeting.

2010 Dues

Club dues are due for 2010. They will remain at $25, a real bargain! See the Treasurer, Stan Leibowitz.

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 County Line Rd. and Ridge Ave, Lakewood, NJ.

Meeting Directions

Directions: From Route 9, go east on County Line Rd for 2 ½ miles. You will see two large church complexes; Holy Family is the second complex. From the Garden State Parkway, get of at Exit 91 and continue on Lanes Mill Rd for 7/10 mile. Follow Lanes Mill Rd as it turns right for 1.2 miles. Bear right onto East County Line Rd and turn into the church complex.