• This month’s Open Shop is truly "open" to anything anyone desires to bring and work on. Bring your tools and project material and make something happen. You might even want to work on a Christmas ornament. See more information below.
• This month we will have our annual pot luck dinner.  The club will provide the drinks and main course and members bring a side dish or dessert. We will also have our Christmas ornament contest as well as our normal Show & Tell.  Also, we will have our traditional "give one - get one" gift exchange. So, bring a wrapped gift of around $20 to exchange with another member which is determined by drawing.  So, plan to join us for a fun evening of fellowship and sharing.
• Dues for 2018 are now being accepted. They are still $15 for emailed newsletter (or no newsletter) and $25 for hardcopy USPS delivered newsletter. Please see Mel Bryan at the meeting to pay.
• As a reminder, you have a chance to win an airbursh by purchasing a ticket for $2 each for the "special raffle". The funds raised will go into the equipment fund. We will do the drawing after we collect $100 dollars in ticket sales.
• There are many ways you can contribute to the life of our club. A couple simple ways are to submit your answers to the "5 Woodturning Question" article. (See the article below for more details). Another similar way is to submit your woodturning tips also for the newsletter. (Refer to the article later.) Of course there are many other ways to put your enthusiasm into action. You can ask any officer for direction. There are many practical ways to be involved. A simple way to help is to come early to the meeting and help set up the room for the meeting and/or stay afterwards and help clean up. Either or both are appreciated. 

Our Last Meeting

      Our demonstration at the meeting last month was a real "toot". David Bartlett showed us how he turns a toy whistle following Bonnie Klein's method in her book "Classic Woodturning Projects". David first drilled a 3/8 X 3" hole in 3/4 X 4" piece of wood on the lathe then mounted it in a jam chuck made from a 1/2" dowel held in a Jacobs chuck sized to fit the 3/8 hole. After turning the whistle to shape he turned a captive ring on the far end of the whistle. He cut a half  "V" slot 5/8 from the end of the hole and used the dowel that had been the jam chuck and made a fipple for the whistle testing often for the sound. 
      Thank you Dave for your entertaining demo.  

  


  

     The video of each meetings' demo are available in the library on DVD to be checked out  by members. Also, the video will be available online at; YouTube Indep Woodturners   The video for this demo can be viewed at:  Part 1   and  Part 2