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For those that may not feel comfortable, we will still have the meeting broadcast over Zoom.
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This month's demo ...
Club Meeting – October 2021 – This month we welcome our own Bob Fleming
November 18th @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Social time before meeting starts at 6:00
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Novembers Demo will be Bob Fleming showing the use of Ruth Niles mandrel.
“Learn the Niles system to make bottle openers, pull tab openers, wine stoppers, meat tenderizers all
on the Niles mandrel. They are easy to make and interchangeable using the mandrel system.”
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Thoughts from the President
This is the last club meeting of 2021. It has been challenging in a lot of ways. This year has also allowed me to meet so many people across the world. The outreach we can have access to because of new communications (i.e. Zoom) is tremendous. The main challenge locally is to get more involvement from our club members. To that end, I started our 4th Monday Sawdust Sessions via Zoom. It has been a lot of fun just chatting about woodturning and other stuff with a bunch of members. Ron G has kept us up to date on his finish experiment. Glenn B has been sharing his Fordite collection. Kevin has shared some of his new tool acquisitions and I bought some pegboard squares based on what he shared. And Jim M has kept us laughing. I really like these hour long Sawdust Sessions just to keep in touch and learn a thing or two. I hope you have too.
We will have DAW officer and board elections at the club meeting night. The votes will be counted at both in-person and virtual Zoom members. We have not heard of any other members coming forward to challenge existing or nominate for open positions. However, feel free to do so before the elections.
Officers (serve as directors as well)
President - Tod Raines (incumbent)
Vice President - Bob Fleming (incumbent)
Treasurer - Mike Sahl (incumbent)
Secretary - Kevin Bassett (incumbent)
Directors
Education - open
Programs - John Holderman (incumbent)
Community - open
Library - Mark Montgomery (incumbent)
A/V - Ken Rodger, Shawn Rogers, open
Newsletter - Chris Cohen (incumbent)
Webmaster - Jim LaRocca (incumbent)
Ladies Liaison - open
PR (photog and content creator) - open
I hope you all have a fabulous holiday season and are healthy, safe and happy. Keep creating and we shall see you in the new year.
Regards,
Tod Raines
DAW President
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Website Announcement
New Website items:
1) Sign-up or Renew your membership now and have it active through December 31, 2022. Use the new link new link at the top left of the Home page.
2) Buy your Christmas Party tickets with the link of the right side of the Home page.
3) Enjoy a scrollable gallery of members' works featured on the Home page. If you'd like to see your creations in the gallery, post them in the Member Creations forum.
https://dallaswoodturners.com/community/main-category-daw-member-creations/member-creations/paged/3/#post-279
4) The November Member Turning Showcase. Theme: Holiday Turnings is now active in the website forum for both Open and Advanced categories. Submit your entry and win a prize of up to $50.
https://dallaswoodturners.com/community/main-category-daw-member-creations/
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Sawdust Sessions
DAW Sawdust Session - via Zoom
Monday November 22nd @ 6:30 PM via Zoom
Let’s chat and share. Bring your turnings for show & tell. Share tips and tricks for a wood shop. Show us your shop – shop tour.
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DAW Membership
We had a total of 157 dues paid in 2021; so far only 17 families have paid their membership dues for 2022. The membership dues are part of what makes possible having things like having a great audio-visual system, new books, magazines & videos in the library, lathes & support tools for open shop and classes, and bringing in guest presenters and instructors. Also, your membership gives you discounts at our local woodworking stores (Rockler, Woodcraft, and Wood World); these discounts will not be available to you in 2022 until you have paid your 2022 dues to print your new membership card. Also, current membership is required to check any items out of our extensive woodturning library.
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DAW Training and Classes
We will be having our regular open shop this Saturday, November 20th at Wood World from 10:00 - 3:00, Please come out for any practice/help you may want, or simply come out for some fun with people that love doing what you love to do.
See you there.........
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Monthly Showcase
November Member Showcase is - Holiday Turnings.
A monthly theme to test out our turning skills, or to simply have fun trying something different.
Each month we will be picking a theme that will be loosely tied to one of our presenters. For November we chose any Holiday Turnings. It can be anything turned as long as it has a holiday connection.
We will have two showcases to choose from. Advanced and Open Showcases.
Advanced is obviously for the more advanced woodturners.
Open is for any skill level. Everyone is able to participate.
Both categories will have prizes to the winner which is chosen by the board at the next board meeting.
To participate simply turn something that fits the monthly theme and go to the forums on our website and post a photo of your turning in the showcase that you are wanting to participate in. One entry person per month. https://dallaswoodturners.com/ |
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November winners:
Congratulations to Steve Thomason for 1st in the Advanced category with a Morocco Blue Bowl. $50 gift card.
Chris Cohen won the Open category with his Spalted Memorial Box. $50 gift card
The more people we have participate the more prizes we are able to award.
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DAW Library
Our library has nearly 1700 different books, magazines, and videos from more than 450 authors/demonstrators on a wide variety of topics. All the library items are posted on our website by source type, e.g., DAW demos, SWAT, commercial, books, & magazines and also by title, author, and some are by date (DAW demos, SWAT & AAW videos).
Since we are again meeting at Wood World, the library checkout will return to normal; DAW member checkout of up to 5 items from the library during the club meeting and return these items at the following month’s club meeting. If you still don’t feel safe attending large gatherings of people, you can still request items from the library via email to the librarian at mjmontgo1@verizon.net before the club meeting and then coordinate pickup at the librarian’s home in Garland near the Firewheel Mall.
Since the November member creation theme is holiday turnings, here is a list of a few of the items in the library that deal with that topic:
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DVD ID
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Title
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Author
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Description
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DAW1985
DAW1991
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Christmas Ornaments
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Gary Sanders
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DAW club demos from August 2001 & 2002.
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DAW2024
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Christmas Ornaments
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Jim Davis
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This video was produced by SWAT in 2005.
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DAW1136
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Christmas Ornaments
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Brian Evans
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DAW club demo from August 2006
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DAW1761
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Projects with Rex & Kip
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Kip Christensen & Rex Burningham
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Commercial video from 2007 that covers several projects including Christmas ornaments.
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DAW2256
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Mesquite Christmas Trees
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Jim Tanksley
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DAW club demo from October 2016
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DAW2486
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Christmas Ornaments
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Kevin Bassett
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DAW club demo from September 2017.
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DAW2489
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Turning Holiday Ornaments
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A book published by AAW in 2013.
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DAW2572
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Projects with Rex & Kip
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Kip Christensen & Rex Burningham
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This commercial video covers a birdhouse ornament by Dale Nish and Christmas bulb & Icicle ornaments by Rex, and a bell box ornament by Kip
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DAW1554
DAW2580
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Turning Projects from Scrap
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Robert Rosand
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This DVD covers bird house, Christmas tree & tree topper ornaments.
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DAW0355
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1996 AAW Symposium - Techniques
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multiple
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This DVD covers multiple topics by different demonstrators, including tree ornaments
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DAW0500
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Gift Items for the Marketplace
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Nick Cook
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SWAT DVD from 2004 covers multiple projects including snowman Christmas ornaments.
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DAW2335
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Woodturning with Tim Yoder
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Tim Yoder
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This 2015 DVD covers many projects including a Jack O’lantern, an inside-out ornament, and an LED Christmas tree.
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DAW2382
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Design & Turn Delicate Wooden Ornament
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Kurt Hertzog
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This 2015 SWAT DVD covers ornaments
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DAW2619
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Sea Urchin Ornaments & Fine Spindle Turning
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Ashley Harwood
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With this DVD, Ashley Harwood offers a step-by-step guide for making an elegant turned sea urchin ornament.
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DAW2632
DAW2633
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Methods of Piercing
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Andy Lodge
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In this two volume set, Andy Lodge takes you through the setting up and execution of his piercing methods along with a discussion of the many tools available. One of the projects is a pierced hanging ornament.
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These are just a few of the many books & videos in our library on holiday turnings.
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Beads of Courage and Empty Bowls
Empty Bowl count:
Lou Boudreaux 55
D Stuekerjuergen 24
Roger Smith 23
Jim LaRocca 5
R Dawson 1
Beads of Courage count:
Lou Boudreaux 26
Shawn Rogers 7
Todd Fischer 3
Ed Mastin 1
Jim LaRocca 1
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Christmas Party 2021
Hooray, the DAW board has decided to return to a more normal operation. The Annual Christmas party is back!
The event will be held Saturday evening December 4th from 6-10pm at Dos Arroyos restaurant in Richardson. (map from Wood World below)
We have decided to have a slight departure from the buffet style of the past and have a sit down dinner consisting of five different menu items. Tentative menu:
Quesadilla plate - beef, chicken, or cheese
Taco plate - beef or chicken
Taco Salad
Enchilada Plate - beef, chicken, or cheese
Burrito Plate - beef or chicken
(menu is subject to slight changes)
non-alcoholic beverages will be included.
For those that wish, there will be a cash bar available as well.
Besides all your great company we will have raffle items, some silent auction items, and a limited number of live auction items.
Currently, we have commitments from members to donate items into the auction. We have raffle items including a 55” TV, and Tim Yoder’s Elbow hollowing system and many other items from our vendors to entice you to come.
Over the years many of us managed to collect a great array of beautiful wood turnings from some very well know artist’s and at the same time know that the funds raised helped to support the DAW.
If you wish to donate an item into the auction, please contact Kevin Bassett or Chris Cohen and we will arrange pick up of your work.
Get your tickets before Thanksgiving as there is a limited capacity at the restaurant.
Tickets are a bargain at $20 ea. And can be purchased on the web site or in person at the November Meeting.
By now, I trust that most of us are vaccinated against the disease which appears to be on the wane. So, it’s time to open up the 2021 Christmas season at the DAW Christmas Party!
Now! Let’s have some fun and put the dark days of pandemic behind and look forward to a great 2021 holiday season and a better and brighter 2022.
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A/V Volunteers Needed
We are in need of several volunteers to form an A/V team to assist Ken in running the audio/visual system during club meetings.
If you have some knowledge in A/V or are willing to learn, the club can really use your help.
Anyone interested please contact Ken or any board member to sign you life away.... I mean to volunteer.
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Resources
Anyone have any websites or APPS that help identify what a piece of wood is that they would like to share?
The website has a lot of resources. Log in with your paid membership and get access to more...
Past newsletters - link to website click here
Adverts or Classified - see website click here
DAW YouTube channel click here
Useful links click here
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Did you know that you can view videos of past presenters?
All you need to do is go to our website members resource section,. https://dallaswoodturners.com/member-resources/
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Conversation:
- My great grandfather was the best lumberjack who ever walked the face of the earth.
- Really? Where did he work?
- Well, he definitely made a name for himself working in the Sahara Forest.
- That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard. The Sahara is nothing but miles and miles of desert!!
- Well, sure, now………
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