Past Meetings Demonstration Summary
2018 Demonstrations
January | Sonny Jones | Making a SegEasy style of table saw jig |
February | Jim Brown | Pen turning 101 |
March | Stihl company | Use and maintenance of chainsaws |
April | Sean Carson | Turning laying sticks |
May | Jim Brown | Turning aluminium finials |
June | Sean Carson | Home made tools and jigs for turning |
July | Tom Buchner | Turning hollow forms |
August | No demonstrator | Open discussion on how to sell your work |
September | Jim Brown | Turning a lidded box |
October | Dave Paine | A jig for turning threads on lidded boxes |
November | Harry Pye | Turning bird house Xmas ornament |
December | No demonstrator | Xmas gift exchange |
2017 Demonstrations
January | Andy Beal | Turning a shallow square bowl |
February | Bill Grumbine | Turning a finial |
March | Mike Kuterbach | Off-axis turning with the Joyner Off-set jig |
April | Rob Kingham and Butch Ruggiero | Turning captive rings and beads |
May | Sonny Jones | Turning a “vortex” design segmented bowl |
June | Carol Hall | Embellishing with painting and pyrography |
July | Dennis Fuge | How to say “I love you” with a lathe |
August | Jim Brown | Turning a ring holder |
September | Butch Ruggiero and Tom Buchner | Turning small bowls for later surface embellisment |
October | Jacob Weissflog | Turning lidded box with separate turned base |
November | Butch Ruggiero | Embellishing the small bowls from the September meeting with rice, Michael Hosaluk technique |
December | No demonstration |
2016 Demonstrations
January | Mike Kehs | Turning a Celtic Horn of Plenty |
February | David Ellsworth | Turning a natural edge bowl and explaining details of hollow forms |
March | Linford Sine | Demonstration of using string/threads to make decorative fills for cracks or holes in turnings. |
April | Bill Grumbine | Shallow bowl with integral stand |
May | Dale Larson | Discussion of bowl drying methods and turning a bowl |
June | Neil Brown | Demonstration of turning a mult-axis lidded box |
July | Harry Pye | Demonstration of turning an Xmas ornament |
August | Last minute cancellation, no demonstration | |
September | Sonny Jones | Demonstration of home made hollowing jigs with laser |
October | Kevin Bedgood | Demonstration of turned sculpture/art |
November | Stuart Batty | Demonstration of use and sharpening 40/40 grind bowl gouge to minimize tearout |
December | No demonstration |
2015 Demonstrations
January | Harry Pye | Turning inside-out ornaments |
February | Tom Buchner | Turning a natural edge bowl |
March | Ted Sokolowski | Metal spinning and project design |
April | Lee Buck | Embellishing by power tool carving |
May | Bill Schlief | Turning a plate with epoxy inlay |
June | Pat Kramer | Discussion of the history and making the traditional Hawaiin bowls |
July | Hal Murray | Using splines to fix cracks in bowls or for embellishment |
August | Joan Lech | Carving, texturing and painting a feather. Turning a base for the feather |
September | Rick Bryant | Turning a Perfect Sphere and answering “Why would you?” |
October | Rob Kingham | Turning a pepper mill with a Crush Grind mechanism |
November | George Geissler | Turning a Trent Bosch style Vessel of Illusion |
December | Butch Ruggiero and Rob Kingham | Different methods to sharpen turning tools |
2014 Demonstrations
January | Bill Schleif and Butch Ruggiero | Carving Techniques |
February | Neil Brown | How to mount work on the lathe. Doc Greens book. |
March | Rick Bryant | Turning streptohedrons |
April | Sonny Jones | Making a segmented bowl |
May | Mike Kuterbach | Kitchen scoop with offset handle |
June | Bill Grumbine | Turning a handle with the skew chisel |
July | Rob Kingham | Turning a space craft – vessel inside another vessel with holes for windows |
August | Joan Lech | Thatch birdhouse ornament |
September | Rob Kingham | Turning salt shaker with contrasting wood top |
October | Brad Sears | Turning unique bottle stoppers |
November | Sonny Jones | Jigs for segmented turning |
December | Butch Ruggiero | Turning a calabash bowl |
2013 Demonstrations
January | Tom Buchner | Bowl coring with the Oneway coring system |
February | Mike Kehs | Turning surface embellishments |
March | Ethan Feinsol | Photgraphing your work |
April | Doug Weidman | Carving flutes demonstration |
May | Rick Bryant | Turning a ball in a box |
June | Neil Brown | Two part hollow form. Top removed for access then glued back after hollowing |
July | Rob Kingham | Scoop for kitchen or coffee |
August | No demo | Battle tops meeting |
September | Al Parry | Dying techniques |
October | Harry Pye | Pen turning demonstration |
November | Sonny Jones | Shaping turnings with the router |
December | Tom Buchner and Butch Ruggiero | Using vacuum chucks |
2012 Demonstrations
January | Barry Gross | Pen turning |
February | Mike Kehs | Turning a cup |
March | Not known | |
April | Bill Schlief | Lidded vessel |
May | George Geissler | Wooden scoop |
June | Rob Kingham | Turning a handle with the skew chisel |
July | Rob Kingham; George Geissler | Four ways to turn a goblet |
August | Rick Bryant | Homemade hollowing jig with laser |
September | Bill Grumbine | Burl turning |
October | Mike Brolly | Artistic turning presentation |
November | Mike Kutterbach | Thin wall bowl turning |
December | Brad Sears | Wood turning as a career |
2011 Demonstrations
January | Brad Sears | Turning a goblet |
February | Bill Grumbine | Turning bowl with flat square rim |
March | Neil Brown | Turning a rolling pin |
April | Rick Bryant | Turning a hollow bowl |
May | Not known | |
June | Rob Kingham | Split bowl demonstration |
July | Not known | |
August | Not known | |
September | Bill Schlief | Burning and texturing |
October | Not known | |
November | Not known | Turning a baseball bat |
December | Not known |
Previous years not known.