We post our woodturning newsletters about the club activities every month. If you would like to contribute to our newsletters please send your content to newsletter@westbaywoodturners.com. Thank you!
Newsletters by West Bay Woodturners
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Woodturners Newsletter, November 2024
October Program: The exciting world of Scrapers by David Vannier. President’s challenge: turn a pen.
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Woodturners Newsletter, October 2024
September Program: pen turning presentation by Jerry Galli. President’s challenge: not a bowl.
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Woodturners Newsletter, September 2024
August Picnic: show & tell woodturning projects and a note about Randy Pi’s collection of unique woodturning creations.
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Woodturners Newsletter, August 2024
July Program: discussion about homemade jigs and tools. President’s challenge: use holes as a way of embellishment.
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Woodturners Newsletter, July 2024
June Program: piercing demo by Dave Vannier. President’s challenge: turn two or more detailed spindles as identical as you can manage.
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Woodturners Newsletter, June 2024
May Program: spindle demo by Bob Bley and Claude Godcharles. President’s challenge: bring in a turned piece that shows the natural edge from the tree log.
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Woodturners Newsletter, May 2024
April Program: ornamental turning live demo with Brad Bond. President’s challenge: turn a lidded bowl or canister
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Woodturners Newsletter, April 2024
March Program: Finishing Part 2 – Finish types and application. President’s challenge: turn a thin-walled bowl
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Woodturners Newsletter, March 2024
February program: Finishing Part 1 – Sanding and prep. President’s challenge: make a nice platter.
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Woodturners Newsletter, February 2024
January program: Extended show and tell. President’s challenge: A turned tree or a mushroom, inspired by Kelly’s November demo.
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Woodturners Newsletter, January 2024
December program: Holiday Potluck! President’s challenge: bring an ornament for the raffle.
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Woodturners Newsletter, December 2023
November program: Bending a tree: off-center turning with Kelly Smith. President’s challenge: A Holiday ornament or gift item.
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Woodturners Newsletter, November 2023
October program: “Grind, Grind, Grind” — a follow up from Tina’s demo where we had many discussions around the types of grind. President’s challenge: Show a turning with something you learned from Tina’s presentation on Advanced Basics for Bowl Turners. It could be about tool positioning, body motion, etc.
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Woodturners Newsletter, October 2023
September program: demo and presentation by Tina Chou on “Advanced Basics for Bowl Turners”. President’s challenge: bring a piece that shows a turned texture, either chatter, Sorby texturing tool, or any other.