West Bay Woodturners Association

August 2011 Newsletter  

Next Meeting:  Sept 13th,  Starts at 7PM,  Location:  LAYC, Los Altos

Sept Agenda is TBD.  I will post info as it is available.   Pres Challenge:  any bowl.

August meeting was the BBQ,with a great turnout, good food, and a demo by Jon Sauer on chatter tool.   See the home page for the details and the video.

Main Agenda - August:  Jon Sauer Demonstration

Jon showed how to use the chattertool on the end grain of hardwood.   See this page for the report and the videos from the event. 

Show-and-Tell:  had Tom Haines showing the latest epoxy master piece.  Don showed a large platter with segments.  Tom Howard, the venerable stranger, had some thin bowls he had been doing lately.  And yes John Brugo was there also talking about a great book on identifying wood (wish I knew the title).    

Demonstrations  

Michael Hosaluk gave a fine demo on August 12th.    See the website page for details and videos.

See this page for details

and checkout the various videos covering the demo. 

Paul Fennel is still planned for Oct 9th of this year, with the hands-on session on the 10th. 

See the homepage for links and details.

Example of his work at left. He does hallow forms with carvings.

Other org items:

The Club will hopefully have a competition event this year, and it looks like Nov is the time period.  Email Laura if you can participate in the committee to organize.    Also there will be another look into the meeting location, since the cost of the current locations is deemed a bit high.   Let Laura know if you can also participate in this committee. 

The hat was passed at the BBQ to help pay for the event, so that was a good step forward.

Tri-Valley is having a show in Sept.  More details are coming.

Plenty of shirts are still available, so let Ross know of your purchase plans so he does not have to carry the stuff to every meeting.

Club Patches have arrived.   Each club member will receive one.