Woodturning, Making Art from Wood

Lake Superior Woodturners

Meeting Notice

Meeting Date: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2024

Time: 9AM – 12PM

Location: Jon Stephenson’s Shop, 9 Kilner Bay Drive, Superior, WI

Agenda

Half-hour before the meeting: Meeting set-up (Chairs & Lathe) plus coffee & chatter!

9:00AM Call to Order

Presidents Report – Susan Van Loon Runnoe

Treasure’s Report – Paul Howard: Current balance, Income and Expenses

Old Business:

New Business – (?)

Show & Tell – As always, we love to see what you’ve been turning. You can ask for critiques of your work, or you can simply show your turnings. We can discuss turning ‘challenges’, talk about best practices, and chat about perplexing pieces of wood you would like suggestions on how to turn or what to turn it into. We would like to have members show one of their turnings and once everyone has a chance if time permits additional items can be shown.

Safety Minute: Best practices, what to do and what not to do.

Raffle – An ongoing item in our agenda is the Raffle. If you have an item to donate for the raffle, whether it’s a woodturning book, a piece of wood, a pen or bowl blank, a tool you don’t use, or maybe a turning you have done, we would sincerely appreciate the donation. Depending upon the quantity of donations received your item may be saved for a future month’s raffle.

Program –

Our October meeting will focus on toys and not so practical items.

We are seeking volunteers to do a brief demonstration on an object you have made for yourself or a gift. We want to see chips fly. It will be in the format of both demonstration and “Show and Tell.” As before multiple objects are welcome, but we will give everyone a chance to present one before you can do your second one.

The presentation may include the following:

an actual turning of the item
show finished examples
discuss wood choices
wood finishes
if not obvious, what is it used for

Possible items that you may demonstrate and discuss could be, but not limited to the following:

toys
tops
cars
animals
gnomes
ornaments

When you decide what you would like to present, please send me a note saying what the item is and the approximate length of your demonstration. The presentation order will be determined by actual turning demonstrations first and then by the order I receive in your note.

This will give everyone a chance to do a brief presentation about something that you have made. Hopefully, everyone will get some new ideas to try.

Contact:

John Skarja
215 W Toledo St
Duluth, MN 55811
218-464-8129
jfskarja@yahoo.com

The current Board of Directors:

• President Susan Van Loon Runnoe
• Vice President Bill Penning
• Secretary Doug Runnoe
• Treasurer Paul Howard
• Program Manager – John Skarja
• Bonnie McDermid
• Greg Whitaker

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Pictures from the October 2024 meeting

Pictures for the September 2024 meeting

Pictures for the July 2024 meeting

Pictures for the June 2024 Meeting

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End of Meeting Details for June 8th.

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May 2024 Club Meeting Pictures

April 2024 Club Meeting Pictures

March 9th, 2024 club meeting pictures

The class of 2024 Curling trophies

Bill Penning, Jon Stephenson, Caleb Shadis, Bonnie McDermid, Ray Hyde, Greg Whitaker, Doug Runnoe, and Susan Van Loon Runnoe. Missing from the picture is Ray Hyde and Doug Runnoe.

February 2024 club meeting picture

Wig Stand Project

Sharon Rasmussen, from Ruth’s Free Wigs in Grand Rapids and Ray Hyde, from the Lake Superior Woodturners, exchange wig stands turned and donated by members of the wood turning club.

January 2024 club meeting picture