Lake Superior Woodturners
MEETING DETAILS
Date SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2025
Time 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.*
*A BBQ at Jon’s immediately following the meeting!
Brats, Polish provided by the club, please bring something to share!
Although not required, if you have a folding chair you could bring that would be great!!
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!
9:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
PRESIDENT REPORT – Susan Van Loon Runnoe
TREASURE REPORT – Paul Howard: Current balance, Income and Expenses
OLD BUSINESS:
- Shop update
NEW BUSINESS:
- Mentoring and Mentors and Mentees
- Membership forms
- Comment cards & Sign-in Sheet
SHOW & TELL – Do you have special Autumn turnings you would like to show? Bring in what you’ve been turning, and as usual, 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, additional items can be shown if time permits.
SAFETY MINUTE – Open Discussion – Best practices, what to do and what not to do in the shop.
RAFFLE: An ongoing item on our agenda is our Raffle. Susan and I have found a few burls that might be interesting. If you have any items 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
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September Demo “Inside out turnings” by Susan Van Loon Runnoe
Today I’ll be demonstrating inside-out woodturning, a fascinating process that lets us create shapes and designs you can’t achieve with a single piece of wood. We start with four square blanks that are temporarily fastened together, usually with glue and paper joints or tape. With the pieces held as one, we turn the “inside” profile first – this is where we’ll create the flowing curves or hollows that will later be revealed. One that’s done we take the blanks apart, flip them around so the turned surfaces face outward, and reassemble the block. Now, when we return it to the lathe, the interior we shaped becomes the outside surface of the final piece. This second turning lets us refine the shape and bring out those dramatic openings and patterns that are the hallmark of inside-out turning. The beauty of this technique is how it transforms ordinary wood into something that feels intricate, airy, and almost impossible at first glance. I’ve shown ornaments and will show some more, but have a few other objects that can be created using this type of turning. I will also talk about 3, 4, and 6-sided inside-out turnings.
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Join us for a BBQ outside of the shop immediately after the meeting!
Current Board of Directors:
· President Susan Van Loon Runnoe
· Vice President Bill Penning
· Secretary Doug Runnoe
· Treasurer Paul Howard
· Program Director – John Skarja
· Bonnie McDermid
· Greg Whitaker