Lake Superior Woodturners MEETING DETAILS
Date Saturday March 10, 2024
Time 9 a.m. – 12 noon
Location Jon Stephenson’s Shop, 9 Kilner Bay Drive, Superior, WI
AGENDA
Coffee & chatter
9:00 Call to Order
Presidents Report – Susan Van Loon Runnoe: Introduction of new members and visitors
Treasure’s Report – Paul Howard: Current balance, Income and Expenses
Old Business
Curling Rock Trophies
Superior Craft School update
Club Insurance
Club Needs
New Business
Shop Vac for sale
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 it or what to turn it into.
For this month we are collecting wooden eggs to put into a basket. Please bring a wooden egg you have turned!
Safety Minute: AAW Safety Recommendations
Osha: Rotating Parts, Flying Chips, and Kickbacks.
15 Safety Tips for Woodturners
Raffle: We have a great membership, and once again we are looking for help with raffle prizes. If you have something you could donate whether it’s a piece of wood, a tool you don’t use, or a turning you have done we would appreciate the donation. Depending upon the quantity received, your donation may be saved for a future month’s raffle.
Program
Greg Whitaker will demonstrate using a sphere jig to:
- Turn a perfect sphere to a specific diameter
- Hollow a sphere to a uniform wall thickness
- Turn a small diameter sphere like a marble
Along the way, we will identify the Pros & Cons of using a sphere jig, identify important sphere jig specifications and what they mean then contrast this process with other common sphere turning techniques including freehand, octagon method, compression chuck, as well as using homemade sphere jig.
There are many ways to turn a sphere and all work. Your project’s specifications, available tools, and your skill level all play into the technique you will use to turn a sphere. This discussion is intended to increase your understanding of the sphere jig (not to sell you a sphere jig).
Contact Information
President Susan Van Loon Runnoe sjeval@pcsinter.net 218 341-8247
Vice President Doug Runnoe dorun920@yahoo.com 218 391-5419
Treasure Paul Howard paulhowaed2208@gmail.com 218 340-2208
