I hope everyone had a happy holiday season. There seems to be less time to relax and more things to do.
We have made some changes and upgraded our Rikon lathe. We sold the old lathe and purchased a new Jet1221vs lathe. We now have 3 Jet 1221vs lathes and 3 Delta Midi lathes and a Powermatic 20” lathe. We also upgraded our power sanding equipment and added a couple new bowl scrapers.
The advanced class for January will be held on Saturday, January 18 starting at 8:00 am. The subject will be sharpening equipment for tools. We will cover grinders, jigs and setups. We will have some hands on time and everyone will have a chance to see and do a few things involving sharpening.
January turnout for the open house was down this month. I think everyone was just trying to catch up from the holidays.
Dan Brandner demonstrated how to turn revolving center adapters for a revolving center. Dan did a great job! This type of adapter is very helpful when turning a piece that has been finished and returned without damage to the finish.
Our first class for beginners will be Thursday, January 16th starting at 6:00 at night. The first 5 week session is full. If you would like to attend please come to our next club meeting and sign up.
See you at the next meeting February 5th at 6:00PM.
Have fun turning!
Bob
