2020 August Newsletter

No in-house Demos, but Stay at Home turnings. OnLine demo by John Layde on a jig for centering segmented sections; Pen Wood of the Month: Leopardwood. Pen Kit of the Month: Vesper 24K Gold Click with Stylus; More musing son Nero Wolfe’s Table Top. Article on Turning for Christmas in July.
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2020 July Newsletter

No Demos, but Stay at Home turnings; Pen Wood of the Month: Borneo Rosewood(Rengas). Pen Kit of the Month: Oxford V2 Rollerball; Editor musings on Nero Wolfe’s Table and Massaranduba wood. Hats and Shirts with club logos available. Websites for CBN wheel information given. Article on Doughnut/Straka Chuck. Article on AAW Virtual Symposium.
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2020 February Newsletter

Demo on Everything you wanted to know about a Bowl Gouge by Bob Eberhardt; Pen Wood of the Month: Eucalyptus. Pen Kit of the Month: Franklin; Editor musing on our newlsetter or rather monthly publication, and naming it Turning Threads. Thirty Second tip: jam chucks with PVC adapters and rubber balls by Duane Walker.
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2018 December Newsletter

Demo by Ron Bartz on making Power Sanding Disks; Pen Wood of the Month: Bloodwood – Satine; Pen Kit of the Month: Apprentice Manhattan Click Pen; Allen Otto Memorial donation to get another lathe. Article on Ron Bartz’s Segmenting press. Musings on locating where wood from a board came from in a cross-section of a log.
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2018 November Newsletter

Demo by Joe Nycz on making a Vacuum Chuck; Pen Wood of the Month: Red Balau; Pen Kit of the Month: Oxford (Retro Inspired); Thank you from Don Raymond for the Veterans Event at CVTC. Duane Walker Turning tip on using shrink wrap with a Cole chuck. CVWG Library update by Librarian Dennis Ciesielski with itemized list.
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