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Vacuum system Mounted for Easier Use. An Interesting Read: article – “William Macy – Mixing Movies and Bowl Turning”. Logo Shirts Are Available. Part 2: The Ghost House. Video: Filling Resin Bubbles. ELLSWORTH GRIND. FOCUS ON KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE. FEBRUARY DEMONSTRATION: Making a Bowl from a Board by Ron Bartz. Bob Eberhardt was showing the new bandsaw. The Calculation for the angle of the ring pieces. Band Saw Silent Bids results. Folk Art Festival. Bowls for Feed My People. Walnut Wood. Phil Holtan. Second tool Raffle. CVWG logo shirts. Continue reading →

Bob Eberhardt’s demonstration consisted of how to use a screw chuck and designing a bowl. First installment for the The Ghost House Story. Old Raffle completed. A second raffle underway for 1/2 Robust Bowl gouge. New bandsaw to replace old one. Silent Bids for old band saw is underway. 2026 Folk Art Festival, Feb 28th. Logo shirts will be distributed at the February meeting. Presidents next challenge is on the Bowl bottom as demoed in January. Highlight of Buloke tree. Survey of WI Woodturning Clubs. Continue reading →

Demo by Dan Brandner on Using a Skew. Story part 3 of “The Missing Neighbor”. Featured video: How to Turn Handles on a Bowl. New club officers selected. Advanced class on bowl gouge and scraper use recap. Focus on the Sugar Pine tree. Fred Steffens wins challenge to make a snowman. Raffle drawing for Robust tool continues with drawing at Jan Meeting. Continue reading →

Demo was by Bob Eberhardt on making a snowman of different types. There is no Pen Wood of the Month or Pen Kit of the Month. Tom continues the story of the “The Missing Neighbor”. Raffle for a Robust bowl gouge continues. Focus on Ficus, the tree and its wood. Dan Brandner wins the turning challenge of a bird house ornament. Continue reading →

Demo was by Barry Grill on making a 2-part birdhouse ornament. There is no Pen Wood of the Month or Pen Kit of the Month. Tom begins another story “The Missing Neighbor”. Beginning 3-month regular Raffles to raise money. First up is a Robust Bowl gouge. Focus on Musclewood/Ironwood/Blue Beech/Hornbeam, types, uses and facts. Dan Wold wins the bowl turning challenge of a 4-5 inch bowl. Continue reading →

Demo was by Mark Palma on things he learned in 20 years of turning. There is no Pen Wood of the Month or Pen Kit of the Month. Final part of Tom Leonard’s short story “The Woodturner’s Wood Heist”. Focus on Purple Heart wood, types, uses and facts. Hyde Center recap of Art pieces by some of our members. Continue reading →

Demo was by Ron Bartz on making ans using chatter tools. There is no Pen Wood of the Month or Pen Kit of the Month. Part 2 of Tom Leonard’s short story “The Woodturner’s Wood Heist”. Focus on Pando Aspen in Utah. Continue reading →

Demo was by Dan Brandner making a Honey Dipper in a jar. There is no Pen Wood of the Month or Pen Kit of the Month due to Tom Leonard being on Hiatus. AAW entry result for CVWG for communications with newer website and newsletter format was reported. Part One of Tom Leonard’s short store “The Woodturners Wood Heist”. New Four camera setup in clubhouse was recapped. Focus on the Jujube tree article. AAW Symposium recap by Dan Brandner after attending in St. Paul. David Ellsworth passing reported and info on the David Ellsworth Legacy Project summarized. Continue reading →

Demo was by Bob Eberhardt on End grain hollowing for a pencil pot. There is no Pen Wood of the Month or Pen Kit of the Month due to Tom Leonard being on Hiatus. AAW entry result for CVWG for communications with newer website and newsletter format was reported. New Four camera setup in clubhouse was recapped. Focus on the Jujube tree article. AAW Symposium recap by Dan Brandner after attending in St. Paul. David Ellsworth passing reported and info on the David Ellsworth Legacy Project summarized. Continue reading →

Demo was by John Layde on Segmenting 101 and focused on length and angle of the segment pieces. Penwood of the Month: Wilga; Pen Kit of the Month: The Legacy Magnetic Pen Kit. Editor Musings on Tom finishing his Cottonwood Burl Bowl. Focus on Marblewood. Molly Hansen winning Raffled bowl gouge. Brooke Erickson winning Easter Egg challenge. Continue reading →