We had a great turnout for our April meeting.
We had a guest speaker, Phil Holtan, on March 22nd who did a demo on handling a Burl for turning. The event was very well attended and after lunch he continued with the demo. He is a great turner and passed along a tremendous amount of knowledge to the attendees.
Our list of current members has been a work in progress with several members behind in dues. At the next meeting check your status.
Our demo for the April meeting was from Dan Wold and the demo was on making a lidded box. Dan did a great job and had several beautiful boxes along with several funny stories to go along with them.
We were given a Black Walnut tree that was cut down last November. Dan Wold, Dan Brandner, Bob Wilcox, and I harvested the tree and cleaned up the wood. I will be bringing a load of wood to our next meeting.
I was also given a 12” diameter Walnut tree in Colfax. On May 3rd, the ladies of the club and I will be harvesting that tree and the wood will be given to the ladies. They will have wood that they harvested and turned into beautiful projects.
We had a couple of new people at the open house. They had a fun time and I think they are hooked. They said they will be back with friends!
Empty Bowls is coming up in May this year and bowls are coming in. We are still in need of bowls for Empty Bowls so please do what you can. Our wooden bowls are always a favorite. John Layde will be doing a final pick up at our May meeting.
Be Safe but have fun!
Bob
