We had a great turnout for our May meeting.
Our demo for the May meeting was from John Layde and the demo was on Segmenting 101. John did a great job and had several examples on the fundamentals and the many pitfalls to avoid just waiting to get you!
A Black Walnut tree was given to the club to harvest. The tree was in Colfax and was a 12” diameter tree. Just the right size for the ladies in the club to harvest, then take the logs and process them into bowl blanks. They did a great job and they all had a chance to run a chainsaw. It was a long day and not a soul was injured in the process. They now have wood that they can say they harvested and can turn into beautiful projects.
We had another raffle and a new member, Molly Hansen, won the prize of a 1/2” bowl gouge.
The President Challenge for May was Easter eggs. Brooke won the most accurate shaped egg. Honorable mention was John Layde’s painted fried egg.
Saturday Open House was a work day installing a new camera system designed by Dick Purves. It should be a finished project by our June meeting.
I will be putting on the demo for the next meeting and it will be on hollowing a box with a spindle gouge and different types of scrapers. I will also bring my hollowing system for deeper vessels.
I broke the middle finger on my right hand doing some sanding on wet wood. It was still attached and it will feel better when it stops hurting!
So BE SAFE but have fun!
Bob
