June's demonstrator will be professional turner Emily Ford (known as @SheTurnsWood). She will deliver a lively, fun, relatable and informative demonstration taking us through a progression of projects from a simple vase to more technical turnings such as captive ring rattles and delicate hollowed ornaments that demand quality cuts, elegant proportions, and many other considerations that will develop your woodturning skills whether you are a novice or experienced woodturner…
2606 Demo: Emily Ford
President’s Turn
The July NMWT meeting will take place on July 4th. The demonstration topic will be “Finishes including oils” (I don’t recall why oils were singled out, but that was the voted-on topic). Finishes may be those that are commercially available, or those that are home-made by you or someone else. For the purposes of this demonstration topic, abrasive pastes and sanding sealers will be considered as finishes. Anything that you use in the finishing process counts.…
JCH Turning Event
The May 9th JCH turning event will be a Pens for Troops Turn-a-thon. The current plan is to have a significant number of “ready to turn” blanks (sized, drilled, tubed, and trimmed) for rapid pen production, and for the educational component, for those who would like to learn or practice the entire process of turning a pen…
