Another great turnout for our meeting.  These summer meetings are working really well this year.  I like it!

Club news was covered quickly to allow more time for the featured presentation.  Club president Joe Payne announced some equipment will be put up for sale shortly.  Two Fische lathes have already been sold and an additional two Jet bench top lathes will be offered in an email announcement.

Shop workbenches are all now modified.  Many thanks to Pin for his hard work resizing benches on both sides to make a more comfortable meeting space in the club shop.  The difference is immediately noticeable.

A stylish glass display cabinet has been donated to the club.  The city has been contacted to request mounting in the lobby of the community building.  We expect this to take some time to realize.  If successful, the club board will create a committee to handle regular rotation of various pieces from club members for display.  This should really help put more eyes on our club and what it does.

The club board agreed to purchase a used Powermatic 3520B at an amazing price.  Joe Payne and Dan Alvo went to extensive effort to arrange the acquisition and storage of the mighty gem from a former turner living in Cape Coral.   We're very lucky to have this opportunity because this just doesn't happen very often!

June Open Shop Day

July 20th, 2019

This month's open shop day was a busy one! 

First, the club welcomed it's newest addition to the fleet.  A Powermatic 3520B lathe!  As a club we now have two Powermatic 3520 lathes for all members to use during any Saturday session.

In fact, both powermatics were running at the same time throughout the morning.  Other members enjoyed honing their turning skills, learning advanced turning techniques and of course sharpening.  A few just showed up to watch and learn and that's ok too!

What a fun morning it was for everyone.

Steve Johns
OneWay Coring System

Sometimes the best laid plans just don't go so well. 

Steve Johns did a great job demonstrating how to core multiple bowls from a single log using the OneWay Coring System. 

The coring system worked exactly as designed.  Unfortunately equipment problems with our Powermatic lathe created multiple delays.  Then a tenon blew.  Fortunately Steve brought a spare bowl blank.  But it needed to be turned round before we could continue.  Then the Powermatic kept stopping some more.  

It was a slow process but everyone managed through the delays with a great sense of humor.  Steve was finally able to fully core an entire log to the cheers of everyone.  Then we realized the building supervisor wanted to close the shop in 5 minutes.

Many thanks to everyone who sprung into action.  Some swept up chips.  Others helped John pack his equipment.  The rest helped stow and lock up equipment. 

On the plus side, I now see just how quickly this club can clean up our shop we have to, ha!  It turned out to be a fun if not lengthy club demonstration.  Thank you to everyone for your patience!