Atlanta Woodturners Guild

For November, we were treated to a second demonstration by Frank Bowers.

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This month Sorby Representative, Chris demonstrated some of the less understood tools in the Sorby line-up.
A point from Chris is that the art of sharpening really should be learned prior to learning to turn. As an assist to a new turner with less than optimum sharpening skills, he offered the Spindle Master as a way [...]

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Fellow Turners:  I know I don’t have thank each of you individually who participated in the President’s Challenge because I  know the children who get your lovingly made work will be overjoyed.  My truest wish would be that come next year Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite would no longer need to exist.  But [...]

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On the way to GAW’s Turning Southern Style Symposium, Bonnie Klein presented this month. The project she demonstrated is a spinning top which incorporates a threaded box.

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This month, John Lucas came down from Tennessee to show us how he makes hand mirrors.  John is well known among woodworking/turning forums such as Woodcentral. John is an excellent demonstrator with a good sense of humor and a wealth of experience.

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For our August meeting, John Lucas from TN will demo. John is a professional photographer with Tennessee Tech and is also a very competent turner and demonstrator. He will demonstrate his well know hand-mirrors for us. The demo includes both platter turning and spindle turning since the mirror body is just a small platter and [...]

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Fellow Turners: The July meeting was very well attended and for those of you who were unable to attend, the mystery man, Hal Simmons, presented an enjoyable demonstration. He reminded us that things don’t always go as planned, but then, that is why I enjoy turning so much. If every piece turned [...]

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Our demonstration for June was Jack Morse. Jack opened the session with some very informative demonstrations of techniques and special purpose jigs he has developed over the years and followed with an off-center square-edged bowl.

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May Meeting Notes, by Harvey Meyer.
For this meeting, our demonstrator was Joe Gettys. Much thanks to Joe for filling in on short notice. Our scheduled demonstrator, Hal Simmons, a Red Cross volunteer,was called into action by the Red Cross to help out in one of the tornado ravaged areas.
Joe demonstrated an unusual style of box [...]

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The May meeting is the 3rd Wednesday of the month (21st) at the usual time & place.
The Presidents Challenge for May is to turn a plate or tray with a maximum depth of two inches. Remember, only fully paid members are eligible to win the prize.
Our presenter for May will be Hal Simmons!
Hal [...]

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