Woodturning, Making Art from Wood

Lake Superior Woodturners

Meeting Notice

Meeting Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024

Time: 9AM – 12PM

Location: Jon Stephenson’s Shop, 9 Kilner Bay Drive, Superior, WI

Agenda

Half-hour before the meeting: Meeting set-up (Chairs & Lathe) plus coffee & chatter!

9:00AM Call to Order

Presidents Report – Susan Van Loon Runnoe

Treasure’s Report – Paul Howard: Current balance, Income and Expenses

Old Business: Superior Craft School (SCS) update

New Business – Statement Document and negotiations with SCS

Show & Tell – As always, we love to see what you’ve been turning. You can ask for critiques of your work, or you can simply show your turnings. We can discuss turning ‘challenges’, talk about best practices, and chat about perplexing pieces of wood you would like suggestions on how to turn or what to turn it into. We would like to have members show one of their turnings and once everyone has a chance if time permits additional items can be shown.

Safety Minute: Open Discussion – Best practices, what to do and what not to do in the shop

Raffle – An ongoing item on our agenda is our Raffle. If you have any items to donate for the raffle, whether it’s a woodturning book, a piece of wood, a pen or bowl blank, a tool you don’t use, or maybe a turning you have done, we would sincerely appreciate the donation. Depending upon the quantity of donations received your item may be saved for a future month’s raffle

Program –

Our November meeting will.

Bill Penning will demonstrate how to make a classic Yo-Yo. Learn to make this popular toy! Once you learn you’ll see it works superbly and is easy to make. You may need to learn tricks on your own…

John Skarja will be doing a skew demo. Of the many tools in a woodturner/s kit, the skew chisel usually falls into the love-it-or hate-it category, with few woodturners remaining neutral. The classically trained tradesmen learn the power and versatility of the skew and it is often their ‘go-to- ‘tool for nearly all of their spindle work. If you haven’t mastered the skew this demonstration is for you!

The current Board of Directors:

• President Susan Van Loon Runnoe
• Vice President Bill Penning
• Secretary Doug Runnoe
• Treasurer Paul Howard
• Program Manager – John Skarja
• Bonnie McDermid
• Greg Whitaker

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Pictures from the October 2024 meeting

Pictures for the September 2024 meeting

Pictures for the July 2024 meeting

Pictures for the June 2024 Meeting

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End of Meeting Details for June 8th.

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May 2024 Club Meeting Pictures

April 2024 Club Meeting Pictures

March 9th, 2024 club meeting pictures

The class of 2024 Curling trophies

Bill Penning, Jon Stephenson, Caleb Shadis, Bonnie McDermid, Ray Hyde, Greg Whitaker, Doug Runnoe, and Susan Van Loon Runnoe. Missing from the picture is Ray Hyde and Doug Runnoe.

February 2024 club meeting picture

Wig Stand Project

Sharon Rasmussen, from Ruth’s Free Wigs in Grand Rapids and Ray Hyde, from the Lake Superior Woodturners, exchange wig stands turned and donated by members of the wood turning club.

January 2024 club meeting picture