Woodturning, Making Art from Wood

Lake Superior Woodturners

Meeting Notice

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Meeting Date: Saturday, March 14, 2026

Time: 9AM – 12PM

Location: 1314 Ogden Avenue, Superior, WI

Agenda

When you get to the meeting, please sign in so we know who is attending, and wear a name badge to help those who are not familiar with who we are put names to our faces.

8:30 AM Half-hour before the meeting: Meeting set-up (Chairs & Lathe) plus coffee & chatter!

9:00AM Call to Order

PRESIDENT REPORT – Susan Van Loon Runnoe

TREASURE REPORT – Paul Howard: Current balance, Income and Expenses

OLD BUSINESS:

Tom Lohman Segmented Workshop—April 12,13 & 14^th 2026
Elizabeth Weber Demonstration and Workshops – June 2026. Workshops are filling up. Let us know if you are interested.
Mentoring: Whether you are interested in finding a mentor to help you with a particular woodturning skill, or if you are experienced and wouldn’t mind sharing your skills with others, we want to know. We are trying to match individuals to expand our talents!
CBN Wheels. Update

NEW BUSINESS:

Mentoring/ Open Turning-Dates – you must email or register on the sign-up sheet as all open turning is dependent on how many participants are coming. Please let us know if you have something specific you want to work on, so if you need mentoring help, we can try to have the right people available to help you. Next open turning date is Saturday, March 21.
Cost is free for members. Non-member cost is $10.

SHOW & TELL:

As always, we love to see what you’ve been turning, so bring in your turnings and show what you have been up to. This month we are looking at finishes, so if you’ve used something special to give your piece a particular shine, let us know what you used! When you show your pieces 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.

RAFFLE:

We are back to our regular ongoing item on our agenda, the monthly Raffle. If you have an item 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:

Natural Edged Bowls and Vases by Gene Rosburg

“I would like to show everyone how I go about turning a goblet or natural edged vase. There will be several examples on display and I will be able to answer questions as I demo. We can talk about the best time to cut a tree in order to keep the bark on your project and other methods of keeping the bark on a vase. Even when the bark does come off, the natural edge gives a nice appearance. Captured Rings and other fun amenities will also be included in this demo.

Click here to download 2025 – 2026 membership form

Membership – IMPORTANT:

September began our new fiscal year, and if you have not yet completed a new membership form or submitted your 2025-2026 dues payment please get these in as soon as possible. Membership dues remain at $60/year. The money raised by dues helps us maintain our equipment, purchase needed supplies and pay for rent and moving costs in our new shop.

Our club offers many opportunities to learn, including demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and formal and informal training. We provide a safe environment to learn proper safety techniques. We form a great community, and it’s an amazing place to connect with others who share an interest in wood and woodturning. As you all know, woodturning is a great hobby, whether your interest is in turning practical pieces, or if you lean towards creating items with a more artistic flair.

New members are always welcome. Help support your club by bringing a friend who would be interested in learning, sharing knowledge, teaching, or someone who just appreciates great art.

Next month – Elections –

May is the month when we hold elections. Below is a list of our current LSW Board Members. This year completing their two-year terms are Susan Van Loon Runnoe, Paul Howard, and Bonnie McDermid. Please thank these members for their service to the club.

Board members are elected for a two-year term, which begins after the May Member meeting and will serve on the Board until the board elections in May 2028. Duties include monthly Board meetings where we discuss club finances, programming, demonstrations, workshops, club membership, issues, and any future happenings of the Lake Superior Woodturners (and more!). It is a great experience and a great way to impact the direction of our club. We’ve often been asked what the requirements are to be a board member. Our response would include the following: Someone who…

· Is an active and enthusiastic member of LSW with a passion for woodturning and for sharing woodturning with others.

· Can attend [most] Monthly Board Meetings – meetings are typically conducted over video conferencing (Zoom) on the third or fourth Monday of the month – the time and day of the month may change depending on Board Member availability.

· Is willing to work as a team to help brainstorm, research, or investigate new ideas,

· Has a desire to help recruit new members to LSW.

· Shows a commitment to help communicate to members and non-members what our club is doing and where we are headed.

The rules of nomination are simple: feel free to nominate yourself or other LSW member(s) interested in serving on the board (if nominating someone other than yourself, please make sure they are willing and know what you are nominating them for).

Current Board of Directors:

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

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This is our 5th year of turning 4 trophies for the Superior Curling club’s 92nd Annual Northwest Bonspiel. This year’s trophies were made of Cherry which produced some of the most attractive trophies yet

February 2026 meeting pictures

January 2026 meeting pictures

December 2025 meeting pictures

November 2025 meeting pictures

October 2025 pictures of move and club meeting pictures

Pictures from the August 2025 meeting

Pictures from the July 2025 meeting

Pictures from the May 2025 meeting

Pictures from the April 2025 meeting

“Thank you to Ray Hyde and the Lake Superior Wood Turners for their donations of Wig Stands! We have been blessed by this amazing contribution on more than one occasion.”

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Pictures from the March 2025 meeting

Pictures from the February 2025 meeting

18 stands to Ruth’s Free Wig Closet in Grand Rapids and

7 stands to Northwest Wisconsin Cancer Center

Pictures from the December 2024 meeting

Pictures from the October 2024 meeting

Pictures for the September 2024 meeting

Pictures for the July 2024 meeting

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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