Meeting Notes
Treasurers Report – Rick reported that the club account stands at $938.82 with the only current expenditure being the $14.98 monthly cost for the Zoom account. It was decided to not renew the club’s liability insurance until we resume face-to-face meetings in Peters Valley or member’s shops. It was also decided that we’d continue the $30 yearly dues – which should be sent to Rick.
Peters Valley – Announcedthat classes will be reinstated in May with some of the same medical precautions still in place, ie. masks, social distancing, etc.
February meeting and challenge— Our next meeting will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, February 3, 202, and our turning challenge will be a goblet of your own personal design choice.
Show & Tell
This month’s show and tell includes the results of the January Club Challenge and other works by members.
Club Challenge
This month’s Club Challenge was a lidded box.
Mark Wallace – Bass wood box.
Jim Cerra – Hickory box, 4” high, 3-1/2” wide.
Rick Wortman – Lidded mushroom box made from cedar 4” x 2”.
Scott Hendricks – Lidded bowl is turned from a butternut tree that was planted by my friend’s grandfather in 1929 in Warren, NJ on their farm. The farm is long gone but for the 6 acres where the farm house is located. The finial is locally harvested walnut. Finish is 3 coats of lacquer.
Fred Guendel – The first is “Three end-grain lidded boxes–oak, spalted “something,” and walnut.”
Carol Paster – Lidded box.
Ed Nikles — Lidded box simple design made of cherry wood.
Joe Kopec – Gray birch box, 4” diameter x 2” high.
Mike Peacock – Spalted maple box with paduk finial. Box is 4” diameter x 6” high (9-1/2“ high with finial).
General Show & Tell
Rick Wortman – Box elder bowl, 4.5” x 2”
Mike Peacock – Sea urchin ornaments with cherry finials and caps. Used Cindy Drozda YouTube Video as a guide.
Fred Guendel – A bird house Christmas ornament.
Carol Paster — This camera and ‘lenses’ are not yet completed but the (lidded box) challenge helped push me to get this far already. A friend had asked me to make what’s known as a havdalah set which consists of a candle holder, a container to hold spices, a wine glass and a place for matches. I remembered that this person is an avid photographer so I made all the functional pieces into 2 lenses and a film canister.
Ed Nikles – Oak burl bowl and oak burl candle stand that leaves half the burl bark and the other half turned smooth. Bird mouth vase.
Joe Kopec – Lidded boxes made over several years.
Jim Cerra – Fir scoop 6” long. Cherry bowl 8” wide, 2” high.
Water Gap Woodturners 