Meeting May 2, 2023

Our May meeting was held Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 7:00 PM at the Peters Valley Wood Studio on Thunder Mountain Road. This was our first meeting of the year at the studio.

Attendees: Steve Ackmann, Rick Wortman, Carl Beaulieu, Joe Kopec, Dave Robinson, Jim Cerra, Scott Hendricks and Ed Nikles

Presidents Report: We decided on an outline for topics for the Beth Ireland demonstration from a list suggested by Beth herself. Topic will lean toward offset turning with Rick discussing the specifics with Beth. Additionally, Rick will talk with Matt Monaco to decide on a topic for his demo.

We also spoke about the Art in the Park event at Peters Valley on Sunday from 11Am to 4 PM on May 28th, 2023 . We will have a table and a lathe to do turning demonstrations. We will coordinate our participants and demonstrators prior to the event, the goal is to have several members to show our items and to do demonstrations at the lathe.

Treasurer’s Report: Rick Wortman reported that our bank balance is the same as last month’s.

Show and Tell:

Ed Nikles showed a Walnut Bowl, a live edge Walnut Bowl, a cherry bowl with a decorated rim, and round boxes

Joe Kopec showed a Butternut Platter, a Butternut Bowl, and a pagoda box.

Dave Robinson showed Pens, a razor and a bottle opener

Scott Hendricks showed a deep cherry bowl

Carl Beaulieu showed an Ash live edge bowl

Rick Wortman showed a (maple) walking stick he discovered on a walk through the woods and a Butternut bowl.

Steve Ackmann showed a Pepper Mill, a Hickory live edge bowl, a Black Locust bud vase, and a cherry bowl.

After show and tell, Rick Wortman demonstrated turning a Platter from a 12″ cherry blank

In light of Rick’s demonstration, next month’s turning challenge will be to turn a platter

After the platter turning demonstration, the meeting adjourned at around 9:30PM