DESERT
WOODCRAFTERS JANUARY 2008 NEWSLETTER
Financial report by Earl Merritt, Treasurer:
Beginning
Balance $1,698.27
Income $204.00
Expenses $652.00
Ending
Balance: $1,250.27
Meeting
Minutes Desert Woodcrafters Association January 5, 2008
Alan
Crosby, President, called the meeting to order at 9:02 a.m. at the Raytheon Woodchippers clubhouse.
25 members and two guests of Gene Rittenhouse Barbara and Steve Morris
- were in attendance.
Minutes
for December 1, 2007 were approved as published. Motion made by Sam Scalzo, seconded by Terry
Glover.
The 50/50 ($59.00) was won by Barbara
Morris.
The Bring Back,
Alan Crosby won the bring-back, a multi-bladed screwdriver with a turned
handle made by Wayne Norman.
$10.00
Gift certificates from Craft Supplies, USA were won by Wayne Norman, George
Lewis, Sam Scalzo, Stan Ries,
Bob Erickson, Russ Gramme.
Show & Tell - 13 members participated and Wayne
Norman won the drawing.
·
Alan
Crosby Turned curly maple bowl, inside-out turned hanging decoration.
·
Clem
McLay Turned pens from amboyna
burl.
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Dennis
Miniker - Scrollsawn
design, Skittles bowling game.
·
Dick
Kratz Thermometer holders oak and plastic
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Earl
Merritt Toy cement mixer with a tennis ball mixer.
·
Frank
Pickett Toy tractor made in the 2 X 4 contest, weed pots.
·
Gene
Rittenhouse Walking sticks.
·
George
Lewis
·
Ken
Tower toy trucks, fire engine
·
Paul
Swane
·
Sam
Scalzo
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Terry
Glover Wood puzzle.
·
Wayne
Norman Turned wood-handled screwdriver.
I
apologize for the missing information My laptop chose this moment to reject
its battery.
Woodworking
challenges and solutions
For Sale:
Gene
Rittenhouse 14 gauge multiple outlet power cord for
$10.00.
Wib McKibbin
various items for sale (Wood, Sander, Air compressor for a Shopsmith.)
Terry
Glover Wood puzzle for $20.00.
Alan
Crosby, Ken Tower and Ivan Hanna all brought items to give away.
Old business: Ivan
has 20 pen kits left for those interested.
Christmas toy distribution: 1,959
toys tops, vehicles, keepsake boxes, crayon holders - were given to children
in the Sunnyside school district. Frank
Pickett thanked all the people who contributed toys, materials and time. Alan Crosby was Santa, Ivan Hanna helped a
lot does that mean he showed up in an elf outfit? Frank Pickett brought pictures of the
toys. Terry Glover asked Frank to send a
copy of the report to the Woodchippers for PR
purposes.
New
business:
·
Marie Roberts, also a member of the
Southwest Woodcarvers, reminded us of their meeting which is held in the
Catalina room at the Voyager RV Park (Kolb and I10) on the second Saturday of
each month, 9:00 AM 1:00 PM.
·
The 2 X 4 contest is coming up in the
March meeting. The rules are on the
web. Remember that you can enter as many
times as you wish; a winner will be selected by draw in each of the two
categories, turned and not turned.
·
2008 officers Alan Crosby agreed to
stay on as President, Wayne Norman as Secretary and Ken Tower as Demo
Coordinator. Terry Glover was elected to
replace Earl Merritt as the Treasurer.
·
A motion to change the bylaws so that
the officers terms will be the calendar year, not April through March was made
by Sam Scalzo.
·
A motion to change the bylaws so that
the election for officers will be held in November of each year was made by Sam
Scalzo.
·
Since the above two motions affect the
bylaws they need to be presented to the membership with 10 days notice before
actually voting so this serves as the notice and will be sent in electronic and
paper form, as appropriate. If passed,
the motions will be in effect for voting beginning in November 2008 and terms
of office beginning in 2009.
The
meeting adjourned at 10:30.
Demo Frank Pickett presented examples of
woodworking projects we can actually wear.
Items included Cabochons used in belt buckles and bolo ties; tie tacks;
a regular tie made of hinged wood; a bow tie.
Frank uses his imagination to match pieces of wood to come up with a
decorative design. To make his wood tie
he cut the wood to thickness and in a rectangular shape. Then he drilled 1/8 holes parallel to the
surface of the tie where the hinges would be.
Next, using a scroll saw, he cut the outline of the hinges on the flat
of the wood, crossing the drilled hole.
Once separated, he ran a dowel through the hole to join the pieces
again. Now he was able to saw the
outline of the tie. The bow tie is still
a work in progress, consisting of bookmatched pieces
of wood mounted on a thin backpiece to which an
elastic band was attached. He said he
will not use elastic next time since it applied too much pressure around the
neck.
NEXT
MEETING SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2008 AT THE RAYTHEON WOODCHIPPERS CLUBHOUSE