DESERT WOODCRAFTERS JUNE
2008 NEWSLETTER
Financial report by Terry Glover, Treasurer:
Beginning
Balance: $1,257.86
50/50 33.00
Show
and Tell 25.00
Ending
Balance: $1,290.86
Meeting
Minutes Desert Woodcrafters Association June 7, 2008
Clem
McLay, Vice President, called the meeting to order at 9:08 a.m. at the Raytheon
Woodchippers clubhouse. 16 members and
3 guests (Denise Omdahl, Lee Anne Holt and Keith Stephens) - were in attendance.
Minutes for May 3, 2007 were approved as published.
Motion made by Frank Pickett, seconded by Ivan Hanna.
The 50/50 ($33.00) was won by Denise
Amdahl.
The Bring Back,
Stan Ries won the bring-back, a turned vase made by Paul Swane.
Show & Tell - 12
members and a guest participated and Clem McLay won the drawing.
l Frank
Pickett Toy Mustang auto.
l Herb
Winkler - Keepsake box.
l George
Sample Scrollsawn keepsake box with multiple compartments.
l Sam Scalzo
Weed pots.
l Ken
Tower Noah's Ark with animals.
l Clem
McLay Scrollsawn name plates.
l Denise
Omdahl Turned pens from Saguaro rib, Mesquite, and Bubinga.
l Dick Kratz Bookcase / Display case
for his church.
l Bob
Willman Turned Palo Verde bowl.
l Bob
Erickson Turned bowls.
l Dan
Williams A whatsit tool. Scrollsawn
keepsake box with carved embellishments.
l Clark
McClain Turned cherry pepper mill.
l Dennis
Minikel - Turned goblet and bowl.
For Sale:
Delta
12 planer $175 - Herb Winkler.
Ryobi
table saw $100 - Herb Winkler.
Old
Shopsmith see Terry Glover.
Dremel
micro lathe Bob Erickson.
Free
wood Ivan Hanna.
Auction: Jim
Zimmerman donated an inside sander to be auctioned for the benefit of the
club. It went for $15.00 to George
Lewis.
Old business: None.
New
business: Terry Glover has a woodworking job for anyone interested.
The
meeting adjourned at 9:40.
Demo Keith Stephens, President of
Woodworkers Source presented a slide show on exotic woods, specifically on a
trip he made to South America to look for wood.
Countries covered were Ecuador and Nicaragua. He showed us how Cocobolo, Tropical Walnut, Santos
Mahogany and other species are harvested and processed.
NEXT MEETING SATURDAY JULY 12, 2008 AT THE RAYTHEON
WOODCHIPPERS CLUBHOUSE