DESERT
WOODCRAFTERS JANUARY 2009 NEWSLETTER
Financial report by Terry Glover, Treasurer:
Beginning
balance: $1,182.86
Income: 251.00
Expenses: 43.38
Ending
Balance: $1,390.48.
Meeting
Minutes Desert Woodcrafters Association January 10, 2009
Alan
Crosby, President, called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. at the Raytheon Woodchippers clubhouse.
23 members and 12 guests - were in attendance. There were actually four true guests (Connie,
John and Randy Omdahl, and Erhan
Erdam), the rest were SAZWA members thinking their
meeting was on today.
Minutes for December 6, 2008
were approved as published. Motion by Sam Scalzo,
seconded by Bill Merodias. Passed.
The 50/50 ($43.00) was won by Ivan Hanna.
The Bring Back,
Jim Keown won the bring-back, a turned
Christmas decoration made by George Lewis.
Show & Tell - 14 members participated and Paul Swane won the drawing.
l Alan
Crosby Stack-cut designs with scroll saw; press tool for turned pens.
l Wally
Dickerman Beautiful turned bowls, one having
carving done with dental tool and one with burned designs.
l Dennis
Fischer - Turned bowls.
l Terry
Glover Turned bowl.
l George
Lewis Turned bowl; keepsake box.
l Clem
McLay Turned bowl.
l Dennis
Minikel Wood carvings using basswood.
l Denise
Omdahl Carving; Pens in progress, using
unidentified wood. Members were invited
to scratch and sniff the wood to help identify it.
l Frank
Pickett Sharpening Jig for grinder.
l Stan
Ries Rose cutting tool which he made.
l George
Sample - Keepsake box.
l Sam
Scalzo Keepsake box of olive; bottle stopper.
l Paul
Swane Christmas ornaments.
l Ken
Tower Pattern maker's plane; flat-bottomed plane; cove cutting planes.
Woodworking
challenges and solutions:
Shopsmith oiling?
There was discussion regarding where one lubricates a Shopsmith. Consensus
was there are two locations to be oiled twice a year.
For Sale:
·
Sam
Scalzo has a 13 line spindle machine for line
boring $600.00.
·
Terry
Glover Grizzly lathe $600.00.
·
Jim
Miller Pedal powered saw.
Old business:
·
Frank Pickett gave a report on our Christmas
toy project. The club gave 1,990
toys and Santa (Alan) and his elf (Gene) had a great time.
·
Our election of officers for 2009 was finally held and the following
people volunteered and were elected:
Clem McLay is the President; Denise Omdahl is Vice President; Terry Glover is Treasurer; Cathy
Addison is Secretary and Ken Tower is responsible for the demos.
·
2009
dues are now due.
New
business:
Stan
Ries moved to have club buy a DVD course by
Rosenthal on router use for $150.00.
Terry Glover seconded. Motion
carried.
Wayne Norman read a newspaper article dealing with the Consumer
Product Safety Boards new law requiring safety certification of toys. The question now is whether it applies to our
Christmas toy project.
A reminder: The 2X4 contest will be held at the March meeting. Check the web site for rules. Basically you are invited to make something
out of a 16 inch length of 2X4. No paint
allowed but burning is ok. No sack of
sawdust or chips allowed. Two
categories: Turned and not turned with three prizes in each.
The
meeting adjourned at 10:35.
Demo Ken Tower showed us how to sell your
projects on the internet; at least how he does it.
Ken
started with a description of how Ebay works:
Ebay
charges 20 cents per item plus more for each picture plus a percentage for each
sale. Since Ebay
is an auction you can only set a minimum price so you dont know what it will
actually sell for.
Etsy.com,
which Ken uses, is set up for hand-crafted items only. They charge 20 cents per item put on
line. This expires after 4 months or
when the item sells. They get 3.5% of
the sale price, which you determine.
With
Etsy,
·
First decide on a product. Remember you
are selling one at a time. You must have a computer and email address, a
digital camera, and knowledge of shipping rates OR a real good friend who will
do this stuff for you.
·
Take a picture - or multiple pictures
if necessary - to adequately present your product. Set your price. Remember that too low a price can sometimes hinder
sales. Ken uses flat rate USPS boxes,
selected based on the size of the item.
You need to be able to tell the buyer what shipping will cost so keep it
simple. Parcel Post is cheaper but takes
longer, which is ok if the buyer is willing to wait. Ken uses Pay Pal to handle the transaction
since they provide instant payment into the bank account you designate, and
handle disputes. They charge up to 3.5%
per transaction. Internet sales do not
involve sales tax. Your items on Etsy will stay there until sold, or for 4 months if not.
This
is my last newsletter but I will continue to maintain the Desert Woodcrafter
website. Now maybe Ill have more time
to participate in Show and Tell. Cathy
Addison is the new secretary.
Wayne
Norman, outgoing Secretary.
NEXT MEETING SATURDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2009 AT THE RAYTHEON
WOODCHIPPERS CLUBHOUSE