DESERT WOODCRAFTERS ASSOCIATION

 

January 16, 2010 Meeting Minutes

Minutes written by Cathy Addison, Secretary

Meeting called to order 9:05a.m. by Pres. Clem McLay at Flowing Wells High School Workshop.

Financial report submitted by Treasurer Terry Glover – Available Balance $1,216.82

Minutes for the December 5, 2009 meeting were approved as published.

23 members were present.

The 50/50  ($40.00) was won by Ivan Hanna.

The Bring Back: (wooden basket, made by John Cook) was won by Alan Crosby.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

Toy Project Summary: (Report sent by Toy Chairman, Frank Pickett) Total 1,385 toys “(somewhat less than 1,990 produced in 2008 – possibly due to the uncertainties of the new toy safety law.)”  Frank extended thanks to all who made toys, all who donated wood, wheels, money and crayons, those who sponsored institutions and distributed toys and to Alan Crosby (a.k.a. Santa) and Gene Rittenhouse (a.k.a. Elf).

The following toys were delivered:

            (1295 wheeled vehicles, 15 keepsake boxes and 75 crayon holders.)

 Distribution was as follows:    Child Protective Services    145

·         Borton School                             350

·         Ocotillo School                           310

·         Los Ranchitos School                250

·         La Frontera School                     160

·         Reynolds School            170

·         No change on the Safety Law yet.  It seems that it will not be enforced this year, so the 2010 Toy Project is probably good to go again.  We will have further discussion at the February meeting.

Frank reminds us that “....all toys need to be safe.  Please glue all wheels and sand all edges and surfaces.  We do not distribute to children under 3 directly, but we do not know where toys end up or if there are younger children who   might use them.”

 

 Christmas Party Report:  

· SAZWA and Desert Woodcrafter members, spouses and guests enjoyed a delicious meal catered by Dave's Barbeque.  A great big “THANK YOU” to Sam Scalzo and the SAZWA committee who organized, set up and decorated the Church hall. Sam and George Lewis turned snowmen for table decorations that were given away at the end of the party.

· Gifts were exchanged.

· Numerous door prizes were given out. 

· Paul Swane reported that the Church can't assure availability of the hall until December 1, 2010, and SAZWA felt that doesn't give enough time to plan the party.  There were several suggestions of restaurants that might have banquet rooms that would accommodate our group.  Contact SAZWA or Desert Woodcrafter officer if you have any ideas or suggestions for the party.

NEW BUSINESS:

Ken Tower suggested that the secretary publish a schedule of our 2010 meetings. When a holiday falls on the 1st Saturday of the month, we will move the meeting back a week. The schedule is as follows: (February 6th)  // (March 6th)  // (April 3rd)  // (May 1st)  // (June 5th) (**July 10th --2nd Sat.)   // (August 7th)  // (**September 11th 2nd Sat.)  // (October 2nd ) // (November 6th)  // (December 4th )

 

Reminder:   The 2X4 contest will be held at the March 6th meeting.  

 

2X4 CONTEST RULES  (*Rules are also shown on the web site.)

1. Material---One piece pine/fir 2”x 4”x 16” (construction grade)

2. Object---Fabricate some object/objects from the piece of wood.

3. Object categories:

      a.) Turned objects

      b.)All other objects

4. Only glue is permitted if needed, no other type fastening devices

5. No finish on wood (e.g. paint or stain), wood burning is allowable.

6. Items must be bona fide objects, no bags of sawdust, toothpicks, pickup sticks, etc.

ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON PER CATEGORY.

7. Prizes--each category--  1st place---$50.00                      2nd place--$25.00      3rd place---$15.00

8. Selection of winners:

                              Each person presenting an entry in either category is given a ticket.

                              During the show & tell portion of the contest, each entrant gives an explanation of his entry.

      At the completion of explanations, tickets are drawn for the three prizes in each category.

 

SHOW AND TELL:

 Ten members participated.        $25.00 Drawing was won  by: Clem McLay

1.    Ken Tower – Play stove/oven with pots & pans, cookies, green eggs & ham

2.    Stan Ries – Blood wood, maple, & yellow heart Kokopeli segmented bowl

3.    Paul Swane – Several seashell Christmas ornaments. (Less expensive shells are available at seashellworld.com)

4.    Wayne Norman- Large turned platter/bowl (Terry Glover started the piece with green wood at Ray Keyes workshop camp, but hadn't had time to finish it.) When Wayne took over the project, the piece was warped, so it was a challenge to get it round & smooth.

5.    Cathy Addison –  Small pine needle basket (woven with raffia)

6.    Mike Phillips – Turned maple & walnut “stave” urn (Held the pieces in place with electrical tape.)

7.    Denise Omdahl – Turned pink ivory pen. Turned bowl (filled cracks with coffee grounds)

8.    Gene Rittenhouse – Spinning fork on turned cherry wood base.

9.    Alan Crosby–Manzanita wood pen (filled splits with glue & sawdust.)

10.  Clem McLay – Manzanita pen with Tagua nut (fake ivory) insets.  Turned pen kit for Veterans to assemble.  Includes turned pen pieces and several different grits of sand paper – no turning required.

Paid members who were present put their cards in the bowl for drawings:

Signed book “Turning Wood with Richard Raffan” (won by Stan Ries)

DVD “Turning Bowls with Richard Raffan” (won by Jim Keown).  These items were donated by Fine Woodworking-(The Taunton Press.)

 

 

    WOODWORKING CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS:

Martha Garcia asked how to ground a dust collector

 

 

 

Mike Phillips had free wood

 

          Motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:00 by Stan Ries, 2nd by Alan Crosby

           

DEMONSTRATION: by Ken Tower – SAFELY Changing a bandsaw blade.