Meeting

Our guest speaker this month is Lennie Merdan. Lennie specializes in building boxes. He is an excellent resource for information related to joints, inlays, and material selection. He is very down to earth and downright enjoyable to converse with.

Nominations of officers will be part of the November meeting. There is a detailed description of open positions for which we will ask for nominations on sheet 2 of the newsletter.

Our next meeting is 9:00AM Saturday, November 8th at the home of Gary Mrozek, 1314 West Oakes Drive, St. Cloud. For more information contact Gary at 252-2764 or email gmrozek@charter.net There will be limited seating. Bring your own chair if possible.

Back in April, we demonstrated the Spindle Roughing Gauge. Our intent is to highlight different tools throughout the year. We would like to continue this month with the Skew Chisel. Discussion will include its basic uses and sharpening tips. You’ll have an opportunity to make some shavings. With hands-on activities we’ll learn techniques from each other on a full size and a mini lathe. Bring your own Skew Chisel if you like. We’re particularly looking for an Alan Lacer type radius grind if you have one. Don’t forget to bring show & tell item/s. We’ll also try a third time to have a demonstration by Dick Beumer on lidded boxes.

Our November challenge project is a utility item (salt & pepper shakers, rolling pin, spoons, et.). If you don’t have an item to bring, tell us about the item you attempted!

The October CMWA club meeting will feature a demonstration by Brad Knowles using his turning mill to make decorative candlesticks and other items. We will meet at our usual Sauk Rapids/Rice Middle School woodshop at 7:00 PM.

The October Woodturners Meeting will be held at 9:00AM Saturday October 18th at the home of Dick Beumer, 3750 15th Street NE, Sauk Rapids. Bring an item/s for show-n-tell. Our challenge item this month is a candlestick or candle holder. We’ll begin a series on turning lidded boxes. Call Dick 251-7013 or Gary 252-2764 with questions and/or directions.