Date |
Saturday, August 28th |
Schedule |
9:30AM to Noon |
Place |
new location! The Library Center new location! 4653 South Campbell, Springfield, Missouri 65810-1723 (see map below) |
Featuring |
This month we will be viewing a David Ellsworth video |
The Club Challenge |
Turn a Mallet for our club challenge. |
and ... |
Show - N- Tell and the monthly Raffle! |
The Woodturners of Southwest Missouri (WSWMO) club was founded in 2003 to support the needs of new and experienced woodturners in the south-central and south-western Missouri area.
What a great July! We had a good club turnout for our meeting and a super time at the Ozark Empire Fair. The 10 days speed by as we gave away literally hundreds of hand turned tops. We were definantely a crowd pleaser. Having more space this year allowed us to have 4 lathes there and many times all four were in action. A big thank you to Mike I. and John T. who rounded up enough blanks for everyone to just keep cranking out the tops. The additianal display area got lots of attention also.
Here's hoping that the many friendly folks that stopped by to talk with us will also make it to the club meeting on the 28th. SPeaking of which, we will have a lot to discuss. We have 2 shows this month and both are opportunities to sell also! Please come early and enjoy swapping fair stories.
See you there!
President Robert
It's purpose is to promote a higher standard of excellence in woodturning by providing an ever expanding source of information, resources, and exposure to it's members.
Wow did the month slip by! Here it is meeting time and I haven't touched the website. I hope it hasn't been that kind of a month for you. Well, we have a LOT going on. There is the Fassnight community project, the Ozark Empire Fair, new member mentoring, changes to the show-n-tell, double up on the monthly challenge and probably somethings I don't even know about yet.
Whatever else is going on, be sure to make it to July's meeting. We have a lot of information, an excellent demo for eveyone and even some goodies on the snack table.
See you there!
President Robert
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Don't look now but we are making more changes. The heat of summer and the growth of the club have us looking for a new home. Now is a great time to take advantage of the excellent facilities at the Library Center on South Campbell. We will have lots of room, nice airconditioning and a nearby coffee shop! I think we will really enjoy this change. Be sure to call a member to ride with you or invite someone you know that might enjoy the time with us. Room is not a problem and the more we have the merrier we get (so I hear). Remember that the fair is coming up. We will need bodies to man the booth. Check your calendar and see when you can be there from July 30 to Aug. 8th.
See you there!
President Robert
Please note that we have officially moved our meeting time to 9:30 AM. That gives everyone 30 minutes to roll in, get some coffee and start a conversation. We believe that will help us start the business and demonstrations on time and get more value for the morning. Please join us at 9:30 on the 22nd.
See you there!
President Robert
As is typical for Springfield, we got our April showers. Attendance was down but still plenty to see and learn. We had a great showing in the monthly contest with several weed pots including one made of metal. Words will not do it justice so perhaps I can post a picture soon.
ArtsFest is May 1st and 2nd. We have a full lineup of demonstrators but we can always make room for more in the tent. If you are available to man the booth for a while give Denvard a call and he can let you know when would be more valuable.
Thanks to everyone for the effort that you are putting in. I believe we are improving the way we are doing things which adds value to our time together. If you know where you'd like to help don't be shy. We have plenty of room for help. Let David Van Giesen know if there is a team that fits you well.
See you at ArtsFest and on the 22nd!
See you there!
President Robert
March was another exciting month for turnout and involvement. We had 29 members and 3 guest present! A special thank you to James Pruitt and George Marcek, the president and vice-president of the Ozark Woodturners in Mountain Home AR for travelling so far to visit with us.
The new video monitor made watching the demo so much better. Mike Ilkiw (of AAW magazine fame) did an excellent job videographing the well done demonstration by David Van Geisen. The demonstration covered using the Jamieson Hollowing system on etremely dry, hard wood.
Be thinking about how you can help at ArtsFest on March 1 & 2. There are people out there that would enjoy learning and playing woodturning as much as we do. We'd like several demonstrations to peak thier interest and we'll need everyone's help.
Thanks for being a great club to be part of. Let's do it again April 24th at the wood gallery!
See you there!
President Robert
February's turnout was fantastic - Over 25 in attendance and 3 new members. Everyone enjoyed lots of discussions and banana bread supplied by Jim Johnson. We authorized Denvard to get us a decent monitor. Terry Fecho did a great job of giving an overview of what it takes to do segmented turnings. Included in the demonstration was George Clark taking his first turn at a segmented piece. Thanks Terry, George. Also a big thanks to everyone that helped set up especially David, Ray and Mike.
Don't miss this months meeting. We will have details from our "Meeting of the Minds" in Columbia, a demo on hollowing, another club challenge and of course "Show and Tell."
Finally, if you are a member and would like to use the blog to show off your stuff let me know. I will be glad to send you your user name, password and some "how-to" information!
See you there!
President Robert
Woodturning Tips |
Tim the Top Man
I think he likes his new top 
