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1 Newsletter of Ozark Woodturners Between Centers Club established Club Officers President: Ron Ufkes Vice Pres.: Kenneth Higgins Treasurer: Darcie Didden Secretary: Ed Boiteau Librarian: Kathy Levo Mentors Kenneth Higgins Ron Ufkes James Pruitt Sherman Anderson Bud Brown September 17, :00 PM Lakeview Civic Center (14 Skyles Lane) Next Meeting Club Business Show & Tell Demonstration For Sale Table Raffle OWT Library Refreshments Demonstration will be by Larry Wagner who will show how different glue ups make different designs when turned. September 2016 *** Editor s Pic *** Club member Mogi Morgan with his collection of turned and cut pieces all cored from the same burl. See the Member Gallery to view the individual pieces. Inside this issue: Next Meeting 1 President s Corner 2 Club News 2-3 Programs and Events 3 Classifieds and Services 3 Member Gallery 4-5 Last Month s Demonstration 6 Name Tag Reminder Please wear a name tag when attending any Ozark Woodturners club function. If you aren t wearing a name tag, you may be asked to stand and introduce yourself. Spouses and Visitors Spouses and visitors are always welcome at our meetings. Reminders For Sale Table & Raffle Bring woodworking tools or accessories that you want to sell. Please make the deal before the meeting, during the break, or after the meeting. Also, bring any extra wood, tools, sandpaper, or anything that you may have for the raffle. Visitors are welcome to participate. The raffle tickets are $1.00 each and the proceeds go to the club treasury. Every ticket is drawn and the choice is made in the order the tickets are drawn. Page 1

2 President s Corner... Greetings Turners, We are continuing to make progress on our preparation for the Ellsworth demo. We still need several people to help take down equipment and clean up the facility Sunday evening. I will be asking the hands-on participants to assist in this task. We also need a couple of people to help with moving some of the lathes. We need to have some wet birch, cherry or maple for Ellsworth to work with. If anyone has one of these trees with sound wood that needs to come down, let me know at the next meeting. Otherwise, I will be scouting around for a source. I expect to have a new source for discount turning tools by the time of the meeting which is Carter and Son Tool Works from Seattle, Washington. I will have more details then. With the Ellsworth demonstration taking the place of the October meeting, I want to remind everyone that our Show and Sale will be happening on December 3, so get ready for that. I also want to encourage you to display your work even if you don't want to sell. Many of you do very nice work and give it for gifts, etc., the quality being as good as is being produced at other clubs. The more tables that we can have at the Show and Sale, the more interest we will have from the visiting public. Lastly, don't forget to bring a piece or two of your surplus wood for the raffle. Ron... Refreshments reminder for the September meeting: Gerald Garrison Steve Widman Larry & Alice Wagner Kenny Garrison Club News Treasurer s Report: The club bank balance is $4,910, including $ earmarked for our VA support activities (thanks to the donated tool sale) and registration fees collected so far for the Ellsworth demo scheduled for October dues can be paid directly to Darcie Didden at the meeting or by sending your check, payable to Ozark Woodturners, to: Ozark Woodturners c/o Darcie Didden 847 CR 142 Oakland, AR Basic Turning Course The club offers a Basics of Wood Turning class to its members. Future class dates are to be determined. If you are interested, please contact Kenneth Higgins at (870) or him at higgs52@suddenlink.net. Future classes will be starting up again in November. Please check with Darcie as to how the dues rates apply to your individual or family membership situation. Page 2

3 Club News Club Member Discounts: Club Library: The following vendors offer club discounts to our members. At the time of your order, inform them you are a member of Ozark Woodturners; they will verify it with the roster we ve provided and allow your discount. See Darcie Didden for details. Hartville Tools Klingspor s Woodworking Shop Woodworker s Supply Please properly sign out items taken from the library table so that we can keep track of them for the benefit of all members. Thank you for your cooperation. Kathy Levo, Librarian Programs and Events Update: CAVHS (Veterans wood turning program support) Update: All of the donated lathe tools have been sold or raffled off, earning $886 for our Veterans Support Fund. A letter of appreciation has been sent to the donor. 102 sets of pen turning blanks were recently sent to the veterans wood turning program, and additional sets are in progress. Time and materials were volunteered by members Joe Meskaitis, Kenny Garrison, Peter Drew and Regina Bryant. If members are interested in assisting in preparing pen blanks, materials to do so will be available at the next meeting. See James Pruitt. Our club has been invited to make a presentation of our involvement in this program to the local DAV Chapter on October 1st, to be held at Hickory Park in Mountain Home, between 11 am and 1 pm. Representatives from the VA in Little Rock will also be present. Join us if you can. Our veterans could use your personal assistance at their Turning Center in Little Rock. Call James Pruitt to make arrangements to travel to Little Rock to assist. You can ride the DAV van, if there is room. See Darcie Didden if you want to contribute to our club s Veterans Support Fund... Ellsworth Demonstration and Hands-on Classes Update: Registration for the Ellsworth demonstration on Saturday, Oct. 15th, is still open. Please contact Darcie Didden to sign up if you are interested. Volunteers are necessary to assist with this event, including facility and food arrangements and turning equipment. Please see Ron Ufkes to sign up to help out. Classifieds & Services Items to be included in this section should be related to wood turning, shop or club-related functions and sent to the Secretary 10 days prior to the next meeting... For Sale: Carbide Circular Saw Blades Sharpened Custom Log Sawing Band Saw Blades 5 Sizes & Teeth Type Pen blank drill centering bushings, $10 plus S&H FREE: an inoperative refrigerator that could be used as a wood drying kiln, etc. Will help load. Contact James Pruitt (870) For Sale: Jet Lathe, Model 1642, heavy duty full size lathe, 16 in. swing and 42 in. bed; on cast iron stand; comes with some accessories. Asking Price: $1,200. Contact Frank Nixon (870) Page 3

4 Member Gallery, August 2016 Photos by Ed Boiteau Page 4

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6 CLUB ESTABLISHED 1995 August 2016 Demonstration OWT club President Ron Ufkes demonstrating how to quickly turn napkin rings, including roughing, parting, beading & burning, drilling, and final sanding and finishing. Newsletter Editor: Ed Boiteau; format and Publisher assistance: Katie Boiteau; photos by Ed Boiteau, unless otherwise noted. Page 6