Minutes of May 2007 Meeting
Submitted by Tim Elliott, Secretary

Minutes of CNEW meeting 5/03/2007

Visitors/guests: none

Norma Hogan gave a treasurer's report
Starting balance: $1514.96
Ending balance: $1941.96

This month's Open Turning session drew only 2 members. We will have another before the June meeting at 5:30 PM.

The Yankee Woodturning symposium is coming up soon (1st weekend in June). There is currently room for additional reservations, but they may fill and have to start turning people away. Volunteers are still needed for the actual event.

AAW is seeking volunteers for the national symposium. If you're planning to attend, please bring a toy to donate to a community charity. Youth ages 10-17 will get free admission and be entered into a drawing for one of 25 lathe/tool packages.

The CNEW website is looking good and appears to be ranked well against sites of other chapters. There is a password protected members-only area, but I don't think we want to print the password in the newsletter (Graeme?)

Dave Eaton is helping to organize a field trip to Ken Dubay's shop on May 26. Contact him if interested.

Reid Gilmore summarized future meeting programs:
May (tonight) - Rick Angus on oval lidded bowls
June - Dave Eaton on hook tools and hollow forms
July - New tool month (everybody bring something to show)
Aug - Annual picnic


Show & Tell

Steve Reznek
bowl with key grindings
spalted apple bowl

Dominic Leroux
square/natural edge bowl (wood processed by soaking in alcohol)
vertical bowl - laminated from many species (finished with muriatic acid)

Dave Eaton
shallow cherry bowl
ash vase

Frank White
several lidded boxes with finials
cherry burl bowl
oak burl bowl
burl vase

Bill LeClerc
inside-out vase in walnut

Dave Hopkins
cherry burl bowl
red oak natural-edge bowl
ambrosia maple natural-edge bowl
baltic birch lidded box w/inlaid band

Ken Dubay
red maple vase

Dick Rinkaus
birdhouse ornaments

Reid Gilmore
negative-rake scraper tool with purpleheart handle

Mike Stone
lidded box

Mike Green
large replica gouge tip for demonstrations

Al Faul
ash goblet