Minutes of June 2008 Meeting
Submitted by Tim Elliott, Secretary

Minutes of CNEW meeting 6/05/2008

We had one guest: Donna Banfield (actually, also the leader of tonight's Learn & Turn)

Treasury balance is $4261

We elected some replacement/new club officers:
External VP: Reid Gilmore
Book librarian: Roger Boisvert
Sergeant at Arms: Chris Durkee
Learn & Turn leader: Bill LeClerc

We had ten lots of wood in this month's silent auction and many very nice pieces in the wood swap. Thanks to all who contributed to the success of these programs.

Ray Boutotte announced that the store has a supply of urethane oil finish.

Dave Eaton is still organizing occasional small group trips to Ken Dubay's shop. Contact him if interested.

Several members volunteered to help the Craft Center move their lathes on June 11 at 5 PM.

The Center will have a Father & Son pen turning class on June 15.

The newsletter has an ongoing need for articles - please consider writing something.

Our July Learn & Turn session will be led by Frank White.

The town of Fitchburg, MA, will hold a "forge-in" event on October 18. CNEW is invited to demonstrate turning and sell our work commission-free at Roger Boisvert's store in Fitchburg on that day.

Donna Banfield seeks help with a barn raising in Derry, NH Saturday June 14. An e-mail with details went out to the cnew e-mail list.

Several members attended our trip to the Harvard forest in May.

On June 12, Charlie Croteau is organizing a trip to Sean Robert's Woodworking in Gilbertsville. Plan to meet there at 2 PM, or at the Worcester Craft Center at 1 PM to carpool.

Project Goodwill's event at Doyle's in Jamaica Plain on June 12 is now postponed due to scheduling problems with their musical entertainment. It is tentatively rescheduled to sometime in September.

Al Gilburg would like to host another wood-harvesting day at his land in Vermont. The date may be in July - TBD at our next meeting, depending on interest.

The Ocean Woodturner's chapter will have a demo by Australian turner Richard Raffan on June 28. See the CNEW website for details. Cost is $30.

Thanks to Jerry Sambrook for donating some pen-assembly jigs. Many members picked one up.


Tonight's Learn & Turn: Donna Banfield on bottle stoppers
Tonight's program: Rick Angus on translucent waney-edge goblets





Show & Tell:

Bill Legere
Square bigleaf maple bowl
Yellowwood bowl ("my wife hates it")
Bowl in unknown wood (perhaps eucalyptus?)

Frank White
Cherry & walnut vase, textured
Cherry & Wenge vase, textured
3 small vases, textured

Jerry Sambrook
Bird'seye maple square bowl
4 pens
Hackberry weed pot (with thanks to Dave Eaton)
Chokecherry vases

Ray Boutotte
Segmented bowl in maple and brazilian cherry
Ambrosia maple bowl with burnt edge where bark fell off
Pair of cored/nested cherry bowls

Al Gilburg
Square bowl in sapele
Two salt vaults ("they sell really well")

Reid Gilmore
Square bowl from bigleaf maple

Will Hunt
Cherry vase

Dave Hanssen
Cherry bowl
Spalted maple bowl
Flower arrangement holder

Peter Wilcox
3 bottlestoppers

Dave Eaton
Rolly munroe hollowing tool from Packard Supply