2004

November

Minutes of November 9, 2004

 

The meeting was convened at 6:00 p.m. by President-Elect Ed Potter.

 

Ed requested that all members fill out a questionnaire to help the 2005 board better understand your desires and to help guide the club's direction.

 

More Woodturning published an article by Bob Heltman praising Andy Cole's string compass.

 

Ed Potter, Doug Bowers, and Craig Mason all brought in wood to share. The wood included milo, plumeria, and cinnamon.

 

Andy Cole auctioned off a couple of items made by Alan Lacer.  First was the lidded box containing miniature spinning tops. The winning bidder was Lee Cole with a bid of $100. It was Lee's suggestion that Alan make a miniature egg for the handle. Andy Cole's $50 bid was the winner for the hook tool Alan made. All money goes to the club treasury.

 

Andy thanked various members for helping him during the year. Included were Stewart Chow for always being available for anything and everything; Tom Young for designing the club logo; David Higa for always seeming to have wood available; Dennis Feinberg for serving as treasurer and working on the set-up of a club website; Ralph Goto for always being available to help and for entertaining visiting demonstrators; and Bill Ichinose for making the certificate awards for the challenges.

 

Andy called for nominations for the 2005 club officers: Sandy Rhines and Ralph Goto were nominated for Vice President. Sandy had indicated her preference to defer to Ralph Goto. Tom Young was nominated for Secretary and Sandy Rhines was nominated for Treasurer.

 

The 2005 board:

 

Honolulu Woodturners

A Chapter of the

American Association of Woodturners

Ed Potter

Ralph Goto

Sandy Rhines

Tom Young

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Andy Cole has been appointed to head the Program Committee.

 

Craig Mason will chair the Challenge Committee.

 

Stewart Chow will continue as our 2005 visiting demonstrator coordinator.

 

Dennis Feinberg has volunteered to continue seeing the website project to completion. 

 

Sharon Doughtie will coordinate the off-month meetings.

 

Lee Cole has taken responsibility as the video camera operator.

 

We are also establishing a Welcoming Committee for next year. The committee will consist of David Higa, David Chung, and Tom Young. The club will attempt to make visitors feel welcome and encourage them to join the club. In order to perpetuate the club we need new members and new ideas.

 

Membership dues for the year 2005 will be $25. The dues will be pro-rated in that folks who pay January through March will owe $25; April through June, $20; July through September $15; and October through December will be at a rate of $10.

 

Robert Hamada has an exhibit at The Contemporary Museum located at the First Hawaiian Bank Center in downtown Honolulu. The exhibit continues through January 25, 2005.

 

Uwe and Natalia Dost have opened Dost Studio Gallery at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Alii Tower Plaza.

 

We received a catalog from Treeline -- The Woodcraft Specialist. The company specializes in carving, wood burning, and general wood crafting supplies. Their website is www.treelineusa.com or you may call 1-800-598-2743 to request a catalog.

 

T-shirts and hats with the club logo are for sale at $12.50 each. We now have sizes Small through XXL in white, dark blue, maroon, and light green. You can reserve your shirts via e-mail at andy_cole@honoluluwoodturners.org  They can either be picked up at Andy Cole's or will be held until the January meeting. The hats should be in shortly and will be available in two-tone combinations (khaki with blue, green, or charcoal bill) as well as a few solid blue and green hats. Also received are sample polo shirts in tan and green in Large and X-large, but we are waiting for price confirmation. Thanks to Mike Johansen for his efforts in getting our clothing.

 

We had two visitors at the meeting; George Baker and Bill Sode.

 

Stewart Chow demonstrated the techniques used to make a hook tool. He followed the guidelines written and previously demoed by Alan Lacer. The instructions are available at Alan Lacer's website: www.alanlacer.com  At the bottom of the home page is a link named 'Alan's Handouts'. He used a 9 inch length of 3/8 inch tool steel to make the tool. The steel is available in 12 foot lengths so it was suggested the club buy a rod and cut it into about 15 pieces to be available at about $8.50 each. This is a likely candidate for one of the off-month, hands-on, programs.

 

Ed Potter will host the initial off-month meeting in February. You can bring wood, tools, whatever (or you can use Ed's) -- most importantly, bring ideas/inspiration. The date is Saturday, February 12, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Drop in anytime as your schedule permits. The day will be followed by an evening cookout. If you want to bring family to the cookout portion, feel free.  Ed needs to know how many will be attending the cookout by February 8, so he can lay-in supplies. Contact Ed at 672-6947 or ed_potter@honoluluwoodturners.org

Ed Potter

92-1270 Hunekai St.

Makakilo

 

Driving Directions:

H1 West to Kapolei/Makakilo exit

Turn right on Makakilo Drive to top of hill (about 2.3 miles)

At top of hill, there will be a park (ball fields) on the left, take the second left              past the park (Kikaha Street)

Go 100 feet and take the first right (Hunekai Street)

Go another 400 feet and his house will be on left (address on mailbox).  

             First place

 

             Second place

             Third place

 

             Honorable mention:

Larry Rodrigues

 

David Chung

Craig Mason

 

Bill Ichinose

 

Jon Tuthill

 

Rob Hale

 

Andy Cole

Tom Young

lidded red gum hollow form topped with a              finial

large Tasmanian rose myrtle burl platter

             created a piece from sheoak and              jarrah

myrtle bowl with hickory liner and walnut              cover

a curly myrtle platter and a small pink gum              bowl

used acacia dealbata to create a 'Three              Sisters' set with embellished tops sheoak bowl

red gum bowl

The challenge for November was to make something out of Australian wood.

Instant Gallery:

             Andy Cole

 

             Larry Rodrigues              Craig Mason

 

 

 

 

 

             Lee Cole

             Tom Young

 

             David Chung

 

             Jim Orrick

 

two large natural edge eucalyptus bowls and a small spalted              mango vessel

a poi pounder turned from narra wood

brought in a bowl of unknown wood and asked for help in              identifying it. He also shared a stool of quilted and              curly maple turned by Bonnie Klein. The wood was              gorgeous and the work was a classic demonstration of              duplicate turning with the legs and rungs seeming              exact matches

a box of very curly pens

a textured and dyed a mango hollow form and a piece of rough              turned, warped Chinaberry

a large Norfolk pine bowl that he picked up from one of the              wood alerts

made an oil lamp out of pakalan

Jon Tuthill received the participation prize for entering a piece in either the challenge or the instant gallery.

 

Stewart Chow has a Christmas craft fair at his place in Kailua every year. He is willing to display and sell items made by the club members to raise funds for our treasury. Pieces donated need not be turned, as a box or picture frame would sell equally well as a turned ornament or small bowl. Any piece will be gladly accepted. Anyone donating to the craft fair will have their local chapter dues waived for the year 2005. The fair runs several weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Deliver your donations to Stewart's place at:

Stewart Chow

169 Mookua St.

Kailua

261-3121

$3,765.05

$3,756.93

Dennis Feinberg, our treasurer, reports the following:

Balance as of 01/03/04 Balance as of 10/31/04

Submitted by Tom Young