The May meeting of the AAWT fea-

tured Rob Wallace and Roger Nass

on the topic of lathe and chain saw

safety. Rob began the meeting with

an overview of lathe safety talking

about general lathe safety princi-

ples. Inspecting the blank including

drying checks, insect damage, bark

inclusions ring shake and the like.

He talked about body position rela-

tive to the project and lathe speed.

Rob finished his part of the presen-

tation talking about personal pro-

tective equipment, types and usage.

Roger then took over and discussed

the safety aspects of chain saw use.

Finally Roger covered the safe use of

the band saw to shape the blank to

rough dimensions prior to mounting

it on the lathe.

Thanks again to Joan Nass for the

wonderful cookies she baked for the

meeting

Next meeting will be negative rake

scraping and sanding by Roger

Nass.

Monthly Meeting April 23, 2017

Special points

of interest:

Dues for 2017 are

$25.

Rob Wallace - Pres-

ident, Roger Nass -

Vice President, Jim

Gunning - Secre-

tary-Treasurer.

:

AAWT “Revolutions”

A m e s A r e a W o o d t u r n e r s

Volume 7 Issue 4

May 10, 2017

Club Business

Show & Tell

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2-3

Next Meeting

Sunday May

21, 2017

1-4pm

Negative rake

scraping and

sanding.

Inside this issue:

Page 2

Show and Tell 4/23/17

AAWT “Revolutions”

Roger Nass brought an assort-

ment bowls. A 9” Hickory with a

bark inclusion ((left above), an

11” cherry natural edge (right

above), an 8” osage orange natu-

ral edge bowl (right below) and a

9” walnut natural edge (left be-

low).

Rob Wallace brought a 8” ca-

nary wood footed bowl (left), a

7.5” natural edge oak burl bowl

(right) and a 8” walnut bowl

with pewter inlay (below).

Dick Meuler brought

bleached sycamore

Christmas trees

(right) and a variety

of bottle stoppers

including two of

Spectra-Ply,

Page 3

Show and Tell 4/23/17

AAWT “Revolutions”

Doug Stremick brought

a 5.5” red elm box

(left) and two 13” ash

platters.

Mike Elsberry brought

ice cream scoops and a

platter made maple and

redheart.

Pens by Keith

Carris

A 5” spalted maple

bowl by Bob Blank.