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Programs for woodturning club
I got lucky, being elected program chairman for the up coming year in our small
woodturning club. After you have seen all of the local woodturners do their thing, where do you go for programs? Any suggestions. I could just recycle them through again, but I am afraid I will lose interest rather than generate it. We have about one good years worth of local turners willing to demo, the rest beg off and never share the load. What kind of programs have you enjoyed this past year if you are in a turnig club? GCS |
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Programs for woodturning club
How about:
How to photograph your work How to sell your work (is there a local gallery owner that would talk?) Technique Comparisons - two turners making the same thing Maybe have a thick-skinned beginner being taught by one of the experts so people can see mistakes, and they don't have to be afraid to ask 'stupid' questions since the beginner will do that for them. What kind of demos have you run? Maybe there are some common ones that have been overlooked -- natural edges; turning thin, really thin; texturing and piercing; spheres; slide show of starting with a tree and getting to a blank on the lathe; long-stemmed goblet, and on. In September I am doing our club demo and one of the subjects I will include is how to execute a variety of catches. We all work on beads and coves and bowls, etc. However, we avoid studying the dreaded catch. By working on it we should be able to figure out how NOT to do it. That's the idea, anyway. If it works out as planned the video will be on sale in time for your Christmas wish list ;o) . Yeah, right.... David -- http://www.wademade.net RESPITE95 wrote: I got lucky, being elected program chairman for the up coming year in our small woodturning club. After you have seen all of the local woodturners do their thing, where do you go for programs? Any suggestions. I could just recycle them through again, but I am afraid I will lose interest rather than generate it. We have about one good years worth of local turners willing to demo, the rest beg off and never share the load. What kind of programs have you enjoyed this past year if you are in a turnig club? GCS |
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Programs for woodturning club
RESPITE95 wrote:
I got lucky, being elected program chairman for the up coming year in our small woodturning club. After you have seen all of the local woodturners do their thing, where do you go for programs? Any suggestions. I could just recycle them through again, but I am afraid I will lose interest rather than generate it. We have about one good years worth of local turners willing to demo, the rest beg off and never share the load. What kind of programs have you enjoyed this past year if you are in a turnig club? GCS The best thing you can do is get big-name turners for a demo. You have to charge members extra for that--we're a small club also (52 members) but we managed Jeff Pohl, Ed Szakonyi, Alan Lacer and DAVID ELLSWORTH in the last couple years, and Dick Sing last spring plus Robert Rosand coming up in September. Members paid $15 for Dick Sing's demo/lecture and $30 for a hands-on (2 days). Ellsworth was and Rosand will be almost double that, but members had no problem paying. Ken Grunke SW Wisconsin http://www.token.crwoodturner.com/ Member, Coulee Region Woodturners AAW chapter http://www.crwoodturner.com/ -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Programs for woodturning club
I got lucky, being elected program chairman for the up coming year in our small
woodturning club. After you have seen all of the local woodturners do their thing, where do you go for programs? Any suggestions. I could just recycle them through again, but I am afraid I will lose interest rather than generate it. We have about one good years worth of local turners willing to demo, the rest beg off and never share the load. What kind of programs have you enjoyed this past year if you are in a turnig club? GCS Why not go outside the box for your demo programs? We did this with a brand new club two years ago and it worked great. I don't know where you are located, but you may be able to call on some of the local business that are associated with woodturning, woodworking, chainsaws, abrasives, health & safety, finishes, lumber mills, tree surgeons and such as the list really goes on. This list should keep you and your club busy for a long time. Remember that commercial people want to sell something, but that's OK because they give out samples too. Lance Kanaby Lockport Woodworkers, an AAW Chapter |
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Programs for woodturning club
Our club just recently went from bi-monthly meetings to monthly meetings.
We chose not to do 6 more demos a year but opted for round table discussions. Topics have included wood identification, methods of finishing, sharpening and others. This gets everyone in the club involved and newbies tend to ask a lot more questions at something like this then they would at a demo. Hope this helps. Tony Manella ndd1"at"prolog.net (remove "at") http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/ Lehigh Valley Woodturners http://www.lehighvalleywoodturners.com/ "RESPITE95" wrote in message ... I got lucky, being elected program chairman for the up coming year in our small woodturning club. After you have seen all of the local woodturners do their thing, where do you go for programs? Any suggestions. I could just recycle them through again, but I am afraid I will lose interest rather than generate it. We have about one good years worth of local turners willing to demo, the rest beg off and never share the load. What kind of programs have you enjoyed this past year if you are in a turnig club? GCS |
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A competition between turning teams will often get the 'beg-offs' to
begin sharing the load and available for future demos. Pole (bungee) lathe turning competitions always attract interest. Arch Fortiter, http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings |
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