Hi fellow MAWT members, Although it might still be spring, summer has begun in earnest in Wisconsin. I hope everybody is enjoying the warm (actually HOT!) weather. Our June demonstration by Dennis Belcher was filled with lots of information and creative ideas for dealing with cracks on your turned items. … Continue reading
Tom Hipsak has put together a virtual gallery for June. It should appear below, or click here to see the gallery in a separate browser window. Tom would like to know if the club members would like to continue with the virtual gallery after we start having in-person meetings. Members … Continue reading
Former Wisconsin Woodturners members Bob and Cami Brzycki are downsizing and have some machines for sale. A list with asking price is as follows: The prices are: Powermatic Planer Mdl 100 $1,500 Planer dust collector 100 Powermatic Jointer 8” 800 Delta Boss Oscallation Sander 250 Performax Power … Continue reading
Hi fellow MAWT members, It’s Wisconsin and spring is in the air – one day it’s 80 and the next, in the 40s! Whatever the temperature, I hope everyone is enjoying the flowers and leafing trees. Our May meeting featured our Show and Tell Gallery, courtesy of Tom Hipsak, a … Continue reading
Thanks to Tom Hipsak for compiling a virtual gallery from pictures submitted by club members. If the gallery does not appear above, click here.
Hi fellow MAWT members, EMPTY BOWLS – We started April with a presentation by Colleen Vollard, owner of Cream City Clay talking about Milwaukee Empty Bowls and the food pantries and other non-profits in the Milwaukee area that it supports. Here is link Colleen provided: https://www.milwaukeeemptybowls.org/virtual-happenings.html Actually though, we started … Continue reading
Tom Hipsak has assembled a Virtual Gallery for Marc-April 2021 – see below: If it does not load automatically, or if you do not want to see it within the web page, you can click on the following link: https://www.mawturners.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/March-April-2021-Gallery.pdf”
Did you miss the April meeting? Did you tune in late because you experienced the technical difficulties we had when starting the meeting? A video of the entire meeting is available here –> https://youtu.be/xi03i08mfWc or, watch it below…
Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 5:00 AM – Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 9:00 PM (CDT) The Midwest Pen Turners Gathering (PenMakers International NFP Annual Symposium) is going virtual. For more information or to register for the conference, click here –> https://www.accelevents.com/e/PenmakersInternationalMPG The cost of the event is $35 which … Continue reading
Hi fellow MAWT members, If you signed into the March Zoom meeting, you saw a great demonstration by Rebecca DeGroot. Rebecca is an art teacher from Texas and also a nationally-known woodturning demonstrator. She explained in detail how to make one of her signature “walking bowls”, from the initial bowl … Continue reading
