Welcome to the Home Page of the INW Woodturners Club!
Announcements: This page will usually begin with the most recent at the top. Problems or ideas can be submitted on the "Contact Us" page.
HELP WANTED: We are in need of two volunteers immediately:
- AV person to handle cameras and mics at meetings. Would be best to have some experience, but can be trained from scratch if needed. Needs to be available at main monthly club meetings at Ferris High School.
- Webmaster: For now updates are being handled, with new announcements, etc. We do need someone that has website experience to manage the broader issues of design and maintenance of our website. We are on WordPress, and experience would be useful, either with WordPress or general website design.
- Inquiries can be submitted via "Contact Us" page or by talking with one of the Board.
Ferris High School Information: Meeting and Workshops In-Person Location
Ferris is a District 81 high school on the South Hill of Spokane. It is at the intersection of Regal and 37th Ave. An aerial view is shown below. The parking lot is huge and the walkways are wide and have good handrails. If you have large or heavy materials to bring to the meetings or workshops, please contact us and we will work that out with you. At this time MASKS ARE REQUIRED inside Ferris buildings. The address for you to GPS is: 3020 E 37TH AVE , SPOKANE , WA. (Please note that some of the roads inside the Ferris campus are one way and there are strange little turns in places.)
Upcoming 2021 Meetings: All on FIRST Thursdays.
Remainder 2021 into 2022: Some start times may vary, depending on the program, so please look for emails or read the descriptions below.
We are planning to be in-person as well as ZOOM when appropriate, with all in-person at Ferris High School. MASKS REQUIRED. No exceptions. The Board has also decided that we will not provide or allow bring in food or beverage for the in person sessions, as it promotes the removal of masks. Again, we have an elderly and at risk population, and feel we need to be proactive in our approach to CoVid19, as well as following the rules of our host, Ferris High School.
November 4: Cindy Drozda!!. This will NOT be an in person meeting and we will NOT be meeting at Ferris this evening. This will only be by Zoom. The club meeting will start at 6:00 PM Pacific Time, and Cindy's demonstration will start at 7:PM Pacific Time (and still in Daylight Savings here). There is a $10 fee for all members. Well worth it to see this master turner and artist ! See more on her website. This is one not to miss. The demonstration will be on design and turning of a spherical box, and there are skills aplenty to learn and practice on this project! Cindy is one of the current generation of masters of turning and art, as well as an accomplished demonstrator. Again, this is not one to miss! Register/Pay ($10) at: Cindy Drozda Demo!
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December 2: Holiday party! We are planning for an in person party at the Ferris Woodshop. This meeting will not be hybrid/zoomed. There will be a tool sale and or exchange and you are welcome to bring any of your excess tools or devices to sell or trade, as you please. Woodturning related only please. We will also have a big show off your work program, most likely without critique, unless it is requested by the maker. There will also be a wood raffle and we may even have a lathe to sell off via our version of an auction. More on that later... For novices this may be a great opportunity to pick up turning tools that you didn't want to afford, or for sure that you didn't know you needed ! We will start the meeting at 6:30PM and now we are Pacific time OFF daylight savings. There will be our annual election of officers and Board at the meeting, and the slate of candidates will have been presented at the November meeting.
Volunteer to Help High School Students Learn to Turn!
We need volunteers to help one morning a week at Ferris, from 8 AM to 12 PM. We assist the students turning on various size lathes and projects, while imparting safety techniques. The students are all eager to learn and make something they can take home.
Please consider helping this great program. We cannot continue this vital role in our community without extra support. If you cannot do every week, we hope to integrate your commitment with that of others and get the program well covered.
This is a sanctioned activity of the Inland Northwest Woodturners, and liability coverage is provided as a volunteer in a District 81 program, as well as for INW.
Please contact:
Ron Valley 509-270-3064, or rvalley@comcast.net
Get a Grip on It !
Some pictures of the wrong and right way to use a chuck with jaws for mounting with a tenon (compression mode) or a recess (expansion mode). The base of jaws are not manufactured to be flat and in true to each other. Only the top of the jaws are machined flat and true.
Woodcutting
Some of our members have been working hard gathering lots of logs for cutting and distribution. Stay tuned for the next distribution day! (Large elm trunks on trailer below).
The Lend-a-Lathe Program is Active!
Our "Lend-a-Lathe" Program is designed primarily for new turners getting started on their woodturning experience. Currently a Rikon Midi and a Jet Midi are in the program, with an initial 3-month loan period for members. For questions, applications and supporting materials contact Damon, the program director. You can use the "Contact INW" message page and the request will be forwarded to Damon.
Turning of the Month
If you have a picture of one of your pieces that you would like to submit for consideration as an occasional feature please send it to inwwoodturners@gmail.com Some new great work as well as great pictures from turner Damon:
