Next regular club meeting will be on Thursday September 3rd.  Log in will start at 6:00 PM with club meeting to start at 6:30PM and live interactive demo to begin at 7:00PM.

Demonstrator and topic still being finalized.  Stay tuned !  It is anticipated that if we have a remote demonstrator that there will be a $10 fee per attendee.  INW has supported 3 live interactive remote demonstrators to date, and we have need of some revenue to support ongoing scheduling of remote demonstrators.

A few of us on the Board have received scam emails requesting money to be sent, or gift cards to be purchased and the card numbers forwarded, on behalf of the club for veterans or other "friendly" services.  PLEASE don't fall for this stuff !  If in doubt, DON'T !  INW will only do promotions via it's store and dues page and not via other solicitations.  When we are in person meeting, you KNOW who you are giving cash to and why.  Via email just DON'T !!!!

For a video tour of the exhibition see this 7 ½ minute video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8KD3wDVdMs&feature=youtu.be

We are scheduling INW Community Zoom Sessions till we can meet in person again:  monthly on the Third Saturday's at 10 AM to about Noon.  "Bring" your projects, completed or in progress, have discussions, get opinions and advice.  Whatever you need as relates to woodturning !  A Zoom address will be sent to INW members in advance of the session. Some moderators will be on line to help with their experience and expertise. 

INW Website now has a "FORUM" section.  See the top heading bar and feel free to click on "Forum" and see what members have to post.  Topics can be added as needed and if you post a comment or topic that is more appropriate in an existing category or topic location, your post may be moved to that location in the forum.  

EMAILS:  You should be receiving emails from us regularly. IF YOU ARE NOT getting emails, we do not have a working email address for you !.   Send an email to treasurer@inwwoodturners.com and we will update your email address.  Notifications are being sent ONLY via email .  You will miss out on scheduled Zoom meetings as well as wood cuttings, etc. if we cannot contact you.

Zoom:  There is now a page for an Introduction to Zoom in the top menu bar of this web site.  If you are completely new to Zoom, you may find it helpful.

UPCOMING ZOOM MEETINGS:  

Thursday, September 3rd: pending final arrangements.  Stay tuned!

Third Saturday of every month:  We are scheduling INW Community Zoom Sessions till we can meet in person again:  10 AM to about Noon.  "Bring" your projects, completed or in progress, have discussions, get opinions and advice.  Whatever you need as relates to woodturning !  A Zoom address will be sent to INW members in advance of the session. Some moderators will be on line to help with their experience and expertise.  

COMPLETED ZOOM MEETINGS AND DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS:

August 6th:   with Craig Timmerman  https://www.armadillowoodworks.com/presenting on winged/footed bowls  Craig is an experienced and remarkable turner and remote interactive demonstrator.  This was a great demo. Well filmed and conducted !  Complete session Video and Reference lists are now on Members Resources page.  Members can access the information and video at their leisure.

July 18th with Alan and Lauren Zenreich.  Great session on pendant turning and embellishment.  Fun and interesting session.  Their Resources page is now available on the Members Resources page of INW.   

June 4th, Trent Bosch, nationally renowned turner and tool maker,  presented bowl turning and bowl  embellishment techniques.   A video link to the demo session is available to our members, even if they did not attend the event via Zoom.  It is posted in the Members Resources page.  

5/8/20: INW had a GREAT Zoom meeting 5/7/20.  Damon's demo of buffing technique was great and included the use of the Beale Buffing System.   Members can check out Damon's hand out NOW on buffing in the Members Resources Page.

If you have a picture of one of your pieces that you would like to submit for consideration as Turning of the Month, please send it to us.  We will try to change these out at least monthly.    Email:   inwwoodturners@gmail.com

A piece by Louis Dehan:  Norfolk Island Pine hollow form.

And I can't help but smile and begin to sing "I'm a Little Teapot" with this little fella from Damon:

One of our members had been moving way too many turning blanks and decided to thin out his collection a bit. Originally primarily harvested on the West Side, prepared and air dried for a long, long time, most of these blanks are solid and very highly figured.  We will be introducing them at our wood raffles when we resume in person meetings.  Thanks to Pete for picking them up for us !  And the owner for making them available.

We also scored some big trunk rounds of very nice silver maple at the very end of April.  The rounds are Anchorsealed and will be kept moist and tarped till we can get to them in another cutting.  Be patient, we will get there !

Mid July collection of more maple and honey locust.  This was a big haul !  

We had a great day of cutting and  gathering several species of wood in early March.  Species were Black Walnut, English Walnut, Sycamore and Cherry.  The Sycamore and the English Walnut were a great surprise of beautiful wood.  A good time was had by all and no one got hurt !  We are so glad to have been able to distribute some wood before the CoVid19 lock down and for members to have wood in their own shops for use during these trying times.