Central Virginia Woodturners

	Central Virginia Woodturners
	Welcome to the CVW Website! The Central Virgina Woodturners (CVW), located in Shenandoah Valley in Crimora, VA, is an affiliate of the American Association of Woodturners, serving turners from Charlottesville to Staunton to Harrisonburg. CVW exists to serve its members who are hobbyists, amateurs, craftsmen and professionals. We enjoy a commonality of interest and provide each other knowledge, information, assistance and encouragement in developing and refining our woodturning skills. Monthly meetings are usually held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, at the Crimora Community Center. Meeting schedules, location, and changes found on the Calendar page. Click here for the current newsletter. Visitors are always welcome. Timely News: We have a new local forum available to us now, courtesy of Jeff Fleisher of WoVA. The VA Woodturners Discussion Forums/Information Center is now up and running! Brand new, so be the first in your area to make a post. There are five different forums for all us woodturners: General Discussion, Tips & Techniques, Tool Discussion and Reviews, Tools for Sale, and Class Reviews. It is now listed in our Resources page too. More news: We have been invited back for a repeat show at the Shenandoah Valley Arts Center, and Dennis has accepted an behalf of the club for a September event. It's something for us all to look forward to and plan for. Starke Smith has a large quantity of Starbond glue and a fairly large order of Abrasive Solutions sand paper and other products on hand. The sand paper is at a very low price now. He will have flyers at the meeting. Come ready to buy if you need any glue or sandpaper. We had the formal elections at the November meeting and the following members were unamimously elected to two year terms, starting in January. Congratulations to all: President: Peter Welch Vice President: Nate Hawkes Treasurer: Tom Evans Librarian: Mars Champaign Programs VP: Starke Smith Video Crew: George Marrah, Jimmy Guynn, Pat Steele Newsletter: Denny Martin Secretary: Jim Oates Web Master: Fred Williamson In addition Dick Miksad volunteered to become Food Czar for special events in Tom Evan's place. Many thanks, Dick. Our club is entirely what we each bring to it in sum, and so is utterly a volunteer organization. It is people stepping up to do what needs to be done that makes it all work. It is teamwork pure and simple. And it is something we all do for fun. From the September meeting, here are some tool rests for sale by Peter Welch heavy gauge powder coated, $75 434-327-7824 CVW is a chapter of the American Association of Woodturners, the largest organization in the world dedicated to the advancement of woodturning. Please direct comments and suggestions about this website to Webmaster All material on this website is Copyright 2008, 2009 by Central Virginia Woodturners, unless otherwise noted.				Next Meeting Tuesday, Feb.16, 6:30 PM. Our February demo is by Tom Evans, "Turning Odd Shapes" I am going to share my lessons learned on turning the odd shapes. I experienced many failures on my first few tries. The presentation will include white board explanations and on lathe demonstration using multiple, partially pre-turned pieces, ending with a demonstration of how I lay out and cut a three legged base.
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Search our site:					The January demo was talk and Powerpoint slide show by Fred Williamson based on his presentation for the Crozet Soiree back in December. It reviewed the various twists and turns that led to his profession of bowl turning. And here are some shots of January's fine Show and Tell . Mark VanArsdale and small bowls Joan Baumgardner showing off her Catcher's Mitt Bowl The Mitt Bowl David Rhodes and platter Hammer Headed Walking Canes by Gary Dale Charlie Conner's Christmas Ornaments Kirk McCauley Nesting Monticello Poplar Mark VanArsdale