September was the start of our new year.  Ron Williams discusses some business.  Phil Holtan will be doing some demos over the next few months, and he asked for approval to be sponsored as a club sanctioned event.  100% approval was granted for these demos:  Sept 15 and 16 at Acme Tool Crib in Duluth, Hostfest in Minot ND from October 11 to 14th, and Acme Tool Crib in Fargo on November 17th and 18th. 

Phil was our member demonstrator for this meeting.  His topic for this month was door stops.  Door stops are a spindle turning operation.  Here Phil is holding a completed door stop near the piece he is turning.  This allows him to duplicate the shape.  Here Phil begins to shape the beads and coves of the handle end of the doorstop.  Phil turns both ends of the workpiece so that he ends up with 2 door stops.  The door stops are separated using a bandsaw by cutting the workpiece at a diagonal thru the unturned square center.  This photo of Phil shows our new safety shield that was built by Dave Gausman. 

Here are some photos of the audience during the demonstration:

• Photo 01
• Photo 02
• Photo 03
• Photo 04
• Photo 05

Many items were brought to the September Show and Tell.

• Pens by Dave Gausman
• Harold Mertz discusses some chainsawn bowls he got in Alaska.  Another photo
• Here are some closeups of the bowls:  Photo 01 and Photo 02
• Overview of the table 01, 02, and 03
• Here is some segmented work
• A burl bowl with the top lip swept inward
• A hollow form by Dave Gausman
• Lidded square box by Ron Williams
• Another segmented piece

Thanks to everyone who brought their work in to show everyone, and also thanks to Phil Holtan for September's demonstration!

Updated November 10th, 2006