This month Jim Echter has agreed to do another demo for us on our regular monthly meeting on Thursday, April 16.

The particulars:

• Jim will start the Zoom session at 6:00 PM so everyone has a chance to work through the new Zoom password. The meeting invitation will be emailed to all current FLWT members in advance of the meeting.
• We will have a brief business meeting at 6:45 PM
• The demonstration will start after – probably around 7:00 PM, if not earlier

For the April meeting, Jim will again be streaming the demo as it is still unsafe to have anybody gather in person. Jim will start the online meeting around 6:00 pm so folks can get logged into the meeting and socialize. Not to worry, Zoom has implemented new security features that eliminates “Zoombombing” which happened when hosts publicly announced meetings and did not use passwords. Silly them!

Last month we has 47 participants in the meeting which was outstanding for our first virtual meeting.  Since none of us can leave our house right now, let’s see how close we can get to my meeting max of 100 participants. If you need help with logging onto Zoom, let Jim know ASAP by sending an email at:  jim@tcturning.com.  I’ll email you detailed directions.  If there are several that need help, I’ll schedule a practice session so you can get comfortable with the technology. Streaming meetings and demos is currently being adopted by most woodturning clubs, businesses and many families. Time to get on the train, have some fun and stay connected with your friends. 

We’ll have a short business meeting starting at 6:45 and the demo will start round 7:00pm. In the future, we may be able to take advantage of a process that is currently being developed by another club for submitting images for a virtual Show & Tell. However, we’ll skip S&T for this meeting.

The topic requested is for me to demonstrate how to properly sharpen spindle gouges, show how to properly cut wood when turning beads and coves and how to make templates for duplicate turnings. I request that all of you have your spindle gouges, spindle roughing gouges and parting tools with you. This way you can compare your grinds to mine. I’ll show you which cuts start with a low handle position and which start with a high handle position as well as flute direction. Of course I’ll also review the ABC2D rule of woodturning.