[crw-talk] Wig Stands

Wed Apr 13 16:44:34 CDT 2022

John, 

Thank you for the wonderful note.  The Zoom how to is a good reminder. Also, thank you for picking up the wig stands from Denis and Doug.  I’m looking forward to seeing and taking them to the Cancer Center. To the membership,  please continuing making the stands as you are able. They are put to good use. And the patients receiving them are very appreciative of your efforts.   I’m hoping to have some by the May meeting.   Take care.  

Bob Raasch 

From: crw-talk <crw-talk-bounces at crwoodturner.com> On Behalf Of John & Donna Griffiths
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Subject: [crw-talk] Wig Stands

Members, one of the many important things for Saturday's meeting is to drop off any wig stands you have made.  Bob Raasch will deliver to Gundersen and Virginia Green will deliver to Winona Health.

I stopped at Denis Falch's yesterday, and let me tell you, he is putting his sit-down Oneway through it's paces with wig stands.  We all know he is a master turner and even though he has health concerns that prevent him attending meetings, he is turning.  He had nine completed ones for Gundersen which I picked up, some are hardwood and some construction grade 2x6 pine lumber ones (trust me, they are as attractive as walnut, cherry or maple) which he turned and his brother Doug finished.  Doug applied a wonderful finish to the stands.  Three more were awaiting finish and part of another one was mounted on the lathe.

So bring your stands in Saturday, Kevin or Aaron will get them photographed, they will be in the instant gallery and then Bob and Virginia will deliver them.

I have some two-by lumber laying around so by George, I'm going to put it to use for next month.

See you Saturday, either in person on on Zoom.

Oh, one more time, here is how you do Zoom: a desktop or laptop is best.  Phones and tablets work fine but the screens are pretty darn small.  Laptops usually have a built in camera/microphone, I had to buy one at Target for my desktop and it plugs into any USB port on the computer.  Best Buy and Walmart should have them too.  

Download Zoom.com on your computer or device at some time before the meeting, will not take too long, just click on the blue link.

James already sent out a meeting invitation in an email, so a few minutes before 9AM on Saturday just click on the long line of blue print in the middle of the email.  Your machine is smart enough to just read that and go to Zoom that now lives inside you computer, it will ask you a couple of times if you want to open it or something like that, click on the box that says you do, and give it a few moments to open.  If you get there early, just sip your coffee until James gets the meeting opened.  It will happen, might take a few minutes though.

You may have to click something down on the lower right corner of your screen to turn on the camera and microphone.

That's all there is.  We try during the meeting to keep the speaker or demonstrator in camera view so viewers at home can watch the speaker and the lathe, listen and ask questions.  And when you think of it, thank James for the use of his cellphone data plan, the meetings are a pretty high use of cellphone data.  

By the way, if the move to Luther is approved, the school has high speed internet  and wi fi which we will be able to use for free; so we expect to be able to produce better remote meetings for those who cannot attend in person

So, again, see you in person or remotely Saturday.

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