[crw-talk] December Round Robin/Christmas Party

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Hello Members

Here is an opportunity to put some spice into our club Christmas party:  
The last couple of December meetings/Christmas party have become rather 
boring (to me anyway) so the Board has wisely decided to do a Round 
Robin Demo as part of the festivities.

To make this fly, we need to have 4-5 members demonstrating some 
woodturning skill.  Over the past dozen years that I have been in the 
club, the round robins have covered a myriad of topics: Vacuum 
chucking.  Sharpening. Bowl turning.  Pen turning.  Pen finishing.  Wood 
preservation with something on the order of "Cactus Juice".  Maybe use 
of Carbide tools, or lapping the cutters.  The topic does not need to be 
exhaustive study of every thing that has ever been written on it.  Just 
covering some bases and doing the same thing a few times over while 
others browse, ask questions and show how they respect your process.  A 
fun way to spend an hour or so-demonstrating or viewing.

So members, please come out of the woodwork and volunteer to show us how 
something is done.  We will set up club lathes and a grinder or whatever 
is needed. No TV or video, just lathes/machines scattered around the 
shop or commons so members may go from one to another at their leisure.  
The material may be wood or acrylic, or HSS if we are sharpening.

If you have an idea of what you might like to demo, please let me know.  
I need to get this organized between now and the December meeting.  
Email me, catch me at a meeting, however suits you.

Thanks for considering this proposal, John