"Unus bonum vertere dignus alium" "One good turn deserves another"
DelVal Turner's Regular Meeting
Tuesday June 10th, 2025
We are looking forward to Tuesday’s June 10th meeting and hope you will join us as we get together at the Rockler store. The store is located in the East Gate Square shopping center. 1165 Nixon Drive Moorestown, NJ 08057 We will meet at 6PM. We will provide donuts and coffee for the meeting.
Rockler will no longer be carrying Nova chucks and accessories. As a result, they have a sale on current stock and this maybe a good opportunity to pick up a new chuck or jaws for a current one you may have. I would encourage you to arrive ahead of the 6PM meeting start in order shop and take advantage of this opportunity. In addition, club members enjoy a 10% discount on all non-sale items. (No additional discount on sale items.)
Phil Hauser will be hosting an Open House in his shop again. It will be held on Tuesday June 24th at 7PM this month. That is the 4th Tuesday, so mark your calendar and enjoy a time of fellowship with other turners. His address is 71 Hainesport Mount Laurel Road, Hainesport, NJ 08036. This is a great time to share information and problem solve together.
Tuesday we will hold a “Show and Tell”. Please bring your work to share and talk about. Perhaps you have a unique/obscure turning tool or jig, we encourage you bring it and share with the club. We will be sharing a short video highlighting such a tool.
We will kick off an exciting summer challenge. To participate we ask that you bring a piece of wood that you have that perhaps you weren’t sure how to turn or what to make with it. We will exchange blanks with each other so that all who bring a piece of wood will leave with a different piece to turn and create with over the summer. If you have a “challenging” piece to bring, we ask that you also bring a piece that is less intimidating as well. This will provide for a novice turner to participate with less fear. In September when we meet, we will share the results and return the pieces to the original owner.
We will hold a 50/50 for those present.
We look forward to seeing you this Tuesday, June 10th, at 6PM at the Moorestown Rockler store.
If you have not renewed your membership, we encourage you to do so at the meeting or online. At only $25.00, it is a bargain.
A 50/50 will be conducted at the meeting, but is not available online.
Join or Renew Membership at DelVal Turners
2025 forms are available by clicking the link below
Slideshow - Wood turned objects
DelVal Turners' Club Officers
Paul Bracciante, President
Dave Potts, Exec VP
John Dighton, Treasurer
Michael Zickler, VP Secretary
Dave Leader, Webmaster
David A Potts, VP Membership
Philip Hauser, VP HOWs
John Dighton, Program Director
Marty Richter, MFS Liaison
Larry Potts, Newsletter
MEETINGS:
DelVal Turners meets either in-person at the Morestown Friends School or virtually using Zoom on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Meeting topics include show and tells, demonstrations, and discussions on various turning related subjects, such as tool sharpening, sanding, finishing, chucks, jigs, marketing your crafts etc. New members are encouraged to contribute new ideas to help create an interesting and challenging program. Our demonstrations are most often given by nationally and internationally renowned turners and artists.
MEETING TIME AND PLACE:
Our remote/Zoom meetings start at 6:30 PM with a social 30 minutes. The meeting starts at 7PM. We are planning for more face to face meetings to take place at the Morrestown Friends School.
OTHER EVENTS: Philip Hauser runs a great hands on open house at his workshop on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. The open house is an informal setting where members discuss different issues such as tool use, tool sharpening, wood preparation, and turning techniques. Phil and other members often demonstrate these techniques. See Member's Area for Phil's contact information.
FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES:
A 50/50 raffle is conducted during most meetings to augment the club’s finances.
DEMONSTRATIONS:
The club invites some of the best woodturners in the world to demonstrate at our club meetings and via Zoom remote sessions. Woodturners freely share their skills with all, thus providing novice to expert turners with a wealth of information.
OTHER BENEFITS:
The club will often offer information about wood that has become available and tools for sale. We also inform members of different woodturning events in the area and upcoming symposiums.
MEMBERSHIP AND DUES:
Membership is open to all interested in woodturning. Annual dues are $ 25.00 per person. Dues are valid for the calendar year starting January 1st. Dues for the half year of July to December are $12.50 per person.
Members are strongly encouraged to join the American Association of Woodturners. It publishes a great quarterly magazine about woodturning and an annual directory of members and resources and it organizes annual symposiums. The AAW offers liability insurance for all club organized activities to AAW members. Click here for Membership
We will be meeting in person and also meeting on Zoom when we have a remote demonstrator. We may have meetings where members of DelValTurners are demonstrating via Zoom from Phil Hauser's shop. Check the email newsletter for the next month's schedule.
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