"Unus bonum rursus dignus alium"
DelVal Turner's Regular
Meeting
Tuesday January 14th, 2025
We will have a regular meeting at
the
Moorestown Friends School Wood Shop
Dear DelVal turner,
Happy New Year and welcome to 2025!
We are kicking off the new year with a hands-on challenge. Yes, we will be turning egg cups at the meeting!
We will have several lathes set up and material available for you to demonstrate your skills and to share with one another. So, bring your favorite tools with you if you like. We will have spindle gauges, small bowl gauges and parting tools available for your use. The size of the stock is about 2”x 2”x 4”. There are some examples above that were turned by Phil Hauser. Feel free to try some prior to Tuesday at home.
Please bring your own face shield or safety glasses.
In addition, we will also have our regular “Show and Tell”.
We will hold a 50/50 for those present who participate.
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.
In February we will have the sign-up sheets for our HOW (Hands On Workshops).
The club will meet at the Moorestown Friends School
Woodshop
110 East Main Street
Moorestown NJ 08057
All are welcome! Come check it out if you are interested in woodturning!
You should plan on arriving between 6:30-7:00 if possible. The School will typically lock
the doors at 7:00, so if you get locked out call one of the other members to open the door.
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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