Cascade Woodturners

When

7:00pm on 3^rd Thursdays (Monthly except October & December)
Doors open approx 6:15pm

Where

Franklin High School -- Wood Shop
SE 52^nd and Woodward St, Portland OR [Map]
The first door from 52^nd Street is the metal shop.
The second door is the wood shop where our meetings are held.

Meeting Content
Meetings include demonstrations by nationally and internationally renowned woodworkers, local turners, and material and service providers. They typically begin with a short segment to address club business, and are followed by a session devoted to critiquing the work of members -- to raise the skills and knowledge of all. Work by members not desiring critique is also shared. Often, visiting speakers from out of town will be hired to conduct one or two day workshops -- to demonstrate and educate on techniques topics that can not be covered in the usual two-hour monthly meeting.

2007 RECENTLY HELD
December	No meeting.
November	Bill Moore from the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts addressed the collaboration of wood and metal.
October	Steve Newberry demonstrated the fine points of design and turning a 'twist box'.
September	The Wood Auction only, no formal program but the antics of the auctioneer and the adrenaline rush during the bidding process...
August	The CWT picnic at Dale Larson's where Nick Staggs will present his techniques for bowl and box turning.
July	Shop Gadgets and Multi Station interactive. Bring a gadget to share at the meeting that saves you time and/or effort in the shop and then interact with the presenters during our annual multi station format throughout the shop at Franklin.
June 21^st	Phil Lapp fine tuned his presentation skills just prior to his 'national debut' at the AAW symposium.
May 17^th	Jonathon Spafford and Doug Brown demonstrated pen turning from the basics to artistic.
April 19^th	Randy Rhine demonstrated segmented turning.
March 15^th	Our own Jim McAllister made the chips fly as he showed us how to turn a goblet and maybe the variations that can be made from the basic goblet shape.
February 15^th	Peter Hayes talked about his groups effort with locally sustainable forestry and the integration with the woodturning/woodworking community.
January 18^th	This month will be a presentation of the hazards of dust in the shop. This will be by Mike Meredith who gave a similar program for NW last year that everyone said was very good. Also at the meeting will be Jerry Mattix from Sanderson Safety Supply to discuss the available protection such as masks. John Wirth, our new vice president in charge of programs, is working hard on developing more interesting programs this year but if you have knowledge of a subject that you think we would find interesting, or you would be willing to demonstrate some new project you have developed, please contact John.
2006 Meetings
December	No Meeting.
October 13^th (Friday)	Ray Key is the demonstrator for October. Ray is from England and has published many books and demonstrated at most of the well known symposiums around the world. He is a quality woodturner with lots of good experience to impart and has a great sense of humor. Please note the different meeting night -- it was rescheduled to allow Ray to hold classes on the following Saturday and Sunday. For more detail, click [here].
September 21^st	This month, we will have our Annual Wood Auction. The auctioneer will be our own Frank Lynn. The action is lively and there is always some good wood to be had at a reasonable price, along with a few finished pieces. If you have any wood that has been just waiting for a good cause, bring it and it will find a good home.
August 19^th	The yearly Cascade picnic will be on the 19^th at Phil Lapps filbert farm [Map]. Art Liestman from the Vancouver Canada area will be our guest demonstrator. Art is an internationally know turner and will have an interesting presentation. You can review his work at his website, www.artliestman.com. The picnic will start at about 10:00am. Spouses and all significant others are encouraged to attend -- all are welcome. The meal will be hot-dogs and hamburgers and each attendee needs to bring either a salad or a desert and a lawn chair. This is also a reminder that no alcohol of any nature is to be brought.
July 20^th	This month saw three of Cascade’s members demonstrate on different stations. Jim Hall looked at sharpening tools. Jerry Harris looked at things between centers and Charlie Gray looked at gouges and bowls. There was a good turn-out and the information well received.