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President Jim Vasi gets the meeting started |
There was a good turnout in spite of the cold weather and date change |
Jim Hilburger eulogizes the late Don Almeter, a long time member of the club |
We had a visit from Thomas Sy, Executive Director of Aspire |
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He presented the club with an appreciation of it's contributions to the Aspire program |
Over the years, the club has made and donated over 2000 toys for the children's benefit |
Rich Mialki, and his able helper, explain the construction of the walking dinosaur toy |
A look at the show and tell table |
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Bob Ball leads off show and tell with his technique of making wood stemmed glass goblets |
Next up was Carm Queeno showing his garden dibbler |
Don Hoffmann shows his two of a set of turned plates |
Our presenter for the evening, Jim Vasi brought in a selection of items for the demo |
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Some of the example segmented turnings Jim brought it. |
After the coffee break, Jim gets the presentation started |
He made a simple segmented bowl for the demonstration |
Jim explains the techniques he uses for planning and calculating the lengths and angles |
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The calculations are very straight forward and pretty simple |
One of the keys to success is accurate, and repetitive cutting of the segments |
A look at Jim's homemade cutting fixture made by Jim Hilburger |
Jim explains the differences required in the more sophisticated designs |
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Photos by Kurt Hertzog |
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