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Our Regular meeting place is Bryant High School, 2709 Popkins Lane, Alexandria VA 22306. Meetings are scheduled the second Saturday of the month starting at 8:30am for skills enhancements, and 10:00 for business meeting and demo.
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January 2010Program for the month: 9:00 - "Show & Tell." Photos of items will be taken for the next CAW newsletter. The tape/DVD library will be open (except during business meetings and demonstrations.) 9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements. 10:00 - Your Turn! Can't make it to Skill Enhancement during the week?
Want to get some advice and assistance on your turning
technique?
Its Your Turn! Bring a bowl, platter, or spindle blank and your favorite gouge. There are 12 lathes of various sizes to use. Basic turning tools are available for use, bring your own favorites if you have them. CAW members will be available to assist and advise. You probably won't have time for a complete project, but we can get you off to a good start. If you intend to turn, remember eye protection. Bring safety glasses. There are face shields and some safety glasses in the shop, but I guarantee you will be happier with your own. You must be a current member of the CAW and AAW to turn wood. Everyone can watch and enjoy. We will try to accommodate as many turners as we can during the day. So bring a blank and have fun and turn.
If you are interested in assisting this year please contact Mike Kinney
mkinney578@aol.com
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February 2010Program for the month: 8:30am - Set up for the demo. Look over the Group Buy items. Have a cup of coffee and donut with your fellow turners. Discuss the "show & tell" items or rent a video. Talk tips and techniques with other members. 9:00 - "Show & Tell." Photos of items will be taken for the next CAW newsletter. The tape/DVD library will be open (except during business meetings and demonstrations.) 9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements. 10:00 - Keith Holt
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March 2010Program for the month: 8:30am - Set up for the demo. Look over the Group Buy items. Have a cup of coffee and donut with your fellow turners. Discuss the "show & tell" items or rent a video. Talk tips and techniques with other members. 9:00 - "Show & Tell." Photos of items will be taken for the next CAW newsletter. The tape/DVD library will be open (except during business meetings and demonstrations.) 9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements. 10:00 - David Ellsworth
will
be our demonstrator.
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April 3, 2010Annual CAW Mini SymposiumProgram for the month: 8:30am
- Set up for the demo. Look over the Group Buy items. Have a
cup
of coffee and donut with your fellow turners. Talk tips and
techniques with other members. 9:00 AM A normal business meeting. A raffle will not be offered. Photos of member items will not be taken for the next CAW Newsletter. The tape library will be open before the symposium starts. A silent auction table will not be available during the meeting. 9:30 AM - 3:00 See Symposium schedule. This year’s Mini Symposium will be a series of demonstrations lasting 2 hours each. We hope you will find it enjoyable and full of learning opportunities. We will continue our tradition of having skilled demonstrators showing us their techniques, specialties and tricks. One of the goals this year was to insure that you are provided with a variety of topics and issues. With your help, Mike Kinney, our Program Director, will put together a program that will insure you are able to find something of interest for every time slot. Since we are holding our symposium, we will hold only a short business meeting and will not have the usual activities such as Show and Tell, Silent Auction and Raffle. Schedule of turners: TBA
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May 8, 2010Program for the month: 8:30am - Set up for the demo. Look over the Group Buy items. Have a cup of coffee and donut with your fellow turners. Discuss the "show & tell" items or rent a video. Talk tips and techniques with other members. 9:00 - "Show & Tell." Photos of items will be taken for the next CAW newsletter. The tape/DVD library will be open (except during business meetings and demonstrations.) 9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements. 10:00 - Bruce Hoover will be our demonstrator.
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June 5, 2010The 8th Annual CAW Summer Picnic/Social On Saturday, June 5th, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, the CAW will sponsor a potluck Summer Picnic and Turning Social at the Admiralty Club, at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Recreation Center on Telegraph Road (Route 611) just north of Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The Coast Guard Station area is in the 7400 block of Telegraph Road. From No. VA, go south on Interstate 95 from the I-495 beltway. Get off at Exit 166A, the Newington, Fairfax County Parkway (Route 7100) exit going east. Within 1 mile, turn left onto Route 611, Telegraph Road heading North. The coast guard Station will be on your right a few blocks past the Hayfield Elementary and High Schools. On the ADC map book of Northern Virginia, the Coast Guard Station is on map page 29 at blocks 1E&F. From Maryland, after crossing the Wilson Bridge on I-495, you can get off at Exit #2 onto Telegraph Road (Route 611) and follow it for about 8 miles. The coast Guard recreations Center will be on your left. We will advise you of any special security procedures to get into the CG Station in next newsletter. The Admiralty Club will have an indoor meeting room for us in case of bad weather, an outdoor deck area for eating and setting up our lathes. Please bring lawn chairs, your mini-lathes if you have them, any tools you like to use, and some wood for making shavings. This will be a potluck lunch so please bring a dish to share according to the following list: No heating/cooking facilities available. DO NOT wear a hat inside the Admiralty Club - you will buy the bar a round of drinks - NO Kidding!!! Bring a disposable serving spoon for the dish, and put your name on your serving pans and platters. Please join us for food, fun, turning, and camaraderie!!
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July 10, 2010Program for the month: 8:30am - Set up for the demo. Look over the Group Buy items. Have a cup of coffee and donut with your fellow turners. Discuss the "show & tell" items or rent a video. Talk tips and techniques with other members. 9:00 - "Show & Tell." Photos of items will be taken for the next CAW newsletter. The tape/DVD library will be open (except during business meetings and demonstrations.) 9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements.10:00 - Warren Carpenter will be our demonstrator and the 2nd annual CAW swap meet/tailgate sale A $7 Demo fee will be collected.
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August 14, 2010Program for the month: 8:30am - Set up for the demo. Look over the Group Buy items. Have a cup of coffee and donut with your fellow turners. Discuss the "show & tell" items or rent a video. Talk tips and techniques with other members. 9:00 - "Show & Tell." Photos of items will be taken for the next CAW newsletter. The tape/DVD library will be open (except during business meetings and demonstrations.) 9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements.10:00 - Keith Holt will be our Demonstrator. A $7 Demo fee will be collected.
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September 11, 2010Program for the month: 8:30am - Set up for the demo. Look over the Group Buy items. Have a cup of coffee and donut with your fellow turners. Discuss the "show & tell" items or rent a video. Talk tips and techniques with other members. 9:00 - "Show & Tell." Photos of items will be taken for the next CAW newsletter. The tape/DVD library will be open (except during business meetings and demonstrations.) 9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements. Nominations will be held for next year's CAW Officers.10:00 - Mark Sfirri will be our demonstrator. A $7 Demo fee will be collected.
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October 9, 2010Program for the month: 8:30am - Set up for the demo. Look over the Group Buy items. Have a cup of coffee and donut with your fellow turners. The tape/DVD library will be open (except during business meetings and demonstrations.)Talk tips and techniques with other members. 9:00 - A short business meeting with show notices, activity announcements. Members will vote on officers for the 2010 calendar year. Because this is our annual elections, we will not have "show & tell." 10:00 - Demonstrator TBD.
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November 13, 2010Program for the month: 8:30am - Set up for the demo. Look over the Group Buy items. Have a cup of coffee and donut with your fellow turners. Discuss the "show & tell" items or rent a video. Talk tips and techniques with other members. 9:00 - "Show & Tell." Photos of items will be taken for the next CAW newsletter. The tape/DVD library will be open (except during business meetings and demonstrations.) 9:30 - Chapter business meeting with show notices, activity announcements.10:00 - Demonstrator TBD |
December 4, 2010CAW Holiday Party
Sharing Holiday Cheer!! Capital Area Woodturners annual Woodturners Holiday Party, at a place to be determined. Our goal is simple: Let's all get together during this holiday season to share some holiday cheer with the members, families, and friends of CAW; eat a hearty meal of whatever dishes walk through the door; vote for the best turned holiday ornament from the members' entries; and exchange a turned object for those participating in the grab-bag exchange. 5:00 PM - Setup - If you have some free time and want to help setup, arrive early. Any help is appreciated. 6:00 Social Hour
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Mark your calendars for
Saturday evening, December 4, 2010, to reserve it for the CAW pot luck
Holiday Social.