Meeting Minutes
Cape Cod Woodturners
Monthly Meeting Minutes April 2, 2025
30 attended in person 15 attended virtually
President’s welcome and greeting to members and guests • Tom Gerhard welcomed Denis Casaubon back from Florida and one new member, John Kaar from Chatham, in attendance
Announcements - Tom Gerhard
• Back Table Supplies - Clarke suggested that members visit the Starbond website and let him know about interest in new/other items.
• Wood Raffle Items - invited members to bring other items to include in the wood raffle such as once turned bowls, blanks, wood and suggested that members take home unsold items to bring back to the next meeting to allow Clarke to bring newly acquired wood Demonstration
• Dave Arnone introduced Charlie McCarthy, and his topic: Turning Bottle Stoppers and Designing Your Own Mandrels.
• Questions and Answers followed the demonstration. Club members thanked Charlie for the demonstration with a round of applause.
Upcoming Program Updates - Dave Arnone announced Don Chase’s Birthday and alerted members to an announcement sheet he would send out with information about:
• A potential Mid-month activity to follow up the demonstration on Bottle Stoppers. Members indicated sufficient interest to pursue this activity.
• Member permission to be included in an Open Directory for member use
• Two potential public exhibit sites - Brewster Library - for 1 month, exhibit and sales in Fall 2025 arranged by Fran Catutti and one arranged by Mike Teeley.
• Open Studios are available on the first three Fridays in April 9:00-12:00, RSVP to Dave, last Friday is reserved for the Instruction and Mentoring Team Academy session
• A wood turner’s shop is being liquidated on Nantucket. Dave is gathering an itemized tool, equipment, and price list. • Look for information about hands-on sessions on Twice Turned Bowls, Logs to Bowls, and Lathe Maintenance. Contact Dave if interested in participating.
• An order will be organized for purchasing band saw blades from Timberwolf. Look for an announcement.
President’s Challenge - Tom Gerhard
• May Challenge - Turn an item that focuses on using the skew and bring your project to the May meeting Show and Tell.
• June Challenge - Turn an item inspired by a non turned item and share your project at the June meeting Show and Tell Club
Smock Update - Vic Mastro • Vic updated club members on his research regarding club smocks. Three samples were available to examine in the back of the room. He is firming up information to have the smocks embroidered with the club’s logo and member names. The majority of members present raised their hands to indicate interest in purchasing a club smock. A communication will be sent to the membership indicating sizing, cost and embroidering information to place the order.
Safety Tip - Robin McIntyre • Robin reminded members to be vigilant when turning. She had received information from another club about a member requiring need for a defibrillator and emergency CPR at a club meeting. She reminded members present that the Center’s defibrillator is located in the hallway between the new and the old buildings. She added that a recent accident on Cape Cod required emergency use of a tourniquet. Dave Arnone asked how many were trained in using a defibrillator, CPR and Stop the Bleed training. Discussion indicated the need for updated training and that there is member interest in these life saving topics.
WIT Update - Robin McIntyre • 4 members met at Jan Casiello’s shop to work on turning pears and apples. The next gathering will be on Saturday, May 3, 8:30 to noon, topic TBA. Everyone is welcome but must RSVP for planning purposes to robinmcintyre@comcast.net.
•Planning is moving forward for the February 2026 exhibit and sale at the Falmouth Art Center. Eleven women members plan on participating.
• The wig stands were featured in the Spring AAW WIT newsletter. The wig stand total now is 2,382 for wig stands delivered across the US and Canada. Another full-page article described our club WIT activities to date in 2025.
Coffee Hour and Facebook • Tom Gerhard reminded members of our other programs and means of communicating together • Facebook- interesting chats and shared pictures • Coffee hour - starts at 9:00 am on the 4th Wednesday of each month •
Blog - located on the Club website. Contact Denis Casaubon to post articles by members.
Show and Tell • Members stated their names and shared their projects.Tom Gerhard thanked members for bringing their turnings to share during Show and Tell
Back Table Supplies and Wood Raffle • Thank you to Clarke Buchanan for bringing the wood for the raffle and running the supply sales on the “back table” with proceeds benefiting club activities.
Closing Respectfully Submitted,
Sandy Arnone
CCW Secretary