Meeting Minutes
Cape Cod Woodturners Monthly Meeting Minutes
March 5, 2025
30 attended in person 21 attended virtually
President’s welcome and greeting to members and guests • Tom Gerhard welcomed 2 visitors in attendance
Demonstration • Dave Arnone introduced Alan Stratton, and his topic: Interactive Virtual Demonstration from his home studio on his techniques for Including a Looped Celtic Knot Pattern into turnings.
• Questions and Answers followed the demonstration. Club members thanked Alan for the demonstration and his work on the Annual Ornament Challenge with a round of applause. Stalwart Presentation
• Tom Gerhard presented Marc Sitkin with his award and read aloud the summary of Marc’s contributions as described on the AAW’s website. Update - Don Chase
• Don Chase identified wood veneer he brought for club members
• Registration for the 2025 AAW Symposium is still open
• Don shared information he recently acquired from viewing Mike Holton’s UK channel on YouTube regarding the use of thermal imaging to determine how hot your wood and wood chips become in the process of turning Programs - Dave Arnone alerted members to an announcement sheet he would send out the following day with information about:
• Member permission to be included in an Open Directory for member use
• Upcoming cut-off for membership renewal
• Two possible public exhibit sites
• Instruction and Mentoring Open Studios as well as an upcoming I and M Academy
• Members are looking for available lathes to upgrade and purchase
• Charlie McCarthy will demonstrate in April on the topic of turning bottle stoppers and designing mandrels
• March 18th - Mid-month turning activity on turning the flat bottomed box Dave also asked for a show of hands regarding the September picnic on Saturday vs Sunday. Sunday had the majority. A similar poll was taken regarding the July meeting with Jim Silva demonstrating, date being July 2 vs July 9. July 2nd had the majority poll. Club Smock Update - Vic Mastro Vic updated club members on his research regarding club smocks that display the club logo. He is collecting information and samples. Approximately 25 members present raised their hands to indicate interest in purchasing a club smock.
WIT Update - Robin McIntyre
• 4 members met on Saturday, Feb 22, at Deb Chapin’s Turn and Embellish to work on a rolling pin. Now everyone will repeat the project at their shop.
• On March 15, Saturday, 8:30 am, WIT will meet at Jan Casiello’s shop to work on apples and pears. Everyone is welcome but must RSVP to robinmcintyre@comcast for planning.
• This month is the second year anniversary of the AAW WIT wig stand initiative. To date, 1,960 wig stands have been delivered In addition, Robin reminded members that she is collecting pictures of completed works utilizing Peter Haney’s wood donations. She is planning a photo collection to be presented to Peter. Coffee Hour and Facebook
• Tom Gerhard reminded members of our other programs and means of communicating Show and Tell
• 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