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January Demonstrator: Don Johnston Don Johnston is a talented turner and teacher with many years of experience passing on his knowledge of turning. Don will be demonstrating turning wooden platters for our members at the January Meeting. This meeting will be held in person with an option for hybrid zoom meeting. If you are not a member of Windy City Woodturners you are welcome to visit our club meeting to view this outstanding demonstrator. If you cannot attend in person, please complete the Contact us form to receive the zoom link for the meeting prior to January 17th. February Demonstrator: Nathan Wick & Bruce Metzdorf Nathan Wick serves as club Vice President and is an up and coming turner and demonstrator. In his day job, Nate works for a local park district which gave him advanced training in Chainsaw Safety, the topic of our February demonstration. Nate will walk us through all aspects of handling the chainsaw safely just in time for your spring restocking of local "road kill". Don't miss this one! Bruce Metzdorf is a long time club member, an excellent communicator and teacher and he turns too! After learning how to safely use your chainsaw to cut up bowl blanks from Nate, Bruce will share with us how he uses DNA to help dry all the roughed out bowl blanks you will be making. This will be the perfect pairing of demonstrations to get your spring turning jump started. Don't miss the February meeting! This meeting will be held in person with an option for hybrid zoom meeting. If you are not a member of Windy City Woodturners you are welcome to visit our club meeting to view this outstanding demonstrator. If you cannot attend in person, please complete the Contact us form to receive the zoom link for the meeting prior to February 21st. March Demonstrator: Dick Sing "Father Sing" will once again bring his years of turning experience to our meeting as our March demonstrator. Fifty-nine years of Tips / Tricks /Tools is the title of Dick's presentation. As a turner, demonstrator, teacher and author Dick has demonstrated for clubs, regional symposia, national and international symposia. His teaching and demonstrating style is interactive laced with humor and so many tips and tricks to make your turning life just that much simpler. He has demonstrated for years and has perfected the art of teaching to include things for everyone in the audience. If this is the only demo you see this year, you will not be disappointed! This meeting will be held in person with an option for hybrid zoom meeting. If you are not a member of Windy City Woodturners you are welcome to visit our club meeting to view this outstanding demonstrator. If you cannot attend in person, please complete the Contact us form to receive the zoom link for the meeting prior to March 20th. April Demonstrator: Al Miotke Come join us at the April meeting as our guest demonstrator Al Miotke presents: "Finishing your turning like a Pro", an overview of finishing techniques designed to offer a basic understanding of the steps to take to achieve a professional finish no matter what finish you use. An award winning artist, current president of the Segmented Woodturners, co-chair of Turn On! Chicago symposium, and past president of the Chicago Woodturners, National, Regional and local demonstrator, Al will once again demonstrate for WCWT this month. Al will share the lessons he has learned through years of experience. If you have had any challenges finishing your work, this demo is for you! This meeting will be held in person with an option for hybrid zoom meeting. If you are not a member of Windy City Woodturners you are welcome to visit our club meeting to view this outstanding demonstrator. If you cannot attend in person, please complete the Contact us form to receive the zoom link for the meeting prior to April 17 May Demonstrator: John Underhill John Underhill has been called the foremost authority on all things resin casting. In response to requests from our members, John returns to WCWT to share some of his 15+ years experience working with stabilization of wood for use in his casting work. This demonstration will walk us through the equipment and supplies needed, the stabilizing process and things that you may not know you needed to know to have a successful experience at home when attempting to stabilize something before casting in resin or maybe you want to actually use that perfectly spalted, but currently unusable, (very punky) piece of wood. Come and see why some believe stabilization is the answer! To quote club president Mark Dreyer, "While John is most known for his prowess in the world of pen blank casting - his toolbox of talent is worth any time you can spend with him." This meeting will be held in person with an option for hybrid zoom meeting. If you are not a member of Windy City Woodturners you are welcome to visit our club meeting to view this outstanding demonstrator. If you cannot attend in person, please complete the Contact us form to receive the zoom link for the meeting prior to May 15th. June Demonstrator: Rich Nye WCWT member and artist Rich Nye will be demonstrating embellishment techniques at our June meeting. Rich is known for the way he uses embellishment to create one of a kind art pieces. As an artist and a lifetime learner, Rich has taken classes around the world learning from the masters one on one. Each technique learned is a new arrow in his quiver of artistic tools to enhance his turnings. Rich has demonstrated for WCWT many times and each time he inspires us with a very well presented demo. This meeting will be held in person with an option for hybrid zoom meeting. If you are not a member of Windy City Woodturners you are welcome to visit our club meeting to view this outstanding demonstrator. If you cannot attend in person, please complete the Contact us form to receive the zoom link for the meeting prior to June 15th. July Demonstrator: Kurt Wolf-Klammer Kurt Wolf-Klammer is a member of the Chicago Woodturners and demonstrates for local clubs and regional symposia. This is his third demonstration for Windy City Woodturners. A teacher by trade, Kurt is highly skilled at communicating proper technique while putting on a very entertaining project presentation. Kurt is known for his delicate finials and jewelry along with other small projects. He has written articles for the American Woodturner. This evening Kurt's presentation is on how to start hollow forms / tools needed. This meeting will be held in person with an option for hybrid zoom meeting. If you are not a member of Windy City Woodturners you are welcome to visit our club meeting to view this outstanding demonstrator. If you cannot attend in person, please complete the Contact us form to receive the zoom link for the meeting prior to July 15th. August Demonstrator: Paul Pyrcik Tonight's demonstration is titled "Quick Turns" and will be presented by one of the founding members and past president of WCWT Paul Pyrcik. Paul has demonstrated for local clubs for years and this year he presented at the Midwest Penturners Gathering in April. Paul is eager to share his tips of the trade for items that he has found to be excellent sellers at the Fox Valley Gallery of Wood Art. Bring your questions and your note pad because Paul has plenty to share! This meeting will be held in person with an option for hybrid zoom meeting. If you are not a member of Windy City Woodturners you are welcome to visit our club meeting to view this outstanding demonstrator. If you cannot attend in person, please complete the Contact us form to receive the zoom link for the meeting prior to August 15th. September - Annual Club Garage Sale / Fund Raiser to start the evening with plenty of Cool Tools, Wood and Accessories! (NO ZOOM TONIGHT) New this year - directly following the garage sale, we will move inside for a series of mini demos by various club members - more info TBA NO zoom meeting tonight. This meeting will be held in the parking lot (weather permitting) or inside for inclement weather. All club members and guests are encouraged to bring something to sell and cash to buy from the Annual Garage Sale! This is your chance to pass on any items that may no longer be needed (by you). You know, that cool tool you just had to have 2-20 years ago that is still in it's original packaging... Time to sell it and pick up another cool tool! The Garage sale is a club fund raiser. We ask 10% of all sales be donated back to the club. (We don't police this, it is on the honor system). Bring your own table or sell out of your vehicle. Anything that you bring must leave with you (or the buyer). No exceptions! If you are not a member of Windy City Woodturners you are welcome to attend this sale. October Demonstrator: Bill Witt (Nominations for 2025 club officers this evening) Have you ever turned an inside out ornament? If not, be sure to attend tonight's meeting! Club member Bill Witt will share all the in's and out's of this type of ornament turning. Bill has been turning inside out ornaments for a couple years now and he has agreed to share some tips and tricks with his fellow club members. This meeting will be held in person with an option for hybrid zoom meeting. If you are not a member of Windy City Woodturners you are welcome to visit our club meeting to view this outstanding demonstrator. If you cannot attend in person, please complete the Contact us form to receive the zoom link for the meeting prior to October 15th. November Demonstrator: Jeff Hart (Election of 2025 WCWT officers this evening) By popular demand, tonight's demonstration will cover casting and turning orbs. Jeff Hart will share his knowledge with club members and by the time he's done, you should have an excellent understanding on how to cast and turn orbs! This meeting will be held in person with an option for hybrid zoom meeting. If you are not a member of Windy City Woodturners you are welcome to visit our club meeting to view this outstanding demonstrator. If you cannot attend in person, please complete the Contact us form to receive the zoom link for the meeting prior to November 15th. Annual Holiday Party - Location TBD (NO DEMONSTRATION - NO ZOOM) This party is open to club members and spouses as we enjoy an evening of comradery, food and fun festivities. |