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Coffee at David Van Geisen’s
May – 2012 On Thursday night eighteen members of Woodturner’s of SW Missouri turned out for a coffee and demonstration at David Van Giesen’s home. That’s a whopping 22% of our club membership! As usual David and Priscilla were great hosts and provided tea, … Continue reading
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Coffee & Blanks with Tom
Tuesday June 19th, 2012, Tom Glynn hosted a coffee shop at his place. He showed us how he cuts his bowl blanks. He started with how he breaks down the tree trunk with his chainsaw and from there he moved … Continue reading
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Road Trip to visit Jack’s
July, 2012 In early July David & Priscilla Van Giesen, Ben & Char Alexander, and Helen & Dan Beeman went to Houston, Mo to visit Jack Watson’s Sawmill and shop. Jack & Kay, along with Bill & Judith Jetton, met … Continue reading
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Welcoming a New Member
On Saturday we had a lathe setup party at the home of one of our newest members, Don Nelson. Don recently joined the club, had one mentoring session, and ran right out and bought a lathe for his wood shop. … Continue reading
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A Visit to John Trainer’s Casa
A Visit to John Trainer’s Casa Helen and I were able to make the road trip to John Trainer’s this afternoon – east of Osceola. [@ 80 miles from north Springfield] Helen was driving so we made the trip [one … Continue reading
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April 27th Meeting
Our regular monthly meeting will be April 27th at the Library Center at 4653 S. Campbell. As we always do, we’ll start to gather at 9:30am and get the official meeting started at 10am. Remember that this month our club challenge is to … Continue reading
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March 23rd Meeting at the Library Center
Our regular monthly meeting will be March 23rd at the Library Center at 4653 S. Campbell. As we always do, we’ll start to gather at 9:30am and get the official meeting started at 10am. March’s demonstration is going to be presented by Dr. … Continue reading
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Feb. 23rd Meeting at the Library Center – Tim Yoder Demonstrator
Our regular monthly meeting will be February 23rd at the Library Center at 4653 S. Campbell. As we always do, we’ll start to gather at 9:30am and get the official meeting started at 10am. This month’s demonstration is going to be … Continue reading
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January 26th Meeting at the Library Center
Well it looks like the Mayan Calendar wasn’t right after all. So, the Woodturners of Southwest Missouri will start off our new year with BANG! There are many great demo’s coming this year as well as events for all to … Continue reading
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November 24th Meeting at Wesley United Methodist Church
Our November meeting will be held at Wesley United Methodist Church at 922 Republic Road, Springfield MO. Remember that this church is located just west of S. Campbell. We will start to gather at 9:30am and the business meeting will start … Continue reading
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