Newsletter October 2020 BAYSIDE WOODTURNERS & WOODCRAFTERS CLUB INC. 15 Harman Street, Manly QLD 4179 Website: www.baysidewoodturners.com Email: [email protected] Bayside Woodturners and Woodcrafters Club banking details: BSB: 06 4142 Account: 0090 3158 PATRON Joan Pease MP Member for Lytton POSITION NAME PHONE EMAIL President John Ford 0421055387 [email protected] Vice-President Chris Young 0421660615 [email protected] Secretary Brian Enchelmaier 0427699383 [email protected] Assistant Secretary Clara Adams 0449508337 [email protected] Treasurer Mark Johnson 0410504302 [email protected] Assistant Treasurer Bill Sedgwick 0413960396 [email protected] COMMITTEE MEMBER Beryl Diamond 0428322670 [email protected] Charles Bate 0407021306 [email protected] Maurice Page 0439750933 [email protected] John Piddick 0438646555 [email protected] David Praeger 0411843627 [email protected] Gary Field 0447157737 [email protected] Evan Lloyd 0432209777 [email protected] Wayne Skyring 0409016906 [email protected] Graham Weir 0413054312 [email protected] 1 CLUB MEMBERSHIP FOR 2021 st To Be Paid By 31 December 2020 Single: $35 Family: $45 Country Member: $10 Club Joining fee: $5 PLEASE BE PROMPT IN PAYING Fees can be paid by direct deposit to the banking details noted above or by cash President’s Report Greetings Woodies I hope you and your families are staying well. I would like to thank all members for their support and adherence to the COVID-19 entry and sanitising requirements. We still have way to go before a vaccine is available, so please keep up the good work. Welcome to our new Club members. If you see some unfamiliar faces around, introduce yourself. I know you will all take the time to bring them into the Woodies fold and share your knowledge and mateship. The Learner Turners are coming to the end of their lathe sessions. Wally and Rob have been rotating them through and honing their turning skills while Graham has been grinding the point home on which end of the stick to sharpen. Looking forward to seeing their work on display at future Show and Tell sessions. The Bunnings sausage sizzle is on Sunday 1st November. Many thanks to all for volunteering to assist on the day. Bill says, “Please remember to put the onions on the bread under the sausage”. (It’s a good job we are not cooking eggs!) The BBQ breakfast and woodwork show last Wednesday was a great success with more than seventy attending. There were more than forty pieces on display from all facets of our craft. A slouching young gentleman in a sailor suit was a standout. We held a turning demonstration at the Anglicare retirement home earlier this month – thanks to Bill for his work on this. This was very successful and as a result we will be conducting another demo, this time on box making. Residents will be encouraged to participate on the day, either by decorating pre-assembled boxes or assembling box kits themselves. The benches are set up and ready to go and new equipment has started arriving from the grant funds. This equipment will require some installation/placement and we will also need to put together some training sessions. We will keep you posted on these. The new lathes will be another couple of weeks away. 2 The old wood shed will be taken down this Wednesday. The replacement shed will be a few weeks away so wood storage in the main shed may become a little congested in the meantime. Please take extra care when selecting that special piece. Just a reminder, Club membership fees are due by 31st December. Please note the increase in fees to $35.00 annually. Remember your mates, if you haven’t heard from them for a while, maybe give them a call to catch up. You never know the good gossip you could share. That’s all for now - keep making chips. John F. Lookin’ Up Yer Dates 1st November – Bunnings Sausage Sizzle – help required to man the stall - so please add your name to the roster sheet on the notice board in the club. 4th November – Club Challenge Group to meet – open to all members 14th November - Redcliffe and District Woodcraft Society Inc. Open Day 8am – 2 pm 27th - 28th November – tentative date - Brisbane Timber, Tools & Artisan Show – confirmation of date & further information as it comes to hand Demonstrations When the club recommences:- In-house demos will be scheduled for the first Wednesday of the month prior to the meeting. They will start at 8.30am and during the demonstration period no work will be undertaken by club members with any machinery. There will be no show and tell for that Wednesday morning which is only one day of the month. Demos by outside demonstrators will be as usual on Saturday morning. When there is a guest demonstration there will be no Wednesday demo. Remember: You can get DVD copies of all demos for $2 a copy - see Rob McGregor. Regular Meetings 1st In-house 8.30am Demo by Club members NO show & tell at the Wednesday demos club meeting that follows of month Club show and 10am to 12 noon Sharing of wit and wisdom, knowledge and Wednesday tell and experience, techniques and tips Shed open from 9am All contributions welcome. each week meeting 3rd Breakfast & Novice & Open section No show and tell contribution today. Wednesday Club Competition Entries to be benched before 9:30. of Month competition 3 Tuition - Free to Members Monday PYROGRAPHY 7.00pm – 9.00 Instruction and self paced projects pm 1st Monday of month ADVANCED WOOD TURNING group 8am & SCULPTORS Tues evening CARVING 6 pm till 9 pm every week and From beginner to advanced 1st Monday of month 9am – 5 pm Wednesday arvo TURNING INSTRUCTION 12:30 till 3 pm every week Teachers / mentors for all skill levels 2nd Saturday MACHINERY GROUP 8:30 till 12:00 Hands on use of all workshop equipment in making projects Thursday after the MACHINERY GROUP 8:30 till 12:00 second Saturday Hands on use of all workshop equipment in making Sometimes 2nd projects sometimes 3rd Thursday every week CLOCK MAKING GROUP 2 pm till 4 pm 3rd Saturday SCROLL SAW & INTARSIA 8:30 till 11.30 Come and learn the tips and tricks Saturday General Access to Club Facilities You must be a member There must be two Club Members in attendance and both must be accredited on the machines. 1st Saturday of month if no club demo AVAILABLABILITY FOR GENERAL ACCESS 3rd & 4th Saturday of month Contact the Shed Captain rostered for the day to express your intention in attending Club Equipment, Training & Safety Due to Corona Virus Please consider you fellow club mates DO NOT attend club meetings or work groups if you are Experiencing ANY signs of a cough, cold or Flu like symptoms. Complete the ’’CLUB ENTRY AUTHORITY – COVID-19’’ form and hand it to the Session/Shed Captain BEFORE entry into the shed. Turn all machines off at the wall, clean & tidy up when finished using them. ABIDE STRICTLY BY THE RULES 4 Articles of Interest Recent Club Breakfast with an impressive display of projects completed by members. This picture shows only a few of the many members who attended the recent Club Brekky. Many of the members were checking out the impressive display of projects completed by other club members. Photos of these can be seen in the gallery at the end of this newsletter. A big thank you must go to to all those who helped make this event such a wonderful time where members could catch up and chat. Everyone is looking forward to then next one. Cleaning up after your Club Group meets How disappointing it has been to frequently note that there is a group not cleaning up after themselves. When you have finished for the day, your GROUP MUST CLEAN the entire area by, cleaning all equipment and stowing it away correctly, vacuuming and sweeping the floor, emptying the bins, and leaving the area clean and tidy. THIS IS A MANDATORY CONDITION OF USING THE CLUB FACILITIES. PLEASE STRICTLY ABIDE BY THEM. OPEN DAY INVITATION Redcliffe and District Woodcraft Society Inc. is having an Open Day on Saturday 14 November 2020. Your members are cordially invited to attend. Woodcraft demonstrations will be conducted during the day. Sa les of woodcraft items made by Club members Display of entries and prize winners in the Club’s For further information contact Kerry Cameron Annual Competition Disp osa l of surplus tools, equipment and timber Tel: 33250116 Sausage sizzle Location: Woodcraft Centre 463 Oxley Avenue Redcliffe Date: Saturday 14 November 2020 Time: 8.00am to 2.00pm 5 A message from ‘’On High’’ about caring for club equipment and supplies READINGS FROM THE BOOK OF IDIOTS Chapter One Verse I to IV And verily, it came to pass, that things at the temple of Bayside were not as they should be. One of the disciples was toiling away to make some play things for the children at the nearby kindergarten. There were a number of blocks of wood constructed for their amusement. Alas, others thought their needs more pressing and removed several of the blocks for their own purposes. Oh ye of little faith. Lesson No 1 The timber for sale and use by the multitude is at the rear of the temple. Do not assume that things left inside are to be shared among you and are yours for the taking. The makers of boxes are also the victims of disappearing supplies. It also came to pass that in the hall dedicated to the followers of turning, another sin was committed.