St. Louis Woodturners ~ Programs
1993
Pres. Ken Schaefer, VP Dave Skinner, Sec.Tres. Virginia Toone
(newsletters by Ken Schaefer)
01/04/93 Bob Schmitz – green wood bowl by face plate and jam chuck
Fletcher Hartline – green wood bowl by roughing between centers, leaving
plug on bottom, then holding plug w/nova chuck
Tom Hutchinson – maker of HUT finish; how to use it & turning of wooden
barrels for pens
Five lathes going for hands-on
03/28/93 Herb Bilgram – use of Ring Master w/segmented bowls
Gary Johnson – segmented and decorated bowls
04/25/93 Fletcher Hartline – mushrooms from green wood
05/23/93 Ewald Altmann & Ken Schaefer – bracelets and napkin rings. Three methods:
8 pieces glued, segmented G.Johnson style, and continuous strips.
06/25/93 Bob Schmitz & Ewald Altmann – small turnings w/hands-on
John Buehrer – making straight and bent tools w/ machine tool bits
07/25/93 Bob Schmitz, Dave Skinner & Ken Schaefer – inside-out turnings
08/22/93 Fletcher Hartline – shear scraping
09/26/93 Binh Pho – collector’s kaleidoscopes
10/24/93 Tom Tyler – chatter work
11/28/93 Mike Lach, Ewald Altmann & Ken Schaefer – Christmas ornaments
12/11/93 Alan Lacer Seminar
St. Louis Woodturners ~ Programs
1994
Pres. Dave Skinner, VP Gary Johnson, Sec.Tres. Virginia Toone
(newsletters by Dave Skinner)
01/23/94 hands-on making of a hook tool
02/27/94 Gary Johnson & Fletcher Hartline—sharpening and using the hook tool
03/27/94 Woodworking Unlimited (Shopsmith) Store—Ken Schaefer, Fletcher Hartline,
Bob Schmitz & Dave Skinner instructing basic spindle woodturning
04/24/94 Fletcher Hartline—multi-centered turning
Binh Pho—French polishing
05/22/94 Ken Schaefer—vacuum chucking
Ethan Schumann—thread cutting
Gary Johnson—bolo ties
06/26/94 Ken Schaefer & Bob Schmitz—tops and chatterwork
07/24/94 Gary Johnson—report on AAW Symposium
Tom Tyler—report on Challenge Five
Fletcher Hartline—use of a strobe light in turning
08/28/94 Dave Skinner—small lidded boxes & tagua nuts
09/24/94 Gallery Show at Woodcraft with demo turning
09/25/94
10/23/94 Dave Skinner—Christmas ornaments, then hands-on
11/27/94 Hans Neumann—face plate turning a plate
Fletcher Hartline—bowl turning
then hands-on
St. Louis Woodturners ~ Programs
1995
Pres. Gary Johnson, VP Dave Wahl, Sec.Tres. Virginia Toone
(newsletters by Virginia Toone)
01/22/95 Fletcher Hartline—tool sharpening
02/26/95 Small turnings on small lathes—Carba Tec & Klein hands-on
Dave Skinner—tagua nut turning
03/26/95 Herb Bilgram & Gary Johnson—segmented turning
04/23/95 Dave Wahl & Binh Pho—photographing your work
Fletcher Hartline—one on one instruction for beginning turners
06/04/95 Harold Thornburg—metal spinning
06/25/95 Fletcher Hartline—turning spheres
07/23/95 Ken Schaefer—turning goblets
08/27/95 Dave Wahl—hollowing hints of David Ellsworth’s technique
two lathes for hands-on
09/–/95 1st Joy of Turning: Alan Lacer, Bonnie Klein, Clay Foster & J. Paul Fennel
10/22/95 Dave Skinner & Gary Johnson—Christmas ornaments
11/26/95 Fletcher Hartline – turning green wood
St. Louis Woodturners ~ Programs
1996
Pres. Dave Wahl, VP Gary Johnson, Sec.Tres. Virginia Toone till 4/96, then Jim Wulfers
Newsletter Editor Chuck Dombek
01/28/96 Binh Pho – coloring wood
02/25/96 Dean Hooks – hollow turning w/homemade tools
Elaine Navarro – duplicating pieces for a chess set
03/24/96 Bob Schmitz – segmented hot air balloons & segmented bracelets
04/28/96 Gary Johnson – laminated, segmented, stacked ring construction for producing
bowls & hollow forms
05/19/96 Fletcher Hartline, Binh Pho, Randy Glasco – contemporary teapots (from a
Michael Hosaluk Arrowmont class)
06/23/96 Hans Neumann – plates & wine bottle stoppers
07/28/96 Provo Conference, National Conference & Arrowmont information
08/25/96 John Buehrer – open bowls with the David Ellsworth grind
09/14/96 2nd Joy of Turning Symposium: David Ellsworth, Allen Stirt, Bonnie Klein,
Todd Hoyer, Fletcher Hartline
10/27/96 reverse chucking
11/22/96 Fletcher Hartline – spindle shear scraping
St. Louis Woodturners ~ Programs
1997
Pres. Fletcher Hartline, VP Dean Hooks, Sec.Tres. Jim Wulfers
Corresponding Sec. Dave Wahl
Newsletter Editor Chuck Dombek
01/26/97 Fletcher Hartline & Randy Glasco—shear scraping on spindle; hands-on
02/–/97 Fletcher Hartline & Randy Glasco—shear scraping on bowls; hands-on
03/–/97 Fletcher Hartline – hand finishing lacquer w/hands-on
04/27/97 John Buehrer – types and grinds of roughing and spindle gouges
05/25/97 Elaine Navarro & Ken Schaefer – long stemmed flowers w/green wood
06/–/97 Gary Johnson – segmented bowls and reversible hollow forms
Dave Wahl – reverse chucking bowls with inside/outside jams
07/27/97 Herb Bilgram – inside-outside turnings
Demo on skews
08/24/97 Dave Wahl—cup turning
Dean Hooks—(special presentation)
09/13/97 3rd Joy of Turning Symposium: Michael Hosaluk, John Jordan, Johannes
Michelson, Betty Scarpino, Leonard Hartline
10/26/97 Dixi Smith – spiral candlesticks
Dave Wahl – Raffan technique of hollowing an egg cup w/ spindle gouge
11/23/97 Fletcher Hartline – multi-axis turning, triangular shapes using shims and
beginners session of spindle turning
St. Louis Woodturners ~ Programs
1998
Pres. John Buehrer, VP Gary Johnson, Sec.Tres. Jim Wulfers
Newsletter Editor Gary Johnson
01/25/98 Jim Bliss – hollow turned Christmas ornaments w/ longitudinal slots in walls
02/22/98 Ernie Guhl – turning miniature
John Buehrer and Joe Emons – bowl gouge sharpening
03/22/98 Ken Schaefer & Bob Schmitz – hands-on session for door stops
04/26/98 John Buehrer – turning a natural edge bowl
05/17/98 buy, sell, swap session
06/28/98 Hans Neumann – bottle stoppers & reverse turning bowl bottoms
07/26/98 Binh Pho – Raffin turned boxes
08/23/98 Fletcher Hartline – turning tool handles
Steve Levit – polish w/ a mirror finish
09/26/98 Joy of Turning: Dave Hout
10/25/98 Joe Emons, Fletcher Hartline, John Buehrer, Gary Johnson & Mario Vitale
hollowing tools
11/22/98 John Heatherington – photographing your work
St. Louis Woodturners ~ Programs
1999
Pres. John Buehrer, VP Gary Johnson, Sec.Tres. Jim Wulfers
Newsletter Editor Gary Johnson
01/24/99 Ken Schaefer – thin turning
02/28/99 hands-on top turning
03/21/99 Ray Key Day of Woodturning
04/25/99 AAW Collaborative bird cage workshop
05/23/99 End grain turning
06/–/99 Ken Schaefer – duplicate turnings; mosquito houses
07/25/99 Gary Johnson – open segmented vessels
08/22/99 Bill Hammann & John Buehrer – Woodcut Bowl Saver, Stewart System Slicer,
McNaughton center saving system
09/26/99 Bill Rubenstein – discourse on exotic woods
10/24/99 Craig Lossing Demonstration
11/28/99 Fletcher Hartline – turning a long spindle and duplicating spindles
St. Louis Woodturners ~ Programs
2000
Pres. Bill Rubenstein, VP Mario Vitale, Tres. Jim Wulfers, Sec. Elaine Navarro
Newsletter Editor Gary Johnson
Conference Coordinator John Buehrer
01/23/00 Mario Vitale – turning a desk clock
02/27/00 Bill Rubenstein – turning mallets
03/26/00 Binh Pho – thin turning and piercing
04/30/00 Rara Avis Schaeferii – a party to honor our club founder, Ken Schaefer,
plus a hands-on egg turning fest
05/20/00 Richard Raffan JOT 2000
06/25/00 Roger Branson – chain saw operation
07/23/00 Andy & Allie Seckinger – seam rippers
08/27/00 Fletcher Hartline – using found wood
09/23/00 Vic Wood JOT 2000
10/22/00 Binh Pho – metal leaf gilding
11/26/00 John Buehrer – hollow ball X-mas ornaments
St. Louis Woodturners ~ Programs
2001
Pres. Bill Rubenstein, VP Mario Vitale, Sec.Tres. Elaine Navarro
Newsletter Editor Gary Johnson
Conference Coordinator John Buehrer
01/28/01 Mario Vitale – bottle stoppers
02/25/01 Bill Rubenstein – hands-on tool handles
03/03/01 Han Weissflog – JOT 2001
03/25/01 Fletcher Hartline – back to basics
04/22/01 John Buehrer – chucking methods
05/27/01 Joe Emons – laser pointer turning
06/24/01 Hands-on basics
07/22/01 Bill Rubenstein – safety & end grain boring
08/26/01 New Delta lathe demo & Oryoki set request
09/23/01 Marion Rood – pens & whistles
10/28/01 Fred Tolley – Xmas ornaments
12/02/01 Ernie Guhl – hands-on turning tops, year end party
St. Louis Woodturners ~ Programs
2002
Pres. Mario Vitale, VP Gary Johnson, Sec.Tres. Elaine Navarro
Newsletter Editor Marion Rood
Conference Coordinator John Buehrer
01/20/02 Mike Mahoney JOT 2002
02/24/02 Mario Vitale—copper inlay
03/24/02 Ray Koenemann—coloring wood
04/28/02 Fletcher Hartline—woodturning basics
05/26/02 Marion Rood—vacuum chucking
06/23/02 Roger Branson—how to cut found wood
07/28/02 John Buehrer—the skew
08/25/02 Gary Johnson—segmented turning
09/22/02 hands-on basic tool handling at four lathes guided by
Mario Vitale, Ernie Guhl, Bill Rubenstein & John Buehrer
10/27/02 Mario Vitale—Christmas ornaments: hollow sphere & inside/outside turning
11/24/02 Dave Endres—Bottle stoppers
St. Louis Woodturners ~ Programs
2003
Pres. Mario Vitale, VP Dixi Smith, Sec.Tres. Elaine Navarro
Newsletter Editor Kyle Nolan
Conference Coordinator John Buehrer
01/26/03 Rawlings Sporting Goods—baseball bats
02/23/03 Ray Koeneman—colors & airbrush
03/23/03 John Buehrer—beginners techniques
04/28/03 Ernie Guhl—miniature turning
05/18/03 Mario Vitale—turning a natural edge bowl
(Sec. Bill Farny, Treasurer Stan King, Newsletter Editor Elaine Navarro)
06/22/03 Bill Rubenstein—tool and chuck making
07/27/03 Gary Johnson & Dave Endres—hands on top making/spinning contest