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President's Challenge & Show-N-Tell
During our general meetings, members get to show their creations. At the end of the year the president of the club creates a list of 12 turning projects for the coming year that the members can do and bring to the meeting to show. These are called the President's Challenges. People who finish all the challenges for that year are awarded the Ironman award. In addition, members can bring, show and talk briefly about any turning work they have done. These are called Show-N-Tell.
2022 Challenges
JAN
It Came Out Of The Sky
Fantasy Creation inspired by Creedence Clearwater song from 1969.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - It Came Out Of The Sky
You can use this song as inspiration or make up your own story, as long as the first six words are "It Came Out Of The Sky".
FEB
You Better Shop Around
Participants will visit the shops of 2 club members. Shop host will give you some item of material and you will use that item in a turning or make a turning from it. What is given is negotiable. Report ideas from the shop you find useful or inspiring.
You can find the shops of SVW members by going to the page
https://www.svwoodturners.com/shops
There is a phone number below their names on each of those pins in the map. You can call those numbers and arrange to visit their shops.
MAR
Can You Handle It
Make a tool handle. Upgrade one of your existing turning tools. Buy a new tool unhandled and make it yours. (5% discount from D-Way tools for club members)
APR
Bird Bath
Springtime for our Feathered Friends. This one is for the birds.
MAY
Line Exercise
What is Art? Are you an artist? Do you want to be an artist? Do you make Art, or Craft?
If you really want something to happen, you need to get out of its way and let it happen. It is not a bowl we are making. It is a perfect line. We are here to be of service to the line.
Make the line. Change the line. Help the line discover what it wants to be. Keep refining the line until it is Right. If you SEE the line you will know when it is not right.
"No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it's not the same river and he's not the same man."
BE HERE NOW and experience being in the moment of true creation.
JUN
True Grit
Turning made without using sandpaper.
Challenge your ability to cut well. Scraping is OK if you are That Way, but NO sandpaper anywhere. Look for ways to improve your cutting skills.
JUL
School Donation
Special project for school auction.
AUG
Tapering Off
Turn some Morse Tapers on your own and incorporate into your turning methods. Share the best use you have found that employs this idea.
eg: Friction chuck for Lamp pulls, Pen Mandrels, Sphere turning centers, Sanding profiles.
If you did not receive a Morse Taper Jig by Steven Dahout please let me know. I still have a few available, but there are not enough to give everyone a second copy.
- Steve
SEP
On Strike
Turn a Mallet / Striking tool.
Mini Mallet or "Tapper" can be all wood or use other materials as desired.
These can be real Keepers. I still have and use the mallet I made 30 years ago & love it.
- Steve
OCT
On Point
Make a vortex tool from scratch.
*Club has arranged to get 3/8 rod hardened M42 Cobalt HSS from D-way Tools. Make fixed handle or quick change to suit.
NOV
Spinning Tops
A tradition in our club. Make a spinning top. The longest spinning top wins.
DEC
Beads of Courage
Make an uplifting gift for a child.
The Jig Is Up
Useful tool or fixture you have made or invented.
Any shop-made item that is useful for woodturning.
My Favorite
Tool / Method / Wood / Technique / Project
- Share the best of your woodturning world
- This can be a regular topic for every meeting similar to President's Challenges and Show-and-Tell.
One Tool Wonder - The Skew
Make a turning using only a skew chisel.
Sandpaper is OK
No Carbide Insert tools allowed.
Apr 3, 2024
Embelished Bowl
Oct 4, 2023
Apr 5, 2023
Oct 6, 2022
On point
Apr 7, 2022
Bird bath
Oct 7, 2021
Platter
Apr 12, 2021
Box
Oct 12, 2020
Inside out turning
Mar 6, 2024
Spindle Turning
Sep 6, 2023
Mar 1, 2023
Sep 8, 2022
On strike
Mar 3, 2022
Can you handle it
Sep 1, 2021
Multi-material
Mar 4, 2021
Embellishment
Sep 2, 2020
Orthogonal multi-axis*
Feb 7, 2024
Chocolate Display 'Dish"
Aug 2, 2023
Feb 1, 2023
Chocolate box
Aug 4, 2022
Tapering off
Feb 3, 2022
You better shop around (or) use skew
Aug 5, 2021
One tool
Feb 8, 2021
Treen
Aug 10, 2020
Top or ring
Jan 10, 2024
Name Badge or 'Recent' Turning
Jul 5, 2023
Jan 11, 2023
Foot massager
Jul 7, 2022
School donation
Jan 6, 2022
It came out of the sky
Jul 8, 2021
School donation
Jan 6, 2021
4x4x4
Jul 1, 2020
School donation
Dec 6, 2023
Jun 7, 2023
Dec 8, 2022
Beads Of Courage
Jun 2, 2022
True Grit
Dec 2, 2021
Jewelry
Jun 14, 2021
Hollow form
Dec 14, 2020
Fancy finial
Jun 3, 2020
Thin stemmed item
Nov 1, 2023
May 3, 2023
Nov 3, 2022
Spinning tops
May 5, 2022
Line Excercise
Nov 3, 2021
Collaboration
May 5, 2021
Tops / Cup & ball / Yo-yo
Nov 4, 2020
Kitchen utensil**
May 6, 2020
Lidded box
Images of President's Challenges and Show-N-Tell for years 2004 to 2018 can be found in our Chips & Chatter newsletters.
2018
JAN - Turned name badge
FEB - Thin walled bowl
MAR - Lidded box / Peppermill
APR - For the kitchen / not bowl
MAY - Top
JUN - Coloring a turned object
JUL - School donation
AUG - A bowl for aesthetics
SEP - Collaborate / training
OCT - Natural edge bowl / platter
NOV - Calabash
DEC - For the holidays
2015
JAN - One tool
FEB - Rude Osolnik
MAR - Inside / Outside
APR - Winged
MAY - Stemmed organic
JUN - Embellish
JUL - Faceplate w/bead/cove
AUG - Undercut rim
SEP - Twice turned
OCT - Purely sculptural
NOV - Treen
DEC - Holiday Ornament
2012
JAN - Found on a desk
FEB - Cracks or bark, not nat-ege
MAR - Bird house
APR - With finial
MAY - With legs (not glued on)
JUN - Pierced
JUL - Nut dish
AUG - Back to school
SEP - A tray (not a plate or platter)
OCT - Flutted
NOV - For the kitchen
DEC - Holiday purpose
2009
JAN - Handled
FEB - With holes
MAR - Cracked
APR - Treen
MAY - Toy
JUN - Natural edged
JUL - Glued
AUG - Repaired
SEP - Craft item
OCT - Legged
NOV - Not footed
DEC - Seasonal
2006
JAN - Turned name badge
FEB - Under 2 inches
MAR - Treen
APR - With bark
MAY - Top
JUN - Glued
JUL - With stem
AUG - Hollowed
SEP - With lid
OCT - Altered
NOV - With holes
DEC - Gift
2003
JAN - Turned name badge
FEB - Something handled
MAR - Nat. edge or bark inclusions
APR - Craft item
MAY - Spinning top
JUN - Hollow form
JUL - WIth stem
AUG - Glue up
SEP - None (no meeting)
OCT - Open forum
NOV - With holes
DEC - Xmas ornament
2000
JAN - An old thing
FEB - A new turned badge
MAR - Sphere larger than 3"
APR - Something with a stem
MAY - Mushrooms
JUN - A hollow something
JUL - Segmented turning
AUG - Something with a lid
SEP - Something with a hole
OCT - Natural edge turning
NOV - Something with a handle
DEC - Christmas ornament
2017
JAN - Embellishment
FEB - Home made tool or jig
MAR - Use the skew
APR - Segmented / glued up
MAY - Toy or top
JUN - Broken and repaired
JUL - Not wood
AUG - Wearable
SEP - Collaborate / training
OCT - Face or profile
NOV - Multi-axis
DEC - For the holidays
2014
JAN - Mushroom
FEB - Alternate chucking
MAR - Square bowl
APR - Sphere
MAY - Collaborative / teach
JUN - Not wood
JUL - Inlay
AUG - Complimentary pieces
SEP - Helix, spiral or threaded
OCT - Different model lathe
NOV - Lidded box
DEC - For the shop
2011
JAN - Laminated
FEB - Stemmed
MAR - Made from 4"x4"
APR - Egg
MAY - Hollow form
JUN - Not footed (no stands)
JUL - Patriotic
AUG - With handle
SEP - Color it
OCT - Winged
NOV - Lidded
DEC - Serving
2008
JAN - Starts with "J"
FEB - With an "F"
MAR - Starts with "M"
APR - With an "A"
MAY - Starts with "M"
JUN - Starts with a "J"
JUL - Starts with "J"
AUG - Starts with "A"
SEP - Starts with "S"
OCT - Starts with "O"
NOV - Starts with "N"
DEC - Starts with "D"
2005
JAN - Turned name badge
FEB - Flower holder
MAR - Broken / repaired
APR - With bark
MAY - Spinning top
JUN - Craft item
JUL - Colored
AUG - Glue up
SEP - With handle
OCT - Deliberately altered
NOV - Serving (hint: utilitarian)
DEC - Gift
2002
JAN - Natural edge turning
FEB - Craft item
MAR - Something with a handle
APR - Turning between centers
MAY - Spining top
JUN - Hollow form
JUL - Natural edge bowl
AUG - Stemmed turning
SEP - Multi-piece glue up
OCT - Seasonal turning
NOV - Open forum
DEC - Xmas decoration
1999
JAN - Name badge
FEB - Inspired by Merryl's demo
MAR - Weed pot
APR - Spindle turning
MAY - A vase
JUN - Hollow form
JUL - More than 1 type of wood
AUG - A lidded anything
SEP - A functional piece
OCT - Tool handle
NOV - Platter
DEC - Ornament
2016
JAN - Spindle
FEB - Bowl
MAR - Lidded turning
APR - Goblet
MAY - Natural edge
JUN - Top / toy
JUL - Plate / platter
AUG - Hollow form
SEP - Craft item
OCT - Artsy
NOV - Ornament
DEC - Favorite
2013
JAN - Thirteen
FEB - Off-axis
MAR - Two of a kind
APR - Raindrop
MAY - Wearable
JUN - 2 joined and different woods
JUL - Off-center
AUG - Pen, not from a kit
SEP - Whistle, flute, pan pipes, ...
OCT - Inside-out
NOV - Nut, pod or seed
DEC - Miniature
2010
JAN - Plate / platter
FEB - Inclusions
MAR - Using a screw center
APR - Between centers (no chucks)
MAY - Toy (a top is not acceptable)
JUN - Multi-axis
JUL - Textured
AUG - Sculptured
SEP - Faceplate (only)
OCT - Treen
NOV - Collaborated
DEC - Seasonal (not an ornament)
2007
JAN - Starts with "J"
FEB - Starts with "F"
MAR - Starts with "M"
APR - Starts with "A"
MAY - Starts with "M"
JUN - Starts with "J"
JUL - Starts with "J"
AUG - Starts with "A"
SEP - Starts with "S"
OCT - Starts with "O"
NOV - Starts with "N"
DEC - Starts with "D"
2004
JAN - Plate / platter
FEB - Glue up
MAR - With lid
APR - Between centers
MAY - Top
JUN - Something added, not glue
JUL - Colored
AUG - Handled
SEP - Carved or altered
OCT - Seasonal
NOV - Natural edge
DEC - Decoration
2001
JAN - Any reverse turning
FEB - 2" or less turning
MAR - Natural edge turning
APR - Bowl with a lip
MAY - Top or turned toy
JUN - Glue up
JUL - Handled turning
AUG - Hollow form
SEP - Lidded turning
OCT - A bowl
NOV - Turning between centers
DEC - Xmas decoration
1998
JAN - Turned name badge
FEB - None
MAR - None
APR - A plate
MAY - A cup
JUN - A bowl to go with may cup
JUL - Lidded table bowl
AUG - Non-functional artwork
SEP - Spindle turning
OCT - End grain
NOV - Spinning top
DEC - Ornaments