ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- DWC Lotto group IS SET with 16 participants. Draws start Nov 4th!! Paul Kidson
- COURSES: FLATWORK 101 is now FULL, with Noel, Paul, Dale, Wayne. Set for Nov 22 and 29QUIET SHOP those dates – shop reserved for the course!
- WEDNESDAY nights are ‘Turning with Chris’ nights, 6-9 pm. QUIET Shop reserved. Chris to confirm when these nights begin…
- 50-50 draws took place…WINNERS were Steve H, Kade B and Noel G. Congrats you lucky rats!
- treasurer@durhamwoodworkingclub.com )Terry Haight) is who you email to get into the weekly club 50-50 draws. The current round ends on Nov 17th. Collection to be entered into the next draw is now ongoing and money must be paid by Friday Nov 21 The first draw for the new group will be Monday November 24th.
$30 – name entered once on the wheel, $50 – name entered 3 times on the wheel
The collected money will be divided in half with half going to the club and the other half divided by 15 for draws over the next 15 weeks.
- 6. Membership renewal (Terry Haight)
Reminder for members to renew their memberships $80 before December 31st. If they want to be included in an early bird draw for a free membership in 2026 they must have their renewal paid by December 1st.
Money can be sent by etransfer to treasurer@durhamwoodworkingclub.com, (you must indicate in notes what the money is for -ie – 50/50 or membership renewal or both) or by cash to Terry at a meeting, or paid by Visa on the clubs website but that adds an additional fee.
7. The FANTASTIC DWC SWAP NIGHT is coming soon… Nov. 24th right after our usual ‘show and tell’, in the upper room at the club. Bring your unwanted un-needed, extra stuff… to sell, trade, give away, Bring cash to buy some great deals! What can you bring in ?? ANYTHING REMOTELY CONNECTED to Woodworking – Wood, Tools, Fasteners, Glue, Finishes, kits, jigs, hardware, projects… and don’t forget that “One woodworker’s junk is another woodworker’s treasure!”
RECAP OF DWC MEETING NOV 3, 2025
INTRO: Gene H; Safety exits reviewed, Defib unit upstairs.
SHOW AND TELL:
- Gene H. Wooden painted pigs on a stick for the ‘hog-line’ in Lawn Bowling
- Gord T. Elm wood from Parkwood Estate, various grits large sheets sandpaper, free to anyone
- Tom M. Unique shaped firewood pieces, free to a good home!
- Doug R. Various Christmas ornaments, table saw and bandsaw snowflakes, turned ornaments, links to youtube videos on how to: Wooden Snowflakes on a Table Saw , Wood Turning Inside Out Christmas Ornament
- Annie F. Halloween lantern with scroll work, interchangeable inserts for diff holidays.
- Dale C. Update on this years pumpkin carving… see on facebook DWC or Dale Coolidge
- Gene H. Pics from recent European trip – Bucharest, Danube,…
PRESENTATION:
- Business Trip to Mauritania, pictures and interesting info from Aaron A. Tasiast Gold Mine, Kinross Gold Corp.
- BOX BUILDING NIGHTS – with Gene H and Aaron A…IDEA – Promote safe work work skills and help newer woodworkers build skills, learn techniques and consider designs.A team will demo a box build, then the members present on a given night will do group builds in the shop… this may become a regular meeting feature – third Monday of each month?!! Efforts will be made to find wood for this, memory boxes will be made to be donated to local hospitals for families who have lost a loved one. Team leaders will be needed for each month. Gene and Kent will lead the first such event on Monday Nov 17th, Paul K and Doug R will lead the next such event, likely in January. Other members are encouraged to step forward!! Maybe some lathe-loving ww’rs could work on wig stands on those same nights??!
SEE YOU AT our NEXT MEETING, MONDAY NOV 10th in the shop!