Open Lathe Saturday/Wednesday/Thursday

The KC Woodturners Lathe Room is open three half-days per week, Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday. Volunteers open the clubhouse for Open Lathe, stay available for questions during the open time, then close the clubhouse back up.

The Volunteers are not intended to be trainers. They have their own projects. If you have a complicated project that neither you or the evening Volunteer feel you can safely turn, then you should ask for help on a Saturday morning, when there are more experienced turners available.

The Club requests that all Open Lathe attendees donate a couple dollars per use into the Donation Bowl to help defray costs for our equipment wear and tear.

The club also requests that Open Lathe attendees thoroughly clean their lathe area after use as well as the other tools used, like the bandsaw, drill press, and grinder and empty the trash cans and vacuum cleaners. Please leave the clubhouse lathe room cleaner than you found it. Thank you from your Club.

All members or guests who enter the KC Woodturners Lathe Room to view turning or to use the club equipment must sign a Release and Waiver of Liability and enter emergency contact(s). No Exceptions. If you don’t enter the KC Woodturners Lathe Room you do not need to sign the Waiver. You only need to sign this form once. This Release is to protect your club and is very similar to the KC Woodworkers Guild document. You can print out the form using the link below and bring it with you to the KC Woodturners Lathe Room and deposit it in the wooden bowl on the coffee maker table. Or, you can get a form just inside the Lathe Room and fill it out as you enter the Lathe Room. We will keep an up-to-date listing of people who sign the Release and Waiver of Liability on the bulletin board in the Lathe Room and another up-to-date listing on the KC Woodturners website.

To view or download the KC Woodturners Release and Waiver of Liability: Click Here.
To view the latest KC Woodturners Release and Waiver of Liability listing: Click Here.

Open Lathe Days and Times:

Open every Saturday Morning of the month from 8:30am until Noon.
Open every 1st, 2nd, and 4th Wednesday Evening of the month from 6:00pm until 9:00pm. The 3rd Wednesday is Guild Meeting night.
Open every Thursday Evening of the month from 6:00pm until 9:00pm.

Open Lathe Volunteers:

1st Saturday morning of the month: David Alexander (816-753-1940).
2nd Saturday morning of the month: Shaun McMahon (913-908-0245).
3rd Saturday morning of the month: Jeffrey Bollman (913-210-9300) and Bill Paullo (918-314-2776).
4th Saturday morning of the month: Shaun McMahon (913-908-0245).
5th Saturday morning of the month: Jeffrey Bollman (913-210-9300) and Bill Paullo (918-314-2776).
1st Wednesday evening of the month: Kris Coyan (913-579-9152) and Anthony Harris (913-648-2027).
2nd Wednesday evening of the month: David DeSimone (816-686-3348), Jon Gathright (913-515-8929).
3rd Wednesday evening: NO Open Lathe – KC Woodworkers Guild regular meeting night.
4th Wednesday evening of the month: Kris Coyan (913-579-9152) and Anthony Harris (913-648-2027).
1st Thursday evening of the month: Jerry Lehane (913-707-9103) and Anthony Harris (913-648-2027).
2nd Thursday evening of the month: Jerry Lehane (913-707-9103) and Anthony Harris (913-648-2027).
3rd Thursday evening of the month: Aron Crittendon (417-593-1218) and Don Grimes (913-962-2060).
4th Thursday evening of the month: Kris Coyan (913-579-9152) and Don Grimes (913-962-2060).
5th Thursday evening of the month: Aron Crittendon (417-593-1218) and Don Grimes (913-962-2060).

Lathe Room Special Cleaning Day Tasks:

Empty all trash cans into the dumpster.
Empty all shop vacs into the dumpster and knock the dust off the filters.
Disassemble both air cleaners. Vacuum their inlet and outlet filters. Take the internal cloth filters outside and shake all the dust off and out of them.
Remove any cracked and useless logs and throw in the dumpster or give to a woodturner. Organize wood shelf.
Sweep and vacuum lathe room floor.
Vacuum and dust all lathes. Wipe off the lathe beds, toolrest and tailstock sliding surfaces with Windex. Apply light wax to sliding surfaces, wipe off wax. Check toolrest and tailstock for proper sliding.
Vacuum and dust the drill press and both bandsaws.
Vacuum and clean around both grinders.
Put away all stray tools into proper locations. This means chuck, live centers, brooms, dustpans, brushes, etc. Dust and clean all cabinet surfaces including red tool chest.
Clean off and Windex the break table and coffee table.

We meet on the 2nd Monday of each month @7:00 at:
1717 Washington Street,
Kansas City MO, 64108
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MEETINGS and COVID-19:
The City of KCMO mask mandate for meetings is no longer in effect. You may still wear a mask if you like. We will also continue to Zoom the meeting to those members that don't feel comfortable at an in-person meeting or just can't attend the meeting in person. The Zoom details will be emailed to members the week before the meeting.

May 13th Regular Meeting.
KC Woodturner member Matthew Nowak is going to talk about wood identification.

May 13th Challenge:
Make a set of chopsticks. See how it's done by reviewing Anthony Harris' demo on YouTube.

Please remember to pick up your 2024 KCWT Membership Card at any Woodturners regular meeting or any time the clubhouse is open (see Guild schedule). The metal card file box is beside the Guild membership card file box on the walnut counter at the clubhouse entry way. When you pay your 2024 dues, your new 2024 KCWT Membership Card will be in the metal card file box. Current membership cards give members 10% off non-electrical items at Woodcraft, Metro Hardwoods, Schutte Lumber, Rockler, Penn State, and Klingspor. This 10% off is a great member benefit. Many members use this benefit to pay for their dues many times over.

FUTURE MEETING DEMOS:
At some future meeting, KC Woodturner Mike Thomas is going to demonstrate how to turn a police baton. Mike was approached by a Kansas City Kansas policeman about making him a baton to replace the one he lost. It turns out that the KC Woodturners might be turning batons for all the KCKPD graduating new recruits. Also, KC Woodturner Kevin Neelley will show how to use story boards for simplifying turning these batons.

OPEN TURNING:
Open Turning has started again on Wednesday and Thursday evenings 6:00pm to 9:00pm and on Saturday mornings 8:30am-noon. All eight lathes are available for use. You can always drop by and talk about a project. Anthony Harris will be the shop Opener on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

Electricians are still installing wiring and lighting. Watch this space for new information.

FUTURE EVENTS:
Starting April 5, 2024. First Fridays at the Crossroads:
There will be seven First Fridays from April until October 2024, the first Friday of every month, at the Crossroads District in KCMO. View the Crossroads website: Click Here.

The KC Woodturners as well as the KC Woodworkers Guild will sell things at this event in the new clubhouse, not on the street. Paid members can also sell things, we are just not sure how at this time. The Guild will charge a 20% fee on everything sold to pay for the First Fridays Assn. entry fee.
View the club's First Fridays email to the members: Click Here.

Starting April 13, 2024. Basic Bowl Turning Class:
Taught by professional woodturner Anthony Harris. This 12-hour class will be held (split) into three 4-hour sessions on 4/13, 4/14, and 4/20 (Sat, Sun, Sat) from 12:30pm-4:30pm and will cost $175.00 per person. The class is limited to 8 students. This class is now full.
To view the class description: Click Here.

Open Lathe Saturday/Wednesday/Thursday

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