Creation of an Urn for Bill Zerby
Shortly after founding member, Bill Zerby, passed, his daughter, Rachael contacted me to request that I, or someone else in the club, create an urn to house Bill’s cremated remains until they can organize a trip to Lake Superior when he wished to be scattered. As I was not the only club member that Bill impacted, I inquired at the May meeting whether other members would like to participate in the creation of Bill’s urn. Several members indicated that they wished to participate…
JCH April Hands-on Turning Event: Carving and Pyrography
The April monthly, informal, hands-on meeting at JCH, will be April 11th, 2026 at JCH (4210 Hawkins NE), at the usual time (setup at 9:00 AM, official start at 10:00 AM).
We will incorporate the techniques Tom Durgin and Larry Linford showed us at the April demo…
JCH May Turning Event: Pens for Troops Turn-a-thon
The May 9th JCH turning event will be a Pens for Troops Turn-a-thon. The current plan is to have a significant number of “ready to turn” blanks (sized, drilled, tubed, and trimmed) for rapid pen production. And for those who would like to learn or practice the entire process of turning a pen from a piece of raw wood…
JCH Turning Event: Lathe Maintenance and Safety
For the March monthly “informal hands-on” at JCH, we’ll jump the gun! This will be Saturday February 28, 2026 (close enough to March) at JCH (4210 Hawkins NE), usual time (setup at 9:00 AM, official start at 10:00 AM).
We will use the six club demonstration lathes and accessories kits…
JCH Turning Event: Making Apples
For the second JCH turning event, Scott Kershaw demonstrated and tutored the process of turning a small spindle blank into a near-realistic apple, short of adding the red/yellow/green color.
NM State Fair Demonstrations
As in previous years, our display and demonstrations will be in the Creative Arts Building. Entries will be accepted on Friday August 22 and Saturday August 23 9:00 am to 5:00 pm both days…
Skills Development Class
For three Saturday afternoons in August, seven NMWT members spent the learning turning techniques from professional woodturner, Michael Mocho. The classes were held at DendroTechnology in Corrales. Michael has been a professional woodworker for over 50 years and has extensive teaching and demonstrating credits as well as being an active member of NMWT and AAW…
Alligator Juniper Collecting Trip
At the last meeting I made an announcement that I had located some dead-standing alligator juniper trees in a burned area in the San Mateo Mts. South of Socorro and asked if anyone would like to help cut and collect some of it for the club as well as for personal use…