Bucks offers a one-year Furniture and Cabinetmaking certificate program and a two-year Associates Degree granting Fine Woodworking Transfer program.

The following two opportunities were published in the October issue of American Woodturner. We regret this information was not available in the September Chapter Bulletin.

We are now less than a year away from the first ever Mid Atlantic Woodturning Symposium.  You are probably aware that we have our demonstrators and the facility lined up, and we are currently working to line up vendors for the trade show and prepare audio video equipment.

Here is the latest news from the AAW on Women in Turning, Member Services, the 102 Year-Old Turner, the 2016 Symposium, and more. Do you recognize anyone in the photo?

If you missed the meeting, here are some pictures of the great work that was presented by our members.

Bucks Woodturners participated in the Village Renaissance Faire on September 19 and 20th. The Faire provided an opportunity for members to display and sell their work, and interact with the  community to show what wood turning is all about.

This demonstration was an opportunity that came along at the last minute. Thanks to the hospitality of Matt Overton and Mike Kehs, Dick had a nice place to rest his head and a beautiful shop to demonstrate in.

The May meeting was certainly the place to see how much fun a Hands-On-Workshop could be.  In past years, HOWs would be held at member's workshops as an opportunity for newer members to get some one-on-one instruction in some aspect of turning. This year, the club extended the season, and included something new- the mini-HOW.

Barry Gross stopped by our April Meeting and gave us a great demonstration on how to stabilize wood and then use those pieces to make an elegant bangle.

Here's a look at what our members have been up to. If you made the meeting you would have seen what came out of some HOW classes, Mike Keh's Bitter Tea, a magnificent burl turned by Nate Favors, Bryan Richardson's latest inlay...

At our February meeting Bob Rosand demonstrated an elegant box that his friend Ed Moore showed him some time ago.

I recently met Bryan Lane who has just opened a sawmill/millwork business.

With this Chapter Bulletin, we are providing you with an issue of our signature digital publication, Woodturning FUNdamentals. Normally available to AAW members only, we encourage you to distribute this publication to all chapter members regardless of their AAW membership status. Woodturning FUNdamentals is released in alternative months to our American Woodturner journal. By sharing this publication with your entire chapter membership, we hope to illustrate one additional benefit of AAW membership.

I am writing this email as a request to help volunteer with the AAW International  Woodturning Show Pittsburgh which is from June 24th -28th, 2015 located at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.  As you are probably aware, this show is expecting to be a largely attended event and therefore I am seeking any additional help that anyone from your local club ...

by Ward Stevens

Curious about tangential segmented turning? Here are some step by step photo's of how I built the forms for the recent President's Challenge (to make something from a wine rack kit).

By Gwen Shrift Staff Writer at the Intelligencer

“New Hope/New York,” on view at the New Hope Arts Center, amounts to 10 exhibits in one. Ten artists each contributed a spectrum of work. Gallery director Carol Cruickshanks calls the assemblages “suites,” many of which contain new works.

The Bucks Woodturners again presents its unique H-O-W program of workshops taught by its own experienced members, volunteering their time and their shops for the educational benefit of club members. There are sessions of interest that run the gamut from novice to expert.  Everyone can learn something to expand their capabilities.  Examine the descriptions and the dates, and make your selections ASAP.  Sessions vary in length: half day or one day events.

IN THIS BULLETIN

·         2015 Chapter Insurance Programs

·         2015 AAW Pittsburgh Symposium Announcements

·         Preview of the February Issue of American Woodturner

·         IRS Announces New Streamlined 501(c)(3) Application Process