March 2015 meeting -----------

On a record warm day here in Las Vegas we had another great monthly meeting at Woodworkers Emporium.

Our meeting consisted of  5 regular members, one visitor and one new member to our club. Welcome Devin Talley.

Rod informed us that he has been in contact with the gentleman from Montana ( I think) that brought a car full of basswood for sale to the November meeting. He is coming back to Las Vegas soon and would like to know if we are interested in basswood in any special sizes.  Rod said he has 6"x6 "and some 8"x8" basswood.  If you have any special orders email the club and we will pass it on to him for pricing or availability.

We were treated to four new finished projects.  The first two were done by Rod of a mule bust and a walnut horse bust (from wood he bought at the February meeting).

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Not to be outdone we were also treated to Dennis's beautiful walnut rose.

 

And finally Randy brought in his newly finished road runner.

 

 

Las Vegas Woodcarvers February Meeting.

This months meeting was attended by 5 members and one guest. Our guest Carl was a wood turner with an interest in woodcarving.

There was a lot of discussion on different methods of tool sharpening. Mike brought in his power sharpener ( sorry I didn't get the brand) and gave a demo on sharpening gouges.

 

Mike also shared his new carving mallet, a 28 oz.Lignun Vitae ( tree of life)

from the UK.

 

 

Several carvers brought in new carvings for our display case in Woodworkers Emporiums main store.

Rod brought in a tortoise and a dog.

Scott brought in a caricature cowboy.

John brought in  a boot carving in progress to share.

And Randy brought in a 3 bird carvings on one of the branches from Dennis last month.

 See you next month.

Happy 2015 Woodcarvers of Las Vegas !

Our first monthly meeting of the year was last Saturday at Woodworkers Emporium
Our meeting was attended by 5 members and 3 visitors who happened to be visiting the store and admired our new display case.

Our meeting started in the parking lot with us all enjoying the treasures Dennis brought. A woman had contacted him about some wood she wanted to donate to the club. He was good enough to pick it all up and bring it to the meeting.

 

There were wood rough outs of fish and birds, Many wood branches, wood slabs, and Manzanita wood root burl.

THANK YOU DENNIS !

 

After we all loaded our treasures we went inside where Rod and Scott shared their latest carvings. Rod had a wooden dollar and a new nude. Sorry Scott that my phone died before I could get a photo of your new caricature.

 

Hope to see you all next month.

SPECIAL NOTICE !!!

Yesterday Dennis finished and installed our display cabinet in the Woodworkers Emporium. www.woodworkersemporium.com/  A very special Thank You to them for donating the space!

Club members Rod, Dennis, Scott, and Randy put the first carvings on display to help fill the cabinet.
We will rotate the display every other month of so , as new carvings arrive. Lets carve guys !

Woodcarvers' of Las Vegas November Meeting ---

 Our monthly meeting was last Saturday at Woodworkers' Emporium with 7 members in attendance.
Our meeting produced no wood chips this month but lots of good conversation and some Great show and tell.

Ted brought some extra carving tools to sell.
John brought his "new style golf ball " handle. He  uses this style handle on his files and has converted it to some of his carving tools with great success. Here is his jig to drill the golf ball.

 

Scott treated us to a show and tell of some of his Christmas carvings. Lots of wonderful ideas.

 

 

Mike also brought his latest two Celtic carvings. Such great work !

 

And in the novelty class Randy brought his two sided hummer/donkey carving.

 Just flip over to see each side.

Happy Holidays to you all. See you next month.

October Meeting

Our regularly scheduled meeting was held at Woodworkers Emporium on Arville here in Las Vegas last Saturday the 25th. Unfortunately, the only "regular" members of the group was Dennis and myself!  We were well attended by the woodcarving group from Anthem (Henderson area) who came to visit.  They meet in their clubhouse every Tuesday and Saturday and welcome visitors.  Contact either Dennis or Randy for times and location.

The time was spent making chips …..

and making sawdust.

With a fair amount of hints and story telling thrown in for good measure!

     Our woodcarving group meets every 4th. Saturday of the month so do mark your calendars and set up a reminder in electronic device of your choice so you can come to the scheduled meetings.  The time is 9:30 am until 11:30.  If you haven't had the chance to respond to the questions that Randy sent out earlier please remember to do that so that he and Dennis know the direction you'd like the group to take.

September Meeting--

Another great meet with 5 new members attending their first meeting. WELCOME !
Our attendance was 12 a new all time high. Lets hope this is a sign of times to come.

Dennis  started our meeting with show and tells from Scott Bigler, Rod Dickerson, and himself.

Dennis passed out a Christmas Santa face ornament project to get the holiday spirit started. Maybe we can get 1 or 2 projects done before the holidays.
At the end of the meeting Mike Cook treated us with his Celtic Cross carving. Great job Mike !