Tip: Not a turning tool but...

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>and if you need a million or so of the 3.5 floppies to go into the holdes, i have them!

here's the idea for some contest -- come up wwith new uses for those millions and millions of 3.5 floppies?

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John Lucas

>Mark

I leave pencils everywhere. About once a week I go around and pick them all up, fill up the drawer and then during the next week will empty the drawer again and the process starts all over.

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George Van in WI

>Thanks for the tips Mark. How did your group decide which turning videos to buy? We have a new AAW group in N. WI, Nortwood Turners, we now have enough money in the bank to do the same.

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George Van in WI

>I just saw Chris K in MD's timely post and will follow that one also.

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George Van in WI

>Should read Northwood Turners. Can't spellcheck any better than I can turn!

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John K Jordan

>>here's the idea for some contest -- come up

>wwith new uses for those millions and millions

>of 3.5 floppies?

You might donate them to the public schools. As recently as just few years ago the schools were still using them to store individual student's work and were glad to get more. It may be hard to imagine for those of us who drop $100-$10000 on a hobby with barely a thought, but some families have a difficult time buying even basic school supplies.

It's the non-reusable CDs that are practically worthless! We've used them for swimming pool toys, shooting targets, art projects, and car jewelry (with adhesive-backed magnetic strips). But here's a CD-based contest you can conduct around the water cooler in your own office - see who can roll a CD the longest distance down a long carpeted hallway. (harder than it might seem)

JKJ in East TN

George Van - Videos

Mark Kauder, Phenix City, AL

>George,

I saw your post on videos last night, but did not have the time to respond then.

Frankly, I picked them. We have a club filled with new turners. Way too often, I have demonstrators that fullfil MY desire to learn, and not their needs. Recently, we decided that at least for the next year or so, to do beginners demos 3 months out of 4 (basic bowl turning, blank preparation, sharpening, etc). SO, when I picked the videos, I picked basic subject matter. Here are some of the videos we have (some are donated).

Bill Grumbine's video

The Skew Chisel - The Darkside/The Sweetside -Alan Lacer

The Son of the Skew - Alan Lacer

A Lesson with Chris Stott - First Steps in Woodturning

The �Slim-line� Pen With Russ Fairfield

Finishing Secrets I & II & III - Russ Fairfield

A Course on Spindle Turning - Ray Jones

Segmented Patterns - Kurt Theobald

Woodturning - Getting Started Right - Alan Lacer

From the Tree to The Table - Mike Mahoney

Turning Green Wood - Michael O�Donnell

Mark

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RonZ

>Great idea, thanks.

Re: George Van - Videos

George Van in WI

>Thanks Mark,

Our new group, 32 members, also has a lot of new members and our idea of demos directed at them for the majority of the demos is a good idea. I will bring it up to our group at the next meeting.

I will take your list with me for discussion. I can see that you cover a variety of interest and learning tools. I will ask for donations also.

I will be happy when Russ' video is available to all.

George