Starting in January 2012, Florida West Coast Woodturners will be starting the IronTurner program. The IronTurner program is designed to encourage members to bring a show and tell piece to each meeting that fits the category for that month. Members that bring a turning to each month that meets the predefined category will be revive a special IronTurner certificate and be entered into a price drawing at the end of the year!
January Challenge: “Laminated”
Turn an item that contains multiple pieces of wood that have been laminated together. For example:
- Segmenting, if you do that type of thing…
- Bowl from a board with the board made up of different stripes of wood
- Turn a pen made from scrap pen blank bits
February Challenge: “Stemmed”
Turn an item that contains a stem. Use your imagination to come up with all types of stemmed items, for example:
- A long stemmed goblet
- A hollow form on a tall thin pedestal
- A smoking pipe with a turned hollow stem
- A bent turned stem like the handle of a tea pot
March Challenge: “Turned from a 2×4″
For March, turn any thing you want…as long as it starts out as an ordinary off the shelf 2×4!
IronTurner Rules
- You must be a member of good standing to participate.
- The item must have been turned by the member within the past year.
- The item should not have been previously shown at a club meeting.
- If you miss a month, you may bring in your entry the next month and still have it counted. However you will need to bring in both challenges, for the prior & current month.
- Members who complete each challenge throughout the year will receive a special certificate of completion and will be entered into a raffle for a special prize at the Holiday Party in December. Prize to be determined. You do not need to be present at the party to win.