During our September 2021 meeting, Chapter President Tom Sloan gave an excellent, detailed presentation on dust collection, mitigation, and PPE. A PDF version of Tom’s presentation can be viewed here. During the presentation, Tom showed several video clips from YouTube…
Last week, Cindy Drozda hosted a remote demo for our Chapter. Prior to the event, I set up a simple system that allowed people to register and pay for the demo in advance. This worked really well, and several other…
The AAW Grant Committee approved the grant request for 3 Jet lathes submitted by member Heather Handler with the help of Tom Sloan and Eric Krum. The 3 lathes come with a set of turning tools and accessories. The tools…
by Eric L. Krum First State Woodturners in coordination with the Fairs Arts & Crafts area lead put together a display of work from Chapter members that also included information about the Chapter and how to become a member. Chapter…
During our June meeting, member Scott Wishart gave a very informative presentation on casting and turning resins. He discussed the different types of resins he’s experimented with, and explained their advantages and disadvantages. He described and showed us different coloring…
First State Woodturners members collaborated with faculty and staff at Mt. Pleasant High School, Wilmington, Delaware to teach woodturning to students over a three week period in April. Nine of our members volunteered their time, tools, wood, and lathes to…
This is the Delaware State Fair’s Centennial (100 year) celebration! Schedule for the 2019 Delaware State Fair Display & Judging Entries The Fair will be held July 19th through 27th, 2019 January to June 20th: open time to make entry(s) Saturday,…
For our February meeting, we had the pleasure of hosting the very talented Mike Sorge. Mike is a sculptural woodturner from Middlebrook, Virginia. He is the Vice President and Program Director for Central Virginia Woodturners. Mike’s work encompasses a variety…
Saturday, October 13th was the Grand Opening of the Franklin Institute’s new “Vikings: Beyond the Legend” special exhibit in Philadelphia. First State Woodturners was among the invited organizations to demonstrate craftsmanship and technology that the Vikings would have used. In addition to…
Eric L. Krum has been asked by members numerous times to describe the custom finish that he applies to his turned wood items. This slideshow describes the wax and polyurethane finish he uses: KrumE Custom Finish
