May 2023 meeting and demo: Hair Pins and Fine Finials.

7 p.m., Thursday, May 11  SPECIAL LOCATION: Moorhead High School Career Academy Thin spindle work can be a little intimidating. Jim McTavish will be giving a demonstration of the tools and techniques you can use to create attractive hair pins, detailed finials, and other small diameter spindle projects. NOTE: We are meeting this month at the Moorhead … More May 2023 meeting and demo: Hair Pins and Fine Finials.

March 2023 meeting and demo: Sharpening and shaping turning tools

7 p.m., Thursday, March 9 One of the most important practices for any turner, whether you’re a beginner or have years of experience, is to keep your turning tools sharp. A dull gouge, scraper, or parting tool makes turning a struggle and leaves a finish that requires endless sanding to clean up. On the other … More March 2023 meeting and demo: Sharpening and shaping turning tools

February 2023 meeting and demo: Spindle turning for beginners

7 p.m., Thursday, February 9 Getting started with woodturning doesn’t have to be intimidating if you learn some basic principles. Come on out this Thursday to learn how to mount a piece of wood between centers, how to make those first cuts, and how to make the two basic shapes that make up virtually every … More February 2023 meeting and demo: Spindle turning for beginners

September 2022 meeting and demo: Kicking off a new year!

7 p.m., Thursday, September 8 We’re excited to kick off a new year of Minn-Dak Woodturners meetings, and we hope you can join us. Our demo will feature making captured rings, showing the tools and techniques you can use to add rings on baby rattles, goblets, or wherever you want to add that unique and … More September 2022 meeting and demo: Kicking off a new year!

September meeting and demo: How to mount wood on the lathe

The September meeting of the Minn-Dak Woodturners Association is coming up this week, Thursday, September 14th at 7 p.m. at In the Chips. We’ll have a brief business meeting, and then Jim McTavish will be demonstrating various methods for mounting wood on the lathe. In the Chips is located at 303 21st St. N., Moorhead, … More September meeting and demo: How to mount wood on the lathe