Presidents Message
I will be presenting an option for a new meeting place.  This candidate venue has a much lower rental rate.  It offers an opportunity to keep our costs in line with our current membership levels.  Be prepared to view the presentation and discuss.  The membership will then vote on if we want to move forward with this new meeting place.  Come and participate in the discussion.

The educational talk for November was given by Bill Galinski.  He showed some photos and videos of cutting out the raw material for hands from cow bone.  He freezes the bone first and then cuts slices on a band saw.  The bone is then dried on cardboard for approximately 1 month flipped over every day to equalize the drying. 

He demonstrated copying hands by tracing the outline with a sharpie.  Then holes are drilled for attachment to center arm and for easier access for the jewelers saw.  A jeweler’s saw  with wire blade is used to cut out the bone.  Then the bone is filed to final shape.  Cutting on bone does release some odors reminding us that the raw material came from a living animal.   Attendees were allowed and encouraged to try their hand at cutting out a hand and some of us gave it a go.

At our next meetings the presentation will be “Restoring a French Lantern Clock by LeBel of Orbec Normandy” by Craig White.  Replacing missing side and back doors will be shown.  Also casting and machining missing side frets and making custom screws.  All this and more will be shown in a PowerPoint presentation. 

Additional talks planned for 2023 are as follows:

• February 26 – Mark Frank will give a presentation on his recently completed astronomical clock.
• May 21 – Mike Dempsey will be presenting using a CNC mill
• September 17– Danno will make a presentation on Renaissance and other clocks at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

We still need volunteers for talks and/or demonstration for one more event for 2023.  Please contact Harry Schultz or myself with ideas or suggestions. 

Free tables!!  A free silent auction table will also be available.

Hope to see you all there. 
Thanks,
Craig

We are looking for a volunteer to help out the club.
We are looking for someone to take over the position of Secretary.  The duties involve putting together the newsletter and taking notes at board meetings.   The newsletter involves putting together the presidents message, treasurer’s report, taking photos at the mart and writing some sort of interest piece to fill out the newsletter.