Pen Turning in the Chicago Area

[RobertTaylor]

A few months ago I asked about starting a Chicagoland chapter of IAP. Here are the details for the first meeting.

Date:
February 11, 2017 from 9 am - 11 am

Location:
The New Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
139 South Weber Road
Bolingbrook, IL 60490

More info available at: http://www.penturners.org/forum/f18/loc ... re-145183/

[reible]

Thanks for the info!

Ed

[reible]

Did anyone here make it to the demo/meeting?

I had planned on going but my back is acting up so I wasn't up to it. Just wondering what happened and how many showed up.

Ed

[RobertTaylor]

I made it to the meeting. About 60 people showed up. They were expecting about 10 people. They had nice door prizes. Rockler gave 15% off purchases. They decided that they would meet every other month at Rockler. Next meeting in April.

[reible]

I made it to the meeting. About 60 people showed up. They were expecting about 10 people. They had nice door prizes. Rockler gave 15% off purchases. They decided that they would meet every other month at Rockler. Next meeting in April.

That is a lot of people! My guess would have been more like the 10 to 15 range so it was a bit more like 4 to 6 times more people.

Could have used the 15% off as I have just ordered some larger jaws for my nova chuck.

I did get a notice from Rockler about the meeting so I would think they will let everyone know again in April. Hope I'm able to go then.

Ed