MSWG's 2025 Octoberfest

This year the event was held at St. Columba Episcopal Camp & Retreat Center. Multiple club members and guests stated "This is a wonderful place and I did not know it was even here". One person called it "a real Memphis diamond that I did not know about".

For those who missed the event there were approximately 44 members and guests.

Following is a rundown of the activities:

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Larry Sefton did a demonstration on how to make a wig stand.

This is a video on the making of a wig stand for those who could not make it to his demonstration.

Rick Stone

Did a demonstration on Woodturning 101 (especially for new woodturners).

Mark Manning

Did a demonstration how to make a shop mallet.

Joel Benson

Did a chain saw demonstration on safety and how to cut and prepare your own wood.

Yoshino Cherry

Joel gave away a lot of awesome wood. None of the members had ever seen more beautiful pieces of ornamental cherry than that seen in this photo. https://www.gardenia.net/genus/prunus-yedoensis-yoshino-cherry-tree

Lisa Jo Perdu

Art teacher from Harding Academy held a morning hands-on class on embellishing and painting wig stands.

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In short if you were not at Octoberfest you missed the feast! The star of the the feast was the special turkey sausage Gumbo. Contact Rick Gillespie if you are interested in a copy of the recipe.

Belt Sander Race

The racers were:

Doc Shaw

Rick Stone

Don Chandler

Mark Manning

Sven Nystrom

Ron Chaplin

Rick Gillespie

Jeff Brann

Rick Gillespie giving the race rules and final instructions before the race.

Congratulations to

Sven Nystrom

Belt Sander Race Winner