Honey Dippers

January 23, 2026

Five members of the WIT group met at Yavapai College’s woodturning lab for their first meeting of the year. They sorted wood that had been cut for wig stands and put kits together to sell to PAW members at the upcoming general meeting. The kits include a base, spindle and top as well as a gift label to be attached to the final products before they will be donated to the Baskin Breast Center in Prescott Valley.

They also spent time brainstorming design changes needed for the WIT page on the website. When the group first started meeting in 2024, the page was set up as a place holder by Jay Loden but hadn’t been updated since that time. Many ideas were shared and liaison Sally Kasner will share those with Susan Murphy who recently became webmaster. The group also reviewed and made changes to their calendar of projects for the year.

After those accomplishments, it was finally time to do some turning. No one had made honey dippers before so this small project filled the rest of the meeting for the day. Kathy Allen led the activity by showing examples and sharing two different methods of making them from some articles by Bonnie Klein and Nick Cook. Everyone had a chance to complete this project before leaving for the day.