There were 33 members and one guest present when Vice President Tom Falcone called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. President John Peasley was in Las Vegas competing in the world pool shooting championship. Way to go John!
Announcements:
Al Brown described a mentoring program that has been established so that members who have knowledge in a specific skill can help other members who want assistance in achieving that skill. Forms were distributed with suggested woodworking categories. In each category opportunities are available to observe, observe and participate, or instruct/mentor depending on skill level. Interested members submitted forms to Al Brown who will coordinate the member requests; 20 members returned the form.
If you weren’t able to attend the meeting, and would like to fill out the form here is a link that you can use to download the form, fill it out , scan it and email it back to Al at capt.al.brown@gmail.com.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XltywrEjiUwi1ytAGJF64DdzWJBbo1hL/view?usp=sharing
There are old woodworking magazines available to be given away. They are located by the entrance door to the room.
Mario Fajardo, who received the scholarship that the Club provided to attend a woodworking class, submitted his bill for $667.50 for the class he attended at the Florida School of Woodworking. He took a class on Handtools and Joinery Skills. Mario will be providing the Club with a presentation of his experience at the September meeting.
Tom Falcone introduced Judy Bjork from the Food Bank of Manatee. Both Judy and Tom gave a presentation of the work done by the Food Bank and Meals on Wheels in Manatee County. Their major fundraising event will be held on November 21 and 22 this year. The sale of handmade wood items, any wood items, not just bowls, are a very popular feature of their fundraising event. Bowls and other items provided by the members were collected at the meeting and turned over to the food bank. Wood blanks for bowls are still available and were distributed to interested members. The deadline for turning in handmade wood projects to the food bank is our club meeting on October 9.
There will be no demo or shop meet this month.
Presentation:
Larry Simmons provided a video of Matt Kenney
from Fine Woodworking. He is the author of the book “52 Boxes in 52 Weeks”. Matt demonstrated how to make two different types of boxes, mitered corners and dovetail corners with miters at the top and bottom.
He started with selecting the wood and re-sawing the lumber on a band saw to obtain a four corner grain match.
On the mitered box he added splines of contrasting wood for both strength and visual interest. He cut the kerf for the splines on the table saw using a homemade sled.
He used a router to make the grooves in the box sides to hold the top and bottom.
After the boxs were completed he showed how to cut the lid off, create a handle and install the hinges.
He made two levels of tight fitting trays. The grove for the bottom of the trays was cut using a pair of grooving planes which he also made.
For those who missed the video or would like to go back and review it again, Larry will put it on the web and send an email with the link to view it.
Treasure Report:
Treasurers Randy Cooper gave a report. We added 1 new member this month.
Show and Tell:
Terry Bair showed some scroll saw work that he cut from
a cedar log he got from Mike
Denny Wetter made two bowls, one from solid wood and the other with open segments.
Barb Brown made a bowl for food pantry, but it was carried away along with all the other bowls before time for show and tell.
Tom Falcone made a wedding goblet that has two loose rings on the stem. The belief is that the marriage will last as long as the rings hold together.
Bob Parrish showed a dizzy bowl he made ; (Interest was expressed in obtaining more information on how this bowl was created. At the next meeting Bob will demonstrate the tools and the raw materials he used to make this bowl)
Mike Swart made a cabinet with drawers and doors for his router table. It has a rack inside for holding his 2,187 router bits.
John Miller showed a very fancy foot Stool he made. This is the second one like this he made, and he has already sold it.