As covid numbers go down, more members are showing up at our monthly meeting. About half of our members, 21 were present at the February meeting. This years president, Greg Casagrande call the meeting to order and started with a few announcements:
A video of the meeting can be seen by clicking on this link: https://youtu.be/TE4Y2mHYxQw
Announcements:
- The annual club picnic is scheduled for Sunday April 3rd . The club will provide a barbecue and some beverages. Members are asked to bring a dish to pass. There will be a sign-up sheet at the March meeting.
- The annual 2×4 contest will be held at the picnic. The former Novice division will be replaced by a First-timers division. Rules and prizes remain essentially unchanged and can be viewed on the club website. Entries may be brought to the picnic or submitted in photo prior to the picnic. Voting will be both in person and by email to allow all to participate.
- Tom Falcone announced that he will begin “Turning Mondays” beginning in March on the Monday following the club meeting. Mush of the time will be focused on problems and issues encountered by members and proposed solutions. It will be a practical based approach.
Program:
In this months program Larry Simmons continued showing some of the unique features of the cabinet he built when he attended a class taught by Mike Pekovich at the Florida School of Woodwork in Tampa last October. At the November meeting Larry showed the hybrid method of making dove tails using both power tools and hand tools. This month he demonstrated how he was taught to cut through mortise and tenons.
For the greatest accuracy Larry used three marking guages and a spacer stick.
Start by rabbiting the board by an 1/8″ off each side. This is best done on a table saw with a tall fence and the board standing on it end.
Blue painters tape is a great way to increase visibility and accuracy. The gauge is used to cut the tape
After cutting the tape with the marking gauge, some of the tape is removed leaving only the tape where the tenons will be.
Then the hard part starts, making sure the mortise holes line up exactly with all three tenons on the other board.
The same marking gauges and spacer stick that were used to mark the tenons are used to mark the hole locations on both sides of the board.
Then the bulk of the material was removed with a drill press.
And squared up with a chisel
Only then can you check to see if everything lines up.
After a break:
Show & Tell
Floyd Yoder – a floating top table from cherry with maple side rails. It was finished in lacquer.
Terry Bair – several miniature trays fashioned from scrap using the scroll saw.
Alan Blair – a live edge Charcuterie board with sea glass embedded in the river pour.
Ed Columbo – Segmented bowls with an explanation of the jigs he has made to guide the accuracy of the process.
Marvin Stoltzfus – showed a turned bowl with an epoxy rim embedded with shells. Last month he showed the bowl with a small raised rim to hold the epoxy and shells. After adding the epoxy he turned away the rim on both the inside and outside.
Bob Catterfeld – Small round turned boxes. He was experimenting with crowned bottoms to give the boxes the appearance of floating above he surface.
Judy Stickney – intricate hand carved bowl, spoon and Christmas ornaments
Tom Falcone – a natural edge bowl turned from camphor
Raffle and Door Prizes:
The meeting was adjourned at 8:47PM.