Meeting

November 12, 2014 General Meeting and impromptu Picnic The regular meeting room locks did not respond to any codes to unlock the doors so we sat at the picnic tables. Apologies in advance for any omissions, but working in the dark and changing locations made part of this report a bit disjointed. We had four […]

By way of introduction, Douglas Fey harps on us about when he got laid off and decided to make something.  He apprenticed to a cabinet maker and then moved on.  He later found a connection to someone who wanted a harp made.  There was a learning curve but many skills were a crossover from cabinets

Joe Mathis was first and his method of choice is to finish project pieces individually before assembly.  He uses Old Masters Gel Stain and pickling white applied with a foam brush and wiped off.  He says usually three coats does it and he does not sand between coats.  This product is thinned with mineral spirits,

Terry Bair and his amazing DeWalt Scrollsaw Price range from $100 to $1000 for a saw.  Start with simple projects like refrigerator magnets to build experience.  The next most critical consideration is the blade.  Terry likes Olsen blades precision ground so it is tempered first then ground; these blades are aggressive in size 5, 7,

Sorry for the delay in getting this page out, Vacation and rush work is my only excuse. Larry All pictures and much of the text by Andy DiLorenzo First presenter was John Darovec John introduced his friends who own the cars and live nearby. John’s friend Bill,  has a two bay air conditioned shop in

No blood was spilled at June’s meeting when we witnessed the great mortise and tenon shoot out at the OK coral.Mike Swart, using his trusty power tools, table saw and bench top hollow chisel mortiser, took on Larry Simmons armed only with a chisel, saw, and mallet proceeded to run a race to see who

Most of us are accustom to using wood made from trees, but this months speaker, Gil Samreny,  showed slides of his entry in the state fair. He made a tree from wood. It was quite a large tree weighting around 400#. He then carved leaves and a face in it. Because of the rules of

Great weather, Great food, Great time. That just about says it all. We gathered at Rothenbach Park for our annual spring picnic and 2×4 contest. The club supplied the meat, Sonny’s BBQ, and beverages and everyone brought a dish. I particularly liked the deserts, umm. After we had stuffed ourselves, we voted on the contest

For our April meeting, we were honored to have Art Worth bring is lath down from Safety Harbor to demonstrate some unusual box turning.Art puts on a great program and we all wished he had more than an hour. We used a video camera and projector to get close to what Art was doing  and