These
Disney characters were crafted by Joe Edelen. The Pooh bear is a
paper towel holder and Dopey is ...well....duh...forgot....but it has a
hook to hang it..
Hank
Merry and his wife visited Bali and brought back this carved frog that
was crafted by a Balinese craftsman. It is made from crocodile
wood and wood from a hibiscus tree.
Eddy
Arnold crafted this fine box of maple and lacewood with an interior of
mesquite. The splines are of mapleand the finish is 100% tung oil with
four top coats of min wax.
This
guitar stand of birch was crafted by Rob Brayton. After much
experimentation with templates Rob described how he managed to cut the
shape out with a hand held router. Rob finished the stand
with M. L. Campbell stain and varnish. Rob cautioned folks that
the rubber pieces glued to the stand while needed to keep the guitar
from slipping off, but can mar the finish of some guitars, especially
Martin.
Denis
Muras displayed the ongoing progress with crafting his John Deere
tractor of hard maple. He intends not to paint it John Deere green
because it would tend to look like plastic. Those round things are
wheel blanks -- remember ---- them thar John Deeres had big 'ol
wheeeels. Denis's tech talk on JD tractors sure went over this
city boy's head (my Grampa had a Farmall).
This
walnut chest was superbly crafted by Carl Matthews. A table
saw was used to carefully cut the coves. Everything else was done
either by hand or by table saw.He did not use a router. Five coats
of hand rubbed varnish finishes it.
Rich
Thomas talked about how he built this plywood backed book case using
simple techniques. He used a dremel tool to make the scallops.
Rich finished it using a mixture of polyurethane and one half paint
thinner. 45 degree cuts join the plywood sides to the top and thin
plywood forms the back. Rich showed us his template for laying out shelf
supports.
Gene
Volentine crafted this Pembroke style drop leaf table out of
walnut. The legs are dressed up with a stop cove. He used
several coats (aobut a dozen) of Min Wax wipe on polyurethane
Walter Mason
explains how he uses this portable work bench to make cross cuts with a
portable circular saw (Skilsaw as some say). The add on piece to
the top acts as an outfeed extension for his table saw.
Fred
Sandoval demonstrated to members how he handmakes dove tail joints.
Here
are some pointers to help refresh your mind about what he said:
Square
up your stock.Orient your pieces, north and south or A, B C, D and mark
edges with arrows to indicate the outward side. Use a jointer to get the
edges flat.
Pins
are only on the front and back pieces. Use a roller scribe and set
to thickness of stock. Pin scribes tear the wood.
Use
that pointy tool (divider) to mark location of pins. Fred first chisels
out the pins then uses an 18 tooth backsaw to finish angled
edge. Clean out the bottoms of the pins by chiseling up to
the edge but not through. Turn around and come back in the other
direction to finishing cleaning the pin. Lay front/back board on
sides and mark the tails and x out the waste. Cut as you would the
pins.
