Lowell
Holmes proudly talked about his Shaker style candle box for ten inch
tapers...an older term for candles. In keeping with the spirit of
the Shakers, Lowell used only hand tools.
This
silverware chest was crafted by Mark Bolinger out of mesquite, walnut
and cherry. His objective was to contrast woods. Danish Oil
finishes the project.
Mike
Turner showed the club how he built a diploma frame for his A&M
graduate daughter. To keep with the spirit of recycling and
conservation, Mike cut down cabinet doors and used the pieces for the
frame. He told club members of a trick to remove pin nails by
placing a soldering iron on the nail. The nails will then easily
pull out. Don't be an Aggie -- you must heat the soldering iron.
These
fancy candle sticks were crafted by Blaine Stokes using his new Legacy
machine. Blaine keeps learning this machine and finds learning
duplicating is very challenging.
Gary
Rowen made good on his promise to make a music box for his boss when she
became his boss. The mahogany music box is topped with a pen and
pencil set. The smaller pen/pencil set is made of solid
rosewood. The larger pen set of poplar stained with Rosewood is
one of twenty that Gary made for his office mates. Gary explained
how trial and error got him to his final design.
Representatives
from Freud talked about their line of laser balanced saw blades.
Their precision laser cuts reduce vibration significantly .
Electrostatically applied coatings on their blades reduce pitch. Freud
has a line of blades that produces a glue line rip -- you won't need a
jointer to prepare the edge for gluing.
