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Jack Hutchison talked about this toy box of red gum that he built for his grandson.  It is pattered after an 18th century jointer tool box.  It has a floating panel top with a one inch molding around the edge.  The hinge is a Japanese Slow Down Hing designed to allow the lid to slowly close by itself with out assistance.  Jack finished it with a coat of minwax red oak stain followed by a polyurethane varnish.  

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Glenn Edwards proudly displayed and talked about his quilt rack of red cedar that he made for his wife.  It easily dismantles for portability by unbolting the middle I-beam. He finished it with wipe-on poly saying that it need three or four more coats.

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Ed Rubenstein rolled this cart in that he built for his shop from a Woodsmith magazine design.  The cart is made of polar with birch on the lower shelf.  Ed used tools purchased from club members -- way to go guys!

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Lon Kelley glued together several dowels then filled the spaces with marine epoxy.  Maybe Lon plans to sail this box on the high seas???

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Dan Shaklovitz did not try to demonstrate how to ride this rocking horse that he made for his two new grandkids.  

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Linzie Rogers holds up the article from Woodworker's Journal, his design source, for this tiered table of red oak and glass.  

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Marcus Brun shows his domino holder of mahogany for use with double 9 tiles. 

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This "microphone", held up by Robert Sandlin, was one of many that he constructed of scraps to sell at a craft show Hello...Hello...Hello...

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This red oak cross was scrollsawed by Ron Adams from a six inch wide piece of red oak.  The cat face was also scrollsawn just purrrrrfectly from a piece of cedar picket fence...his "practice" piece.

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Denis Muras stands by his top half of a Dutch door of cypress rails and stiles.  The stiles are pulled securely to the rails by drilling alignment holes that are slightly offset.  When a tapered peg is inserted, the taper forces the holes to align thus snugging the stile up to the rail.  This is a technique used in timber frame construction.

The unusual looking piece is an armature for constructing the eye of a tiger for an eight foot high tiger head for Sealy High School. The armature will support pieces of wood to create an intarsia effect.

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 Monte Richard proudly displayed his chest of drawers made of cherry. The bracket feet were made on a table saw as you would cut coves.  An ogee fillet for the drawer front.  Frame and panel construction with MDF for sides.  Drawer bottoms are of baltic birch.  To create an old finished cherry look, Monte used a base of boiled linseed oil followed by orange shellac topped by a coats of varnish rubbed inbetween applications. 

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John McInnis of Bayfield Corporation talked about the various woodworking products available for 2004.

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