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          Ken Kooser crafted these Texas star boxes of Blackjack Texas Oak and Spanish Cedar.  Ken made a box to enclose a soldier's infantry pin, a gift and reflection on Art Chester's service during WWII. 

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              Rich Thomas explained how he made this box of various pieces of scrap wood using epoxy as filler -- notice the end grain.  The  backgammon background was needle pointed by his Sister-In-Law while Rich made the frame of mahogany, a gift for his Brother - In - Law.  The sofa table is also made of mahogany and finished with several different stains and varnish.  

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           Dottie Forbes crafted this music box of wood from an old demolished garage.  A club member identified the wood as Piranha wood.  hhmmmmm....will the music bite???

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Jack Hutchison explains the history of the Gov Wintrop Slant Top Desk that he replicated.    This period piece contains many dovetailed joints made on a Leigh Jig.  The hardware is, "Holy Shellac Batman", Chippendale batwing style.  Notice the raised panel drawer bottoms and the shelf supports of sawtoothed pieces.  Shiplap pine backs the desk which contains no plywood or MDF.  A multi-coat process of linseed oil and shellac topped off with wipe-on polyurethane finishes the project.   

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     Dan Shaklovitz demonstrates the proper technique for operating this heart rocker (not hard rocker) made of bowling alley maple -- you can almost hear the pins tumbling --from Nagodoches.      

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  Marcus Brun talks about this fine chessboard crafted of walnut from dumpster diving and bowling alley maple -- more pins crashing --.  The frame is of mahogany.  The chamfer on the square tiles create a 3-D look.     

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Lon Kelley says that he doesn't know what to do with this wind tunnel he built, although he is an airplane enthusiast -- test wooden airplanes???          

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      Arthur Thompson wins the door prize at the November club meeting.

   Walter Mason holds up a sample of one of many pieces of hardwood that he brought in for his talk to club members on types of wood.