John
Husband talks to club members around how to properly sharpen
tools. He demonstrated how to use a lighted magnifier to inspect
the surface. He showed everyone how to use a diamond stone with
water as lubricant; NOT oil. Use oil on Arkansas stones. Use a styrofoam
cup to test your sharpness (the blade, that is). His tips and
techniques were videotaped and will be made available to club members.
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Today
was Brent Brown's lucky day as he won a Kreg K3 pocket hole jig set just
for being at the meeting. Kreg Corporation donated the jig. THANKS
KREG!
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We
"saw" what Mark Sweigart crafted with this handmade scrollsaw
of pecan. The joints are mortise and tenon but not glued for easy
disassembly. The handles are turned. The finish is orange
shellac.
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Denis
Muras once again shows off his talent for crafting models of vehicles.
This time it is a hard maple golf cart -- for miniature golf???
The seats are of aspen
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Bill
White explained to club members how he carved the top to this box by
hand. The walnut came from a cousin's tree (uh...where else would it
come from?) in Alabama. The box part is red oak. The salad tongs
were a quickie project as a Christmas gift idea.
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Norm
Nichols scrollsawed this box for the club's box contest and then entered
it in the Fort Bend County Fair. Congrats Norm for a Blue Ribbon
and Best of Show.
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Toys
for donation crafted by Andy Anderson, Marcus Brun and Glen Edwards are
shown by Andy.
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Steve
Wavro shows his scrollsawed and framed tiger. Greaaaat job Steve!
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A
student desk of maple is one of a pair Lon Kelley made for two
grandchildren in Boston. He finished it with honey maple gel stain
and polyurethane. Lon commented that the stain took out the white
color of the maple.
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The
intricate carving on the sides of this Queen Anne bench were carved out
by the Carve-Wright machine that Irv Doty recently purchased.
Irv's wife upholstered the seat.
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Ridg
Gilmer demonstrated how hand planes are used on these shooting
boards. Ridg learned about this technique at Mark Bolinger's hand
plane splinter group.
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This
cutting board of ipe (pronounced "epay") was glued up by Rich
Thomas. Rich explained it as an experiment gone wrong and talked
about his problems with it.
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Mike
Turner showed club members portable folding work benches made by
students in his high school woodworking class. The work benches
were designed by Mike however the students were allowed to
improvise. The tops were made of cafeteria table tops.
hmmm...I wonder if any famous people once ate off those tops??
