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| Amy
Weber and Amanda Clifford from Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
review a box for judging then talk to club members about their criteria
and how they selected winners. |
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| Many
finely crafted boxes were entered into the, hopefully, "first"
annual box competition. |
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| Walter
Mason receives his award for serving as last year's President. |
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| The
Looove Bug gets a new finish but probably won't fit into this box of
maple and walnut crafted by Denis Muras. The turntable tool box
was constructed from plans featured in Shop Notes. |
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| Monte
Richard talks about his trapezoid shaped box of walnut and maple and top
of bubinga. |
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| Walter
Mason describes how he used this jig to cut the spline joints for his
bamboo topped box. The wood is chestnut veneer over maple with
ebony trim, handle and splines. |
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| Hal
Clinton holds the sign of cedar coated with polyurethane that was
crafted by Norm Nichols. |
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| George
Kabacinski shows club members a couple of turned bowls of mequite and
walnut finished with oil and beeswax. |
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| Red
oak scraps, purchased wheels and craft paints make a mighty fine train
set by Mark Sweigart. |
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| Cliff
Ober holds a maple, walnut and bird's eye maple handsaw. Cliff
used only hand tools. |
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| Dennis
Serig shows his work in progress on making a drawer for a computer desk. |
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