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GOLDEN HAMMER |
Steve
Wavro
WOODWORKER of the YEAR |
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| Dottie
Forbes honored several members for their work on the toy drive by
calling them her heroes and presenting each of them with a special
award.
From Left to Right: Glenn Edwards, Lon Kelley, Bill Cole, Jim Robertson, Marcus Brun, Andy Anderson, and Bill Harris. |
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John Jackson receives a special award, a "special" chef's hat for his assistance as a chef at the annual club BBQ. |
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| Jamie Powers receives a special award for providing use of his BBQ equipment and for his guidance and expertise. | 
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| Stephen Dittrich walks away with this month's door prize. | |
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| Steve
Procter presented a slide show and offered tips on making large cabinet
projects.
Set up and make as many repetitive cuts as you can. Label all pieces on a non-disappearing edge. Don't be too precise when you will be installing between two enclosing walls - walls are not precision constructed. Finish all flat surfaces before assembly. Use jigs whenever possible, for example to lay out holes for drawer handles - you only have to measure once. |
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| Jeff Marks is no quack when it comes to carving ducks and shore birds out of basswood. The half hulls might be for sailing on Half Moon Bay and are made of basswood, cedar and mahogany. | |
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| Jack
Hutchison points out features in his nicely crafted rocking horse for
his grandson. Jack used natural cherry and the two balls for the feet
rests are of birch. This horse is based on an original from 17th
century London, England.
The end table and the rocking chair were both made from the same log, the table a couple of years ago. Jack brought in the table to show the aging affects of cherry. |
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| John Debender explains that he salvaged the glass for this red oak coffee table from an old refrigerator -- now that is "cool". He used a mortise and tenon jig to make the joints. The finish is wipe-on polyurethane. | |
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| A basket of flowers deftly crafted from many domestic and exotic species of wood is held by Mark Sweigart as Steve Wavro provides tips and tricks on his techniques. The basket weave look is achieved by altering the orientation of the wood grain. | |
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| The Indian head of basswood was hand carved from one block by Steve Hughes. | |
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| Colton Freeh talks about how he and his grandfather turned scraps of exotic wood into fine writing instruments. | |
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| A game board of solid cherry by Dennis Muras. Dennis showed a photograph of a wood frame he made to hang in a school memorializing the victims of the World Trade Center destruction. The encased US flag was presented to the family of a victim. Dennis said a local frame shop had quoted $1200 to make the frame -- Dennis made the frame and donated it. | |
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| John Gay should have no trouble following the weather with this mahogany weather station stained in rosewood and finished with polyurethane. The tissue box rotates on a lazy susan. | |
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| Scrap mahogany squares top off this box of maple by Rich Thomas. | |
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| Bill White explains how he uses this rock hard maple jig on a sliding table saw to make tenons. | |
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| This African mahogany octagonal table will grace Lon Kelley's family room. Lon used no stain nor filler but only finished it with polyurethane. | |
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| John Jackson explained how simple it was to make this toy plane - a delight for small children. John offered this as an encouragement for those who may be intimidated by the more elaborate toys that club members can craft. | |
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