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| Denis
Muras demonstrated scrollsawing techniques to Club members. To
create the illusion of floating letter, Denis showed how he cut the
bottom at 45 deg and slighting slanted the letters. Denis advised not to
cut the base off, and showed us how he did that, until you have
completed all the other cuts. A red pattern is easier to follow
when using a black blade.
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Jeff
Sechelski explains how he crafted this exquisite jewelry box from a
Japanese print. Sycamore forms the marquee background with beech
accented with sycamore veneer and mahogany for the box. The green
and red colors are dyed. Jeff talked about how he used hot sand to
create a shading affect on the design.
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| Norm
Nichols holds his turkey that he scrollsawed from a piece of 3/4 inch
sassafras. His art work is finished in tung oil. |
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Elvis
may have left the building but his spirit lives on (he would have been
75 this month). Bob Wink peeks out from the sound port of his neatly
crafted guitar for the Houston Art Car parade. The guitar is
mounted on a go-cart as you can see in the photograph. Bob holds the
first place trophy that he won for his division. Bob also won many
hugs from admirers - must have been that cool looking Elvis hair style . |
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Andy Anderson explained how his
cloverleaf pipe clamp cushion protects the edge of the board being glued.
It also holds the clamp up off the worktable while tightening the
clamp. A small
magnet is inlayed behind the cloverleaf to hold it up against
the face of the clamp while being closed. Andy has a dubious claim that
this ranks up there with the invention of the micro chip but in reality
Agfan applesauce.
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Lon
Kelley and his wax finished band sawed box from cedar. Just about the
right size for a large Havana. |
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| Dan
Smith now has a place for his hot pots; these two trivets of bloodwood
and mahagony. He used a Flying Dutchman #5 blade. |
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Glen
Edwards show club members his cross of Canadian Pine, mahagony, Baltic
Birch and red plastic. |
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| Steve
LeGrue shows the top that he made for a vase that he recently turned but
what is different is that his wife cross-stitched the pear flower
top. The wood, incidently, is Bradford Pear. The mirror is
an old board of cherry with blotches that Steve feels adds to the beauty
of the wood. The mirror frame is assembled with all pocket holes -
no glue then finished with oil finish and wax. The back has French
cleats for hanging (you can still hang it in an American room,
though). . |
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Jeremy
Grubb explained how he crafted the coffee table from a Rita-downed cedar
tree. The legs are of maple. African mahagony is the top for the
scalloped table . |
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| Steve
Willis, manager of Rockler, showed Club members an antique plane and the
blades that accompany it. |
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