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PRESENTER
WWCH’s own Fred
Sandoval talked to club members about how he constructed his own Roubo
work bench (the bench is named after the French woodworker,
Andre Roubo,
who developed a style of workbench in the late 1700s). Fred’s workbench
must weigh a ton and this one is the “baby” one – he has a bigger one at
his home shop.
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A cutting board
make of end grain wood with maple sides was shown by Lynn Cummings.
He finished it with mineral oil. |
The Barnegat Bay
Light House in New Jersey is featured on Steve Wavro’s recent intarsia
artwork for the parents of his Brother-in-Law who live near the
lighthouse. Working from a
photograph Steve designed his own pattern and added a few nice touches
such as Jersey Mike’s Subs being advertised from a low flying airplane
(he also likes those subs).
Steve used brads to create the light house top fencing.
The piece was finished in polycrylic because it doesn’t yellow. |
Daddy’s Hands is
what Rick Spacek called his latest scroll saw art.
Rick used black and blue paper for backing and thinned acrylic
blue paint for the blue jeans.
He finished with spray-on clear polycrylic.
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Denis Muras did
not sing “Hound Dog” nor talk about the gorilla his dreams but he did
craft and demonstrate a couple of pull toys using walnut for the
hardness and maple for the action parts.
Denis used polyurethane that was polished with a microfiber
cloth. The pattern is a
David Wakefield from his book. |
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Lon Kelley used lacewood to craft these jewelry boxes for his grandniece twins. The top is padauk. Lon talked about how he crafted the lettering and the tops for a nice fit. Lon elicited discussion of leopardwood and lacewood, two similar looking woods from South America. |
Tom Blanco's dresser is
of solid cherry top and drawer fronts.
The side panels are cherry veneer. The challenge Tom found was
matching the finish color to existing furniture. Joinery is dovetail
plus mortise and tenon. |
A table with a top of white oak and legs of cherry was crafted by Tom
Blanco. Tom explained that
the top started out at ¾ inches but wound up thinner.
Tom finished the legs with gel stain and lacquer.
He used lacquer to fill the small voids around the knots.
The coloring of the legs was designed to contrast with the
lighter top. Tom credited Lynn Cummings for the design. |
Definitely not cheesy work but intended as
tools for cheese and a gift for in-laws in where else but Wisconsin, the
Cheese State. John Gay used
walnut dowels to craft the handles for the cheese tools from Rockler. |
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David Janowitz showed club members an assortment of items crafted from
Osage Orange that came from trees in Old Waverly, TX. Walnut provided
the darking contrasting wood. David used mineral oil to finish the
cutting boards. |
Once again, Bob Wink showed club members his
whimsical craftwork depicting Bob’s alter ego relatives, the “Woods”.
Bob used an ammo box from WW2 and
drawers from a 1950 chest of drawers for the frame work.
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Two works in
progress is what Glen Edwards called his Dove and The Lord’s Prayer.
The base for the Lord’s Prayer is western cedar with poplar
lettering. The Dove is
half-inch walnut. Both
patterns came from old Scroll Saw issues from seven or eight years back. |
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WWCH’s own Fred Sandoval talked to club members about how he constructed his own Roubo work bench (the bench is named after the French woodworker, Andre Roubo, who developed a style of workbench in the late 1700s). Fred’s workbench must weigh a ton and this one is the “baby” one – he has a bigger one at his home shop. Fred started out by
hand selecting warp and twist free 2x6s at the local big box home
improvement store then jointing and planning them for consistency.
Using Titebond glue Fred explained
his technique for gluing the planks pieces at a time to create the bench
top.
Fred hand-made wooden screws for the
vises, Tail, Shoulder, Wagon, and Leg.
To avoid marring work pieces Fred
glued pads of leather to the vise faces with Gorilla glue.
Fred leveled off
the top with a big jointer plane followed by a sanding block. For
finishing Fred used two coats of linseed oil that was set aside for a
week.
Then another coat and a week to dry.
Fred did not want a smooth finish but
preferred a rough texture.
The rest of the bench is
polyurethane. |
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Photos and commentary: Gary Rowen |
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