Total # of Attendees: 19
Notes:
Jim (President) opened the meeting at 7:31am
Introduced new folks: Chris (works for DOD at McGuire) – working on wood since early 90s.
Kevin D talked about the earring chest he made
Magazine article from 1995
Art Deco look, with 7 panels, barrel hinges & magnets
Made with maple and dowel construction
Used jig to mark out holes for earring holders
Finished with several coats of lacquer
The earring chest
Jim brought in two bowls made of
Beautiful wood, Horse Chestnut
Cracked a lot, filled with aluminum oxide powder
The bowls
Bok Read presented on his woodworking craft,
Background; grandfather gave him a gouge, in the family for 100 years; father made the furniture in the house
Been 41 years in the woodworking business
Taught science for 40 years, visited MIT afterwards & attended lectures
Liked to make different shapes of items (lamps, tables, etc.) No straight, more sculptural
Passed a lot of pictures around the meeting attendees (variety of furniture & items, including Danish modern, Asian influenced, etc.)
By making the variety of shapes, the light plays of a lot of different angles and is more interesting. Alternating shadow lines
In order to cut out for large lamp.
Cut in half, Rout out hole for cord, then glued back together
Put wood on block to tilt wood, then cut it out
Band saw is 26 inches and over 100 years old
Made out of Cherry, 10” wide, 1-3/4” thick
Got wood in Chichester, just across Commodore Barry Bridge, Delaware Valley Supply. Good prices of hardwood
He said that he believes that if you make a mistake on something, you just sell it at a lower price
Used Watco finish, about 5 coats. Seals it pretty well if it is a closed-pore wood. If open-pore, it won’t seal it enough
Bok Read
Mike talked about a widow – husband had incredible collection of tools
Giant dust collector
Large Compressor
Eight routers (3 of them trim)
Tons of supplies (sandpaper, router bits, etc.)
In conjunction with tool sale in Nov, Mike will price & bring them
Jim wanted to talk about a tool sale next month (November)
Should be a tool auction
Salman said Mark Showers suggested maybe bring some of the wood up for auction that the email sent out discussed
Mike has volunteered to be the auctioneer
10% of profit to the club
People bring tools and mark minimum price on it (i.e. where the bidding will start)
Open discussion on whether to invite other clubs to participate
Decision not to open to outside clubs for this month (maybe future tool sales)
Voted to invite the turners to sometime in the future for our Fine Woodworking presentation
Kevin D asked for permission to put chapter on Meetup. Group approved. Some folks did not want to be emailed or included on the site. Salman will send out email requesting who wants to be included on site
Treasurer (Dave) $4349.49 in treasury; 28 current paying members
Holiday party Thursday December 1st – Pasta Pomodoro (Voorhees)
Meeting concluded at 9:04pm