January 5, 2023

Number of Attendees: 22

 

Notes:

  1. Mark opened the meeting at 7:07 PM

  2. First Time attendees

    1. Ryan

      1. Lives in Ridley Park, last thing he built was stick chairs

      2. Did a lot of house remodel & furniture

    2. Douglas

      1. Lives in Brick, NJ, has worked in the Rockler store since June. Has a house in Moorestown as well

      2. General woodworker – furniture, casework, got into woodturning

      3. One of the instructors here for wood turning

    3. Alan

      1. From Mt. Holly

      2. Just got into hand tool woodworking, working on a bench

    4. Scott

      1. Cherry Hill

      2. Was a part of the group when it formed years ago

      3. Phil Hauser showed up, showed his turning. Very active in the turning guild

      4. Mostly turning for last 10 years

      5. Currently president of the DelVal Turner’s guild, which meets in Moorestown (next one is this Tuesday). May do events at Rockler as well, since 3 of their members are instructors

  3. Kevin went over the repair job that we got from the website on a table

    1. Two of the legs are in pretty bad shape. Kevin had to cut them out and repair, including “Sistering on” some Mahogany on one of them

    2. Salman has volunteered to do the scrollwork for the bottom shelf

  4. William brought a variety of table saw jigs for his operation

    1. Jig had clamps to hold it to the fence, so that it can slide along fence while holding the material. Better than requiring you to push it against the fence all the time

    2. Clamps also work with the blocks that you use for your miter saw fence

    3. Tapering Jig for cutting angle on table legs. Had clamps to hold piece on. After laying out leg, you know how much you want taken out at top and at bottom, adjust and clamp down, then run along fence to cut angle.

    4. Could also use t-tracks and bolts to create clamps for jig, instead of expensive zero clearance clamps on the jig

    5. Question on putting jig to ride in Miter slot. You could do that, but William prefers to reference off the fence, so its more adjustable. This allows it to be used with multiple table saws where the distance from the miter slot to the blade may vary and with different blades as it’s not tied to a specific kerf width for its zero-clearance effect.

  5. Mark made an announcement about next month’s tool auction. As before, members will contribute 10% of any proceeds to the guild and non-members will contribute 15%.

  6. Carl made announcement about Oak slabs he came into. If interested, please contact him

  7. Ted went over his jig, with an “L” fence. Used to make angled cuts, utilizing clamps to hold the base piece down

  8. Scott hasn’t used his router table in a while. Put new router (Triton) in his table. Wanted to make a “wave bowl” with a unique 3D view

    1. Had to rig up by putting bowl in a chuck, and then putting the chuck into a jig

    2. Jig is adjustable, with numerous holes for distances. Hole height for different bowl sizes

    3. Enables you to cut patterns on a bowl, on the band saw

    4. Used McMaster-Carr to get the threaded rods & nuts for the jig

  9. Salman

    1. Mentioned that Scott James in November, 2022, as relayed to Salman by Scott’s son, Matt

      1. We typically plant a tree in the person’s memory. Guild approved.

      2. Mark will handle the purchase a planting (in a US national forest) and the guild can “pass the hat” next month

      3. This Saturday, several members will go at 11 AM to his house to look over Scott’s workshop and holdings to help Matt work out how to handle the contents of the shop (Scott isn’t a woodworker). Will provide more info later to guild

    2. He recently bought some interesting tools and jigs

      1. Kerfmaker from Banggood

      2. Chamfer and roundover plane from Banggood

      3. Mini block plane with adjustable depth option from Bridge City Toolworks

      4. Universal gauge from Bridge City Toolworks

    3. The prices for all of these vary, especially around holidays.

    4. Tool reviews for many of the best tools off Banggood can be found on HookedOnWood.

  10. Mark went over Jim Parise’s jig for making 3D cutting boards. Jim used bolts to tighten top and side to aid with proper alignment

  11. February meeting (Feb 2nd) will be our annual tool auction. Bring your extra tools you want to sell, and come to purchase woodworking tools relatively cheaply. Guild will get 10% of any sellers proceeds (15% for non-member sellers)

  12. Mark closed the meeting at 8:41 PM