September 7, 2023

Number of Attendees: 28

 

Notes:

  1. Mark opened the meeting at 7:00 PM

    • Need to give advance notice to Iron Hill restaurant for 5 PM. Need RSVPs ten days in advance

    • Make sure you bring chairs to the meetings. We only have a limited amount

    • New Folks?

  2. Pete Hammil

    • Turnersville

    • Been around woodworking 50 years, since 1975

    • Degree in Industrial arts, taught it for 6 years

    • Joined Carpenters’ union, worked for trade shows

    • Retired for 13 years, with small but well equipped shop in basement

  3. Fred

    • Many years, most shop time in machine shop

    • Couple of years ago, got tooling from his son

    • Doing mostly wood turning

  4. Luther Perry

    • 33 years old, nurse and parametic

    • Took up woodworking during Covid

    • Made a workbench, planer, tablesaw, CNC machines

    • Enjoy it a lot, learning a lot, looking forward to getting info from guild

  5. Dick

    • Made a set of bookends in 10th grade

    • Don’t have access to shop right now

  6. Andrew

    • Dick’s son

    • Dad taught shop stuff

    • Got a few tools (chop saw, etc.)

    • Doing a lot of backyard projects

  7. Battleship New Jersey

    • Selling teak deck as mementos

    • Pretty rough shape

    • Prices high, because they give you a certificate of authenticity

  8. 2x4 challenge

    • Grading going for craftsmanship

    • Go with one vote per person, using a post it note pad

    • Folks went through their projects, one-by-one, describing the materials, joinery, why they made it, etc.

    • Mahogany end table with brass (interesting glue up)

    • Offset bowl with interesting way to cut and re-assemble

    • Three dimensional cutting board

    • Large salad bowl

    • Stool with Cabriole leg

    • Puzzle Box

    • Phone holder

    • Keepsake box

    • Stool

  9. Guild voted by post-it note, with the item with the most post-its being the winner, then 2nd, then 3rd

    • Winner was “watch box”

    • End table was 2nd place

    • Stool was third place

  10. October event is Sharpening

    • Folks demo various ways to sharpen, and people can try them out

    • Mark soliciting who wants to demo and what they will demo (saw sharpening, card scraper, etc.)

  11. November’s event is a scrapwood challenge. Take wood from your scrap pile and build something

  12. Mark closed the meeting at 8:50 PM