Attendance: 33
1. Welcome; Meeting started at 7:06 PM
2. Treasurer’s Report
a. We were at 28 paid members,
b. We have $3572 in account
c. 4 new members in January
d. We have 30 members from 2024 who have yet to pay
3. Guests/First Meeting
a. Rich Dubois
i. Woodworking for 12 years
ii. Building for customers for 7 years
iii. Do everything – tables, beds, building dinette
b. Rich Dunbar
i. Voorhees
ii. Hobbyist
iii. School plays wardrobe, stuff for kids escape room
c. Larry Bopp
i. Medford
ii. Hobbyist – doing it for a few years
iii. Doing a lot for grandkids
iv. Woodturning as well
d. Andrew
i. Mullica Hill
ii. Getting back into woodworking after some time off
iii. Do a lot of turning
iv. Working on new stuff
e. Jim
i. Long time hobbyist
ii. At this point, mostly interested in toys for grandkids
iii. Mark mentioned doing toys for kids as a guild
4. Old Business
a. Colonial Williamsburg in January
i. Three of us went down to 18 th century seminar they have every year
ii. Dave Potts shared they had good demonstrators on 18 th century hand tool woodworking
iii. Used ultraviolet light to determine finishes used
iv. Demo’d a lot of techniques – not a lot of furniture, but how to do certain joinery
v. Planning to hook into TV next meeting and show the presentations
b. Discussion of video of new finish which dries under ultraviolet light
i. Members only have seen the video
ii. Some discussion from members on various glues used
iii. One member will bring his light in and we can try it out
c. January Tool Auction
i. The guild made $50, so $500 of material was sold
ii. Did not take commission on the widow’s tools. A lot of success with hers and sold about $1,000 of her stuff
5. Presentation 1: Election
a. Mike Richter talked about meeting location
i. Started the club 15+ years ago in church. Had a good guest speaker 8-9 months out of the year
ii. Now we’ve been at Rockler for 2 years, Mike doesn’t think it is an optimum location.
iii. Downside of church is Fee’s, no powered tools
iv. Upside, can use workbench, kitchen, more comfortable location
v. Open discussion by members on staying at Rockler vs. Church
1. Additional cost of dues. Was $50 when we met at church vs. $30 now
2. Space. Current meeting at Rockler is a little constrained
3. Access to purchasing new items, materials, etc.
b. Mark brings up election and votes
i. Nobody else wanted nomination for President – Mark Showers
ii. Nobody else wanted nomination for Vice President – Salman Halim
iii. Nobody else wanted nomination for Treasurer – Brad Sanders
iv. Nobody else wanted nomination for Secretary – Kevin Drevik
v. Additional board members – Steve Smith, John Owen, Mike Richter
c. Plan is to hold another election next February (2026)
6. Break
7. Presentation 2
a. John Owen showed old advertisement
i. Back cover of Pop Mechanics had cheap products
ii. Tablesaw for $14.99, Lathe for $9.99
b. Dominic
i. Reminder that you need to remind Rockler folks that they need to re-add the 10% guild discount. Rockler corporate purges their list
ii. Rockler discount is 10% to almost everything
iii. Does not apply to big name tool brands (Festool, Rikon, DeWalt, etc.)
iv. Does not double-dip i.e. 15% sale discount on wood and 10% guild discount does not give you 25%. You just get the best one (in this case 15%)
8. Member’s Forum
a. Any show and tell?
b. Doug Live edge bowl – small sample.
i. Some discussion on how to chuck it and use the tools in the lathe
c. Discussion of various museums that you can visit
9. New Business
a. March meeting will be at Rockler on March 6th
10. Meeting closed at 8:35 PM