July 2010 Meeting
Where: Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill
401 Kings Highway North
Cherry Hill, NJ
When: July 22, 2010
Time: Gather at 7:15 PM
Program at 7:30 PM
Program: This month we will have another extraordinary artist join us. Janice Smith of Phila will be our presenter. Her beautiful furniture and cabinetry is characterized by an incredible blend of design and execution. Janice will bring some pieces with her, and will also show slides of her portfolio of work. Be prepared to be impressed! You can see her work at www.janicesmithfurniture.com.
Other business: We’ll discuss the trip to the Wharton Eshrick Museaum, and finalize the list for the picnic on Sat, 7/24.
As usual, we will treat our guest speaker to dinner prior to the meeting. I’ve asked Janice to give me her preference of food, so I’ll let you know the venue when she replies.
WGSJ Cookout Saturday July 24th
We need volunteers to bring picnic supplies (plates, silverware, etc), side dishes, snack items and condiments.
Use the comments function to enter what you plan on bringing.
June 2010 Meeting
Where: Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill
401 King s Highway North
Cherry Hill, NJ
When: June 24, 2010
Time: Gather at 7:15 PM
Program at 7:30 PM
Program: We will be joined by Jim Moore of Staack Moore Woodworking of Philadelphia. Jim and his partner, John Staack, have beed doing custom woodworking together for over 15 years. They also teach at their workshop in collaboration with The University of the Arts in Phila. You can see their great work at http://www.staackmoorewoodworking.com/
New Business: we will also discuss the field trip to the Eshrick Museum and the summer meeting agenda.
We’ll have Jim Moore as our guest for dinner at Ponzio’s at 5:45 PM. All are welcome (Dutch treat) Please let me know if you can join us.
May 2010 Meeting
Where: Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill
When: March 27, 2010
Time: Gather at 7:15 PM
Program at 7: 30 PM
Program: An Evening with Dave Field
We will be joined by Dave Field, a local woodworker and musician. Dave is well-known for his dulcimers and harps, As you can imagine, making such precision instruments requires forethought, exacting methodology (such as resawing to the appropriate thickness), wood selection, etc.
I’ve attached a bio for Dave so you can better appreciate his many accomplishments. Thanks to WGSJ member Jon Mastin for recommending such a talented artist!
We’ll have dinner with Dave as our guest (Dutch treat) at Ponzios before the meeting (meet at 5:45 in the lobby).
Also on the agenda: Let’s plan for the 2010 WGSJ BBQ! We can do this at the church (we have grills outside the meeting hall). I need a few volunteers to get it organized. Rain date? No problem- we can eat in the Fellowship Hall!
Jim Table – Update
About 6 months ago I put pictures of the kitchen table that I made for my daughter’s tiny NYC apartment on our website. I tried to explain why it’s dimensions were a bit weird, citing the cabinet that I was making to fit under it. Well six months later, the cabinet is done, so I thought I’d update you all with the fully finished pictures.
Two views, the left one is in my garage workshop, the right one is in her NYC kitchen, kind of hard to say which room is smaller!
The next picture shows the table halfway in place over the cabinet, followed by it fully in place.
I was prepared to have it not fit perfectly, but I must admit that height, width and depth were perfect!
The last pictures show the extension wing being taken out of the under the top storage compartment and put in place. Although I did supply a hinged support for the open top, kids often think their own methods are better than ours.
Finally, here are a couple of close-ups for details, but far enough back to hide some of the flaws.
Thanks again for your suggestions about attaching the wing, my final solution incorporated several of your suggestions, and is remarkably stable.
This was my first attempt at raised panel doors, I used a
“Skil” router bit for the stiles, and my tablesaw for the panels. The bit was a tad awkward to use, mostly in setting the proper heights, but once set worked pretty well. I thought the dry fit was a bit loose, and I was prepared to reinforce it with dowels, but once glued, the joints were pretty strong..
The dovetails for the top were hand cut according to Tage Frid’s methods in his “Joinery Vol 1′ book, and the drawer dovetalis were cut with my 40 year old Sears Craftsman dovetail jig and router.
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