Programs: Bruce Bogust reported the October meeting topic will be changed from clock making to carving because of problems with the original speaker. Clock making will not be rescheduled. Chipstone will be presenting a program in 2001 with the topic to be determined. Four workshops will be videotaped and shown at the September meeting. Leonard Mumm has suggested trying some different ideas to improve the quality of the video recordings of the meetings. The board approved the idea of not having a program at the holiday party so the members would have more time to socialize.
Workshops: Bob Jahncke reported that the Timber Green Field Trip scheduled for October has been moved up one week to Oct. 7th. Scott Stanwyck is o.k. to do a Router Table Workshop in February, 2001. Cecil Parker will be joining the Workshop Committee. Si is working on generating certificates for workshop presenters. Dick Yezek reported there are only two workshops to sign up for. Only one person has signed up for the Handplane Workshop and he has no information on the Shadow Box Workshop.
Exhibits: Don Berger reported the next Woodworking Show in Milwaukee
will be February 2-4, 2001, which fall right in the middle of the Lutheran
College show. It will be held in the South Hall, which should solve the
space problems of past shows. There was some discussion about whether the
Guild could handle both events. Don will contact the new show people with
our requirements to return and see what kind of commitments and assurances
he gets from them.
The Lutheran College event still needs a name. Korinthia Klien, a Guild
member, has offered to play a musical instrument at this event. Don distributed
copies of the contract which needs to be signed by early September. It
includes several item where there is a choice of responsibility. Don will
verify our mutual understanding on these items. John Petrovic will review
the contract with the Guildís member lawyer, John Koenig. The college
asked Don about a monetary donation to cover advertising costs. They are
looking for about $2,000.00 but would take any amount. The board asked
Don to get samples of advertising material that could be taken to Friends
of the Guild or other potential sources to show them what they would be
getting for their money. Also, what happens if the Guild comes up empty?
A discussion was held about holding demonstrations on the Saturdays of
the show It would be desirable to have trifolds available at the show.
Toy Program: Ron Hinderman reported the first workshop had six people and lasted seven hours. The board approved spending $136.00 at Meisel for wheels. The Doll Bed Workshop has not been scheduled yet. Klaus Zunker will run it.
Membership: Ellen Davis reported that the current membership is over 200 but was uncertain about the exact number. Ellen will print out a current list for Si. Si highlighted several membership renewal forms that were returned with offers to serve on a committee. There will be a follow-up on these.
Web Page: Jerry Davis reported the current website has one gigabyte of space available. No decision was made as to what the Guild will to do with it. The current trifolds need to be replaced because they include the old website address. Si will also check out the cost to have Guild business cards printed for promotional purposes.
New Business: President Petrovic reported the Senior Center has complained about scratches left on the meeting room floor by the Guild's stage. Gene Theiler will have the bottom of the stage carpeted to solve this problem.
Next Board Meeting: The next board meeting will be held at Wrico
Stamping on Thursday, September 14th at 7:00p.m.
How many of you have been discovering just how
useful hand planes can be in your own shop. But in spite of its usefulness
the lowly plane seems to be shrouded in more mystery than almost any other
tool. ìWhich one should I buy? How do they work? How do I adjust
a plane? What is the proper what to use It?î These questions (and
more) seem to be on the lips of many new plane users (and those who want
to be new plane users). Well, question no more. At the Hand Plane Restoration
and Tuning Workshop on September 30th these mysteries will be revealed.
Whether you have a plane that has never worked or a plane that just doesnít
work as well as it should, this workshop is for you. Bring it to the workshop
and and we will help you turn it into one of the most useful tools in your
shop.What? You donít own a plane yet but still want to know what
to do when you finally see the light and take the Plane Plunge? This workshop
is for you too! Be sure to register at the August meeting, space is limited.
I would like to thank all of the participants in
the upcoming Lutheran College exhibition. I had the opportunity to look
at the photos of all of the entries at the last board meeting and I must
say I was very impressed. The breadth of craftsmanship is quite amazing
and your participation will truly showcase the talent our Guild has to
offer.
The Program and Workshop Committees have been hard
at work solidifying the itinerary for 2001. They have been brainstorming
ideas, procuring speakers and presenters, and finalizing locations and
logistics. With all of these accomplishments there is still one crucial
item these committees have failed to obtain: adequate help!
The Workshop Committee currently has only three
members. The Program Committee has only four members. And some of these
members participate on other committees. I canít stress enough what
a fragile situation this creates for these committees and for the Guild.
Please, consider helping with these crucial committees. Donít know
what these committees do? Then how about sitting in on one of the committee
meetings and check it out. Attending a meeting does not obligate you to
anything. And if you choose to join one of these crucial committees there
is no expected level of participation, any amount of help is vital and
very much needed.
The Guild needs your ideas, your experiences, and your help. In fact,the
Guild canít survive without them!
September 16, Saturday, 9am - 4 pm
Event: Shadow Box Wall Shelf Workshop
Host: Ken Rasch
Location: Ken's Shop
September 16, Saturday
Event: Toy Making Workshop (cutting and assembly of doll chairs)
Presenter: Larry Peissig
Location: Larry's Shop
September 30, Saturday, 9 am - 5 pm
Event: Hands-on Hand Plane Restoration & Tuning Workshop
Presenter: Walt Hadcock and John Petrovic
Location: Woodcraft, 1725 So. 108th Street, West Allis
October 4, Wednesday, 6:45 - 9:30 pm
Event: Guild Meeting
Topic: Power Carving
Presenter: Jack Pettey
Location: Washington Park Senior Center
October 7, Saturday, 8:30 am till ????
Event: Doll Bed Workshop - Construction
Presenter: Klaus Zunker
Location: Klaus's Shop
October 14, Saturday, 10 am - 3 pm??
Event: Field Trip: Timber Green Forestry & Sawmill
Location: Spring Green, WI
Fee: None other than transportation (and lumber if you purchase any.)
October 14, Saturday
Event: Toy Making Workshop (cutting and assembly of doll chairs)
Presenter: Larry Peissig
Location: Larry's Shop
October 14, Saturday, 8:30 am till ????
Event: Doll Bed Workshop - Finishing
Presenter: Klaus Zunker
Location: Klaus's Shop
October 21, Saturday, 8:30 am till ????
Event: Doll Bed Workshop - Finishing
Presenter: Klaus Zunker
Location: Klaus's Shop
At the last Board Meeting, Program Director Bruce
Bogust reported a program change for the October Guild Meeting. Instead
of Clock Making, Bruce reported that he has secured the services of award
winning carver of water fowl, and a noted speaker, in the person of Jack
Pettey.
Jack will make a presentation on Power Carving with
an emphasis of Carving Wild Water Fowl. He will cover the characteristics
of wood as related to carving. He will also touch upon the preparation
of the wood and the care of carvings.
Please make this change in your calendar and plan
to be at the October 4th meeting for this presentation.
The August meeting moved right along with John
Petrovic and Carl Widder as our speakers. And neither one of them shrank
from questions asked of them. They expanded our knowledge of how wood works.
In other words they talked about WOOD MOVEMENT. They bought hand outs from
different sources. Some contain formulas for calculating shrinkage; some
wereTables of Shrinkage of different woods.
Carl gave us the web site of the US Forest Product
Lab. They have a book called The Root Engineering Hand Book, which they
put on the Internet. If anyone is interested in more technical information
on movement of wood this is a good source. <www.fpl.fs.fed.us>
John and Carl started out by defining what is wood
movement. All wood shrinks and expands as its moisture content diminishes
or increases. This could be due to seasonal changes or man-made changes.
Such as turning on the air conditioning after a few hot humid days. Even
your older pieces of furniture will move. I live in a log home and I can
actually see the movement of my logs from season to season. Because of
this movement it effects how we would design and build our furniture.
John stressed the need to know how much humidity
is in our workshops. After many hours if hot days of work on a project
built in a basement with 50% humidity, it is then taken up stairs to a
room with 20% humidity. There is a good chance of a lot of movement. Also
humidity varies from region to region. If you build a piece of furniture
in our fair state, than take it to Arizona there would definitely be movement.
Carl noted that even a 6% moisture content change in wood could be quite
substantial. That is why furniture factories dry their wood to 6 to 8%
moisture content. This stabilizes the wood as much as possible.
If you were looking for little to no movement in a piece
youíd be wise to use plywood veneered woods or MDF board. John noted
that applying a finish all over the whole piece (insides, backs and bottoms)
will slow down movement but it will not stop it completely.
Generally, wood moves across the width of a board.
The general rule of thumb, wood changes width by 1% for every 2% change
in its moisture content. Also, how a board shrinks depends on which part
of the tree it came from. Flat-sawn cups away from the heart of the tree
and shrinks more in width than thickness. Rift-sawn combines radial and
tangential patterns.
Quarter-sawn shrinks slightly in width and thickness. Bark side shrinks
more in thickness than heart side. Through and through, boards shrink according
to annual growth ring orientation. Posts or dowels shrink in an oval orientation.
Carl and John explained how to properly construct
a frame and panel door. The panel is allowed to float in the rail and stile
frame.
Sometimes they may want to pin the panel in the middle, allowing it
to expand and contract evenly to each side of the frame.
John discussed some of the precautions that need
to be taken when building case construction. Drawer runner frames and moldings
must be able to move with the carcass.
There were a lot of good questions from the audience
that John and Carl addressed . And before we knew it, it was time to go
home. I wonder how many of us realize how fortunate we are to have such
well informed members that are willing to share their knowledge.
Thanks to Carl and John for a great job. Itís
certainly food for thought when we start our next project!
September Program
The next regularly scheduled Guild Membership
meeting will be held at the Washington Park Senior Center on September
6th and will feature Shop Tours, a showing of various members' shops, presented
by video and still shots.
The presenters will discuss solutions to all the
problems that people have in setting up a shop and some unique solutions
that you may be able to use in your shop.
This will be a great opportunity to get a lot of
good ideas on setting up a workshop. There should be a lively discussion
about the pros and cons of what you see in this presentation.
I don't believe that they plan to present any 'horrible
examples' during this presentation. So it should be 'all positive'.
Come join in the discussions!
Rockler's (Woodworking Store)
16th: Saturday, 2:30 - 5:30 pm, Basic Router Techniques with Pete Sapienza
23rd: Saturday, 2:30 - 5:30 pm, Table Saw Basics with Pete Sapienza
23rd: Back to Shop Day
30th: Saturday, 2:30 - 5:30 pm, Basic Scroll Saw with Pete Sapienza.
Woodcraft
5th : 6-9 pm, Basic Scroll Saw with Rich Radtke
6-13 & 20: 6 - 9 pm, Scroll Saw Segmented Blue Bird with Rich Radtke
9th : 9 am 4 pm, Woodburning Zebra at the Waterhole with Dick Buerger
10 & 17th: 10 am- 5 pm, Scroll Saw Large Basket with Rich Radtke
11th: 6 - 9 pm, Sharpen Your Carving Tools with Greg Young
14th: 6 - 9 pm, Wall Street Pen with Dale Osowski
18 & 25th: 6 - 9 pm, Caricature Carving with Greg Young
16th: 9 am - 6 pm, Cougar & Cub Scroll Saw with Al Caldiero
16th: 9 am - 4 pm, Carving Facial Features with Jeanne Sweeting
19 & 20: 6 - 9 pm, Turn a Segmented Bowl with Jerry Veenendaal
21st: 6 - 9 pm, Workshop Trio / Tablesaw, Jointer, Planer with Rich Radtke
23 & 24: 10 am - 4 pm, Intarsia - Hummingbird with Rich Radtke
28th: 6 - 9 pm, 3-D Scroll Saw Snowflakes with Rich Radtke
Woodcraft is located at 1725 South 108th Street, West Allis, WI. Phone is 414/607-6164. Please call for class sizes and fees.
The Toy Committee, under Ron Hinderman's leadership has made much
progress in toy makin'. The Board was advised that we have a marked increase
in need for toys for girls. This is not to say that boy-type toys aren't
needed or appreciated, but our responses from the battered shelters indicate
a great need for girl-type toys. So, if you haven't started your toys construction
yet, please put your thinking cap on and try to come up with something
for the young girls.
Klaus Zunker, in his toy workshop, plans to make doll beds measuring 11 x 21 inches for an 18 inch doll. If anyone is interested, doll beds need dolls, and blankets, etc. Call Klaus for number needed, if you're so inclined.
This would be a great addition to your workshop with great features!
* Heavy-duty 15 amp, 3,500 rpm.
* Electric Brake for safer operation;
* Big Cutting Capacity:
Miter 2X8 @ 90°
2X6 @ 45°
4X4 @ 45°
Bevel 2X8 @ 90°
* Miter scale features 9 positive stops for amazing
accurate miter cuts.
* Extension wing and sliding fence for superior material support.
* Standard Equipment: Saw, premium Riptideô 40T carbide-tipped
blade #12911, spindle lock, retractable blade guard, work clamp, dust bag,
convenient carrying handle, wrenches and operating manual.
This Raffle 2000 Prize has been generously donated by Rockler Woodworking and Hardware (Woodworker's Store) located at 845 North Mayfair Road Milwaukee, WI 414 / 774 -1882
The price of each ticket will be $ 5.00 and will
be for sale starting at the September meeting.
Last Update: 9/26/2000
Web Author: Brian D. Halligan
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