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Lowell was nice enough to host us at his shop, which was quite interesting.  One of the cool things he showed us was his treatment methods to make wood more water resistant.  Seems like he buys a product called Cactus Juice by the gallon, and after subjecting the wooden pieces to a vacuum, he then pours this […]

January Meeting Show and Tell items.              This post’s content and original photographs provided by Andrew DiLorenzo.

Tony was nice enough to open his well used shop to us for a shop meet.  He was also excited to show off some of his custom embroidery equipment–when Tony says, “Darn it,” he may not mean what you think! Clearly Tony needs on of those tools to open plastic packaging! One of his projects

What I saw Larry was nice enough to host a shop meet at his shop and provide refreshments.  Larry has recently began to study some of the old traditional methods of woodworking, including hand tools and presented us with a brief demonstration of the use of hand saws. He had two saws to demonstrate, one

Floyd Yoder speaks on clamps and their use in woodworking: “Cee what I mean?” Floyd Yoder gave an informative talk based on his own experiences with clamps, including sharing some of his favorites that he uses in his work everyday.  During an informal question and answer session, the question of removing dried glue on the

Many clubs in Florida take time off in the summer, when the snowbirds have left for the north and many locals are taking vacations out of state. We continue to meet and enjoy ourselves; we just have fewer members than usual at our meetings. Only 24 members and one guest, Jeff Unthanic, came in June.

  Terry Bair lent his experienced hand to the gavel, as both Susan and Larry were out of town.  John Slezak presented us with his views on shop safety for the workshop by presenting a series of items available from Woodcraft and elsewhere.  In addition, his main message was to be aware of yourself and

While we await Denny’s recovery, Harold has graciously accepted the responsibility for the June wood turner’s meet.  Harold reduced his woodworking equipment, and currently works on a Shopsmith.  Thank you Harold for hosting the meet. Click on the map below: View Larger Map

If you can read this, it was successful!