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The April 2013 annual picnic was organized by Larry Simmons, and we all shared some fine food.  The 2 by 4 contest judging was held during the picnic with the competitors being awarded prizes based on voting.  It was a good time. The photo below shows Terry Bair with his catapult construction–no one was harmed […]

Photos of some of the show and tell items. The Pi table featuring chemically ebonized wood:   Susan showing off some of her bowls.   John Phillips shows the ladder he built. Mike Swart shows how he stores his blades that he carries in his truck.   Terry Bair’s serving tray. Contents and original photographs

Ok, easy enough to figure that something is going to be round at a turner’s meet, but this project keeps part of the square part and transitions to round.  Denny had two projects partially complete to better illustrate the process while leaving out some of the more lengthy turning.  The photo below shows Denny’s steady

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.