Meeting Location Suncoast Science Center/Faulhaber FAB Lab 4452 S Beneva Road Sarasota, FL 34233 There were 26 members present and 3 guests. The guests were Rolf Ebert,Kerry Glenn, Lissa Ledbetter Presentation Andrew Wiles and Greg Shroder were the presenters. Greg told us about the center. “Equipped with state-of-the-art machines and materials, the Faulhaber Fab Lab […]
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There were 26 members present and 2 guests. The guests were: David James, Jason Peters Presentation Matt Delaney brought in his spring-pull lathe. He had constructed it out of yellow pine and maple in just a half day, spending about $70. He talked about the way the “spring” is constructed, the way the “pull”
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Denny showed both open and closed segmented bowl turning. He feels that open segments are actually easier than closed ones. He starts with a program in which he designs the bow or vase. The program then produces a table showing all the segments and there size to the third decimal place. For both types, open
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I know it is a very busy time of the year, but the members who participated in the clubs first annual tool garage sale had a break from the there hectic schedule. It was a great way to spend a Saturday morning and make a little money while clearing out some of your unwanted stuff.
We were all blown away by Jeremy’s shop. I have never seen so many top of the line tools at one shop; Festool, Sawstop, Powermatic, Luguna. His has a power tool users dream shop.I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves: Doesn’t everyone have three large band saws? Just to prove
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March 2015 Florida Westcoast Woodworkers Club There were 30 members and 9 guests present. The guests were: Marvin Stoltzfus, Joe Czyprynski, Dennis Daudelin, Jevon Miller, Harold Berg, Richard J. M.,Lloyd Shaffer, Art Glasnisk (?), Joe Benkert, speaker Presentation Joe Benkert showed us how he makes pepper mills from laminated woods. He chooses 4 boards
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Fred’s shop occupies the area at the end of his garage. Everything is on wheels. He has top of the line powermatic table saw, band saw, joiner, dust collector. He took us inside to show us the mantel that he made from a solid piece of mahogany. He told everybody to come a little hungry,
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Denny came up with something I have never seen or heard of for February’s turners meet. The object was to start with a fork in a branch and end up with this. First you have to create a flat spot to mount the face plate. You start by leveling out a templet with wedges then
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There were 38 people present at the February meeting. February’s presentation was by Don Huffer, who had designed a vertical or horizontal router lift and table. His will allow you to install the router either vertically or horizontally, with a screw action to raise and lower the router and bit within the table. His lift
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We had the biggest turnout ever at the January turners meet. Denny demonstrated how to make a bowel from a single piece of wood. The trick is to cut out concentric circles with the blade at an angle and then glue them together in reverse order. You can do this on a band saw if
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