The 2018 picnic went off on time and most attendees ate too much by their own admission. After the meal voting on the 2 x 4 entries occurred and each entrant was given a chance to talk about their entry. The participants are asked to bring they projects to the next general meeting and present […]
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Forty four members and nine guests signed in for the March General Meeting President Joe Mannke called the meeting to order and proceeded with the introduction of new members. The meeting quickly moved to the feature speaker of the evening, Art Stadlin, whose talk was on creating bandsaw boxes. Art stated he has been making
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Fred and Denny have taken on a project to make turned ornaments for all the houses in Fred’s development that were damaged by the hurricane. Several hundred are needed. They purchased a duplicator, made a pattern and went to work. They are making them out of cedar which is so soft it comes off the
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Tonight’s meeting began on a special note, as Rick Anderson, the elected club president is unable to finish his term, and past president Joe Mannke agreed to stay on until a new club president can be elected. Thanks to both for stepping up. Demonstration Meet: Scheduled for February 19 at Fred Damianos’ house 4716 Pinnacle
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There were 63 people in attendance at this month’s meeting. That number included 12 guests. Feature Presentation Jim Bassett presented his version of making a Sam Maloof rocking chair. Previously during a show and tell, Jim presented a cherry version of this chair, this version is in maple. Understandably, there is a learning curve
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Last Tuesday, Jan 23, six of our members drove to Tampa to attend a joint meeting with the St Petersburg woodworking guild. This was special meeting for them since they were not holding it at there regular location in St Pete, but at the Florida School of Woodworking in Tampa, and we were invited. The
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There was a great turnout to see the wood shop at the Sun and Fun RV park on Fruitville Rd. Marvin Stolzfus, one of our own, was a winter visitor at Sun and Fun before he became a full time resident. Sun and Fun has been around since the 1950s. While they are mainly a
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Annual Holiday Dinner and Auction Rick Anderson, Club Vice-President, started the meeting at 6:00 pm by welcoming everyone and letting us know that dinner was ready. There were 66 people present, which included members, family members and friends. Presentation Holiday Dinner with lots of good things to eat – ham, turkey, salads, vegetables and desserts.
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Here are some pictures of George Norton’s demonstration of making a wooden chandelier.
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Florida Westcoast Woodworkers Club Meeting – November 8, 2017 Rick Anderson, Club Vice-President, started the meeting at 7:00 pm. He welcomed everyone and asked for those that were first time guests to introduce themselves. There were 51 people present, 46 members, one visitor and four first time guests (David Truhan, Matt Blondell, Jean-Marc Boucher and
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