Author name: Larry Simmons

Florida Westcoast Woodworkers Club Meeting October 11, 2017 Joe Mannke, Club 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 40 people present, 37 members and three first time guests (Norm Stabiwski, Leo Drozdowsky and Jim Polaski), at this month’s […]

There were 36 people present, 34 members and two first time guests (Jeff Futch and Gary Denton), at this month’s meeting. Presentation “Jigs and Fixtures” – were presented by different club members.  A “jig” is a type of tool used to control the location or motion of another tool. A fixture is a support or

John talked about various things. He showed us about a  drum sander he has and  showed the good results he got with it. This sander can be used in place of a surface planer. but you can not remove much wood with each pass through the sander.   He  mentioned his Tormek sharpening machine and

There were 32 people present, 28 members and four guests, at this month’s meeting. Kim Jones, of Advantage Lumber, gave information on wood sale prices for this month. A handout listing the wood prices was provided.    Presentation Sid Light, Sales Representative for Mohawk finishing products, gave a presentation on “Stains and Finishes”. He showed

There were 37 members and one guest in attendance at this month’s meeting. Jason Peters, of Advantage Lumber, offered club members a special price for tonight on selected species of wood.  Presentation Ed Colombo, Club member, gave a presentation on “Veneering – Using Tools You Own”.  He demonstrated how to apply veneer using thermoplastic glue,

There were 47 people in attendance at this month’s meeting. That number included six guests and our presenter. Presentation Scott McCartney, of Franklin International, maker of Titebond Glue, gave a presentation about the Titebond products. Below are some examples of the Titebond products that he discussed.   Titebond Original: It is the industry standard for

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 45 people in attendance at this month’s meeting. That number included five guests Presentation Bob Eslinger gave Part two of his SketchUp presentation. In this session, Bob gave

Over 50 people attended the Spring Picnic. There was a LOT of good food at the picnic – pulled pork, chicken wings, salads, vegetables…and DESSERTS too.  We also had a lot of fun eating, visiting and enjoying the 2×4 contest entries.   A total of 13 people entered the 2X4 contest. It was amazing to

I was unable to make Bobs shop meet, so Thelma kindly took the pictures and provided the text; Thanks Thelma. The picture of the machine is a planer on one side and a chop saw on the other.  A metal rod runs through the board they are mounted on so that it can flip over

Here is some photos of our booth, taken on Friday, at this years show: