Sorry for the delay in posting this. This is going to be mainly pictures. But a picture is worth a 1000 words, right? As some of our snow bird members have returned, we had a pretty good attendance. This was the last meeting to turn in all the bowls that were made by our members […]
General Meeting Oct. 2018 – Raul Darriba, Straw Parquetry Read More »
At 7 PM President Joe Mannke opened the meeting at Advantage Lumber. Joe said that by his count 24 woodworkers were at the memorial service for John Philips, and Joe briefly recounted some of the past achievements of our former Treasurer. Joe gave the night’s guests members a minute to speak and allowed new members
General Meeting September 2018 – Old Masters Finishes Read More »
Club President, Joe Mannke opened the meeting by thanking club VP John Peasely for filling in last month. Reports are that John needed a few drinks and rest after that strenuous event. In any case, John survived and the club is no worse for any wear and tear. Joe reminded everyone that the Logo contest
General Meeting July 2018 – Duke Clancy – Victorian Rose Read More »
John Peasely, club vice president opened the meeting serving as President pro tempore as Joe Mannke is out of town. John presented a check representing $750.00 from the club with additional funds individually contributed by club members to Advantage Lumber to aid in the Brazilian Workers food charity which provides food baskets to their workers.
General Meeting June 2018 – Video of Florida Flywheelers Park Read More »
Club president Joe Mannke called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Thirty-Nine members and two guest signed in. Business Meeting Report: Brazilian Charity Joe Mannke announced that the Board has set aside $750.00 this year to assist in purchasing food baskets for Advantage Lumber Brazilian mill workers. In addition, any members who wish to
General Meeting – May 2018 – Al Brown, Sharpening Read More »
Aprils meeting was attended by 56 members and 2 guests. Tony D’Alberto and Ed Columbo won tonight’s raffle. The quarterly show and tell was won by Larry Simmons. Don Herndon, the principal of the high school at Easter Seals, thanked us for the 10 weeks of woodworking training that John Philips, Neil McCullough, and Terry
General Meeting – April 2018 – Kate Swan, Florida School of Woodworking Read More »
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
General Meeting – March 2018 – Art Stadlin – Band Saw Boxes Read More »
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
February 2018 – 3M Safety and Sandpaper Read More »
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
January 2018 General Meeting – Jim Bassett – Maloof Rocker Read More »
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
November 2017 General Meeting – Joe Mathis – Intarsia 102 Read More »
