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 »
There were 43 members in attendance at the meeting on November9, 2016 and 10 guests (Alan Brown, Mike Christman, Bob Travers, Ken Ambrey, Ron Plank, Rosa Plank, Bryan O’Mchaney, Chip Bowlin, Betty Walters and Stan Nikkel) for a total of 53 people in attendance. Presentation Club membersEd Columbo and John Slezak showed us how to
November General Meeting – Hand and router cut dovetails Read More »
Florida Westcoast Woodworkers Club May 11, 2016 There were 27 members in attendance at the meeting and four guests ,Total attendance – 31. Several Club members gave short talks about “If I Ever Do It Again…”. Presenters were: Dennis Daudelin – A whistling top that didn’t whistle. Terry Bair – A table made
May General Meeting – “If I had to do it again I would….” Read More »
There were 29 members present and 1 guest, Tom Zarse. Presentation John Philips was our presenter. He had made a tall box clock out of wood. He explained that there would be 3 ways to make a clock: You can buy a ready made kit and assemble it; you can find an old clock and
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There were 29 members present and 2 guests, our speaker, Phil Baker, and Gonzalo Suarez. Presentation Phil Baker was our presenter. He collects historic hand saws (not power). His favorite type is the back saw, and he brought some examples. One was made in 1760 and another in 1835. Some tidbits: Most saw makers began
October General meeting – Phil Bakers Saws Read More »
I had the pleasure of driving Phil to the meeting and home last week and he told me some interesting stories. I also visited his house and shop several months ago and I have attached some pictures. I first heard about Phil on Youtube when he was interviewed by Josh Farnsworth at a Midwest Tool Collectors
