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The woodworking show this year hed much better attendance than last year. Thanks to the efforts of Terry Bair, we not only had a good-looking booth, but a large good-looking booth, three full tables, filled with members projects.  Booth workers, on all three days, reported a lot of interest  and a lot of people taking […]

“Please submit your errors and corrections in writing,” sounds so formal that I hesitate to use it, but in truth it is a great convenience for those actually doing the correction.  And “writing” can be interpreted as sending an email in our digital age.  Those of you reading through the links under recent posts or

Ed was generous enough to provide an ample supply of treats at his shop meet.  He was equally generous enough to provide his wife with her own corner of the shop where she pursues her own creative endeavors. Ed reports that this size shop was a size reduction for him compared to what he had

Florida Woodworkers History These posts were salvaged from our previous website before it went dark and in general were the work of Gene Mathis.  Please note the software complains about half-way down and the pictures will not come in–I’ll try again later. April – June, 2012 (Last update ) These pictures progress from top to

The April 2013 annual picnic was organized by Larry Simmons, and we all shared some fine food.  The 2 by 4 contest judging was held during the picnic with the competitors being awarded prizes based on voting.  It was a good time. The photo below shows Terry Bair with his catapult construction–no one was harmed

Photos of some of the show and tell items. The Pi table featuring chemically ebonized wood:   Susan showing off some of her bowls.   John Phillips shows the ladder he built. Mike Swart shows how he stores his blades that he carries in his truck.   Terry Bair’s serving tray. Contents and original photographs

Ok, easy enough to figure that something is going to be round at a turner’s meet, but this project keeps part of the square part and transitions to round.  Denny had two projects partially complete to better illustrate the process while leaving out some of the more lengthy turning.  The photo below shows Denny’s steady

Lowell was nice enough to host us at his shop, which was quite interesting.  One of the cool things he showed us was his treatment methods to make wood more water resistant.  Seems like he buys a product called Cactus Juice by the gallon, and after subjecting the wooden pieces to a vacuum, he then pours this

Photo above shows the vase form after being cut first on the bandsaw.  Closest to the head stock is a round plywood disc that will be used in later steps. As usual Denny had a very informative meeting. He demonstrated a square to round vase. A block of mahogany was cut with angled sides on

Hi everyone, Iif you didn’t make Wednesday’s meeting, you missed an interesting and fun time. The subject was sharpening, and four of our members demonstrate four different methods of sharpening.Ed Goldburg, showed us how to sharpen using sandpaper(a.k.a. the scary sharp method). I followed up, demonstrating grinding on a slow speed grinder, 1750 RPM, to