April 2016 - Woodworkers of Southeast Texas

The
DoveTale
April 2016
Members:
53
Present:
24
Visitors:
Woodworkers of SouthEast Texas
Officers:
President
Paul Magee, 658-8321
President elect Mark Underwood, 886-4283
Secretary
Richard Hicks, 553-6157
Treasurer
Waid Gauthier, 735-8392
Committees:
Newsletter
Librarian
Purchases
Membership
Web Master
Programs
Toy Project
Richard Hicks, 553-6157
Mark Underwood, 886-4283
Jerry Shivers, 794-2274
Richard Hicks, 553-6157
Rob Emanuel, 729-9315
Richard Hicks, 553-6157
Richard Hicks, 553-6157
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Show & Tells
Our Next Meeting will be May 23rd
April 25th Meeting
We held the April meeting at our regular
meeting location, 1685 Ashley in Beaumont.
Business items included:
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Waid Gauthier – about $2,158
Richard Hicks – 53 members – 1 new
member this month
Toys – See Sam Tobey or Richard Hicks
for toy patterns or parts
Web Site – Rob Emanuel - Web site is up
to date
Library – We added 12 new videos (most
on turning) to the club library this month
Next Meeting
Our next meeting will be on Monday, May
23rd, 2016 at our regular meeting facility,
1685 Ashley in Beaumont. David Mayer will
present the program on turning pens.
Directions: Take the MLK exit on IH-10, go
South on MLK and then turn West on Ashley.
Go two blocks and you’re there. The business
meeting will start at 6:30 and the regular
meeting starts at 7:00.
Philip Woodland shows
a 3D cutting board
made from cherry,
maple and walnut. He
used a food safe
butcher-block finish.
Clyde White shows a
bangle bracelet he
turned from a piece
of olive wood. He
inlaid turquoise in the
cracks.
Jeffery Fritz shows a
toolbox made from
oak that he salvaged
after hurricane Rita.
The box had
dovetailed corners
and several trays inside.
Troy Gallier shows a
clamp rack he built
from cutoff scraps.
A rack for sale for
$39 inspired it.
Wayne Whitehead
shows a collection of
pens he turned from
various materials.
Wayne is the newest
member of our club.
Here he displays a
cross made from a
piece of mesquite
firewood showing sap
and heart wood.
Richard Hicks
displays a fishing lure
prototype he turned
from a piece of
aromatic cedar.
Terry Turney shows a
small jewelry box
veneered with
cocobolo. He carved
the knob from an old
ebony piano key.
Richard Spinney
shows a flowerpot he
made from plywood
with a carved zebra
wood top and bottom.
He also showed a
carved, negative
space, nude sculpture
made from cherry.
He had a hard time
finding a “negative
space” model.
Steve Gray, a visitor
from Louisiana, shows
a claro walnut mallet
he uses in his
woodworking shop.
Joe Comeaux,
another visitor from
Louisiana, shows his
“Pooping Puppy” toy.
It dispenses M&M
candy when you move
its head.
Jim Meadows shows a
tulipwood, maple and
cocobolo candy dish
shaped like Texas and
a “Math clock” that
uses math formulas in
place of numerals.
Jim also shows a
plaque carved on his
CNC and Laser
machines. Jim also
made a maple wall
clock, engraved with
the WWSET logo,
which he donated to
the club along with a
bag of WWSET logo
“Round-To-Its” that
he handed out to the club members.
Dale Clark showed
pictures of two
blanket chests he
made from pine he
milled in his shop. He
used torsion lid
hinges and a waterborne polyurethane finish.
Paul Magee showed
pictures of a step
stool he recently
made for his
granddaughter.
Ronnie Webb showed
a picture of some
heavy-duty mortise &
tenon saw horses he
constructed from
laminated pine.
Richard Spinney won the $25 door prize and,
since he had a woodworking show and tell
item, he won an additional $25 Hartville Tool
gift certificate. Wayne Whitehead and Sam
Tobey won the Craft Supplies gift
certificates.
Winnie Rice Festival
President Paul Magee asked the members if
they were interested in participating in the
Winnie Rice Festival this year. We’ve used it
in the past few years with great success to
publicize our club. Jerry Shivers agreed to
make arrangements for a “selling Booth” for
2016.
Woodworking Math
As part of his Woodworking Math series,
Jerry Shivers presented a short program
about laying out a hexagon.
We plan to compile a book and video of his
math presentations for the club library.
New Glue
Titebond has a new formula wood
glue called Titebond Quick & Thick.
As the name says, it’s thick so it
minimizes runs and it sets quickly.
It’s for interior use with an open
time of 3-5 minutes and assembly
time of 10-15 minutes. It dries
clear, cleans up with water and sands easily.
It’s available from Rockler for $4.99 and will
soon be available locally.
Program
Waid Gauthier presented the program this
month about using
“Miller Dowels” to make
strong woodworking
joints when you can only
get to one side of the
joint.
To use the dowels, simply
clamp the parts together
and drill a hole using the
special “Trufit” drill bit.
Then spread a light layer
of glue to the ribbed
portion of the dowel and
drive the dowel in to seat the shoulder with a
hammer. After the glue dries, use a flush cut
saw to trim the end of the dowel and sand it
flush with the surface. Waid had several
examples of joints he constructed including a
small table that used Miller Dowels to join the
aprons to the legs. He also demonstrated
actually making a joint with the dowels.
The Miller Dowels are available in 3 sizes (for
different thickness joints) as kits (drill bit
and dowels) or packages of dowels in several
different wood species. Waid negotiated a
deal with the manufacturer for club members
to get a 30% discount on the Miller Dowel
products through June 30, 2016. He passed
out a handout that included a pricelist and
discount procedure. A copy of his handout
was sent via email to club members that didn’t
attend the meeting.
Thanks Waid for a very informative meeting
about the Miller Dowel system. A video copy
of Waid’s presentation is available in our club
library.