2018-09-11 Monthly Meeting

Call to order 7:00

Members – 17 in attendance

Review of agenda

Motion to accept as presented.

Motion John Green Second Gary Dumas Motion Carried

Business Arising

Board Committee Meeting – Sept 18 – 6:30-8:30 at NWCC
- Committee Meeting 6:30
  - Finance and Governance – Phil & Stephen
  - Marketing and Communications – M.E.
  - Membership – Walt
- Board Meeting 7:30- 8:30
  - Focus on main goals
- Shop Tour – considering Eastern Shore – Stephen/ME (W. Chezzetcook), Guy (Porters Lake) Ralph Latham steam mill (Seaforth), Oliver’s Blacksmith Shop (W. Chezzetcook)
- Surfside Tour on Sept 30
- Jeff Amos passed away a couple of months ago
- Membership amount due for 2018-2019 event
- Summer BBG – thanks to Ted and Debbie Monk, and to Steve LeBlanc for sponsorship

New Business

Welcome back – after summer break
- Tip from Gary – don’t put 2 coats of Thompson on your deck …. One coat keeps away the water, 2 just makes your feed stick. Good to know.
AWA library listing on website – search by category, keyword
John Green has collection of hard cover books to donate – go to library or to members who want to take them — do we want to set up a system for using books belonging to other members? How would it be structured?
Library report in newsletter – what is new book, what are new reviews, what books are being taken out of library and therefore available to members
Suggestion to have all committees to send reports / status for the newsletter each month

Presentation

Darrell – rebate planes

Rebate (aka rabbet) = a notch in the side or end grain – can be done in a variety a ways including chisel but a rebate plane gives a nicer finish
Stanley # 68 spokeshave – actually rebate plane
Any plane with blade to the side can be a rebate plane
Stanley 140 when side cover removed can be rabbit plane
Stanley 196 Plane – used for coaches …. Not many made
Stanley 79
some have a knicker (scoring spur) – used to go across the grain
wooden ones have to be jointed from time to time

Ask a Member

What is your favourite tool or jig

Gary – radio – can’t work without radio – tony – tv on in woodshop — only as background news
Phil has a favourite jig – that he will share later
John Green – building board for ship models all squared off on the board –is a framing saddle to seat keel properly settled and angle — other favourite is digital miniature drill press for drilling holes in model
Tony simple circle cutting jig as have to make a lot of circles – slides in on bandsaw table – tried playing with lazy susans to make a jig but blade kept binding so now use simple nail and 3tpi ¼ blade for circle jig
Dave – table saw sleds
Stephen – box joint / sleds
Darrell – planning stop (shared recently) – flexible and easily adjustable
Steve – cabinet saw and feed – sold 20” thickness planer
Tom – table saw – and the diablo blades – a good blade – anyone get them sharpened – not really worth it because of cost

Hands on Halifax

Received a donation to cover tools loss in robbery – expect to reopen but no date – new address on Commercial Avenue.

50/50 – $31.50

Tremel points – Tom

Cash – Steve LeBlanc – put back into pot – start the Christmas fund

Walt – ReStore in Dartmouth is tearing down old convent in Antogonish – doing a pop-up store for oak – Walt will keep us posted when the pop-up will happen — frequently getting lots of tools –

Show and tell

Challenge – “How I built my summer” something that you started, progressed or finished during the summer.

Stephen – low table top bench for quick easy work- made from oak pew ends that Ted had around – great for small jobs like planning, scraping – more portable – bought clamp from Darrell at meeting – legs useful for clamping. made dog holes and bench dogs as well as plane stop
- Adrian Predda – on youtube – was inspiration for Stephen’s bench but Stephen made some changes
John – ocean racking yacht of my own design – 3^rd and last in series – folk art application – started after June meeting – using 3” dremmel – still has features to add including a sky light – planked over basswood – 113^th model John has made
Walt – getting a start on toy drive – likes to use repurpose – so used — mixer – used frame — sewing machine from insert of oak table — toaster with toast, butter, butter knife, waffle, maple syrup – scrap of wood
Gary – box – birdseye maple, walnut, and subrano leather inside – had to build new table saw jig for legs
(Gary is going to bring his outdoor bench made earlier so we can can see results of being outside all summer)
Brad – ‘katalox’ aka Mexican ebony – used to turn head for a new mallet for using with new lee neilson chisel – birdsye maple handle – new dove tail saw with tapered blade – Lie neilson apron plane (can fit it

Chicago bolts – question from Phil – where can you buy? Lee Valley, Kent

Stephen – nesting tables – Brad Rodriguz on Youtube – build this fix that – a pair of stools that nest and can be used together or separately — screw joins for aprons but angle work all dowel joinery – figure 8 connectors – shellac finish
Doug – fence- sections – about 15” high – — initially requested for 6 feet long -but Doug made for the 2×4 challenge and calculated that 36” was the best length – required about 40’ ft — used 1 2×4 and all the scrap he could find.
Phil – got Rideout laguna 18×36 lathe for father’s day / birthday-made a jig to make bowl blank – 1” increments so bowls up to 16” —-shared three turned bowls including segmented bowl of walnut and zebrawood – 78 pieces – fixed up shed just for two grandsons – got well used and was much appreciated – still a work in progress “Shabby Chic Shack” — Chris Ettinger helped set it up – Phil recommended Chris Ettinger shop tour