2019-06-11 Monthly Meeting

Call to order and welcome from Brad at 6:50.

15 members 1 guests  present

Agenda

• News a& Updates
• Member presentations
  • Mark Chisholm – Tips for selecting /using a hammer
  • Brad Holley – using shellac
• Show and Tell (2×4 contest)
• Outstanding Business

News & Updates

• Stephen will be doing a series of beginner sessions doing a BBQ scraper at LV – 4 sessions this Saturday  (Free but registration required)
• Walt shared a fun card he received from school kids for whom he builds classroom materials.  Included a finger painting and suggestions of good gift ideas for Walt such as A chair, underwear, stool, a stick, a doll house, a Halloween costume 
• Busy Bee is moving (end of June??)– Wright Ave. – new location just down the road, bigger – there have been some sales but likely will be more sales, especially some of the bigger stuff

Member Presentations

Mark Chisholm – Tips on using hammer

• Goal is 5 minute presentation
• 3 main types of hammers
  • Framing
  • General (16 oz)
  • Finish (10 oz)
• 3 main features
  • Striking plate
  • Claws
  • handle
• stiletto hammer 
  • very light weight
  • with a side puller, which gives you more leverage,
  • removable head
• magnetic nailer
• Use the handle of the nailer for more power and leverage

Observation from Don, Gary, Jack —

• Small hammer very handy for little stuff, use it around the shop all the time.  Not for much hammering but great to have for quick small jobs – light weight, easy to use

Question – are there many framers still doing lots of hammering (vs nailer) – still lots of people doing hammer and nail

• Style of hammer / claw “California nailer”
• Air compressor – nails are smaller so less hole

Brad Holley – Shellac

Shellac – use a lb and a half cut – mixing the shellac flakes with the methyl hydrate – put the flakes in and shake it every couple of hours

Recommendation to get a small dedicated coffee grinder for breaking down flakes even more

Recommend – not use a twist top for bottles where you mix shellac – try cork instead

Guy – has recipe cards that he gets with every order that he receives from where he buys shellac woodessence.com/

Apply 2-3 coats very quickly – usually only doing small projects – o dries very quickly

Guy – each coat blends with previous cut – last coat should be with the grain – TIP: apply wax with 0000 steel wool – very fine – does buffing and finish at the same time (skips sanding step)

Can put wax on top of shellac – can buy wax or unwaxed flakes

What is shelf life – really good – recommended for no more than a year after mixed

Question: how does this effect grandkids water?  Shellac is protein based -from beetles

MEMBER QUESTION – where does shellac come from

Break

50/50 DRAW – made $52  – thanks to Jack, Phil and Steve Leblanc for wood.  This month’s prizes and selections

• Don – grouping of glue, markers
• Mark – cherry turning wood (phil)
• Mark – (2)  Glue
• Gary – wood bundle
• Stephen – wood bundle
• Phil – glue pack

Show and Tell

• Don – product review – Lee Valley spring catalog– Had a new corner scraper – smaller than expected but sharp and easy to use – excellent for glue lines – great for getting in corners – $40 bucks – intro price – can’t sharpen but can buy replacement blades  (about $11.50 each) – recommended
• Walt – scraps from Steve LeBlanc – axels from dollar store – — ‘graduation gifts ‘ for the kids In daughters class – transformer trucks
• Brad – cedar that  was burned not painted – char wood shoshugi bon – preservation of wood – works better in cedar than other woods – long lasting, uv resistant – weed torch from amazon – attach to propane tank
• J.-  wood blocks – added a little colour after showing blocks last time – sharing how AWA has helped her growth as wood worker – tries to use wood to support other people with wood
• Doug – self clamping stop block with rare earth magnets instead of a clamp

2×4 Challenge results

• Doug – Toy trucks – found a book in a used book store about Swedish folk toys – replicated some with 2×4 – rocky road – wheels not centered so on rocky road – multiple heavy looking like truck
• Stephen made shelf for router bits – will probably serve as prototype – rail and style door – 5/8 – sketch up for plan to make sure would fit in 1 board – room for 70 bits and some spaces for bushings, allen keys etc – holders can be pulled out and rearranged – has sketch up designs available – build the door around the piece of plex for the door – has a little magnet n it – box joint – no finish – not enough for a little drawer or even  a cleat on the back – a little ogee around the door-may put little holders in the holes
• Don – lap table – prototype for a more finished project – different size edges so you have a choice of how deep incline-wedge wider on one side.

All 2×4 entries receive draw prize ticket.  Two draw prizes – $25 card from Lee Valley – Winners – Doug – Stephen

Outstanding Business

• Still looking for a few board members
• Annual BBQ –  Ted and Debbie taking a break from hosting this year so we are looking for other options for a summer road trip – suggestions contact Mary Elizabeth or Don
• Fortsner bits – looking for 1.5 and 1 1/16
• Phil has lots of veneer if people are interested
  • Presentation on attaching veneer – good bonding with a vacuum 
  • This month’s Canadian Woodworker has article on pressing veneer
• Presenters for next year-  Don would like to have volunteers for several specific topics to be on call for extra time at meetings.  Some topics:
  • Using a chisel
  • Temporary fasteners (wood screws….)
  • Gluing and clamping
  • Sanding and abrasives
  • Carving
  • Share interesting articles – good tips, summaries
  • Give product reviews – pros and cons
• Don is also looking for suggestions for challenges.

Next Meeting

September 11, 2019 

Have a great summer!