Volume 58

March 2018

Membership

120

Thank You! James

Dunn for helping

with much of this

months newsletter!

March Presentation

The guest speaker for March 2018

was Dan Wedderman from the

Southend Reclaimed Wood and

Brick Company. Dan is the Logis-

tics & Lumber Manager and is

offering many reclaimed products

that may be of interest to club

members. His company purchas-

es industrial Revolution era build-

ing and deconstructs them to re-

claim the scarce Southern Yellow/

Heart Pine, other woods and vin-

tage bricks. These older buildings

have a variety of other woods that

were used such as Maple (top and

sub floors) , Hickory, and anything

else that can be reclaimed.

The wood is redressed/re-worked and is used in decorative ceilings, walls and staircases,

etc. They also reclaim antique items such as iron doors and tin, which can be used for

chair railings. Dan (office number: 704-603-6068) also offered to have April 11 as a spe-

cial day for club members to purchase odd pieces of wood at negotiable prices.

New Shop Update Mike Pleso announced the Club has agreed to a lease for a new club building. This new

building has heat and air! It's located at 3716 Glenwood Avenue, which is at the corner

of Glenwood Avenue and Fairground. Details on the lease are being finalized

“No. The dues are NOT going

up”

As stated in the last newsletter

before the estimated moving

date in two months the interior

has to be remodeled to fit the

club’s needs. The big items are

the electrics and plumbing fol-

lowed by general carpentry. If

you haven't volunteered, please

help us out.

April Raffle

Prizes

Cabinet Making and Mill-work” Book by John > Feirer

Irwin 15 Pc. Router Bit Set

Bag O” Miscellaneous Irwin Stuff

Dual Action Air Sander

Reclaimed Boards from last month's presentation

Irwin 3 Pc. Vise Grip Groovelock Plier Set

The CWA raffle could bene-

fit from your donation. If you

have any tools (old or new)

or shop supplies you would

like to donate to be raffled,

please bring them to the

meeting.

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To help with the cost to renovate the building the club has floated the idea of a fundraiser to take place sometime in the fall. We

are thinking about making items from scrap wood, such as toys, cutting boards or any other widget you can imagine. Plans are

available if needed. If you have any comment, or expertise in this area such as what is selling and pricing on items please contact

Jim Dunn (22windrider@gmail.com)

Upcoming Shop Tours

Peter Toffel announced that on May 12th there would be a shop tour. It is a way to get ideas on how to set up your own shop. The

last stop will be at Bob Fields shop where plans to grill out afterwards. Contact Peter if you intend to go so he can get an accurate

head count.

Club Clothing Orders

John Seaman reported he didn't get enough people to order shop cloths this time around so he's looking to make a big order later

this year. If you need or want something, contact him.

New Member Tips/Tricks

The average household circuit is 15 amps. Many woodworking equipment machines run between 12 to 15 amps (check the label).

If you tap off a household circuit to run your machine one could possibly over load the circuit when the spouse turns on a light. It is

an easy way to loose pumpkin pie for desert.

Wood Identification Presented By Randy Hock

This month’s wood identification focused on Ring Porous (Oak, Ash, and Elm). When viewed from the endgrain, vessels appear to be holes in the wood. These are commonly referred to as pores. In a live tree, these vessels serve as pipelines within the trunk that are used to transport sap within the tree. Vessel elements are the largest type of cells and unlink other hardwood cell types, they can be viewed individually, many times without any sort of magnification. The pores of the wood and the rings can be used to identify different types of woods as demonstrated below. Examples of Ring Porous woods include Oak, Ash, and Elm. In contrast, there are also Semi Ring Porous woods such as Walnut and Buternut, as well as Ring Diffuse woods such as Cherry, Maple, Poplar, and Mahogany.

Wood Stores

In case one has forgotten, the following are Wood Supply stores that support the club:

Wood Working Source in Mooresville.

Woodcraft in Matthews.

Wurth Wood in Charlotte

TCI Supply in Gastonia

West Penn Hardwoods in Conover. They also specialize in exotic woods.

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Book Review As part of the wood identification, Randy recommends the book Identifying Wood by R. Bruce Hoadley. This book is in our library if you would like to check it out. You can read about it here: http://www.librarything.com/work/571503/book/154073256.

Library Update

John Johnson has been working to modernize and update the club library. It now has more

woodworking titles than the Mecklenburg County Library system. How to use the new features

are located on the first pages of the library website. A noted item is the two search boxes. The

top box will search nationally for a title while the bottom box only searches the club library.

Members In the Shop One of the best benefits of our club is access to our shop. Bill Dunn records a few of our members taking advantage of the shop to work on projects. Evan Fernandes using the table saw to re-saw wood for a pallet wall (part of a bar) under the guidance of Bob Molby. Bob men-

tioned this method can pinch the wood in two ways. Once at the far end as

the wood comes back together and the other is the bottom. To help guide

the wood a push stick was clamped to the table saw. Another items is you

should use a course blade with teeth less than 48 teeth per inch (some use

a blade of 24 TPI) This is so the blade can carry away the saw dust. Also

"LISTEN" to your saw. If the sound changes it could mean your cutting into

a wetter portion of the wood or maybe into a knot.

Bob also mentioned one can re-saw wood on a band saw but there are a

few "got-

cha's." Band

Saw wheels

are crowned

so if your

blade isn't exactly centered on the wheel the blade will wonder and

you won't get a straight cut. There is a tracking adjustment on most

band saw to help correct for this problem. It's also recommended to

have the blade "tight" and use the biggest and stiffest blade that is

possible.

Our members continue to make some awesome gifts and projects.

See the photos below of Neil McGuire and David Bettendorf.

Ring Porous (Oak, Ash, Elm) Semi-Ring Porous (Walnut, Butternut) Ring Diffuse (Maple, Birch)

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Michael Karaffa making a Butcher Block Counter top with Bob Mobly spotting and as-

sisting. Michael did use a push stick once the wood was feed through a bit. Also Mike

was off to one side just in case of kick back.

Kick back is when the wood pinches

back together after it passes the

blade thereby catching the wood

throwing it back at you. At 3,000

RPM the wood (and blade) is faster

than you. The shooting wood can

easily bruise your ribs or put holes in your ceiling (ask me how I know). Newer saws have a "splitter" on the out feed side to pre-

vent the kick back. On You Tube an individual soldered a nail to the insert plate on the out-feed side of the blade as a make shift

splitter. You could also check with the manufacturer to see if one is available for your

saw. It's cheaper than a doctor's visit.

If you're assisting in pulling the wood through keep loose clothing away from the

blade so it doesn't catch and pull you into the blade with disastrous results (Yes...it

has happened).

On a side note the new table saw have a stop feature. It senses moisture in your body

and the blade automatically stops preventing a serious injury. However sometimes it

senses the moisture in green wood and also stops. Also due to the blade brakes on

some models you cannot use stacked dado blades.

Club President Bruce Bogust (right) demonstrating how to use a 20-inch planer to

flatten out Cama McNamara's homemade cutting board

Raffle

If you know any vendor that might want to donate any promotional items for our raffle let Bruce know.

Dues

If you have not paid your dues and you are reading this newsletter, please renew your membership. As of March 31st, if you’ve not renewed, your membership has been dropped from our roster. Please pay your dues if you’d like to renew.

David Bettendorf making a walnut yo-yo. Neil McGuire making a pen

SAFEY TIP

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Show and Tell

Anwar displayed a photo of his ele-

gant rocking chair made of oak. The

sweeping curves and exquisite finish

made it an "eye-popping" piece of

furniture.

Mike Smith showed off and ex-

plained how he made these items

from scrap wood using his scroll

saw. He remarked he got the plans

from the website: "Scroll Saw Work

Shop," by Steve Good. The plans

are free but one could order a

complete encyclopedia of plans on

a DVD for a small fee. Something to think about for fundraisers, or the One Special Christmas

event or for your own kids or friends. Remember: You're not making a gift. You are making a

family heirloom.

Tom Willis discussed the making of table and "experimental" vases. He mentioned the tabletop

drank the tong oil and spar urethane finish due to the end grain top. He pulled small stumps from

the ground for the vases (far right). He experimented drying them by placing them in a microwave

for 10-second intervals.

Tom also makes his own lathe tools and showed off his new parting tool.

Club President Bruce Bogust explained the use of a 19th Century French marking and cutting tool used in the days prior to scroll

saws. Using one's shoulder for support it used less strength that the hand held British version.

Bruce also mentioned that on Saturday, April 7, there would be a band saw tune up session. IT will include both changing bearings

and the rubber tires using the club band saw as an example

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On a side note did you know Farris Belt and Saw could make you a custom band saw blade,

which is many times cheaper than the ones you buy on line. They also can sharpen various

drill and router bits along with selling abrasives/sanding belts.

Upcoming Presentations

April’s Presentation: This month's meeting presentation will be a collaborative session

with member participation. Bring in your favorite gadget, or be prepared to discuss your fa-vorite woodworking Tip or Trick. Try to keep your presentation to 2 or 3 minutes, as every-one in the club is invited to present. At the end of the meeting, we will have an informal vote of who had the best Gadget, Tip or Trick, and they will win a $25 gift certificate from Wood-craft.

May’s Presentation: May’s presentation topic is Woodworking Accuracy featuring Bill

Sutton.

Club Discounts Did you know our club members are entitled to discounts from some of our local stores wood-working / lumber stores?

West Penn Hardwood (only good when Rocky is there)

Klingspor (10%)

Wurth Wood (10%)

Woodcraft (10% if you get the card at the meeting)

Grainger

Hardwood Store (10%) If you know of any other stores you think would extend discounts to members, please provide the information to Mark Boyer this month. We’re in the process of revisiting all or our sponsors and cleaning up our list of vendors. Your feedback is very important to all of our members.

SAFEY TIP

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Communicate with other CWA Mem-bers using Google Groups!

With a single email you can let others know what’s happening, share some in-formation or get an answer to a question.

To Join on Your Own:

Create a Google account, if nec-essary (requires name, email and password).

Save your password in a secure place for future use.

Paste the entire line below in your web browser’s address bar

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/charlotte-woodworkers

“Sign in” Click the link "Join this Group" (on the right).

Once "signed in" select the radio button "Email" at the bottom and enter a nick- name.

Send an email out to the group to intro-duce yourself!

Use "charlotte-woodworkers@googlegroups.com as the "send to" in an email to send a communication to all members of the group.

OTHER CLUB NEWS

Did you know that the club has items that you can

rent instead of buying?

Magnetic Planer Knife Setting Jig

WorkSharp 3000 (use your own sandpaper)

Drill Doctor

for sharpening

regular and

Find CWA Online @

http://www.charlottewoodworkers.org/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Charlotte-Woodworkers/244821488888300

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/charlotte-woodworkers

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Safety Waivers:

Must be filled out and on file for all

CWA Members!

You can download the waiver on our

web site, scan it and e-mail to Mark

Boyer, MarkTBoyer@hotmail.com.

We also have blank ones available at

the monthly meeting.

Learn & Build Classes

Help Wanted

Shop Tours! The goal is to have shop tours scheduled in the same geographic area to reduce distances traveled between

shops and permit adequate time to tour several shops in a day.

To put your shop on the shop tour list, contact Bill at: billblackett@yahoo.com

Note: Shop tours are for active CWA members only—no guests

Shop Tour - Tentative May 12, 2018 at 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Shop Tour - Tentative Rain Date June 2, 2018 at 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Registration - Look at the CWA website to register interest and

sign-up for the projects; as information details appear on the website:

http://www.charlottewoodworkers.org

Program Committee—The program committee is continuing to look for great con-tent for our monthly presentations. If you have some ideas and would like to par-ticipate in getting presenters, please contact Bill Blackett.

Engineering Explorers - Catapult Project —The Engineering Explorers are sched-uled to work on building catapults at the JPM shop on Saturday, April 28 and Sat-urday, May 5. We will go from 10am until around 3 or 4pm. For those who aren't familiar with this event, the students design a catapult and then build it with the help of volunteers from our group. They then take their catapult and participate in a competition against the other designs. This is a great event that is a lot of fun. No matter your skill level, you will definitely be able to help. The students often need some refinement of their designs, a lot of help executing their design into a working prototype, and "help" testing them in the parking lot ☺️. Please consider volunteering one or both days as we need a lot of volunteers to make this day a success. If you are interested in helping either day, please contact Drew at (864) 376-2484 or drew.adc@gmail.com.

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Monday Night Open

JPM Shop Use

Any current CWA member who would

like to use the shop is welcome to do so.

CWA members are there on Monday

nights at 5:30 pm if you need any advice

or assistance with a project.

Ensure you have completed the CWA

‘waiver form’ before you use any of the

tools and equipment and follow the “Shop

Foreman’s” directions and safety proce-

dures.

Call for Articles!

Please share your woodworking

knowledge, interesting experi-

ence and/or a useful tips with

your CWA colleagues by writ-

ing an article for the CWA

Newsletter.

Send your article to

MarkTBoyer@hotmail.com

If you know of someone with a woodworking skill that would be of

interest to CWA members, please contact Bill Blackett at: billblack-

ett@yahoo.com.

Spoon Carving

Small Shops

Fitting a Drawer

Finishing

Power Carving

Product Development

Presentation (by Stanley

Black & Decker)

Bandsaw Boxes

Hide Glue

Thomas Day Furniture

Presentation

Tuning up a Wide Board

Tool Sharpening

Workbenches

Marquetry

Intarsia Lidded Wood Boxes

Wooden Flute Making

Turning a Peppermill

Spoke Shavers

Using SketchUp

All About Wood

Log Cabin Building

Inlay Stringing

Cutting Ogee Style Feet on a

Bandsaw

Fixing Your Mistakes (Parts 1

and 2)

Building a Mantle Clock

Cutting and Drying Lumber

Tools and Changes in the In-

dustry

Making Banding Inlay

Workshop Design

Jigs & Fixtures

Dust Collection 101

Chairs

Saw Blades 101, Freud Blades

and Router

Mortise & Tennons Bits

Project Planning

“Easy Wood Tools" for

Woodturning

Furniture Design

CWA MEETING PRESENTATIONS

All members are asked to keep an eye out for anyone that might make be a suitable program presenter for our CWA club meetings. Who knows, it might even be you!

Recent presentations have included:

CWA F R I E N D S AN D S P ONS O R S

Please thank them every time you use their services

Woodcraft 1725 Windsor Square Drive

Matthews, NC 28105 (704) 847-8300 Charlotte Store

Farris Belt & Saw 235 Foster Ave.

Charlotte, NC 28203 (704) 527-6166 www.farrisbelt.com

Complete sharpening services and abrasives

The Woodworking Source 184 Azalea Road Mooresville, NC

(704) 662-9663 http://www.thewoodworkingsource.com

West Penn Hardwoods 1405 Deborah Herman Road

Conover, NC 28613 (828) 322-2265 www.westpennhardwoods.com

Horizon Forest Products Greenville, S.C.

http://www.horizonforest.com/

Local Charlotte Salesman Chad Mitchell, ( 704) 401-6426

Whiteside Machine Company 4506 Shook Road Claremont, NC

(828) 459-2141 http://www.whitesiderouterbits.com

Klingspor's Woodworking Shop (800) 288-0000

www.woodworkingshop.com

Irwin Tools http://www.irwin.com/

Direct Tools Factory Outlet 5648 E. Independence Blvd. Suite E

Charlotte, NC 28212 (704) 537-2002

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Woodworking Suppliers & Resources Below is a list of various “local area” businesses that sell woodworking supplies that CWA members have used

A&M 3300 Woodpark Blvd Charlotte, NC 282056 704-598-7272

Advantage Trim & Lumber 2520 Blacksburg Rd Grover, NC 28073 704-471-9991

Asheville Hardware 10 Buxton Ave Asheville, NC 28801 828-252-8088 sales@ashevillehardware.com

Blume Supply 3316 South Blvd Charlotte, NC 28209 704-523-7811

Buddy Aultman (CWA Member) www.aultmansawmill.com 704-242-4849

Hardwood Store 106 V East Railroad Ave Gibsonville, NC 27249 336-449-9627

Hunter Coatings 9315 Monroe Road, Suite F Charlotte, NC 28270 704-321-5990

Irwin Tools 8936 Northpointe Executive Dr. Suite 200 Huntersville, NC 28078 800-464-7946

Klingspor Abrasives, Inc 2555 Tate Blvd SE Hickory, NC 28602 800-645-5555

Queen City Lumber 2501 Weddington Ave Charlotte, NC 28204 704-333-3939

The Sawmill (Kyle Edwards) 5048 Reinhardt Cir Iron Station, NC 28080 704-258-8985

Steve Wall Lumber Co. PO Box 287 Mayodan, NC 27027 800-633-4062 woodsales@walllumber.com

TCI Supply 1442 Castle Court Gastonia, NC 28052 704-917-0490

West Penn Hardwoods 1405 Deborah Herman Road Conover, NC 28613 828-322-9663 Open: M-F 8-5 Saturday: 9-1.

Woodcraft 1725 Windsor Square Drive Matthews, NC 28105 704-847-8300

Woodworking Source 184 Azalea Rd. Mooresville, NC 28115 704-662-9663

Wurth Wood Group 4250 Golf Acres Dr Charlotte, NC 28208 704-394-9479

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Directions to Jackson Park Ministries

From the intersection of I-85 and Billy Graham

Parkway: Take Billy Graham Parkway South.

Turn Right on Paul Brown Blvd / West Blvd. (this will be after the main entrance to the

airport) Turn Right on Airport Drive.

First left on Sentry Post Drive.

At the end of Sentry Post Drive there is driveway on the left. Enter here. Using the photo above, drive down

the driveway and around to the warehouse with the “x” on the top.

From the intersection of South Tryon Street and Billy Graham Parkway (where Woodlawn turns in to Billy Gra-

ham). Also exit 6 from I-77.):

Take Billy Graham Parkway North.

Turn Left on Paul Brown Blvd / West Blvd. (this will be at the light after the Tyvola

Road exit) Follow from Step 3 above…

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Open Shop for Charlotte Woodworkers April 16, 2018 at 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm 4001 Sentry Post Road, Charlotte, NC

Meet and Greet April 17, 2018 at 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm 4001 Sentry Post Road, Charlotte, NC

Monthly Meeting April 17, 2018 at 6:15 pm – 8:30 pm 4001 Sentry Post Road, Charlotte, NC

Open Shop for Charlotte Woodworkers April 23, 2018 at 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm 4001 Sentry Post Road, Charlotte, NC

Engineering Explorers - Catapult Project April 28, 2018 at 10:00 am – 4:00 pm 4001 Sentry Post Road, Charlotte, NC The Engineering Explorers are scheduled to work on building catapults at the JPM shop on Saturday, April 28 and Saturday, May 5. We will go from 10am until around 3 or 4pm. For those who aren't familiar with this event, the students design a catapult and then build it with the help of volunteers from…

Open Shop for Charlotte Woodworkers April 30, 2018 at 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm 4001 Sentry Post Road, Charlotte, NC Open shop for Charlotte Woodworkers

Engineering Explorers May 5, 2018 at 10:00 am – 4:00 pm 4001 Sentry Post Road, Charlotte, NC The Engineering Explorers are scheduled to work on building catapults at the JPM shop on Saturday, April 28 and Saturday, May 5. We will go from 10am until around 3 or 4pm. For those who aren't familiar with this event, the students design a catapult and then build it with the help of volunteers from…

Shop Tour - Tentative May 12, 2018 at 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Shop Tour - Tentative Rain Date June 2, 2018 at 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

https://charlottewoodworkers.org/club-calendar/

Regular CWA Meeting Time and Place

Meetings of the Charlotte Woodworkers Association, Inc are held the third Tuesday of each month, except for December. Meetings are held at Jackson

Park Ministries Woodshop at Sentry Post Drive, Charlotte, NC.

2018 CWA Board Members/Committee Chairman

Bruce Bogust

President

704-763-2065

bbogust@windstream.net

Bill Blackett

Vice-President / Program Director

704-853-9218

billblackett@yahoo.com

Bob McElfresh

Treasurer

704-840-6433

bob28227@gmail.com

Mark T. Boyer

Secretary

704-516-3205

MarkTBoyer@hotmail.com

Wayne Manahan

Board Member—At Large

704-786-0768

wmana-han@windstream.net

Stan Howell

Board Member—At Large

704-379-1919

Stan.Howell@yahoo.com

David Powles

Past President

704-506-0403

dpowles42@gmail.com

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