Officers Founder Don Shutt 245-9724

President Terry Shears 637-6415

V. P.: Chuck Jaessing 672-8495

Treasure: Frank Yanko 657-5328

Librarian: Walt Leimer 482-8829

Board: Wayne McCann 632-0258

Board Chuck Morris 693-9435

Board Stew Hagerty 433-2634

Newsletter Dave Therkildsen 437-8694 Volume 21 Issue No 5 May 2016

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The next meeting will be June 7th, the 1st. Tuesday

of the month. The meeting will be held at 7pm in

the Club House, 16471 Lima Rd., Huntertown.

Mark your calendar now.

The June demo will be Dave Therkildsen on making acoustic guitars.

Since this may go long the demo for July is also Dave Therkildsen on

making acoustic guitars, cont..

.Demonstration So, we have seen much of Al’s work over the weeks. In fact

every week. How does he make all of those wonderful

boxes? Well, we can’t possibly get all of the “inside base-

ball” in one demo, but this month’s demo is certainly a start.

Below is an example of some of the marquetry boxes. The

box starts with the

lid. You can have a

wide variety of

choices for the lid

design by referenc-

ing clipart pictures

from the internet.

Pick a simple one for

your first attempt.

Then put your veneer

packet together with

no more than 16 lay-

ers of veneer. The

number of veneers

needed is relative to

the number of varie-

ties of wood / colors used in the lid design. For example the

packet for the floating duck would be many more than the

shamrock. Complete the packet with a waster board on the

top and the

bottom of the

pack. Attach

a copy of

your design

on top of the

packet and

drill a hole just large enough to get the scroll saw blade thru

the packet. Using a 2/0 blade cutout your pattern. The blade

should be perpendicular to the

packet with no angle. Place the ve-

neer pieces together to form the de-

sign and put veneer tape on the show

side to hold it together. You can now

glue this to the wood you have se-

lected for the top or lid of the box.

Meeting Notes

We open the meeting with 35 people in attendance.

• Please pickup your 2016 membership cards from Frank Yanko at

the next meeting. Remember that you must have a membership

card with you to receive discounts from our supporters.

• Note that Oak Tree Woodworking is offering various skill classes

at their store in Huntertown.

Demonstrations

Chuck’s Corner for Tricks of the Trade

Dave Therkildsen offered the tip this week. In doing some net

searching for guitar work he came across what he considered

one of the best tricks he has seen in awhile. When doing pattern

cuts with a router it is necessary to use double sided tape to affix

the pattern to the work piece. Some tapes (such as carpet tape)

can be quite aggressive and you can damage the work piece

when removing, especially a veneered piece.. No more with

this trick. Put masking tape on work piece and pattern. Put a

little CA (super) glue (doesn’t need to cover) on one piece of

tape. If desired spray the other piece of tape with accelerator

and press together. Now separating the pieces is as easy as re-

moving masking tape!.

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Demonstration cont.

There are going to be a lot of pieces after the design is cut from the veneer packet so stay organized. Use melamine

caul boards to press the veneer flat when gluing and use clamps to provide the pressure. A vacuum press comes in

handy for this step if you have one. At this point the lid should be lar-

ger then the box so it can be sized later.

Select the wood for the body of the box and if it is thick enough

re-saw it so you can book match the sides or ends of the box. Try to cut

the pieces so the grain wraps around the corners for a nicer look. Now

miter the four corner joints and glue the box sides together. It helps if

you finish the inside surfaces of the box before you glue it together.

After the glue has dried, tape the lid to the box with an even overhang

all around the sides. You are now going to drill the four holes to put

the bullet points in that locate the lid to the box.

Place your forstner bit against the sides in the corner and drill a shal-

low hole for the dowels (bullet points). With the lid still taped to the

sides, use something that is about a 1/16” thick placed against the sides

and mark the lid. This will be the amount of overhang the lid has

compared to the sides. Untape the lid and sand it to the lines you just

marked. Install the bullet points in the holes

you drilled.

Make sure that the bottom is also larger than

the box and glue it onto the sides with an

even over hang all around. After the glue has

dried flush trim it even with the sides using a

“flush trim “V” groove bit”. This bit will trim

the bottom flush to the sides and will route a

small “V” groove at the same time as an ac-

cent. The bottom and the top of the lid can be

rounded over with a router bit.

You can now sand the parts and apply your favorite finish. Ok, if you are planning to bring your box to the next show

and tell I suggest you do not go after Al.

Show & Tell Projects

Projects by Charles Jaessing

Charles brings in several examples of cutting boards this month. He brings examples of apple, pear, pumpkin

Ohio, jug and square to name a few. The boards are solid and laminated (maple

and mixed) and are finished with mineral oil—only.

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Projects by Rhonda Inman

This is Rhonda ….and she makes ornaments. (OK … Al didn’t have a show and tell this month.) We have

another compound Christmas ornament with her unique keepsake box. This offering is made of 100% canary

wood from the Brazilian rain forest. As I re-

call from her demo Canary wood is one of the

more difficult woods to work with in this type

of woodworking. The pieces are finished with

2 coats of ultra– cover Gloss clear spray.

Show & Tell Projects

Projects by Rodney Gruesbeck

Rodney brought in what he terms a “mega mallet” this month. The mallet is made form ash and is used as a very

heavy maul to split wood with a 14” splitting froe. It was turned on the lathe using a roughing and spindle

gouge. The long barrel was a bit of a joke … because it was there.

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Show & Tell Projects

Projects by Dennis McCann This is a cedar Nautilus shell constructed of 27 precisely cut pieces using a scroll saw and then put to-

gether and finished. Getting some scroll lessons from Rhonda? This was a project from last month. I

wasn’t happy with the picture so I wanted to bring it back.

Projects by Steve Moss Steve brings his rendition of a band saw box. This is made of maple with a trans-tint dye. The handles are figured

maple. The finish is a wipe on Poly. Steve wishes to acknowledge Thom Pabst for his help on design and cutting

tips.

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