The Termite Times Issue #0018 December 2017 Next Meeting December 21 st PRESIDENTS MESSAGE How A house in my neighborhood just went up for sale. Just two houses down from me! It has four bedrooms, three baths, spa, pool and a large brick barbecue in the back yard. A winning lottery ticket would be helpful since the asking price is north of $500K. Now are you wondering why I’m talking about a house for sale? Is Tom anxious to see that neighbor move out of the neighborhood? No! Is he now a novice real estate agent? No again! There is one little (well not exactly little) item I neglected to mention. About three years ago, the owner poured a concrete slab at the edge of the property and put up a high steel building with a footprint three times the size of my workshop. And it’s air conditioned! What a Christmas present that would be. Any of you woodworkers care to be my new neighbor? How are ‘you all’ coming with your wooden ‘ladies’ gift for the Christmas party drawing? I got inspired on Saturday and had it finished by Sunday. No, I’m not telling what it is.. you must wait till the party. It sure feels good to have it finished. Now if I could only finish my state fair entry. It has at least five items on it that are a challenge for me. If I run short of time I’ve been known to take short cuts. As an example: doing finger joints instead of dovetails. It’s good to challenge yourself… it improves your woodworking, or anything else you apply it to. DO NOT FORGET the party is at the Golden Corral 6942 West Hillsborough Ave. at 5:30. Please hold off of getting in the food lines until we salute the flag and have our invocation. In other words go directly to our assigned party room upon entering. Tom 2017 OFFICERS President Vice President Secretary Video Library Treasurer Tom Soyke Cindy Miller Cindy Miller Tom McKay Bill Rizi 727-372-9742 727-787-5771 813-475-6878 813-265-1109 Hospitality Chaplin Webmaster Urn Committee Bill Pollock Mercy Trujillo Chris Wagner Bill Rizi 813-417-4625 813-873-2541 [email protected]813-265-1109 Newsletter Toy Chairman Past President www.tampawoodcrafters.org Chris Hodgins James Nauman Tom Whittington [email protected]813-949-2976 813-443-3165 A group of skilled and community people who love the art of Woodworking and are devoted to passing on their best, invite you to our meeting. We meet at 7PM on the Third Thursday of each month at Oak Grove United Methodist Church at 2707 W Waters Ave., Tampa, Fl.
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The Termite Times
Issue #0018 December 2017 Next Meeting December 21st PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
How A house in my neighborhood just went up for sale. Just two houses down from me! It has four bedrooms, three baths, spa, pool and a large brick barbecue in the back yard. A winning lottery ticket would be helpful since the asking price is north of $500K. Now are you wondering why I’m talking about a house for sale? Is Tom anxious to see that neighbor move out of the neighborhood? No! Is he now a novice real estate agent? No again! There is one little (well not exactly little) item I neglected to mention. About three years ago, the owner poured a concrete slab at the edge of the property and put up a high steel building with a footprint three times the size of my workshop. And it’s air conditioned! What a Christmas present that would be. Any of you woodworkers care to be my new neighbor? How are ‘you all’ coming with your wooden ‘ladies’ gift for the Christmas party drawing? I got inspired on Saturday and had it finished by Sunday. No, I’m not telling what it is.. you must wait till the party. It sure feels good to have it finished. Now if I could only finish my state fair entry. It has at least five items on it that are a challenge for me. If I run short of time I’ve been known to take short cuts. As an example: doing finger joints instead of dovetails. It’s good to challenge yourself… it improves your woodworking, or anything else you apply it to. DO NOT FORGET the party is at the Golden Corral 6942 West Hillsborough Ave. at 5:30. Please hold off of getting in the food lines until we salute the flag and have our invocation. In other words go directly to our assigned party room upon entering. Tom
2017 OFFICERS President Vice President Secretary Video Library Treasurer Tom Soyke Cindy Miller Cindy Miller Tom McKay Bill Rizi 727-372-9742 727-787-5771 813-475-6878 813-265-1109
Hospitality Chaplin Webmaster Urn Committee Bill Pollock Mercy Trujillo Chris Wagner Bill Rizi 813-417-4625 813-873-2541 [email protected] 813-265-1109
Newsletter Toy Chairman Past President www.tampawoodcrafters.org Chris Hodgins James Nauman Tom Whittington
A group of skilled and community people who love the art of Woodworking and are
devoted to passing on their best, invite you to our meeting. We meet at 7PM on the Third
Thursday of each month at Oak Grove United Methodist Church at
2707 W Waters Ave., Tampa, Fl.
TREASURER’S REPORT
November 2017 Monthly Financial Report
Woodcrafters Club Veterans Urn Project
Beg Balance $3351.88 Beg Balance $15094.88
Income Income
Dues Donations
Donation
Tree Donations
Svc Reimb
Expenses Expenses
Hall Rental Ship Supplies & Postage $170.00
Hospitality Travel Reimb
Door Prizes Laser Engraving
Storage Unit
End Balance $3351.88 End Balance $14924.88
announcements Chewing The Bacon: Club members informally meet every Tuesday between 7 and 8 AM at Jimbo’s Bar-
Be-Que on West Kennedy
Chewing The Eggroll: Club members informally meet the 1st Friday of every month at Lin’s Hibachi Grill on the corner of Fletcher and Dale Mabry at 11:30 am
Wood working volunteers needed. Thursday: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Saturday 9AM-3 PM. OK to come late and leave early on any days you can. 1109 E. Osborne Ave, Tampa, Seminole Heights, East of Nebraska, North of MLK Air Conditioned.
The Rusty Beaver It is almost time for Christmas. You know, the time of the year when our new tool dreams
come true! I hope to see everyone at the party. PS: lots of great door prizes for some club members this year.
Chris Hodgins Editor
Keep your Blades Sharp!
Shop visits I am asking for volunteers for shop visits for this upcoming year. Please call Chris Hodgins at 727-688-6935 or e-mail me at [email protected] Thank you Chris
I am starting a new tradition for those who can‘t get up early. We will be going to Hibachi Grill located at the corner of Fletcher and Dale Mabry on the 1st Friday of every month at 11:30 Call Chris Hodgins if you have any questions 727-688-6935
WOODWORKERS CLUB OF TAMPA MEETING MINUTES 11/16/2017
The meeting was called to order by Tom Soyke at 7:00 P.M. 29 members attended.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited and the invocation was given by Del Core.
New Members
Chuck VanKleek – Hobby woodworker making furniture and pens, lives in Citrus Park area
Pietro Monereda –Does small work and pens
October's minutes as published in the newsletter were presented for approval. The motion to approve was given by John Snyder and seconded by Tom Ferguson. The motion passed by club vote.
October’s treasurer’s report as published in the newsletter was presented for approval. The motion to approve was given by John Snyder and seconded by Tom Ferguson. The motion passed by club vote.
OLD BUSINESS
Details for the Christmas party were confirmed. We will have our December meeting at the Golden Corral on Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa on December 21st (regular meeting night). We have a separate room reserved. The auction and gift exchange will be held after the meal. The reservation is for 5:30 PM. Pay for your meal when you come in.
NEW BUSINESS
The State Fair and Tool Show sign-up sheets were passed around.
The Tool Show dates are different this year. It will be held February 26th through February 28th. Volunteers are needed to load the wood for the logging mill at Gene Petys’ place. Need to be there by 7:00 AM on the 26th.
A committee is needed to explore the possibility of using the existing building on the church property for club meetings and equipment usage/storage. The following members volunteered.
Cindy Miller
Gene Petys
Bill Powell
Pietro Monereda
Al Juhase
Bill Rizi
Chuck VanKleek
The Incra fence was left over from the tool auction. We may want to reserve it for use on our equipment, if the church building/shop project works out.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Toy Committee – James Nauman announced that there were 626 toys made this year, which is significantly lower than years past. James is also stepping down as lead for the Toy Committee, so we need a volunteer to take on this role.
State Fair Committee – The fair dates are February 8th through February 17th. If you sign up to man the woodworking booth, you will receive two entry tickets for each day. The shift is four hours and you will be answering questions from fair goers and promoting woodworking to the general public. There will be a book at the booth that gives information about the entries and the prices for those that are available for sale.
Urn Project – Bill Rizi reported that The Villages plans on engraving 500 emblems for each branch of service. These emblems will be attached to the urns as needed.
We need to standardize the urn dimensions for those states that have more stringent controls.
A laser engraving machine was donated to the club by a veteran’s widow who had listed it on Craig’s List.
DEMONSTRATION
Mike Breedlove joined us again to share some of the many different types of wood available and to test our wits in naming different wood examples,
We were all given a numbered sheet and around 60 wood samples. The goal was to identify as many species of wood as we could. The highest scores would win a prize.
Mike then began his presentation with a bit of explanation. The term used for the scientific naming of all living things is called taxonomy. There is currently a project being run around the world to create a single database of all known species of wood. Currently, the database holds about 60,000 different species and approximately 200 new species are discovered each year! Approximately 60% of the known species of are native to only one country. The major countries holding the most indigenous species are Brazil, Columbia and Indonesia.
Wood is unique in that all wood we us use is dead, but yet it is still alive. The best part of the wood (sapwood or heartwood) varies, depending on the “anatomy” of the particular species. What is wood? In a 1X1X1 “ cube of wood there are about 5 million cells. These elongated cells expand and contract which gives wood it’s designation as a living thing, even though it has been cut down. These cells are what cause the swelling and shrinkage we see in woodworking. Wood cells shrink and expand across the depth and width of any given piece.
The common pine species are native to North America only and in the years between 1902 and 1912, each logging town in the United States felled approximately 5 billion board feet of pine. The trees averaged 150 feet in length and 3 feet in diameter.
Another interesting facet of wood “naming” is that sometimes woods from other countries are given exotic and unusual names to make them more appealing to the American market.
Chuck VanKleek (African Bloodwood), Pietro Monereda and John Snyder (Santos Mahogany) guessed the most correct species. They were given samples of some very exotic and hard-to-find woods.
BREAK – 8:00
BUY – SELL – TRADE
Tom Soyke brought a vacuum veneer sealer to be given away free to anyone who wants it.
SHOW AND TELL
John - made a framing clamp jig that will ensure that the angles for any frame you make are equal and will line up perfectly.
Chris Hodgins – Made a miter box for small pieces. He created the grooves with a Japanese saw.
John won a set of clamps for his entry.
CONTEST – PLAQUES
No entries
GOODY BAG
Ken Mattis
ODDS AND ENDS
Woodcraft donated a whiteboard to the club.
Thanks
Cindy
Computer Corner:
Web Sites, you tube, etc: www.finewoodworking.com/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesArticle.aspx?id=28166 Woodworking clubs all over the country
- Inexpensive sanding belts for sanders and drum sanders --- econaway.com
Here is the link to the clubs Face book page. http://www.facebook.com/WoodcraftersClubOfTampa Thank you Norm YOUTUBE:
Please contact me with any of your favorite woodworking videos Chris
Eye bolt stir stick for your finishes: use the copy and paste on lines below to go to
video http://www.woodsmithtips.com/2017/01/19/?autostart=true&utm_source=WoodsmithTips&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11979 http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/blasts2013/foldbandsawblade.html?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=
email&utm_campaign=Educational&utm_content=bandsaws+2015 How to fold a band saw blade
http://www.instructables.com/class/Woodworking-Class/ This is free internet classes for
woodworking
The Tree hugger News
I will be showing in the upcoming months some extraordinary examples of woodworking that I hope you will use to inspire your future projects.
Show and tell
Mike Breedlove joined us again to share some of the many different types of wood available and to test our wits in naming different wood examples
Chris Hodgins shows miter cutter for small molding Tom Soyke shows complex design for latest project
Jig ideas
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