November 2015

Western Piedmont Woodcrafters Application for Membership NAME________________________________________ Date ________________ ADDRESS ___________________________________________________________ CITY ______________________________ STATE ________ ZIP _____________ E-MAIL _______________________________________________________________________________ Please print clearly as much of our correspondence is conducted via e-mail.

TELEPHONE: HOME _________________ WORK _________________ CELL __________________ Type of newsletter you would line to receive: Electronic via. E-Mail ______ or Paper via US Mail____ Dues are $30 per year (July-June). Meetings are the fourth Saturday of each month. July, August, September…………$30 Single Membership $40 Family Membership October, November, December….$25 Single Membership $35 Family Membership January thru June………………..$20 Single Membership $25 Family Membership Please note that family memberships apply to spouses, sons and daughters, The Woodcrafters urge you to register as a family as other members have done.

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Volume 17, Issue 11

November 2015

Western Piedmont Woodcrafters

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November 2015

Presidents Report

Here’s hoping that this months letter finds everyone enjoying the fall weather. At the November 2nd Board of Directors meeting several items were put into our calendar for the Winter and Spring of 2016. 1. The joint November/December meeting for the W.P. Woodcrafters is scheduled for Dec. 5th starting at 9:30AM, Tony Bradley will be presenting a program on the history and development of the electric router. The presentation will be followed by our monthly Show and Tell, our monthly Raffle’s and a luncheon will be provided by Firehouse Subs of Hickory. 2. The annual scholarship this year was presented to two different students studying woodworking. We are trying to get them to one of our club meetings for all to meet. 3. There is at this time no information on the Spring Contest as we are waiting for The Habitat Store to decide on if they are planning a Birdhouse auction or not for April. We can go forward with a contest for building a birdhouse for our own personal use if the membership shows a desire to do so. Let a Board member know. 4. There may be some possibility of a project with the Museum in Hickory; as a public charitable outreach for the Woodcrafters. More information should be available at the December 5th meeting. We were able to get 6 new members and 2 regular members to sign up at the Klingspor Extravaganza. Please make these new members feel welcome. Introduce yourself and you may find someone with the same interest that you have. Remember that! We are still collecting names of members that bring a guest, and if that guest signs up for membership within 90 days, the introducing member receives 6 free Raffle tickets. Bruce Swanson will be our presenter for both the January and February club meetings, He will be making a three dimensional flower boxes and vases using a scroll saw. I personally want to thank all of you who have taken the time to call or send cards during my hip replacement surgery in September. Also for the many volunteers who gave many hours to make our display area at the Extravaganza. Remember December 5th at 9:30 AM at the Klingspor Store for our meeting and lunch. Bring something for Show and Tell and something you no longer have need of for the Raffle and also try to bring a friend. Ron Ainaire President

Ronald Ainaire Bruce Swanson Bob Sauer Bob Shoffner Val Minch Dick Knotts Michael Robbins Matt Bendzinski

FACTOIDS When the first Europeans started settling in North America in the early 1600's, There were about 1 billion acres of forest lands covering the lower 48 states. This 1 billion acres represented about 42% of the entire landmass, (2.4 billion acres). Today, over 400 years later, we still have about 750 million acres, or 75% of the original 1 billion acres of forest land. The 25% of forest land lost over this time period was thru infrastructure such as; agriculture, cities, towns, factories, highways, etc., with agriculture accounting for the majority of the 25% loss In 1997, forest landowners planted nearly 1.6 billion seedlings. That is more than 5 trees for each American. This does not include the natural regeneration of managed forests. Every man, women and child in the US "consumes" about 74 cubic ft. of wood each year. That wood comes in many forms from construction lumber to furniture to tissue paper to packaging and energy. If the 74 cubic feet were dry Douglas-fir, it would weigh over 2300 lbs.! (USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech Report FPL-GTR-116, 1999)

Club Officers President: V. President: Sect/Treasurer: Publicity: Membership: Programs: Newsletter Alternate

North Carolina Quiz Questions The NC quiz Questions will return in the next issue, This month we will have a new feature;

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November 2015

October “Klingspor Extravaganza” Highlights

November 2015

October “Klingspor Extravaganza” Highlights

Stop by the website and see all the pictures taken by our club photographer Frank Cushman Many thanks to Frank for all of time spent taking all the pictures.

November 2015

August Meeting Topic WOODWORKING ROUTERS IS TOPIC OF WOODCRAFTERS MEETING Western Piedmont Woodcrafters member Tony Bradley will present a program, “All about woodworking routers” at the club’s December 5 meeting. The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Klingspor Woodworking Shop, 856 21 st St. Drive SE, Hickory. The program will include the history of electric woodworking routers and their unique improvement and progress to becoming the most indispensible tool of modern woodworkers. Bradley has been researching this subject for several years in preparation of a book about Ray L. Carter, pioneer inventor of woodworking machines. Bradley’s program will also include demonstrations of unique uses of both handheld and overarm routers. Bradley has been working in the furniture industry since leaving the U.S. Navy in 1971 and moved to Hickory in 1978 to attend the furniture management program at Catawba Valley Community College. He was the “Sample Builder Supervisor” at Hickory Chair and then had his own business, BRADCO Wood Products, building samples and furniture production for sixteen years. The Western Piedmont Woodcrafters Club consists of about 70 hobbyist and professional woodworkers of all skill levels from throughout the Unifour area. The club meets once each month, except for a combined November/December meeting, at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop in Hickory to hear speakers and to see demonstrations of woodworking equipment, projects and techniques. Meetings are open to the public.

“Who wants to be on the Board ” We are in need of members to become involved on the actives of the broad. You have been hearing about the responsibilities of the different offices of the board. The offices in most need of at this time are, President, Vice President, Sect/Treasurer, Membership, Programs, and a couple of Alternates. So lets be thinking were you can help out.

Other Club news We have had a volunteer to make coffee for the meetings Many thanks to Dan Johnson. We will be giving our 2nd recipient the scholarship we are funding at WPFoundation. As soon as it is awarded to we will pass on the next persons name. So they can pursue the studies in the course work of “Professional Crafts: Wood” program of the WPCC. We will be announcing the name of recipient soon.

Have you heard West Penn Hardwoods 1405 Deborah Herman Rd. Conover, NC 28613 828-322-WOOD (9663) open Mon –Fri 8am to 5pm Is now open in our area many of you wanted to get this information at the September meeting. https://www.westpennhardwoods.com

A person stoped by the booth at the Tool Show and has wood for sale Wiley Burrus (704) 402-8668 Troutman, NC 4/4 and 8/4 Mesquite slabs about 220 board foot total, asking $5.00 bd./ft.

November 2015

Re-printed from Wood Magazine

Shop Tips For handheld routing of small parts, clamp a scrap to your workbench, and apply clothbacked, doublefaced tape to the top. Press the small part onto the tape for a secure hold during machining. ←

Cut perfect flutes Make quick work of routing flutes by installing a round-nose or core-box bit in your trim router. When you don’t have a detachable edge guide (standard on some small routers, optional for others), these routers’ small bases allow you to set a straightedge close to the cutting area. Those with square subbases follow that straightedge perfectly, as shown, to cut the flutes with no worries.

Use a follower block for chip free routing When routing across end grain, small chips of wood often tear from the trailing edge as the bit exits the workpiece. To prevent this, push the workpiece past the bit with a scrap follower block, as shown. The block supports the edge grain, preventing it from tearing out. Using a follower block also steadies a long, narrow workpiece for smoother routing. To make a follower block easier to handle, cut a 6″ length of 1″ dowel, drill a centered 1″ hole in the block, and insert he dowel.

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Don’t get burned routing stopped chamfers Ever experienced tear-out or burning when routing a stopped chamfer? Tear-out can happen if you rout the entire chamfer in one pass. Burning occurs if the spinning bit lingers in one spot, so you need to quickly pull the part away from the bit at the end of the chamfer. Here’s an easy way to avoid these problems. With the part on edge and against a stopblock, rotate the part into the bit, as shown top. Without hesitating, rout about two-thirds the

November 2015

Shop Tips Telescoping router table for compact storage I needed a router table, but didn’t have room in my garage shop for another large stationary cabinet. My solution is a tele-scoping table that can slide down and fit under a work counter when not in use. First, build the base to your desired dimensions so the entire assembly will fit under the counter. (The dimensions shown should work in most situations.) Cut 1/4″-wide slots as shown in the table sides for the telescoping function. The L-shape of the slots helps stabilize the table when it’s in the working position. Use T-knobs, carriage bolts, and locking washers to secure the sides to the base. Now you have an easily stowed router table that’s ready to come out and work like a big-league tool. —Jim Treece, Knoxville, Tenn

Rout no-fuss inlay grooves Decorative inlays add striking contrast and an air of quality to projects. Using a trim router, as shown, helps you get into tighter, narrower surfaces—such as aprons attached to table legs. Follow a straightedge or attach an edge guide to the router’s base to ensure dead-straight grooves. Use a straight bit or downcut spiral bit.

Plunge router transforms into mini drill press I recently needed to drill 3⁄4″-diameter holes into the end grain of some 82″-long bed rails: too long for my drill press, too big for my doweling jig, and I didn’t trust a hand drill to give me the perfectly perpendicular holes I needed. Instead, I drilled the holes with my plunge router and the shop-made self-centering jig you see here.Start by making the jig from 1⁄4″ hardboard and two scrapwood fences spaced to match the thickness of the workpiece you want to drill. Install the jig in place of your router’s factory-supplied subbase, with the bit centered between the two fences. Now install a 3⁄4″ plunging straight bit (such as Woodline WL-1038, 1⁄2″ shank, 800-472-6950 or woodline.com), clamp the workpiece between the fences, and plunge slowly, withdrawing occasionally to clear chips.With this jig, I’ve found I can plunge about 11⁄2″ deep with my existing bits. If I need to go deeper, this plunged hole provides an effective guide for a Forstner bit in my handheld drill. —Andy Newhouse, Syracuse, N.Y.

November 2015

North Carolina Quiz “Will return in the next issue” Special thanks to Val Minch for his help with

“Factoids”

Membership Dues Month July, Aug, Sept Oct, Nov, Dec Jan, thru June

Membership Single Family $30 $25 $20

$40 $35 $25

Raffle Winners No Drawing held at the tool show.

Calendar of Events Western Piedmont Woodcrafters 9:30 AM November - December 5th (combine meeting) Program: ~ “History and Development of Electric Router ” Presenter: Tony Bradley

Western Piedmont Woodcrafters 9:30 AM January: 23th - The Many uses of Scrollsaws Program: ~ “ He will be making a three dimensional flower boxes and vases using a scroll saw.” part one’

Presenter: Bruce

Swanson

Western Piedmont Woodcrafters 9:30 AM February: 27th- The Many uses of Scrollsaws Program: ~ “ He will be making a three dimensional flower boxes and vases using a scroll saw.” part two’

Presenter: Bruce

Swanson

Western Piedmont Woodcrafters 9:30 AM March: - “ Details to come ” Program: ~ “ Details to come ”

Presenter:

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Membership Conner Good news we had 4 new members sign up at the Tool Show. Please Welcome

Ronnie Boyles, Gastonia Enrico Mortarino, Hickory Gary Tiffany, Hudson Brian Heath, Tayorsville 2 Returning Members & 6 Honorary Members

Total membership = about 60

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