An Archive of the Club's Meetings and Other Events
(note this is the 1st Saturday of the month!)
Join us for a special virtual presentation with Ron Herman from his workshop in New Holland, Ohio as he distills from his experience some of his favorite and unique hand tool tips covering a variety of topics from tuning hand tools to using them with some anecdotes along the way.
Continue reading: Ron Herman’s Favorite Handtool Tricks and Techniques ...In answer to several requests from members for a program on how to “bend wood,” we have a real treat in store for our October 10 meeting. Michael Fortune, one of today’s acknowledged masters in the woodworking field of craft/art furniture, will be doing a virtual program for us on the basics of steam bending wood as it relates to furniture making.
Continue reading: Steam Bending with Michael Fortune ...Can you believe it? The laptop will be 40 years old next year! It’s true; the first laptop was invented by Adam Osborne in 1981. What would we do without this device? We can write historic letters; compose documents civilizations will reference for centuries; and, with the right software, make drawings of important buildings and other innovations;
Continue reading: The Jefferson Lap Desk ...Band saws are found in many shops and have the capability for a variety of cuts including rip cuts, crosscuts, resawing, stopped or corner cuts, and irregular curved cuts. There are plenty of reasons to head to your band saw over other machines, but having the saw tuned for optimal performance is critical for it to be your “go-to” machine.
Continue reading: Bandsaw Tuneup with Dean Ridgeway ...Ladies and Gentlemen, in our next virtual meeting, on June 13, we will have the opportunity to meet and interview Mr. Ron Hock. As many of you know, Ron Hock is the founder and owner of Hock Tools: maker of high-quality steel blades for hand planes, spokeshaves, marking tools, kitchen knives,
Continue reading: Tool Steel and Sharpening with the Expert ...Please join our member presenters Dave DeYoung, Ken Bayer, and Eric Stacey as they present various enhancements for a table saw. Dave will show us his L-fence as well as a simple and accurate method to square a fence on shop-made crosscut sleds. Ken will demonstrate the use of his Incra table saw fence.
Continue reading: Table Saw Jigs ...The COVID-19 Pandemic forced the cancellation of in-person meetings. This was our first virtual meeting, bringing us into our members’ home workshops.
Five WPW members (Ben Abate, Alex Botkin, Bill James, Elmer Nahum, and Mike Trueblood) will be presenting an audio and visual tour of some aspect(s) of their workbench that you might find useful,
Continue reading: My Workbench — Details & Features That You Might Like. ...Western Pennsylvania Woodworkers member Michael Trueblood will explain his method of creating and installing muntins, also known as glazing bars, into a cabinet door panel that has an integral, or stuck, molding along the rails and stiles.
This technique divides the panel into four or more spaces to accommodate multiple individual panes of glass.
Continue reading: Creating and Installing Muntins ...