An Archive of the Club's Meetings and Other Events
Truing Rough Lumber Into A Square Board: Basics and Beyond
After returning from the lumber mill with a rough board, you’re eager to cut those dovetails for your next masterpiece. But, the faces need to be parallel and the edges striaght and square, or your masterpiece may be headed into the fireplace.
Continue reading: Truing Rough Lumber Into A Square Board: Basics and Beyond ...In the 1880s, while America was beginning its love affair with the British Arts & Crafts style of handmade and manufactured goods, Europe was beginning to explore a new and different style of furniture, architecture, ceramics and jewelry. This new approach to craft was to become known as âArt Nouveau.”
Continue reading: The Art Nouveau Movement ...Card scrapers are inexpensive and versatile tools that provide a quick way to flush up edge banding, inlays and generally prepare a surface for finishing. Using a sharp card scraper is almost intuitive, but the stumbling block for many woodworkers is consistently getting a sharp edge. When referring to card scrapers even the term “sharpening” can be a source of confusion.
Continue reading: December Meeting: Sharpening Card Scrapers ...The November program will be our annual Show and Tell program featuring woodworking projects created by our members. This annual gathering lets the members of our woodworking club come together to experience the talent and effort of all club members. In prior years, we have seen a broad spectrum of woodworking ranging from small tabletop items to large floor sized items.
Continue reading: November Meeting: Member Show and Tell ...Our speaker this month will be WPW member Don Phillips, who will be providing a tour and demonstration of his 36″ band sawmill (yes, sawdust will fly!) and kiln/shop. We’ll meet first at the sawmill (for reference, ~50 miles from Bill’s shop) where Don will talk briefly on some basic details of how logs are sawn (for yield,
Continue reading: Tour of the Sawmill, Kiln, and Shop of Don Phillips ...We’re starting off our program year with a program on decorative box making that will be presented by longtime WPW member Robert Bishop. As many of you know, one of Robert’s specialties is making boxes, and he’ll be well into the swing of things at our September meeting having just completed his showing at A Fair In The Park the previous weekend.
Continue reading: Decorative Box Making ...NOTE: There will be a special “Ken’s Corner” Presentation for club members starting at 8:30 AM, see details below.
Resin-Pouring To Fill Voids In Wood
For our regular meeting, our speaker will be Nate Lucas, one of the owners of Urban Tree, a local company that makes beautiful live-edge furniture using locally-sourced urban trees that have been downed for many reasons,
Continue reading: Resin-Pouring To Fill Voids In Wood ...Having a flat, sturdy work space is essential for doing good work, but buying one is not easy. Good commercial benches are very expensive, and the affordable ones are not worth buying due to their light weight and poor vises.
Dante DiIanni will open his woodworking shop and school to the Western PA Woodworkers for a discussion on how to fashion a very sturdy budget-friendly workbench using readily available materials with the potential for adding additional features.
Continue reading: A Budget-Friendly Workbench ...