Month: September 2019

Great meeting last night, we had a terrific presentation by Chris Lapine on dust masks.  A number of the membership brought in their dust masks and we discussed the various advantages of each, Noel brought in his Trend dusk mask/face shield for show, great product, thanks Noel.  

We’ll post Chris’ PowerPoint presentation on the club web site, in case anyone would like to review it, and we hope to have the full evenings discussion on our YouTube channel in the near future.  Thanks Chris for another great presentation.

Tony Josevski passed along an ad for a new Trend Air Stealth face mask, if anyone is interested in purchasing, it’s sold by Peach Tree Woodworking Supply Inc, located in Georgia (US).

Next week, we’ll be bringing up a piece of equipment from the shop which has been exposed to water damage, and we’re going to demonstrate how to clean off the rust and protect the surface for the future, it should be another great evening.

Girls Inc. of Durham will be hosting a wine and cheese auction on Friday October 25^th, we’ve been asked if members would like to donate auction items, if you would like to donate, please contact Calvin Perry.  The details of the event will be posted on the club web site.

Thanks to everyone who voted on the club logo design, below is the winning submission.  Now that we have a confirmation on the logo, we’ll be working on new DWC gear for everyone to purchase.

Housekeeping

• Tuesday night, open shop night with Mike Kellar, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
• Wednesday night, open turning night with Denis Lalonde and Chris Lapine, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
• Thursday night, open shop night with Chad Shaw, 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  
• Doors open program will be this Saturday, if you would like to bring friends and family through the shop, please feel free to stop by from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
• I’ll be sending out a separate email with the latest club membership list with images, if Calvin hasn’t taken your photo, please be sure to contact Calvin to make arrangements.

Great meeting last night, there were a number of submissions to the gallery last night, please keep them coming!  

Chris LaPine did a great job regarding overall safety in the shop, the “true confessions” segment was well represented, a number of good comments and experiences were shared with the group.  We’ll post Chris’s presentation on the club web site for those that missed it, we should have the video up on our YouTube channel is a couple of weeks.   Thanks again Chris for taking the time to pull together a great discussion.

Next week, we’ll be following up on the shop safety theme, we’ll be hosting a presentation on dust masks in and for the shop.  Everyone is encouraged to bring in your shop dust mask, we’ll have additional items to present, should be another good discussion.

Woodchuckers are offering a limited time purchase of the Uvex face shield, the current price is $34.95, with all of the tariffs being imposed on China, there will be an anticipated 20% price increase that will be applied in the near future.  If you would like to purchase a face shield at the current price, please reply via email and let me know, the cut off is Thursday noon.

Housekeeping

• Open shop night on Tuesday night with Mike Kellar, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
• Open turning night with Denis Lalonde and Chris LaPine, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
• Open shop night on Thursday with Chad Shaw, 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
• Check the club web site for shop items for sale, as well as, paid opportunities.

Welcome back to the 2019/2020 Durham Woodworking Club season!  We held our first club meeting last night, although we had a guest speaker planned, unfortunately due to last minute unforeseen issues, our guest speaker could not attend.  While the guest speaker could not attend, we did have a good meeting to start the season.

We had a tremendous response to the ongoing wig stand program, last night on the gallery table, there were 15 new wig stands to be presented to Hearth Place.  A shout out to Andy Valliere for the amount of wig stands that he has turned and donated, but also to raising the bar with the artistic designs that he has incorporated into his pieces, thank you Andy.  Kade will have more information regarding the wig stand program at the next meeting.

Also, congratulations to Calvin Perry and his team of builders, that produced six new outdoor benches for the “We Grow Food” program.  Calvin secured donated wood for the project, the team designed and built the benches over the summer and have distributed the benches to their new homes in the community.  Congratulation to everyone involved.

For those members that picked up free wood blocks at the end of season (May) from Dale Coolidge, Dale has asked that if you have made something from this wood, could you please take a picture and send it to Dale.  He would like to pass it along to the folks that donated the wood, it may be useful for any future donations.  If you need Dale’s email address, please check the club directory which was sent out in May.

Doors open will take place Saturday September 28^th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Simcoe Street Church.  The club will be open to receive guests, if you would like to volunteer to work in the shop that day, please notify Rick Sullivan or Chad Shaw via email or phone.

An invitation from the Kawartha Woodturning Guild has been forwarded to our club regarding a demonstration by Nick Agar.  The date of the demonstration is Saturday November 17^th @ 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, cost is $45 per person which includes lunch.  If you’re interested in attending, please let me know, I’ll add your name to the list, I’ll also post on the club web site.

There are a handful of requests from individuals for paid work, I’ll post the details on the club web site on a separate page.

Housekeeping

• This Wednesday night, Denis and Chris will be hosting an open turning night from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  If you have any turning related questions or would like help with a project, please feel free to stop by the shop.
• This Thursday night, Mike will be hosting an open shop night, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Chad will be in the shop from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, for anyone who would like to use the shop in the evening, this is a good opportunity for additional shop time hours.
• Our next meeting, Chris will be leading a discussion on shop safety.  He’ll be looking for group participation on your experiences in your personal shops around shop safety, as Chris calls it, “True Confessions”, I know that we all have stories to share.