Month: January 2020

Great meeting this evening, super presentation from Doug Ricketts on bandsaw safety.  Doug reviewed all of the key aspects of running a bandsaw safely, as well as, the basics of setting up key components, including how to change and safely fold a blade for storage.  Great feedback from the membership, a number of great tips and take-a-ways.  Thank you Doug for a tremendous presentation.

Next Monday if the first meeting of the month, we’ll be serving coffee, please feel free to bring treats for the group.  Our guest speaker for the evening will be Regional Chairman John Henry, bring lots of questions, John is an awesome guest speaker.

A couple of shop notes, the drum sander is up and running, moving forward all members wishing to use the drum sander will be required to take an orientation session before using the drum sander.  The orientation course will greatly assist the club with future maintenance and keep the drum sander working for a longer period of time.  

As well, if anyone notices any issues with broken or damaged equipment, please send an email to the club’s maintenance committee, the email address is repairdwc@gmail.com. 

This Tuesday evening, Mike Kellar and team will be hosting the Kub Kars program, the shop will be closed from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  If you’d like to help out, please contact Mike directly, it’s a great experience helping out.

Housekeeping

• Open turning night, Wednesday with Denis Lalonde & Chris Lapine from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
• Open shop night, Thursday with Chad Shaw from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
• Simcoe Street United Church fundraising program, email was sent to everyone last week, if you can help out, it would be great.
• Brooklin Carving show, March 14^th at the Brooklin Community Center, information posted on our web site.
• Toronto Woodworking Show, February 7, 8 & 9^th at the Toronto International Center, details will be posted on the clubs web site.  If you can car pool, please let me know.
• Here’s a link to a wood turning app found by Wayne Whitehead, hit the link bellow to download

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to call, text or email me anytime.

Great meeting last night, our guest speaker Greg Wallace with Kilian Tools discussed the benefits of carbide woodturning tools, as well as, the various materials that he uses with his carbide tools.  Greg’s company, produces several carbide turning tools, which he brought several samples, it was a great discussion, the feedback was extremely positive.  If you’re interested in learning more about carbide turning tools, Greg’s web site is www.kiliantools.com and his email address is contact@kiliantools.com.  

Following our guest speaker, we had a good discussion regarding feather boards and methods to hold down material when using a table saw, bandsaw or router table.  Thanks to Noel Green for bringing in his feather board examples, as well as, his jig to cut 45 degree angles using a table saw and sled.  Great discussion and awesome tips from the membership.

Note, the shop will be closed this Wednesday evening as Mike Kellar will be hosting the Scouts Kub Kars program.  If you can help out, please contact Mike directly.  Additionally, Mike has requested on behalf of Sopher Creek Animal Rescue that should anyone have any gently used clothing that is not being used, please feel free to donate it for the Sopher Creek program (drop off to the club), deadline is February 10^th.

I’ll be sending out a separate email from the Simcoe Street United Church, they are fundraising for repairs to the church roof in conjunction with Little Caesars Pizza.  It’s a great way to support the church and eat great pizza.

We have several dozen metal magazine holders that the club is no longer using, members can pick them up free of charge at the club, they are sitting on a table outside the entrance to the shop (in the hallway).  Please note, that the magazine holders will be donated to the Oshawa library by next Monday, if you would like any, please pick up before the next club meeting.

Please note, due to church regulations, the club is not permitted to store wood with bark in or around the shop.  If you have any barked material in the shop, please remove it immediately.  That being said, several pieces have been found in one of the rooms without any identification, it is available for pick up on the same table as the metal magazine holders. 

Housekeeping

• Brooklin Woodcarving show, March 14^th, Brooklin Community Centre & Library
• Tuesday night open shop night, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Wednesday night, shop closed, Kub Kars program with Mike Kellar
• Thursday night, open shop night with Chad Shaw 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to call, email or text.

Hi,

Great meeting last night, presentation by yours truly regarding the making of picture frames.  We went through the basics of cutting, routing, clamping and mounting a picture for a handmade picture frame.  Great feedback from the membership, awesome tips and tricks from everyone.

Next week, Greg Wallace from Kilian Tools will be at the club, Greg makes and sells Nanograin carbide woodworking tools.  As well, from our conversation last day, we’ll also be taking about feather boards, everyone is encouraged to bring in your feather board or if you have another method, bring it in so everyone can see it.

Attached is an article found in the current issue of Wood magazine (issue #266, March 2020) regarding 3-D illusion cutting boards, I thought it might be an interesting read for the membership.

The Scouts are back this year, Mike Kellar is looking for volunteers to help with the Kub Kars program, current dates booked are January 22^nd, January 28^th, February 5^th, February 12^th and February 18^th.  If you can help out, please contact Mike directly.  Note, when the Scouts are in the shop, the regular open shop night or turning night will be cancelled, the calendar will be updated.

Housekeeping

• Tuesday, open shop night with Mike Kellar, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Wednesday, open turning night with Denise Lalonde and Chris Lapine, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Thursday, open shop night with Chad Shaw, 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm

If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to call, text or email.

Have a great week!

Rob Peros

President – Durham Woodworking Club

Happy New Year all,

Welcome to a new decade, we’re excited to start a new year.  We had a great meeting last night, a number of awesome gallery items brought forward by the membership, they’ll be posted on our Instagram page, as well as our web site.

We had a great kick off meeting with our new programme director, Gert Rosenau.  There were several great ideas for meeting topics, club projects and project specific seminars, Gert is going to take all of the great ideas and start working on our 2020 calendar of events.  If anyone is interested in helping Gert and would like to volunteer on the programme subcommittee, please feel free to reach out to Gert directly.

Mike Kellar reviewed with the membership a few of the ongoing community projects and several new additions to the club library.  Thanks Mike for the update.

A quick note from Rick Sullivan, payment for the next round of lottery play is due by February 18^th, please be sure to speak to Rick.

Housekeeping

• Tuesday, open shop night, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
• Wednesday, open turning night, if you would like to learn how to turn with Denis and Chris, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Thursday, open shop night, 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to call, email or text.

Have a great week

Rob Peros

President – Durham Woodworking Club

Hi,

Fantastic meeting this past Monday night, a special thank you to Kevin Berry for the musical introduction to start the meeting, Kevin is a very talented bag pipe musician.  We had a great assortment of holiday treats to highlight the meeting.

As well, we ran our annual general meeting this past Monday night, with elections of the 2020 executive.  Thank you to everyone for their support during the AGM , now that we’ve run through our first attempt with the new procedures, it should run much smother next year. 

Club holiday hours – No evening shop hours

• Monday December 23^rd, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Tuesday December 24^th, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Wednesday December 25^th, shop closed
• Thursday December 26^th, shop closed
• Friday December 27^th, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Monday December 30^th, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Tuesday December 31^st, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Wednesday January 1^st, shop closed
• Thursday January 2^nd, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Friday January 3^rd, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Monday January 6^th, club meeting 6:30 pm

Housekeeping notes

• The shop is in need of a clean-up, we’re looking for volunteers to come in on Saturday December 28^th, start time 10:00 am, we should be done noon.  If you can help, please let me know.
• 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  

Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday & Seasons Greeting to everyone, have a safe and happy holiday, will see everyone on January 6, 2020.

If I’ve missed anything or if anyone has any questions, please feel free to call, text or email me anytime.

Thank you,

Rob Peros

President – Durham Woodworking Club

Hi,

Fantastic meeting last night, it was standing room only, great to see everyone.  We were treated to an awesome router presentation by Don MacLean, Don reviewed a number of routing basics for the membership.  We had full audience participation, there were a number of great questions from the membership, which generated a lot of information on the topic.  Thank you Don for taking the time to put together a wonderful presentation.

John McDonald mentioned during the Q&A portion of Don’s presentation a specific YouTube channel to find interesting information, below is the link for Wood Work Web, specific for the router.  This channel has a number of good clips to pull information.

Next week, will be our last club meeting for the season, as we’ll be breaking for Christmas.  We’re going to have a holiday themed coffee night, please be sure to bring holiday treats for the group.  As it’s our last meeting of the year, we’ll also be holding our first official Annual General Meeting.  As well, Chris Lapine will be conducting a demonstration on the speed square, proper use, as well as multiple uses for the speed square.  It should be a good discussion.

We are in need of volunteers to help take down a pipe organ, we have been asked by a family in Whitby, the husband passed away and the family needs our assistance.  If you can help, please let me know.

Club holiday hours – No evening shop hours

Monday December 23^rd, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Tuesday December 24^th, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Wednesday December 25^th, shop closed

Thursday December 26^th, shop closed

Friday December 27^th, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Monday December 30^th, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Tuesday December 31^st, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Wednesday January 1^st, shop closed

Thursday January 2^nd, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Friday January 3^rd, shop open 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Monday January 6^th, club meeting 6:30 pm

Housekeeping notes

• The shop is in need of a clean-up, we’re looking for volunteers to come in on Saturday December 21^st, start time 10:00 am, we should be done noon.  If you can help, please let me know.

• 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  
• Reminder, if you have ordered a Trend mask, please be sure to pay $40 (cash or cheque) at the next meeting.

If I’ve missed anything or if anyone has any questions, please feel free to call, text or email me anytime.

Thank you,

Rob Peros

President – Durham Woodworking Club