Announcements
Gene Hutchison –Members to help Scouts and Cubs with shop assistance is sought for March 28th Thursday evening at 6pm and for March 30th Saturday at 10am.
Next Week – April 1st no meeting, next meeting Monday April 8th
April 7th Tools of the Trade show at the Pickering town centre (8-3pm)
Mar 23 shop cleanup went very well, thanks to all who helped out
2×4 challenge is being considered with final rules to be announced April 8th – expect Scrolling, Turning and Flatwork competitions
Shop hours this week Mon to Thursday 9-8 pm (Thursday evening will be reserved for Cubs/Scouts) and Saturday afternoon 1 -3pm (Saturday morning will also be reserved for Cubs/Scouts) 50/50 for the good of the club winner –Paul Kidson
Show & Tell
Kade Bolger – “Tippy Tops” are a skill building – technical project. Consist of a full circle (perfect sphere – approximately 1.5” diameter), which is the base that the object spins on, centre of mass for the finished top is below the centre of the sphere, (about 1/3 up from the bottom). Sphere is turned from a cylinder, then top side is hollowed out leaving a vertical stem.
Gene Hutchison – Showed his woodworking 101 step stool and a night table watch stand. The band of a watch is positioned on the stand to display the watch face.
Chris Lapine – Showed an oval shaped composite wood base for a coffee grinder. The ‘drawer’ to collect the coffee grounds, integral with the base, has the inside ‘wood turned’ rather than drilled out, which provided a better profile for removal of the ground coffee.
Gord Tilly – Showed an antique machinists mallet which consisted of a stack leather circles with the centres removed, glued on a iron rod (approximately 1” diameter) with a turned handle that he has been restoring. Gord also showed several antique timber frame “log dogs”, circa mid 1800’s used to hold beams together.
Paul Kidson – showed a King lathe chuck that was brand new but oscillated when spinning. It was determined the chuck adaptor had a machining flaw. When checked for roundness it was showing run-out of about 0.008”.
Presentation
Facilitated this week by Paul Kidson consisted of group discussions related to adequate needs for a home wood turning shop, a home scrolling shop and a home flat working shop.
Next Meeting: 2024-04-08 Monday at 6:30pm