Monday Night Recap, Feb 3, 2025

Durham Woodworking Club

Members Meeting

February 3rd, 2025

1830 – 2000 hrs

Agenda

  1. Welcome
  2. Show and Tell
  3. Social
  4. Safety Video

Business

REMINDERS

NO MEETING FEB 10 DUE TO CUBCARS

NO MEETING FEB 17 DUE TO FAMILY DAY

Welcome

  1. Using Google meet this week instead of Zoom
  2. New members invited to tell about themselves and how they heard about the club
  3. Talked about safety, and asked for questions on safety and bathroom locations

Show and tell

  1. Lazer work with wood and epoxy. Passed around for demonstration
  2. Lazer cut out with “fireman
  3. passed around small DWC keytags for the members
  4. Questions asked and answered regarding the finish.  described the process.

Andy

  1. First memory box – using a scroll saw to have the word Memories with a heart inside the lid.

Paul___________

  1. A bird house
  2. Colourful roof and a door at the bottom to clean the bird house out.
  3. If you grease the threads, it come off easily
  4. It had been built out of old plywood. Used thin strips to make the profile of the roof. Plywood was not a good idea, as it split and broke.
  5. He used an old oak chair, making a new roof

Doug

  1. Memory box 2, made from pine and mahogany trim
  2. Use of mitred corners and glue with tape to clamp
  3. Only top and bottom made of plywood
  4. Use of osmo oil finish – using old cotton towel or t shirt
  5. On Feb 24 DWC will be doing a session on the on the library for members. There is a lot of excellent resources. Please sign out and return books on time (one month)
  6. New at the Library
    1. Two Million Trees: re-forestation book, Ontario based.
      1. Saving the trees and the land.
    2. Woodworking mistakes and solutions

Annie

  1. Built a bench with husband
  2. Showed progress of the bench on the overhead screen
  3. Fun project, but would do things a bit different
  4. Is a tongue and groove. Stained to match rosewood table.
  5. Lesson learned – 2 coats of varnish but did not clean between so it was a little bit rough.
  6. Also had a practice run with a palm router.

Doug

  1. Ice bowl (burned wood?) Interesting shape
  2. Positive feedback
  3. Sanded it on the lathe and put a dark colour on the wood
  4. Feedback on other ways that others have used

3rd Memory box by Gene?

“One hinge” memory box

  1. Baltic birch

KUB KARS

  1. Sign up sheet was distributed last week and is sent around again for members to sign up if they can help.
  2. March 10 – Camp Samac – racing the Kars that were built by DWC

Social Intermission

Members looked at the new push sticks during the social intermission.

Safety Session (1915 hrs)

Introduction to Gripper Jigs

  1. Used for feeding wood into table saw, (band saw, router…)
  2. Demonstrated by member
  3. Height of the blade is important – so as not to cut the gripper block
  4. Adjustments of the block demonstrated – for an extra safety. One is basic and one has the extra safety.
  5. Has a stability piece once engaged and tightened up (see in video)
  6. Question on using this to cut on angles.
  7. Orange piece on top shows the no saw zone.
  8. They get dirty and dusty. Need to Clean with iso propanol (alcohol)

Safety Video on Push Sticks

“Save your Fingers! MicroJig GRR-Ripper Review”

Q&A from members after video.

Suggestions to ask members not present be advised to watch the video and to ask questions of the certain knowledgeable members. (Doug R, Noel, Gene, Chad, exec members)

Questions and answers on cleaning the gripper

REMINDERS

NO MEETING FEB 10 DUE TO CUBCARS

NO MEETING FEB 17 DUE TO FAMILY DAY

NEXT MEETING IS FEB 24, WITH AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT OUR LIBRARY AND NEW SOFTWARE!!! MIGHT BE FUN – YOU SHOULD ATTEND!!!