Club Updates

Announcements

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday Dec 12 in our usual meeting room. Review of the year and plans, finances, future plans, constitution and bylaws, nominations

forms available from Kade, can be election of executive, any new motions properly presented, PLAN TO ATTEND!

We DO NEED an ‘Elections Officer’ to run our elections at the AGM – YOU could volunteer!! Also, who are you going to nominate for being on the next executive? Contact anyone on the executive

Lotto report –‘Rick’s Picks’ being run by Janice Prebble, Won 2 free plays and $2.

SCROLL saws are being extensively re-furbished by Bruce Cook – Thanks!

Audio Visual – club to be getting a new laptop for zoom and other club use.

DUES are due on or before January first. Pay yours on or before the AGM and you could win back $80. Contact Mike Beaton

Plans to start the various 101 shop courses in the new year – approach Paul K or Kade if you could assist with these, or learn to be an co-instructor

Cheese slicers being ordered by Chris Lapine++++++++++++++++++

Financial Report to be coming to you monthly starting in the new year, and at the AGM.

Larry J and Donna P are going to be doing an ‘audit’ of our books in conjunction with Mike B.

You should have access to the membership list, with photos, and also our Constitution and Bylaws, which are on the website. Contact Doug R if you have any questions about this

AGM has to include a circulation of last year’s financial statement…this will come to you by email.

Ongoing Education

As noted above, we all look forward to seeing those ‘101’ courses starting up again

Community Activities

Back Door Mission: donations continue to be needed- contact Chad Shaw or Calvin Perry for details. ??

StopGap– makes risers for getting wheelchairs into buildings independently …Calvin talking with them.

Scouts Canada asking about ‘CUBCARS‘ in January?

Wig Stands: keep making them!! wood available from the shop once it opens, and even for a few minutes tonight after the meeting

Dan Alexander is taking photos of gallery items to be posted on our website

Presentations

Mike Kellar – Balancing grinder wheels. System for doing this available from Lee Valley. This takes some patience and practice!

Sharpening drill bits: tip usually at 118 degrees, all purpose. Keep angles on both cutting sides the same. Use a sweeping motion to make the grinding pass. Seems like a skill that would take some practice! John MacD did a trial run with the new skill!!!

Gallery, Show & Tell

Steve Hutcheon – two cutting boards (various woods: maple walnut mahogany) finished with mineral oil.

Doug Ricketts– – slab of plum wood from Exotic Woods in Burlington. This place is worth a road trip!

Two small night stands made of walnut and butternut, one finished with polyurethane, and osmo top oil for the other.

Dale Coolidge– wooden turned box tape measure holder (Dale didn’t make it but wanted to show it!)

Next Meeting

Monday, NOV 21^st . see you there or on ZOOM! You can bring your show and tell/ Gallery items to the meeting, or show them on zoom using your computer camera!

Faceplates draw

Winners- Dave Roberts, Roy Coe, Kade Bolger

Announcements

Welcome – Live and Zoomers:
Remember: name badges on, phones off at meetings!!

There will be a general meeting at BUSY BEE some-time in the new year! Let us know if there are particular vendors that you would like to see brought in.

LOTTO Janice Prebblereports that the group won!! won one free play 🙁

We may be getting a new club laptop for zooming and AV work

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday Dec 12 in our usual meeting room. Review of the year and plans, constitution and bylaws, election of executive, any new motions properly presented, PLAN TO ATTEND!

Proposed amendments to DWC constitution are now past due. You can find our constitution and bylaws on our website.

We DO NEED an ‘Elections Officer’ to run our elections at the AGM – YOU could volunteer!! Also, who are you going to nominate for being on the next executive?

The DWC clothing/apparel program is in full swing and the order has now been placed! Can’t wait to see those sharply dressed DWCers.

If you are involved in any upcoming shows let us all know! Member Steve Hutcheon will have some work in craft and art show at the Newcastle Marina Clubhouse this weekend – NOV 12 from 10 till 4.

longtime DWC member Rick Sullivan has passed. A celebration of life will be held this Sunday Nov 13^th 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Durham Police Association Building, southwest corner of Conlin Rd and Thickson Rd.

Bernie Visser is looking to borrow (for next weeks presentation) the following hand planes: a #62 low angle jack plane; # 60 ½ a low angle block plane.

DUES are due on or before January first. Pay yours at or before the AGM and you could win back $80. Contact Mike Beaton

Community Activities

Back Door Mission: donations continue to be needed- contact Chad Shaw or Calvin Perry for details.

Wig Stands: keep making them!! wood available from the shop once it re-opens.

Presentations

Dan Norton did a presentation on making a large natural edge maple and epoxy river table. Thanks Dan!

Gallery, Show & Tell

Noel Green showed several bowls turned from ambrosia maple, birch and walnut.

Calvin Perry showed an eastern red cedar ‘egg cup’ and several bowls from juniper.

Mike Beaton showed a soapstone carving of an elephant.

Next Meeting Monday, NOV 14^th. see you there!

WINNERS

Tony J. Won the draw to buy the Rikon lathe. Ivan N. Won the router and sander, Calvin P. Won the solder tool, Chris L. Won the drill. More sales might be coming in the new year…

Great meeting last night, we had a fabulous presentation by Tim on making a wooden Kayak.

Our AGM is scheduled for Monday Dec. 12^th at 6:30pm at South Simcoe United Church, 66 Simcoe St. S, Oshawa. We will be meeting in the auditorium where we have our weekly DWC meeting. Anyone interested in running for the Executive, or if you know of someone who would like to run, or feel they would be a great addition, please feel free to fill out a nomination ballot and had it to me at a meeting our email it to the president.

Annual Membership Dues are coming due. New Members $150 and returning Members $80. The Early Bird Draw will be at our AGM, Dec 12^th where individuals that pay before that date will be eligible to win your annual Membership back. Please note this win has a value of a returning Membership, $80. New Members may also win in the Early Bird Draw and they will receive an $80 refund off of their New Membership fee of $150.  Payments can be made by credit card through the website https://durhamwoodworkingclub.com/membership/. Please note, credit card payments have a banking fee. Membership can also be sent directly to our Treasurer Mike Beaton through an E-Transfer with no banking fee. Those who do not want to be in the Early Bird Draw, Annual Membership dues are due Jan. 1^st, 2023.

Ricks Picks is back, $20 for 20 weeks of Loto Max draws! Anyone interested in being included in the draw needs to make payment by Oct.29 at 12 noon to our treasurer Mike Beaton. Credit cards may be processed though the Website at https://durhamwoodworkingclub.com/product/ricks-picks/. Please note, credit cards have a processing fee($21). For a no fee option send our Treasurer Mike Beaton $20 through an E-Transfer.

Club Apparel Program is in full swing and orders are coming in.  The deadline to get your orders in to Bill Rutledge is by the end of our DWC meeting Nov. 7^th, 2022.

Announcements

Welcome – Live and Zoomers:
YES meeting next week, Oct 24 – election day.

NO Meeting on Oct 31, Halloween.

WEAR your name badge at meetings!! Kade has new ones.

Our LOTTO group is back, with Janice Prebble coordinating. Payment deadline is noon on Oct 29, which will cover the next 20 draws.

Club Hours – suspended until insurance issues settled with the Church. (Dec) 

50-50 draw starts on October 17.  winner gets $31.

Scroll Saws are being fixed by Bruce Cook. THANKS!

Cheese slicers – a bulk buy will again be arranged by Chris Lapine (THANKS!)

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday Dec 12 in our usual meeting room. Review of the year and plans, constitution and bylaws, election of executive, any new motions properly presented, PLAN TO ATTEND!

Member Gabby Boileau is looking for another member to work alongside her on a table project.

Member Neil Fickling donated two sets of forstner bits to the club! THANKS!

Ongoing Education

101 courses.   It is our hope that these courses will be able to resume in Dec or January.

Community Activities

Presentations

Dale Coolidge gave a very informative demonstration on sharpening chisels and plane blades. He used a specialized jig system from Lee Valley, Details included 30 degree angle and 2 degree micro-bevel, flattening the back of the tool first, stones soaked in water, using the whole of the stone, working through 800, 1500, 4000 grit stones, flattening the chipper of the plane, jig keeping the blades square to the stone and at correct angle, using credit card thickness to set plane blade protrusion beyond chipper, and more! THANKS!

Bill Rutledge made a presentation about DWC Apparel. Samples of T-shirt, Polo shirt, and cap were shown. The program will feature quality, affordable items with our club crest embroidered on! Members will be emailed details. The deadline for ordering is Nov 7^th. Questions? Contact Bill THANKS!

Gallery, Show & Tell

Steve Hutcheon presented a scroll saw project ‘Tree of Life’, made of mahogany.

Dan Alexander showed to turned bottle stoppers, unknown wood type, hardware from William Wood-Write penblanks.ca

Gord Tilly showed a box for a wine box… butternut, walnut, and basswood, handcut dovetails, oil and beeswax finish

Dale Coolidge showed a bowl in a fir ‘cookie’, flat and semi-gloss poly finish.

Next Meeting

Monday OCTOBER 24^th. Making a wooden kayak!!! see you there!

Announcements

Welcome – Live and Zoomers: For Zoomers…  we are looking into upgrading our club computer to allow for better AV services.  Stay tuned

Kade is travelling in Europe at Turning Events.  We wish him well, and congratulate him for his increasingly recognized excellence. With Kade travelling, VP Paul Kidson stood in for this meeting.

NO meeting next week – its Thanksgiving! Meet again on Monday October 17.

Any ‘new members were invited to introduce themselves.     Welcome.

‘Mikey Unit’ – location on the wall at the east side of the meeting room.

A MIKEY is a Public Access Defibrillator (PAD), also called an Automatic External Debirillator (AED).  Debrillator is hard to spell and harder to say.  So, they are referred to as Mikeys.

Signs of Cardiac Fibrillation

a.       Lightheadedness or dizziness.

b.       Palpitations (skipping, fluttering or pounding in the chest)

c.       Fatigue.

d.       Chest pressure or pain.

e.       Shortness of breath.

f.        Fainting spells

Name of person who invented them?    Frank Pantrige

Paul will look into them more for the next meeting…

Fire Exits   2… south door to Bagot Street and west door out into the parking lo

Phones off or muted.  BIG Fine starting next meeting.

Club Hours – suspended until insurance issues settled with the Church. 

Insurance Update:  Likely that this will be settled and in effect in early December.

50-50 draw to start on October 17.  Payment payable by noon, October 13 on line or by cheque/cash to Mike Beaton.  No exceptions for date/time deadlines.

1 ticket per week for ten weeks or 3 tickets per week for ten weeks at either 24 or 48 bucks respectively by e transfer or slightly more by paying with VISA on website

Lotto Draw plans being developed.  Further updates coming.

Chainsaw woodcarving – speaker tied up for 2022.  Has offered to make a presentation in Jan/Feb 2023.

Club branded clothing is being looked into.  Update coming soon.

Offer of tools for club is being followed up on.

Thanks for the persistent efforts of Chris Lapine to get the meeting on Zoom – it was a battle that he eventually solved by contacting Kade in Europe, with Kade starting the process from his end.  Good work to both!

Ongoing Education

101 courses.   As per the above, are likely suspended until December or more likely the new year. 

a.       The course subjects include scroll sawing, turning and flatwork.

b.       Please, we need some additional, instructors, for all courses.

i.      I want to thank Wayne Pye for agreeing to help out as an instructor for the flatwork course.

ii.      Please see myself or Wayne Peden to help out with the flatwork course.

iii.      Please see Kade Bolger or Chris Lapine or Denis Lalonde to help out with the turning course

iv.      Please see Don MacFarland to help out with the scroll sawing course.

Community Activities

Calvin gave a good report on the Community activities of the club, further to his emails.

Chad reported on the Food Drive.  The DWC has been very generous in donations, and we are again closing in on our target of donating a ton of food (2000 lbs!) each half year.  Thanks to both for their work in these areas.

Presentations

Dale Coolidge gave a very informative talk on prepping/flattening sharpening stones.  He covered different types of stones (water, oil, soap, ceramic and diamond), and described the properties of each.

He went over the purpose and methods of using different “grits” of abrasive sand, including setting them up on a piece of plate or tempered glass as a perfectly flat backing.

Dale commented on the short time needed for flattening if done regularly, the need for a circular pattern of moving the stone over the grit, the advisability of flipping the stone end-to-end at regular intervals so that the “dominant” hand/arm rotates between the two ends of the stone and therefore even outs any pressure imbalance between each arm.  He suggested starting with 60 grit abrasive sand, and pointed out that this was appropriate for the “lower” grit of stones (e.g., 800), and then using the “ground up” grit remaining after the abrasive has been used on low grit stones for flattening higher grit (e.g., 5000 grit) stones.

Mike Kellar reported that Bruce Cook is working on the club Scroll Saws.  He also demonstrated 3 grinder wheels that had been donated to the club, and a kit that allowed a grinder wheel to be balanced.  Mike will give a demonstration in the future.

Gallery, Show & Tell

Calvin brought in a small log and a live edge bowl, and related it to the talk about trees and wood given by Paul Kidson the week previously.

Steve Hutcheon presented two scroll saw pieces, one being a clever “two image” piece done in Baltic Birch, and the other being a complicated, repeating pattern in a 1” thick slab of Poplar.

Gord Tilley showed an old chisel blade that had a clearly marked definition of where the hardened steel at the front of the blade met the softer steel of the handle attachment area.  He also showed us an antique Stanley drill bit attachment to define repeatable depth of cuts on large spiral drill bits.

Next Meeting

Monday OCTOBER 17^th. (Dale C presenting part two of sharpening seminar)

Announcements

The shop is currently closed due to insurance complications with the church. Remedies are being worked on. Once re-opened we will have the usual Mon-Friday 9-3, and some evening 6-9 hours – Wednesdays turning only with Chris Lapine, Thursdays open shop with Mike Kellar. The combination to the club door in the basement is 142.

50-50 draws will resume soon but will be done on-line or by e-transfer to Mike Beaton (treasurer) directly. Next week there will be a draw for a beautiful and curvy slab of walnut – donated by Gord Tilly.

Lottery (formerly ‘Rick’s Picks’) will begin again soon – coordinated by Janice Prebble with treasurer Mike Beaton – all monies will go through Mike B by e-transfer or website.

NEW NAME TAGS are available- pick yours up at a meeting.

NEW members Brendenn Bates and Corey Racher introduced themselves.

DWC member Sally Thurlow is an artist who is having a show at ‘RedHead Gallery’ in Toronto ( Unit 115 at 401 Richmond St at Spadina) starting Friday Sept 28^th through to Oct 15. Sally will be there on Sept 28 and Oct 1,7,8,15. Hours 12 to 5p.m. Paintings on recovered wood panels. Drop in!!

Ongoing Education

Turning 101 with Chris L (wed evenings 2 hrs X 8 weeks)- ready to go with two candidates having been contacted from the list of those wanting the turning course. Also, Kade intends to run a turning course in Jan on fridays (Jan 13, 20, 27) Candidates from the list will be contacted.

FLATWORK 101 (Wayne Peden, Paul Kidson) will run again this year- contact Paul K directly if you are interested.

NOTE: the above named members cannot run these courses all the time – WE NEED OTHER MEMBERS TO ASSIST!! Our strength is our people! Please consider helping out and possibly becoming a co-instructor!

Community Activities

Doug Ricketts made a display case for a statue for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at a church in Bowmanville. They had asked at Peacock Lumber and were directed to contact the club.

Presentations

Display Case with Doug Ricketts. An oak and plexiglass display case was shown and its construction steps detailed. Discussion of mortise and tenon joints, acrylic vs Lexan plexiglass, gluing, clamping.

Paul Kidson led a discussion on Continuing Education (101 courses, club builds, evening and weekend sessions) and learning topics at the club…lots of great ideas including: make a tool; unique tools & techniques, joints joinery; shop tours; merchants talks; using resin and wood; sharpening -planes, chainsaws, chisels, router and drill bits; chainsaw carving, bandsaw boxes, adhesives, abrasives, SIA, R&D bandsaws, Busy Bee, Markham Industrial, Stockroom Supply, Makita, Freud, Trend, saw blade care and use, Tips and jigs, NorthDog Wood, Wooddatabase, rare and unusual woods, toxicities, and more…

Gallery, Show & Tell

Calvin Perry: bandsaw box of pine, and maple snowman! Calvin will do a demo on how to make a bandsaw box at a meeting in the near future!!

Next Meeting

2022-09 – 26, 6:30 in person at the church and by zoom. Hope you join us!!!   Bring your items for ‘Gallery’ (show and tell!)

Announcements:

The shop is now CLOSED due to an occupancy issue with the church. The executive is working on this and will update members as things develop.

We will resume IN PERSON with zoom general meetings next week Sept 19^th from the auditorium, same space we used before!

An effort will be made to resume some evening shop time in the future – stay tuned for details.

DWC clothing (caps, T shirts, Golf shirts) will be becoming available – details to come in the weeks ahead!

WOOD – Gord Dowsley advises that some maple tree wood is available on his street, Limerick St. Oshawa.

LOTTERY- funds from last spring have been all used by the treasurer to buy tickets until exhausted! Lottery is now on hold until we get a new volunteer to run it (with assistance from treasurer) Sincere thanks to Rick Sullivan for his years coordinating this for us!!

Ongoing Education:

Turning 101 course will be held in Jan./Feb. Kade will contact those members on the list.

Pending shop re-opening, Turning 101 with Chris Lapine may occur this fall – members will be contacted.

Flatwork 101 will occur again, Paul K will be providing further details in the weeks ahead.

Watch the DWC website and your emails for sign-ups for courses

Presentations:

FRAMES with SPLINES, Doug Ricketts Slide show and discussion about the process of making a mirror/picture frame using mitre joints with splines for added strength. Various clamping methods shown. Methods to cut slots for splines. Discussion with members about frame sizes/strength, gluing techniques, use of French cleat, leaving space for wood movement, slotted frame, glazier points, cardboard backing, equipment preparation, etc. Thanks to all for their input.

Gallery, Show & Tell:

Chris Lapine – walnut charcuterie board with epoxy inlay and cnc engraving(Andy W), techniques for filling engraved areas.

Kade B – urn of Oak with birds eye maple and ‘karagana'(siberian pea shrub), staining techniques, engraved also,; 2D wall art for a gallery show…

Other items may have been shown or discussed after this recorder had to leave – sorry!!

Next Meeting: 2022-09-19 IN PERSON and by zzzooooom.

Great meeting this past Monday night, our original presentation for the evening was postponed to a future date.  We had a good discussion and presentation and discussion on the Beal buffing system.  We ran through a brief video on the Beal buffing system, including set up and step by step run through, which we followed up with a review of the clubs Beal system located in the shop.  If anyone would like to use the Beal buffing system on their work, we have a container with the buffing pads located in the base cabinet of the library case.  

Next week we have Laguna Tools coming into the club for a live presentation, they will be bringing into the club four of their new lathes, along with a guest turner to demonstrate how to turn a pepper mill, it will be a fantastic night.  Not to mention, it’s the first meeting of the month, we’ll be serving coffee and treats.  Plan to attend early, check out the lathes, it will be a full evening.  Thanks to Alain Lanteigne for setting up next week’s event.

Housekeeping

• Tuesday night, Mike will be hosting the open shop night, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Wednesday night, Denise will be hosting the other turning night, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Thursday night, Chad will be hosting the open shop night, 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Shop clean up this Saturday, start time 10:00 am, if you can help out, please feel free to stop in

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

Have a great week.

Great meeting last night, we had a terrific presentation from Ken Rude, the Canadian Vic Mar lathe and Carter & Son turning tools dealer.  Ken brought a number of products to the club, including all of the Vic Mar lathe accessories (chucks & jaws), as well as, a number of turning tool chisels from the Carter & Son selection.  Below are the links to Branches to Bowls (Ken’s web site) and the Carter & Son turning tools web site.  Ken’s contact information is also listed below.

www.branchestobowls.com

www.vicmar.com

www.carterandsontoolworks.com

Ken Rude, telephone # 403-830-3049.  Email – ken@branchestobowls.com

Next week is Family day, there will be no meeting, we’ll start back on Monday February 24^th with a guest speaker presentation on carving totem poles and birds.

Notice of by-law change to membership dues, effective immediately, membership dues are to be paid on or before January 1^st of the membership year.  If membership dues are not paid, individuals will not be permitted to use the shop.  The reason for this change is due to insurance liability issues, the insurance company does not recognize individuals without a fully paid membership.  If someone were to be injured in the shop without a fully paid membership, there would be no liability insurance available.

Housekeeping

• Tuesday night, open shop night 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Wednesday night, Kub Kars program, shop closed
• Thursday night, open shop night 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Shop clean up scheduled for Saturday February 29^th, start time 10:00 am
• Lottery money is due no later than Monday February 24^th, please see Rick Sullivan
• We will have a table set up at the church this Monday February 17^th for the Durham DIY showcase which will be located at the church hall, if you would like to participate, please contact Rick Sullivan, it’s an opportunity to showcase the club and the types of woodworking that we do
• Food drive, we have a donation target of 115 lbs per week for the next six weeks, our goal is one ton of food for the back door mission food drive, please bring your donations to the Monday night meetings, the drop off box is located at the entrance to the meeting area

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

Have a great week, see you on the 24^th

Hi,

Great meeting this past Monday night, our guest speaker was John Henry, Regional Chairman for Durham Region.  John reviewed several great initiatives that both the region and towns that comprise the Durham region are working on.  It was exciting to hear all of the great projects, but also a glimpse into the future and what’s instore for the region.  As always, great questions from the membership, fun evening.

Next Monday night, we’ll have a visit from Ken Rude, his company Branches to Bowls features turning tools by Carter Tools, dust collection by Oneida and lathes by Nova.  The last visit by Ken was not the best evening due to the snowstorm, hopefully, the weather is not an issue this time.

House keeping

• Wednesday night, shop will be closed, Kub Kars program will be using the shop
• Thursday night, open shop night 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Don’t forget about the Simcoe Street United Church fundraising campaign, check your past emails for more information
• Next week will be picture day, if you have not had your picture taken, please be sure to stop by and see Calvin before the meeting starts
• Lottery money is due to Rick before February 18^th, please be sure to see Rick before the date

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