Club Updates

Hi,

Good meeting last night, a good representation at the gallery table with a number of impressive pieces.  Calvin did a great presentation for the membership regarding the We Grow Foods outdoor benches, the team did a tremendous job building six benches that will be used in the community.  Thanks to the two members from the We Grow Food team, they provided the membership with a sneak peek at their mobile educational trailer, it was a very impressive project.

Next week there will not be a club meeting as it’s Thanksgiving, we’ll start back up the following week.  On October 21^st, the club meeting will be held at the Busy Bee store in Pickering, the address is 1064 Salk Road, Pickering (Brock Road & 401).  The store will be closed to the public, Busy Bee will be holding a special event for the membership, they will be bringing in tool vendors to talk about their products, as well as, offering assorted deals on items purchased.  Start time is 6:30 pm, bring your membership card or club name tag to provide proof of membership.  There will be parking, if you can car pool, I would strongly suggest that you call a friend.

Housekeeping 

• Open shop night Tuesday with Mike Kellar, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Open turning night Wednesday with Denis Lalonde and Chris Lapine, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Open shop night Thursday with Chad Shaw, 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Early bird membership draw will be on November 25^th, you must pay your membership dues for 2020 on or before this date to qualify.

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

Have a great week and Happy Thanksgiving.

Hi all,

Great meeting last night, we had a really good discussion and presentation on how to remove rust from your equipment.  It was great to see members bring in their favorite rust removing methods, awesome discussion around tips and general rust removal questions.  A copy of the presentation will be posted on the club web site, for those that missed the meeting.

Next week will be our coffee and treat night, our first one of the new season.  We encourage everyone to bring in a treat, coffee will be available before and during the meeting for everyone.  We’ll also have the folks in from We Grow Food for a presentation, it will be a good night.

On October 21^st, the club meeting will be held at the Busy Bee store in Pickering, they will be hosting the club on a special night.  They will be bringing in vendors to provide product demonstrations, as well, they will be offering special deals to club members.  Please be sure to bring your club membership card with you.

Housekeeping

• Tuesday night, open shop night 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm with Mike Kellar
• Wednesday night, open shop night 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm with Denis Lalonde and Chris Lapine
• Thursday night, open shop night 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm with Chad Shaw
• Lottery notice from Rick Sullivan, October 20^th will be the last day to pay your funds for the group lottery
• The Oshawa Senior Community group will be hosting the 9^th annual Funspiel curling event on November 16^th, details will be posted on the club web site
• Reminder, the early bird draw will be help November 25^th, in order to enter, you need to pay your 2020 dues before the deadline date.  You can pay your dues on the club web site, in case you can’t make it to the club meetings.

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

Have a great week!

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.

Good meeting last night, although we had technical issues and could not review the video clip, it will be posted on the club web site, it was a really good overview of the miter saw.  We did have a number of good discussions to complete the end of our season, we’re now heading into our summer break, there will not be any new Monday night meetings over the summer until we start back up on Monday September 9th.  The shop will be open during regular shop hours, however a summer schedule will be posted on the club website, please check regularly to confirm that the shop will be open.  As well, the shop will be closed from June 10th to 14th, Wayne Pye and his team will be cleaning and painting the shop to give a fresh new look.

Housekeeping

This will be the last week for the open turning nights for the duration of the summer, please check the club web site for any additional information.  This will also apply to the regular Tuesday and Thursday nights, check the club web site regularly, the shop will be open this Tuesday and Thursday night.

Have a great summer, see you in September

Fun meeting last night, unfortunately our guest speaker cancelled at the last minute, so we improvised. 

Calvin Perry reviewed the clubs next community project, we’re planning on building six benches for the “We Grow Food” organization.  A couple of their team stopped by the club a few weeks ago to review their program, it was very interesting and touching to see the work that this organization does within our community.  Leo Has has volunteered to donate some lumber, Calvin has asked the membership for donations of wood, please contact Calvin directly for additional information.
As well, Tom Moss is helping Calvin and the build committee, he has reached out directly to the “We Grow Food” group and they have identified a need for tools to help run their grow sites.  Below is a list of items that the “We Grow Food” team would like in the way of donations, if you have spare items per the list below, please contact either Tom or Calvin to let them know. 

List of items for donation 

• wheelbarrows
  
• battery operated hedge clippers
  
• battery operated leaf blower or one that sucks up and mulches 
  
• sledge hammer
  
• rubber mallet
  
• battery operated skill saw
  
• screw drivers
  
• a tool box ( we have one but we would like to have one per garden)
  
• regular and needle nose pliers 
  
• screwdriver bits for wood screws 
  

Next Monday, there will not be a regular club meeting, as it’s the Victoria Day long weekend, we’ll start back up on May 27th, which will be the last meeting before the summer break.

Important notice, Wayne Pye will be organizing a deep clean of the shop, as well as a fresh coat of paint.  The shop will be closed from June 10th to 14th, if the group gets done early, we’ll open the shop earlier than planned.  If you’d like to help out, please contact Wayne Pye directly. 

Housekeeping 

• Wednesday night, open turning night with Denis and Chris, start time 6:00 pm.
  
• Thursday night, library build night with Wayne Pye and team, don’t forget, Chad will keep the shop open from 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm for those that would like to work on a project.
  
• The Simcoe Street United Church will be holding a “Paint Night Fundraiser” with wine and cheese on Saturday May 25th, start time will be 7:00 pm
  
• Nova’s Ark will host an open house on Saturday May 26th, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
  

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

Have a great couple of weeks!

Rob Peros

Fantastic meeting last night, great coffee & treats, followed by an awesome presentation from our Director of Community Relations, Calvin Perry. 

Calvin and his team of volunteers (Bill Melnychuk, Margo McNab, William Spekkens, Gene Hutchinson, Greg Nevin, Wayne Peden, Neil Fickling, Pat Mawhinney) presented their prototype “Turtle Basking Net” to the membership last night, it was a well thought out prototype, which inthe end will benefit the CLOCA (Central Lake Ontario Conversation Authority) greatly with their turtle program.  Special thanks to Calvin, who not only MC’d the presentation, but also invited several guest speakers from CLOCA to present their association, as well, Calvin also organized additional guest speakers to participate in the overall event.  This was an amazing event, further highlighting the level of community support by the membership of the DWC.  For those that could not attend last night, we will posted Calvin’s presentation on the club web site, as well, we’ll have links from CLOCA and hopefully a copy of their presentation for everyone to review.

Next Monday night, we will have a guest speaker from Sherwin Williams to discuss painting tips and products, so if you’ve had any questions regarding painting, next week will be a good meeting to attend.
Housekeeping

• Wednesday night, turning with Denis and Chris, start time 6:00 pm
  
• Thursday afternoon, shop will be open from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, hosted by Chad Shaw and the shop will be open from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm as an open shop night
  
• Chris Lapine advised the membership that next week the cheese slicers will be in, please plan to pick up any orders that you may have placed with Chris, please do forget to bring cash 🙂
  
• Clarington will be hosting their “Doors Open” event on Saturday June 8th, starting @ 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, additional details can be found @ www.doorsopenclarington.com.
  
• Wayne Pye will be heading to Guelph on the 15th of this month, he’ll be stopping by William Woodwrite to pick up pen supplies, if you are interested in having Wayne pick up an order for you, please call William Woodwrite and place your order, let them know that your order should be ready for pick up by the 15th.  You’ll need to pay for your order directly to William Woodwrite.
  
• Roy Coe mentioned that his daughter was selling her King table saw, if you’re interested, please contact Roy directly.
  
• As well, William Munro is selling a jointer, planner and three routers, if your interested, please contact William directly
  
• Kade’s looking for additional wig stands, please bring finished wig stands to the club.  If you’d like to learn how to turn a wig stand, please contact Kade directly.
  

If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to call, text or email.
Have a great week!
Rob Peros

President, Durham Woodworking Club

Great meeting last night, Dan Kuzmicki our web and social media lead discussed all of the new changes to the club web site, as well as our new Instagram page.  Dan has done a great deal of work to improve everyone’s experience when surfing our website for general information, as well as, meeting highlights and gallery images.  As you review the updated web site, I would encourage everyone to click on all of the various links and tabs, you’ll be taken directly to any number of new pages.  Don’t forget, you can now pay your membership dues on-line using the new secure web site.  All of the gallery images will be posted to the new Instagram page, you have the option to view on your computer or on your mobile phone, if you choose your smartphone, be sure to upload the Instagram app.  Thanks to Dan for all of his hard work, the improvements are greatly appreciated by all.
During last nights meeting, Chris Lapine and Don McFarland we discussing another group buy of cheese slicer components, Don has advised that the company which produces the components is closed for vacation, but will be re-opening April 24th, so the order will be placed after the 24th, if anyone is planning to be in the US around this time frame, please let Chris or Don know, if someone could potentially pick up our order from the US, it would be greatly appreciated.
House keeping

• Wednesday night Denis and Chris will be hosting the open turning night, 6:00 pm sharp.
  
• Thursday night, Wayne Pye and Wayne Peden will be working on the new library cabinets, if you’re interested in learning how to build cabinets or in this case, doors for cabinets, be sure to come out.
  
• Don’t forget, Chad will have the shop open from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, so if you want to get a bit of time in the shop, be sure to drop in.
  

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to call, text or email me anytime.
Thank you,
Rob Peros – President, Durham Woodworking Club