Total # of Attendees: 32
Notes:
Jim opened the meeting at 7:22 PM.
Jim asked all the “old faces” to stand up and re-introduce themselves
Jim Parise, current president, here since 2nd meeting
Mike Rickter, original president, 15 years ago
Dave Potts, current treasurer, 10 years
Carl, found group on meetup, Professional since 1982, now working in basement on his own stuff
Dominic, been doing it since he was very young
Phil, wood turner, sometimes feels odd coming here with all the “flat” woodworkers
Brad, relatively new (3 months ago), engineer by trade
Mark, Greenwood NJ, restoring old woodworking machinery
William Dunfield, one of the original folks, builds 18th century furniture
Joe, since he was a kid (15 years) about 5 years. Doing electric
Tom Hagar. Has tried anything. Here to learn
John Busca, been here a year, just setting up shop
Frank, retired about 4 years. Been monkeying with woodworking most of his life. Got serious about 35 years ago, built up a shop
Pam Anderson, violin maker, restoration
Tony, 2nd generation carpenter and furniture maker
Ted, historian, full time dad, 12 years ago he build a rowboat, and now builds canoes and kayaks
Bob, been a member for several years, bought a house in 1972, and started doing stuff to it, retired in 2007 and started doing a lot more then
Rick, retired retail person, grandfather was cabinetmaker
John Owen, been woodworking since he was a teenager, carving, etc.
Pete, retired about 10 years, sailed for 8 years. Done woodworking all his life, off and on
Mike, 2nd meeting. Does mechanical & electrical repair. Done woodworking most of his life, on and off (home projects)
Scott James, carpenter for years, with his father. Moved into trade shows & events
John, doing handyman work. Can’t get into shop (too full of tools)
Greg, still an engineer, but gets as much done in the shop as he can, 9 years
Harry, one of the original 7, made fine furniture, country furniture. Big on shaker boxes
Salman, software engineer, here for the food. Owns a lathe and scroll saw
Diego, recently purchased a miter saw. Found us on the internet
Steve, recently retired, doing a lot of furniture repair & refinish recently
Kirk, retired, did a lot of home improvement, worked for navy, now retired
Kirk Jr, doing projects with dad, got house 3 years ago, turned garage into shop, gets his tools as passed down from his dad
Paul, attorney, doing woodwork since he was a little kid,
Ray, got started in Moorestown High School at nights, did cabinet work for family & friends
Membership
Dues are $50 a year (see Dave Potts)
The money goes to:
Paying speakers
Rent for the meeting hall
Snacks and Coffee
Tool/Book Library available (check out website for list)
Salman showed off the $0.99 saw he bought last month at the auction, and what a lot of electrolysis will do. Rust pretty much gone!
Phil came and sowed off one of his turnings, and talked about a friend who will be bringing a truckload of burls off to his house. Anyone interested, let Phil know
Jim showed off his bowl work (beautiful wood, a pleasure to turn because of smell)
Woodworking Show Brainstorming
We were invited to show at Secaucus wood show (Mar 1-3) – booth for free. Salman got email from person at show
Thought was it was too short a timeline to prepare (less than a month ago)
Form a committee to determine what we can do for show
Have to do all three days
Primary Purpose: Recruiting
Ideas for booth:
Need to be doing stuff to attract people
Space roughly 10’ x 20’
Backdrop with symbol of guild
Flyers/brochures to hand out
Activities:
Showing stuff
Displays of work
Making small items
Selling items?
Ideas
Printed materials
Business cards
Shirts
Members commit to ½ day
Club members build toys for kids?
Get folks involved & interested
Thought was to have guild members attend this year’s event (Mar 1-3), take pictures, form ideas, and then come back for March/April meetings ready to brainstorm
Mark talked about the SAPFM event
Colonial Williamsburg event in January (6 members of our guild are also SAPFM members)
Theme was five shops
Display area before dinner
Antique tool dealers
Can take classes from SAPFM members
Highlight of show is person who started Mortise & Tenon magazine
Discussion by group on providing scholarships & reaching out to potential members
Dave went over his process for building his 3-dimensional cutting boards
Dangerous cut to be made with table saw, made at 60 degrees with a “captured cut”
Used special push stick to help secure the board and keeping it from kicking back
Used board/box to arrange them while gluing up
Can put through sander, but not planer as they are end-grain
Lie Nielsen tool show + other vendors (Feb 22-23), Philadelphia Maritime Museum (by Ben Franklin bridge)
Woodworking show in Secaucus (Mar 1-3) – road trip
Next Meeting on Thursday, March 7th
The meeting concluded at 9:10 PM.
