December 17, 2020

Total # of Attendees: 14

Notes:

  1. General discussion from 7 PM – 7:15 PM, with discussions about what folks were making during the holiday season

    1. Kevin was starting a Craftsman Kitchen Island

    2. Art & Mike discussed options for Baltic Birch plywood (Fessenden Hall, etc.)

    3. Mike was discussing adding plywood to his shop walls so he could put up cabinets

    4. Some discussion of the various aspects of Zoom meetings and license. The issue was how to co-host meetings in case the primary host can’t attend.

  2. Jim called the meeting to order at 7:23 PM.

  3. New guys

    1. Bob Duffy: lives in Mays’ landing, involved in Woodworking for 20 years now

    2. Justin Foley: from Cherry Hill, only been working for a few years in a 2-car garage. Wanted to enhance his skills. Also gave details about his desk project from online plans. Neighbors have asked for his help, it grew and got shown on NJ.com, CBS and Fox news, etc.

  4. Frank Longbottom did a Butcher Block presentation.

    1. Got the plans from Jonathan Katz-Moses. Frank deliberately didn’t cover numbers, sizes and other technical details to protect the copyright of the work.

    2. The plans are are online and can be purchased

    3. Made with four types of wood: maple, walnut, cherry and blackwood

    4. 5/4 boards, 6” wide, 6’ long - $205 in New Jersey

    5. Make up hexagonal cylinders, each comprising six triangles which are themselves further made up of smaller pieces

    6. Frank went over all the table saw steps to make the triangles with repetitive cuts and create the triangles.

    7. Then the pieces get glued together to make the necessary triangles, using V-blocks in the corners to aid clamping

    8. Put masking tape down, apply glue and then roll them up to create the cylinder.

    9. Once glued up, wafers the wafers can be sliced and use to make the finished board

    10. Filled gaps with epoxy (it’s going to be “gappy”)

    11. Finished with cutting board finish

    12. Took about 5 days. Wasn’t hard, but tracking the triangles of maple, walnut and cherry to make sure the triangles are assembled correctly requires attention

  5. Jim shared some pictures of meetings over the last twelve years of folks

    1. Rocker meeting (Maloof style rocking chairs)

    2. Dulcimers and Harps (he actually played)

    3. Boat Works (in Camden)

    4. Frank’s router dovetail jig demonstration

    5. A lady who made very intricate items out of torsion boxes

    6. Turning Meeting at The Center for Art In Wood

    7. Frank Klausz’ workshop tour and presentations

  6. The meeting concluded at 9 PM