Number of Attendees: 28
Notes:
Mark opened the meeting at 7:00 PM
Need to give advance notice to Iron Hill restaurant for 5 PM. Need RSVPs ten days in advance
Make sure you bring chairs to the meetings. We only have a limited amount
New Folks?
Pete Hammil
Turnersville
Been around woodworking 50 years, since 1975
Degree in Industrial arts, taught it for 6 years
Joined Carpenters’ union, worked for trade shows
Retired for 13 years, with small but well equipped shop in basement
Fred
Many years, most shop time in machine shop
Couple of years ago, got tooling from his son
Doing mostly wood turning
Luther Perry
33 years old, nurse and parametic
Took up woodworking during Covid
Made a workbench, planer, tablesaw, CNC machines
Enjoy it a lot, learning a lot, looking forward to getting info from guild
Dick
Made a set of bookends in 10th grade
Don’t have access to shop right now
Andrew
Dick’s son
Dad taught shop stuff
Got a few tools (chop saw, etc.)
Doing a lot of backyard projects
Battleship New Jersey
Selling teak deck as mementos
Pretty rough shape
Prices high, because they give you a certificate of authenticity
2x4 challenge
Grading going for craftsmanship
Go with one vote per person, using a post it note pad
Folks went through their projects, one-by-one, describing the materials, joinery, why they made it, etc.
Mahogany end table with brass (interesting glue up)
Offset bowl with interesting way to cut and re-assemble
Three dimensional cutting board
Large salad bowl
Stool with Cabriole leg
Puzzle Box
Phone holder
Keepsake box
Stool
Guild voted by post-it note, with the item with the most post-its being the winner, then 2nd, then 3rd
Winner was “watch box”
End table was 2nd place
Stool was third place
October event is Sharpening
Folks demo various ways to sharpen, and people can try them out
Mark soliciting who wants to demo and what they will demo (saw sharpening, card scraper, etc.)
November’s event is a scrapwood challenge. Take wood from your scrap pile and build something
Mark closed the meeting at 8:50 PM
