Attendance: 37
1. Welcome
2. Treasurer’s Report
a. We were at 52, plus honorary 3 = 55
b. $3062.40 in bank
3. New Member
a. Katrina & James Patterson
i. in Southhampton, took a woodworking class in Rockler
ii. Interested in woodworking at their house
b. Lou, lives in Ewing
i. Mostly hand tool work
ii. Like to restore old furniture and clocks
iii. Restoring for over 30 years
c. Carl from Homedale
4. Old Business
a. Colonial Williamsburg in January
i. at least 3 people going (Dave, John, Mark). Highly recommended, get to meet a lot of people, SAPFM is there, etc. Theme is furniture from lower class to gentry. Cabinet shop, joiners shop, carpenters shop, blacksmith’s shop
b. Woodworking shows coming
i. Baltimore late January
ii. New Jersey in February
iii. Some question on if they are on this year. No advertisement as of today
c. December dinner meeting
i. Eating at Han Dynasty restaurant in Cherry Hill
ii. Thursday, Dec 5th
iii. Roughly 25 people
iv. They do not have a buffet
v. Rough cost $40 or a little less
vi. BYOB
5. CNC Roundtable Discussion (Steve Smith led)
a. Only one member has a CNC machine
b. Equivalent of a router that is controlled by a computer, running on a frame to control it
c. To go deep, may have to go multiple times over the same layout platform
d. A lot of great videos on YouTube
e. A lot of folks utilized for making repetitive parts
f. A lot of signs, different sizes, one as large as 5’ x 9’
g. Have to do some computer programing to do the work. Draw it up in software (provided) and then download to CNC
h. Entry price point for new - $1,000, 12” x 24”. If you go with “Shark” product new, it comes with the software
i. Most of the bits I buy are around $30.
j. Depth of cut should be half the width of the bit (example, 1/32” bit would only go 1/64” at a time)
6. Some discussion lasers, so demo on engraving a pen blank
a. Inexpensive, maybe $100, Nitchey
7. Presentation 2: Glue up rack (John Owen)
a. Rack for gluing up
b. Just 2x4s with slots for the clamps, drywall screws
c. Clamps lie in slots, but proud of wooden rail
d. Put on wheels, so its mobile
e. Lightweight platform on top
f. Open discussion by guild members on various ways to glue up
8. Break for coffee and donuts
9. New Business
a. Auction will be January meeting, Thursday January 9th, 2025
b. Estate Sale
i. Salman, John and Steve went out to visit
ii. Easily $40K of wood stuff, a full shop (Tablesaw, Jointer, Bandsaw, etc.)
iii. Family needs the money, and is overwhelmed with all the stuff, what it is worth. They have no idea of what was needed
iv. Spreadsheet sent out provided everything that was there
v. Mark wants to, in the spirit of the holidays, to bid at least 75% for the items
vi. Family needs the money now
vii. Garage was full, basement was full , some in the bathroom, Sjobergs workbench
viii. Not everything is big, some clamps, some other items
c. Greg
i. Built their retirement home
ii. Moved to LBI, made a housewarming gift
iii. Baby surfboard, ebony inlay, cherry, walnut strips
iv. Two coats of polyurethane, plus some Minwax
d. Next meeting is the Christmas dinner at Han Dynasty (see above for details)
e. January meeting will be at Rockler on Thursday, Jan 9th, not January 2nd
10. Meeting closed at 8:44 PM
