Attendees: 25
1. Welcome (President) – 1 Min
a. Started the meeting at 6:10 PM
b. Some folks ate at Iron Hill at 4pm. All are welcome next month
c. Free table up front. Take what you would like
2. Treasurer (Brad) – Not here tonight
3. New Members (Give us your name, home town, woodworking interests, questions/challenges, and what are they looking for? – 10 Min
a. Jameson – Like making early Gothic furniture.
i. Started in 1990s with Roy Underhill
ii. Love making furniture by hand
b. Bob – Lambertville
i. Looking for a place
ii. Used to be cabinetmaker, finish carpenter
iii. Looking for advice, people to share with
c. Jack
i. Works on Intarsia
ii. Passed around his work on a tablet; excellent work
iii. Cuts it out, uses file to reduce it down
iv. Satin finish
4. Old Business – 5 Min
a. Hearne Hardwoods event on Saturday, Oct 5th
i. Steve setting up car pool – no takers
ii. Kevin driving with van in case folks want to take wood back – no takers
iii. Discussion on Grof & Grof, just down the street from Hearne
b. Christmas dinner
i. Suggestions for where to go
1. Coriander Vorhees (Indian)
2. Han Dynasty Cherry Hill (Chinese)
3. Iron Hill - Maple Shade
4. Akira -Moorestown – (Japanese steak house)
ii. Spouses welcome
c. Colonial Williamsburg 18th century furniture
i. Jan 23-26, 2025
ii. All the woodworking shops working together
iii. Presenters very free with their emails, advice, info, etc.
5. Presentation 1: Round table discussion on lasers in woodshop
a. Steve discussed potential for getting one to do signs
b. Brian paid for his in 2 months, due to cutting pieces for his puzzles
i. Does a lot of engraving. Helps pay for itself
ii. Engraving with laser very shallow.
iii. Very accurate
iv. No issues with lasers on MDF
v. Laser is 20x12
vi. Need 20Watt to really burn to 1/8” or ¼”
vii. Has used his on Baltic Birch Plywood – did well
c. Other folks were mostly hobbyist kind of things – trying to find a use for them
i. Size 12x16
ii. Very specialized tool – need to have a real use
iii. Made earrings with it
iv. Little disc that he uses for advertising at craft shows
v. Everyone on line is trying to sell you patterns
vi. 10Watt laser doesn’t burn through material very well
vii. Rockler laser in Catalog is $4,000 model
6. Break (Coffee, Shopping, etc) – 15 Min
7. Presentation 2: Dominic, store manager from Rockler
a. Thanks for helping us have a fantastic year! Two and a half years in business
b. Top store in $ per sales
c. Third place store for all our tracked metrics
d. When they did analysis, there were 26,000 customers in 50 mile radius of this store
e. Closed some 20 stores in US this year – mostly due to low sales, high rents, etc.
f. Reiterated store 10% discount to guild members on applicable items. Most large manufacturers (Festool, Sawstop, etc) do not give discounts, so this is not applicable for guild members
8. Members Forum – 20 Min
a. Tim, lives in Medford. Has old house from 1863 in Medford
i. Working on front porch, want to match the existing rail
ii. Provided 6ft length, and was hoping that someone would be interested in building. Top and bottom
iii. Have some 4x4 cedar which can match this
iv. If interested, contact him
v. Guild members suggested to look at Edgewater Park Millworks
9. New Business – 5 Min
a. Lady wants help with her Slab table. Lives in Moorestown. Kevin has info and will provide.
i. She wants your contact info and will contact you herself
ii. Kevin provided handout to interested people
10. Meeting Closed at 7:30 PM