Attendees: 18
Welcome (President) – 1Min
Started meeting at 6:05
Treasurer (Brad) – 7 Min
Membership at 54 members
5 new people last month, 1 this month
Funds around $3,400
New Members (Give us your name, home town, woodworking interests, questions/challenges, and what are they looking for? – 10 Min
Bob Middleton
Hobbyist woodworker
Palmyra
Old Business – 5 Min
Winterthur
Went to Wintherthur several months ago
Mark suggested giving $100 to them as a gift for their work
Vote was 15 for, no against
They are graduate school for U of Delaware for furniture preservation
Members Forum – 20 Min
Asking for help on barrier Project
Countertop is bowed
Didn’t finish back side, so it may have finished cupping
Tried wetting it and leaving it in the sun and it will flatten
Suggestion was to take off finish and edges, then leave in sun with weights on top to flatten. Should slowly flatten off
After flattening it, you may run it through wide belt sander to help cut it out
Could also put battens on it at 90 degree angle to help keep it from bowing
For next one, you could put a breadboard end on it. Search on YouTube for “breadboard” end
4x4x8ft beams, pressure treated are bowed. Any fix?
Not really. The pressure treated lumber bows all over the place
Presentation 2: Mark on Gottshall Block
Project to work on your hand tool skills
https://alliedwoodshop.com/blogs/blog/quarantine-woodshop-gottshall-block
3” x 7” x ¾” thick
Use hand tools to make changes to block
Mortis, dado, tenon, etc. on block
Perfect project to help you improve your hand tool skills
YouTube presenter goes through how to do this
Salman will put up on website, with link to YouTube Video
Oct meeting Gottshall challenge, mallet and chisel
Video on how to make/work on: Making a Gottshall Block ASMR ish
Video on how to make it with hand tools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHE03q9Pfd8