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The President’s Corner

I will be out of town attending

a wedding on June 1st, so I will

not be present at the June meet-

ing. You will be in the capable

hands of President-Elect Mike

Mitchell during my absence.

Treasurer Norm Koerner and

the rest of the board appreciates your approval of

increasing the amount of your donation towards the

club’s monthly 50-50 drawing. This is just another

means by which we can all assist in assuring the

treasury will be able to continue bringing in out-

standing programs and other special events.

50-50 tickets are now $2 each or 3 for $5. Norm will

be adding a number of items to supplement the June

50-50. He is attempting to make it the richest such

drawing “ever” for CAW. You, can assist in this

effort by bringing in new or used tools or other items

suitable for the drawing if you like.

Volume 29 Issue 6 June 2016

WOODSHOP ADVISOR

CAPITAL AREA WOODWORKERS

May Meeting Review:

We had two visitors/new members attend the

meeting. Terry Moody who is an acquaintance of

Bob Fox’s and Larry Giving who is manager of

the tool department at Lowe’s. Welcome to our

club Terry and Larry!

Once again, I failed to get a head count, but total

attendance at the May meeting was approx. 25.

Member Lon Scott brought numerous bundles of

various veneers for members to purchase. Lon

also had a nice set of Bessey corner clamps for

sale.

The meeting started with a review of proposed

changes to the club’s written guidelines.

Upcoming Meeting:

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Social Time 5:15 to 6:30

Meeting starts promptly at 6:30

MCL Cafeteria, 2151 Wabash Ave

June Program:

Cutting Boards

Presenter: Ryan Leuty

CAW Officers 2016

President Clay Crocker 546-6033

President-Elect Mike Mitchell 416-1819

Past President Bob Jesse 824-2778

Treasurer Norm Koerner 787-8795

Editor Bob Jesse 824-2778

Web Master: Mike Mitchell 416-1819

Website: www.cawspi.org

E mail: caw.woodworker@gmail.com

Future Meeting Topics / Events

Saturday, June 11th

Club Trip to Champaign to visit

The Piano People / CU Woodshop

Meeting at the Kmart parking lot on

Clear Lake Ave. at 8:30 AM

Sunday, July 10th

Annual Club Picnic

Rochester Community Park

See Meeting, p2

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Following the discussion of the proposed changes,

Roland Folse made a motion to approve all the

changes as presented. John Little seconded the

motion. There being no further discussion

regarding the motion, the members present voted

unanimously and the motion was passed. An

updated copy of the club’s guidelines will be

posted to the website.

Treasurer’s report: Norm reported that the club’s

bank balance is currently $2,427.90, not counting

the dues collected at this meeting.

Members were reminded that several areas of the

CAW website are now for members only and

require a password to access. The password was

shared with the members present. If you do not

have the password, please contact Mike Mitchell

at: michael.f.mitchell@comcast.net

Old Business

The officers are working on putting together a

club trip sometime in June. Saturday, June 11th

appeared to be the most popular date amongst the

members present. (See page 1 for more details.)

Members were asked to consider submitting

newsletter content such as: “Tip of the Month”,

“Quick Tip”, and “Jig of the Month”.

Upcoming events

It was announced that John Forneris’ open shop

event originally scheduled for Saturday, April

23rd from 9:00AM – Noon is now scheduled for

May 21st.

The club picnic is scheduled for July 10th from

1:00PM to 4:00PM at Rochester Park.

Ralph Winch’s Sawmill Demonstration, Saturday,

August 6th, 9:00AM -11:00AM

Routers and Raised Panels class, Saturday,

October 1st at Woodhaven Woodworks.

Evening program

Dan Schmoker gave the evening program titled:

Bits, Braces, and Blades: Interesting and Unique

Hand Tools.

Meeting, Cont. from p1

TIP-OF-THE-MONTH

GLUING OILY WOODS Submitted by Norm Koerner

Often dense, oily, exotic species of wood are diffi-

cult to effectively glue using water based glue. The

surface of many exotic woods provides insufficient

porosity and adhesion.

Some exotic woods are so uncommonly encountered

that I will not list them all. However, we occasion-

ally see Bubinga, Cocobolo, Ebonies, Goncalo

Alves, Ipe, Lignum Vita, Purple-heart, and Teak.

Our only native species is Osage Orange.

The first step to solving gluing problems with these

woods is to sand with a medium grit sand paper.

Sanding rids the surface of planer ripple marks and

opens up the grain giving the glue more surface to

grab hold of.

Next, consider wiping the wood with a solvent such

as mineral spirits, denatured alcohol, acetone, naph-

tha, or lacquer thinner to remove the wood’s natural

oils or resins.

Finally, Titebond II or Titebond III is better than

Titebond I or yellow glue. Gorilla and two-part epox-

ies work well as does CA glue. Good luck.

Mark your calendar!

Capital Area Woodworkers

Annual Club Picnic Sunday, July 10th

01:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Rochester Community Park

Bring your significant other or a guest to meet

our other members!

Member’s are asked to bring a side dish of their

choice.

The Club will provide fried chicken, drinks and

picnic supplies.

Bring an item for Show-and-Tell!

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Check Out CAW’s Updated Website!

If you have not been to www.cawspi.org in a while,

you should check it out! The website has a new, up-

dated look and is easier to administer. Some new fea-

tures include a members only bulletin board and

password protected member information. If you need

the password, contact Mike Mitchell at:

michael.f.mitchell@comcast.net

WANTED

The CAW is looking for members to contribute con-

tent to the Woodshop Advisor. Do you have a “Tip”

that you think other members would be interested in?

It could be “TIP-OF-THE-MONTH” in our next is-

sue! Do you have a interesting or unique jig that you

use? It could be “JIG-OF-THE-MONTH” in our next

issue. Send Clay Crocker an e-mail if you have an

idea for the newsletter, it just might get published.

Dan demonstrating his nail removing tool. ▲

Evening Program

Bits, Braces, and Blades:

Interesting and Unique Hand Tools

Presented by Dan Schmoker

Many thanks go to longtime club member Dan

Schmoker for providing an informative and enter-

taining program presentation on many interesting

and unique hand tools. Dan brought out a prover-

bial smorgasbord of tools from his extensive col-

lection to share with the members; along with

some interesting anecdotes about most. From ham-

mers to hand planes, hatchets to hones, to card

scrapers, bits, braces and burnishers, Dan had a

little bit of everything to show the members pre-

sent. As always, Dan’s presentation was filled

with knowledge and wit.

▼Dan discussing tool sharpening aids.

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Is your Jointer Not Big Enough?

Submitted by Mike Mitchell

Have you ever had a board that needed flattening that was just too big for

your jointer and you just didn’t want to have to cut it to fit on your joint-

er? If you have a wide planer here is your answer.

You can use a flat, solid wood board, I use a maple butcher block board,

or you could build a torsion box. Does anyone know how to make one?

My jointer board is 8 ft long and 12-3/4” wide and fits nicely through my

13 inch wide DeWalt Planer. There is a cleat at the front of the jointer

board to keep the board being flattened from sliding forward when it

goes through the planer.

I take a twisted board and hot glue it to the jointer board. I use shims to

support the twisted board where it does not lay flat. As you can see in

the pictures I have shims under opposing corners and two in

the center. I also use hot glue every 6 to 8 inches along the

edges to hold the board in place.

The process works great and after running four boards

through the planer and flattening them out I was able to pro-

cess the boards and make some usable lumber. After a little

glue and biscuits, I was able to make an industrial looking

table with galvanized legs.

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WANTED

The CAW is looking for a member to fill the officer

position of “Editor”. Candidate must have an interest

in writing, along with some computer skills; experi-

ence using Microsoft Word or Publisher is a plus. If

you think you would like to contribute to the club’s

success by serving as Editor, let a CAW officer know.

To help get the word out about our club by distrib-

uting the club’s brochures and business cards.

Mark your calendar!

Open Shop Event Come and see Ralph Winch’s Sawmill Demonstration.

Saturday, August 6th

09:00 AM - 11:00 AM

3 Treece Court

Springfield IL 62711

AN EXCERPT FROM

A Splintered History of Wood AS REPORTED ON BY BOB WIRE

For decades pro baseball was blessed with the wood-

en bat—almost exclusively an ASH bat. Then came

along the approval for aluminum bats, which upset

the applecart. Now there’s a move for hard maple,

which entered MLB in 1997.

Barry Bonds set the record by hitting 73 home runs

in one season (2001) with a maple bat. Jimmy Rol-

lins, shortstop for the Phillies also used a maple bat

during his thirty-six-game hitting streak.

But in spite of that, ash gets the lion’s share of the

market. But it’s not just any ash. Specifically it’s

white ash and has to be sapwood, not heartwood.

The best ash for bats is found in a 200-mile strip be-

tween New York and Pennsylvania. But can they

keep that critter known as ash-borer out of the tim-

ber?

Maple for bats must be cut during the Winter when

sap content is low. It, too, must not be heartwood.

Maple grown in Vermont is too hard and maple

grown in the South is too soft.

Other woods experimented with are hickory and

birch, plus bamboo which is technically a grass.

Composite materials including fiberglass, plastics,

and other synthetics have been experimented with.

But the many factors such as bat weight, bat length,

bat shape, and personal preferences all muddy the

selection for a given team or player.

In terms of physics, bat speed is the critical property.

And that comes with power, timing, batter strength,

and batter speed. Not to mention the split-second,

last second “flick-of-the-wrist” so often mentioned

about the swing of the late great Chicago Cubs hitter

Ernie Banks.

Submitted by Norm Koerner

Knotty Bits….

Q: Why do woodworkers hate to drill a lot of holes.

A: ‘Cuz it’s a boring task.

Knotty Bits…. Norm and Bob Jesse are putting sheathing on a

house. Bob notices Norm is throwing away about

half the nails. Bob says, “Why are you throwing

away so many nails???” Norm says, “Cuz the heads

are on the wrong end.” To which Bob says, “You idi-

ot, save them for the other side of the house!”

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Show and Tell

John Little brought two interesting hand tools: In

his left hand a vintage, Stanley compass plane. In

his right hand is a large chisel made by Fulton that

is know as a “Slick”. Slicks are never struck, but

are used with both hands and even a shoulder at

times.

▲ Linda Snodsmith proudly sharing her first wood-

working project with club members. Linda discussed

some of the design decisions that she made with this

project while taking lessons from Norm Koerner.

Roland Folse showing a completed end table that has

a veneered top with inlayed banding and a mitered

cherry frame. This is one of a matching pair of end ta-

bles that Roland built.

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Show and Tell Dan Chevalier brought two lovely turned bowls.

◄ David Kalaskie showing a pair of salad tongs

that he is working on.

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OPEN SHOP EVENT

John Forneris hosted an Open Shop event on

Saturday, May 21st to show club members his

new basement workshop. The club would like to

thank John and his wife Becky for opening their

home to the CAW’s members. Thanks to all the

members who came out to see John’s shop,

drink coffee and enjoy Becky’s wonderful cook-

ies! There was a fantastic turnout of members;

probably totaling 18-20 by the end of the morn-

ing. John gave everyone a tour while explaining

some of the layout decisions he made. John’s

Open Shop event was a follow-up to a program

presentation that John gave on the design and

layout of his new shop at the January 2015 club

meeting. John thanked all the member’s who

provided input for his shop layout.

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OPEN SHOP EVENT

▲ John explaining the design of ►

his miter saw station.

◄ Thanks to all the members who

turned out.

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▲ Curtis Meinhardt brought his new rout-

er table to show members and get some tips

on proper setup.

John has an elegant solution to the problem of

reaching the dust collection blast gate on his

table saw. ▼

OPEN SHOP EVENT ◄ John’s new Grizzly table saw with an Incra

rip fence system.

John’s entire shop is thoughtfully laid- ►

out and well organized as illustrated by

this workbench/desk area.