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Fine Cut is the Monthly Publication of the Blue Mountains and Penrith Woodworking Club inc

Executive Committee

2015 / 2016

President Phil Knight 47395303

Vice President Phil Tonks 9625 9202

Secretary

Ray Barrett 47393502

Treasurer Ian Griffiths 47313045

Publicity / Safety Officer

Ray Barrett

Committee / First Aid Officer & Newsletter

Daniel Clift 47392782

Equipment Officer, & Catering Officer

Philip Knight

Projects and Demonstrations

Doug Cox

Email;

[email protected]

Postal Address P. O. Box 215

Emu Plains NSW 2750

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Blue Mountains & Penrith

September 2016 Next meeting is on Tuesday September 20th at 7.PM. The Annual General Meeting.

The Saturday meeting will be the following Saturday 24th from 0900.

While every care is taken to ensure accuracy, the editor and publisher will not

accept responsibility for any inaccuracies in articles or information contained in

Fine Cut

Presidents Report

The last few meetings have seen some more interesting activi-ties for our Club, requests for display Jewellery boxes and comple-tion of the croquet mallets from an earlier display at the Mid Moun-tains Expo at Lawson.

Tuesday Our Tuesday meeting had a demonstration of box joints by Phil Tonks using a homemade jig. Phil also showed the commercial jigs (see photo) and the advantages and disad-vantages of each. After Phil’s initial demonstration using our triton router table we (led by Safety officer Ray) suggested a few changes to increase user safety. This included limiting the travel of the jig and placing covers just after the router bit to reduce bit exposure during operation. I then made my own set of box joints using this setup and it worked very smoothly with all joints fitting tightly. Robert also made his box (see photo, next page) including cutting the groove for the base to slide into using the supplied Gifkins router bit. Meanwhile others worked on the croquet mallets, which are or very near comple-tion. Actually, I think they may have been delivered already.

Saturday

This meeting had Phil Tonks outside putting four square faces on the shaft on the croquet mallet handles. However, he had a small hiccup and severely splintered the shaft. Craig Hubbard suggested a few simple modifications to the jig and it worked well. Craig was also taking a prospective member through some basic wood turning on our lathe. Jan was finishing the faces on the croquet mallets using some UHMW material (ultra high molecular weight.), bread board material gluing it on with poly glue, which I am lead to believe is satisfactory for this environment. Meanwhile I was helping Robert with practice cutting tenons for his small table us-ing the beast with a very blunt blade. The club had recently bought a set of ring and open-ended spanners that came in a foam case so I simply rearranged a panel saw and then screwed the foam case on to the inside of our tool cupboard. This means that the spanners are visible, easily accessible and it obvious where they go and when they are missing. The big BONUS is that we can see where they should GO BACK to! .

Youth is the gift of

nature - but age is a work of art!.

Future meetings

Tuesday The October meeting will look at making box joints using a number of the September Tuesday workshop will feature Doug Cox once again showing us how to”(wait for this) make pinned mortise and Tenon joints on curved timber.

Saturday

As per Tuesday night. We have made a sample display box for a lady, Carole Hampshire, who lives in the upper

mountains, but she has been very busy and has not had time to view the sample. As I am away till late October and

then away again on the 27th October, President Phil has the box and I have advised her who to get in touch with, and

to make arrangements to come and have a look.


AGM TUESDAY 20TH, It’s the AGM. Please make sure you read the agenda and attend. We will have a tool sale after the AGM and election of the new Club executive. A copy of last years AGM minutes are included in this newsletter.

Also, a lucky door prize for a lucky attendee at the AGM is on offer, so please come along, we do not bite!!

After the Annual general meeting, a tool sale will be held, where all members are invited to bring along some tools which they no longer require. (Club will take a percentage). Everyone has tools which are useful, but have not been used for a number of years, so, this is an opportunity to pass them on to a more needy person. In the event of a poor turnout, (now surprise me and all come along), we will use the time to familiarise ourselves with the new Bandsaw. Also, I am told, (as I will not be there), that a supper will be served.

BBQ Bunnings BBQ on Saturday 29th October. Members will be required to help out on the day, from 0730ish to 1600 hrs This is an excellent way for fund raising, so please put it on your Calendar now! Also on the BBQ note, we initially had a BBQ for master’s in Mulgoa rd Penrith. This BBQ has been cancelled by Master’s

Commercially made Box Joint jig

Robert with an almost completed box using


Box joint jig, front view, close up below Safety guard over the router bit

Jig shown from the rear

Box Joint Jig

Samples of the box joint close up

Blue Mountains & Penrith Woodworking Club Inc. Minutes of Fourteenth Annual General Meeting held on 15

th September 2015.

Meeting opened: 7:20pm chaired by President P. Knight. Attendance: P. Knight, P. Tonks, I. Griffiths, D. Clift, R. Barrett, J. Parker. Apologies: D. Cox, J Oakey. Moved P. Tonks, Seconded I. Griffiths that apologies be received. Previous Minutes: Minutes of the thirteenth Annual General Meeting accepted as a true record of that meeting. Moved R. Barrett, seconded D Clift. Matters arising from the minutes: Moved R. Barrett, seconded D. Clift that the record of members training be implemented and that the implementation date be January 2016. Correspondence: Nil. President's Report: Moved P. Tonks, seconded D. Clift, that the President's Report as published in the agenda, be accepted. Financial/Treasurer's Report: Ian Griffiths read the Financial Report and bank statement as presented in the AGM Agenda Main Account – Commonwealth Bank. Opening Balance as per statement # 151,dated 28

th June 2014 $5082.87

Plus Deposits $4463.02 Less Expenses $5610.39 Reconciled Balance $3935.50 Outstanding Cheques Nil. Closing Balance as per Bank Statement # 163, dated 28

th August 2015 $3935.50

Secondary Account – ING Opening Balance as per statement 1

st July 2014 $1419.04

Closing Balance as per statement 30th June 2015 $1456.58

Balance as per Internet Statement dated 1st September 2015 $1462.15

Moved I. Griffiths, seconded R. Barrett. Other Reports: Publicity – We have a publicity advertisement in the newsletter of the LMNC giving information and contact details. We are now listed on the website of the Australian Wood Review, giving general information and contact details. We have produced flyers to hand out at our public demonstration days. Safety Officer A relatively quiet year as far as injuries are concerned. Two cut fingers needing a band aid only. Newsletter Everything is running smoothly, but the newsletter needs more content from members. Projects & Demonstrations Once again the Club has undertaken a range of community and commissioned projects, including more occupational therapy aids for the Gabrielle Centre, construction of a model aeroplane travel case, production of planter boxes and general maintenance work at the Lapstone Out Of School Hours centre (LOOSH).


doors at the Linden Observatory for the Western Sydney Amateur Astronomy Group (WSAAG), and the replace-ment of a large toy box for Lapstone Public School. President P. Knight then declared all positions of the executive committee were vacant and J. Parker conducted an election to fill those positions. The results of the election for the executive committee conducted in accordance with clause 15(2) of the DOFT Model Constitution were: President P. Knight. Vice President P. Tonks Secretary R. Barrett Treasurer I. Griffiths General Committee Member #1 D. Clift General Committee Member #2 Vacant General Committee Member #3 Vacant An election was also conducted to fill the non executive positions, and the result of that election was: Projects & Demonstrations D. Cox Assistant Projects & Demonstrations Vacant Publicity Officer R. Barrett Safety Officer R. Barrett Newsletter Editor D. Clift First Aid Officer D. Clift Equipment Officer P. Knight Catering Officer P. Tonks Librarian R. Barrett General Business: Future Projects – both private and community. Wait for input from members. Work Health & Safety – policy is working. Keep going with it and reinforce each workshop day. Annual Raffle – the club's annual raffle is still in the planning stage, a second prize to be obtained. Future Club Outings – the Executive committee is to plan and publish ideas for future outings.

(Motor Life Museum at Kembla Grange, and the Printing Museum at Penrith are possi bilities)

Web Site Officer – this non executive position will be discussed further at Committee level.

Cheque – For $54, made out to Fair Trading NSW. A fee payment to accompany form A12 Meeting closed: 8:10 pm. R. Barrett P. Knight Secretary_______/____/___ President_____/___/____


Blue Mountains and Penrith Woodworking Club Inc. Following is a list of dates and items for our club Meetings on Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout 2016

Revision date:9/07/16

Month Date Tuesday Date Saturday

January Sharpening (D. Cox) 26 Australia Day

February 16 Lock Mitre joints- (I.Griffiths)

20

Tips/tricks

March 15 Scrollsaw demo (L.Cross) 19

Tips/tricks

April )

19 Kerfing (D.Clift) 23 Bob’s game for Croquet Club

Tips/tricks

May 17 Butterfy joints (D.Cox) 21

Tips/tricks

June 21 Finishing (Club members) 25

Tips/tricks

July Arms of Australia Open Day-July 17(before both meetings)

19 Design and construction of portable workbenches for the club. Also installation of clamp rail in storeroom.

23

Tips/tricks

August 16 Box joints and their construction

20 Box joints and their construction

Tips/tricks

September 20 AGM followed by tool sale.

24

Tips/tricks

October 18 22

Tips/tricks

November 15 21

Tips/tricks

Setting up and cutting tapers using jigs(RB/PT) Phil Knight, President

Possible

Template routing for teapot stands

Wood technology-Guest-how it grows-Skills publishing speaker-Steven Burrows:[email protected]

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THE FINE CUT

September-SPECIAL EDITION - BREAKING NEWS

G’day all, Just letting all of you who couldn’t attend last night’s AGM know that there were two important decisions made which effect everyone; 1.It was resolved by majority decision, that after the Xmas break the Club will meet on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, with the Tuesday night Meetings being abandoned. This decision was made as Tuesday night attendances were not good, with some Members advising it was too cold to come out in the Winter months, and/or not wanting to drive at night any more. Because it is such a dramatic change from the normal, this change will be trialled for an initial six months, and a Special Meeting will be held to continue this change or not. This will commence on Saturday 14 January 2017 – hours 9.00 AM to 3.00 PM. 2. As the GGA have recently increased our Rent it was resolved that our Attendance fees at a Saturday Workshop Meeting should be increased from the current $6.00 to $8.00. This too will commence on Saturday 14 January 2017.

Please see one of the newly re-elected Committee for more information on these matters.

3. Disappointingly, there were no new Members elected onto the Executive, General Committee or the Support team this year, so following is a list of those elected; President: Philip Knight Vice President: Philip Tonks Secretary: Ray Barrett Treasurer: Ian Griffiths General Committee #1: Daniel Clift NOTE: there are two more positions available for General

Committee Members. Non Committee positions (the Support team) are as follows; Projects & Demonstrations: Douglas Cox Publicity Officer: Ray Barrett Safety Officer: Ray Barrett Newsletter Editor: Daniel Clift First Aid Officer: Daniel Clift Equipment Officer: Philip Knight Catering Officer: Philip Tonks Librarian: Ray Barrett And that’s it for today, so see you on Saturday next. Regards, Ian G. Temporary (hopefully very much so) Editor.

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