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2015 FVWWC—PO Box 1047—Batavia, IL 60510-1047 1

http://www.fwwc.org — [email protected]

NEWSLETTER

Volume 22, Issue 8 August 2015

IN THIS ISSUE

IN THIS ISSUE

Calendar of Events –

FVWWC Officers and Committees

– Page 2

July 7 Program - Page 3

Christmas Auction - Page 3

Shop Tours – Page 4 - 5

Silent Auction and Raffle - Page 6

President’s Message – Page 7- 8

Howard’s Corner—Page 9

Editor’s Woodfiller – Page 10

Show and Tell—Pages 11 - 13

Special Interest Groups – Page 14

Calendar of Events

September 2015

Date Time Event

Sept 1

(Tues)

6:30PM

Hand Tool SIG

Sept 1

(Tues)

6:30pm Scroll Saw SIG

Sept 1

(Tues)

7:30PM

General Meeting

Sept 16

(Wed)

9:00AM FVWWC Breakfast Club

Red Apple Restaurant

414 S. Schmale Rd

August 2015

Date Time Event

Aug 4 (Tues)

6:30PM

Hand Tool SIG

Aug 4

(Tues)

6:30PM

ShopSmith SIG

Aug 4

(Tues)

7:30PM

General Meeting

Aug 19

(Wed)

9:00AM FVWWC Breakfast Club

Red Apple Restaurant

414 S. Schmale Rd

August 4 Program

Stained Glass Techniques Larry Ciesla



FVWWC Officers & Staff

President: Tom Sharp [email protected] Vice President: Mike Brady [email protected] Treasurer: Doug Pfaff [email protected] Secretary: Steve Fox [email protected] Program Committee: Dave Burk

[email protected]

Membership: Mike Nowak Director of Communication / Webmaster: John Gesiakowski [email protected] Resources Chair: Dave Dockstader

[email protected]

Show Chairman: Keith Rosche Member-at-Large: Mike Madden Newsletter Editor: Lee Nye [email protected] Raffles: Gail Madden Andy Marck Photographer: Tyler Sondergaard Show & Tell MC: Rich Russel Audio/Visual Tech: Dave Burk Shop Tour Chair Dan Jarodsky Host: Gail Madden

FVWWC

Special Interest Groups ShopSmith Dave Dockstader SIG Chair: (630) 851-8118 Scrollsaw Dave Dockstader SIG Chair: (630) 851-8118 Hand Tool SIG Mike Brady

Chairmen: [email protected]

Mike Bridger

[email protected]

2015 Membership Renewal Dues for 2015 can be paid as usual at the gen-eral meetings – just see Mike Nowak at his table before the meeting or during break. Dues are still $30 per individual which includes the whole fami-ly. Just a reminder - our by-laws require payment of dues by February 15. Members unpaid after that time are removed from membership rolls and mailing lists. It’s not too late to get back in good standing. If you are unable to pay in person, or forgot your checkbook, mail in your dues. Print out the membership form from our website:

http://www.foxvalleywoodworkers.com/

Documents/MemCard_11_Online.pdf

Mail it in:

FVWWC Membership Chair

PO Box 1041

Batavia, IL 60510-1041

Make your checks payable to the Fox Valley Woodworking Club.

Website Access Problems? See John Gesiakowski before the meeting if you have questions or need assistance log-ging in to our website.

mailto:[email protected]





http://www.foxvalleywoodworkers.com/Documents/MemCard_11_Online.pdf

http://www.foxvalleywoodworkers.com/Documents/MemCard_11_Online.pdf



July 7 Program

Lee on Leigh Jigs

Lee presented a users view of dovetail jigs with his opinions as to when using a jig is worth the

trouble vs hand cut dovetails. Some rules and tips on getting good results with dovetail jigs were

also covered.

December 1st Christmas Auction

I know—it’s barely August and who wants to think about Christmas? Nevertheless, the FVWWC

Board plans to have another auction at the annual December Christmas party. We had so much

fun doing this last year and were able to raise cash for local charities to make their clients’ Christ-

mas a little more merry. So, when you are in the shop making a craft item for family or friends,

consider making a couple extra to donate to the club’s auction in December. Of course, if you like

to make toys, go ahead—we will collect these as well for needy kids.



Shop Tours 7-26-15 Information

- August 2015 -

Wood Sales:

Tom Konieczka’s father passed away and he is selling the wood from his father’s saw mill in Peru, IL. Time & Date: 10:00 am, Saturday, August 8, 2015

Location: 800 Grant St, Downers Grove, IL

From the church (ref: Mapquest): approx. 21.22 miles & 31 min.

Cost: None

Contact: Tom Konieczka, 630-229-7973

Transportation: None to be provided or organized by the FVWWC.

Inventory of Material for Sale:

(Monday 7/27/2015 update email from Tom Konieczka)

I have an updated lumber inventory for the Aug newsletter. Your club wiped me out of 5/4 Cherry so that is no

longer available but I do have 13/16#1C Cherry for $1.60 bd/ ft. Unless noted all lumber is FAS, still have QS Syca-

more and African Mahogany. Also have some genuine Mahogany $8, Butternut $2.50 , 6/4 Cherry. $3.00, 8/4 maple

$2.50, white birch $2.00, and furniture grade eastern white pine $1.25.

Brought home really wide boards sold by piece

15/16 16"x11ft white maple $35

5/4 16"x12ft white oak $50


5/4 16"x8ft white oak $35 qty 2 available


4/4 16"x12ft red oak $40

4/4 17"x12ft red oak $40

4/4 12"x11ft red oak $25

4/4 22.5"x8ft red oak $40

4/4 15"x10ft yellow birch $30

Also have some really nice veneers and even better veneers still at the shop that need to come home with me. Is

there anyone in the club that does a lot of veneers?

Lunch: Emmetts Ale House, 5200 Main St., Downers Grove, IL 60124, Phone: 630-424-8500

Directions - from the 800 Grant Street to Emmetts Ale House (ref: Mapquest - approx. 13.4 mi & 26 min):

Go west on Grant toward Statton St … (0.3 mi)

Turn left Main St ……………………. (0.9 mi)

Main St is on the right – Emmetts Ale House.



Shop Tours 7-26-15 Information

- Past Tour Notes -

Reference: Mike Stover , Stover ’s Fine Woodworking, Saturday, July 25, 2015

When you pulled into Mike’s driveway the first thing you noticed was a tractor with a front end loader full of misc. wood. Mike

advised us to help ourselves and that the wood (maple, cherry, etc.) was for us. From there we went into Mike’s shop. It was a

clean, nicely laid out with great equipment all around. Like everyone I know Mike also complained that his shop was not big

enough. Yes, I would love to have a shop like his.

Mike and from time to time with helpers makes upscale custom cabinets for kitchens, bathrooms, etc. plus other items.

Mike does a lot of joinery with pocket holes and screws using Kreg’s equipment. Mike also demonstrated dovetail making with his

equipment. What would have taken a hobbyist like me an hour or so to do (hand cut and fit a dovetail joint) only took him a

few minutes with his equipment. His primary cabinet joinery was pocket holes, screws and Titebond glue. Mike advised that

the dovetails he makes were more for show and that he can get as good a joint with pocket holes, screws and glue. No discus-

sion regarding tongue and grooves – ancient history.

We discussed his SawStop table saw and safety. Rumor has it that table saws are the most dangerous tool in a woodworking

shop and that when something wrong happens the saw does not even say it is sorry. Then Mike went around his shop where he

discussed his equipment and why he selected them. He obviously put a lot of thought into selecting the right tools for his ap-

plications.

Mike discussed several things and focused on drawer slides extensively.

Reference:

Difference between cheap drawer slides and more expensive drawer slides. He had some there for us to see.

Unique features of different drawer slides.

Who to buy drawer slides and other material from.

Installation and adjustments of drawer slides.

Latest high tech drawer slides and their unique features.

Opening configurations for drawers and mounting the appropriate drawer slides.

His preferred drawer slides and suppliers.

With some of the material Mike gave out and stainless steel screws for legs I made a low profile stand that sits in a water dish. This

is for the cats’ food dish to rest on. We have an ant problem and by putting the cats’ food dish on a stand with stainless steel

legs/screws in a dish of water the ants can’t get to it. Please do not teach our ants how to swim. I still have some nice wood.

So, what should my next master piece(s) be?

If you have any questions, tour request or if you would like to host a shop tour - please let me know.

Dan Jarodsky, Shop Tours Coordinator 6N467 Barton Drive, St. Charles, IL 60175

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 630-803-7566

File: FVWWC-Tours-2015-150525



Silent Auction One of the ways FVWWC raises funds for our programming and awards is via the items donated for the silent auction table. While many of us are notorious packrats, at some point you have to give in and clean out your stash of unneeded woodworking tools, wood, and other supplies. That way you can free up room to get more stuff! So, get on the ball and dig through your workshop shelves, toolboxes, and cabinets for items someone else might want. It’s a three way win – you get more space, the club gets some cash, and the buyer gets something he needs, Bargains won at the July 7 meeting include 30 Abranet Sanding Sheets—$20; Router Table Push Shoe—$7; 7 foot x 3/4 thick sycamore board—$12; Misc. drill bits, punches, and chisels—$7.50; Jigsaw and blades- $5; Countersink drill bits - $6.

Big Raffle The drawing for the Big Raffle item, an 8 piece Freud Carbide Forstner Bit set, was held at the July meeting. The winner was Doug Pfaff.

The next Big Raffle item is a Wixey digital meas-uring set, including the angle gauge, height gauge, and digital calipers—a $140 value. The tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10.

Gail Madden and Andy Marck – Raffles and Silent Auction

(Norm Musur is stepping down from the Raffle Committee—thanks Norm for doing a great job for all those years and thanks to Andy Marck for taking Norm’s place.)



President’s Sawdust

Tom Sharp, President FVWWC The editorial musings of your president which maybe serious, funny, technical, or philosophical, but hopefully

always entertaining.

Oh me oh my oh you,

Whatever shall I do.

Hallelujah, the question is peculiar

I’d give a lot of dough

If only I could know.

The answer to my question

Is it yes or is it no.

Does your table saw spit its sawdust

On your chest and belly too?

And if you use a guard to stop it,

Does it spray on your shoes too?

Can you catch it with your vacuum?

Will it ruin your soft shine too?



Here comes the dado blade.

And a big wide groove just made.

Attach the dust collector.

It will be your great protector.

Why is the hose kinked and bent?

The sawdust is packed like cement.

But as you flip the big switch on

The great big wad is gone.



(Continued on next page)

Sung to the tune of “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bed Post Overnight?



Now the only thing to do

Is make a little magic anew

I gotta get a zero throat plate.

Before it’s way too late.

I love the effect that I get.

A sure cut is a bet.




Does it spray your shoes too?


Will it ruin your soft shine too?



Maybe your fence is not in tune

It’s shaped just like a half moon.

It might make a little kick back,

And a board hit you with a thack.




Does it spray your shoes too?


Will it make you turn blue?



President’s Sawdust

Tom Sharp, President FVWWC



Howard's Corner

with Howard Van Valzah

Aka: The Woodorker

(Editor’s Note - Howard’s is taking a summer vacation from woodworking projects, but I thought those of you who know

Howard might like to read his recent email to me.)

Summer is usually time when woodworking takes a back seat to gardening and yard work. In many ways that is good for me to get outside and absorb some sunshine and sweat a bit too. The result so far this summer is to lose five pounds which I gained over last winter but that requires extra holes to be punched in all my belts and tailoring of my pants (my wife’s department). Then there are woodworking projects required for home and church maintenance of project work that needs re-pair. I made a sign for the church and made the mistake of using a plywood material which had not survived the winter and was delaminating. That’s done, now a wooden numeral number one fell of my post light maybe helped along by birds who like to peck on it. So I’m trying to duplicate the the lost piece which was a purchased item which I can’t find in any store. One sample is ready for com-parison today and will probably require another one which will be more exact.

And then there is the squirrel problem. They have managed to eat up $25 of bird seed in just a few days having defeated two attempts to block them. So now I will resort to my last squirrel de-fense that worked. I cut a 30 inch diameter plywood disc with a hole in the center for the wire sup-port of the bird feeder. It has stopper which keeps it in place above the feeder, but otherwise it is free to flop in any direction. Normally it hangs parallel to the ground but when a squirrel jumps on it from above he slides right down it plunges to the ground, which is kind of fun to watch. Then I have to be sure the feeder is hanging high enough that they can’t jump up from the ground.

I won’t bother you with the gardening challenges.



Miter Saw Extension Table

I have long wanted a sliding miter saw that I could equip with a decent blade and would make clean and accurate cross-cuts. My existing chop saw was fine for remodeling / general carpentry work but mostly sat unused in a corner of my shop. I could have improved it a bit with a good blade and a better table / fence system, but it would still be very limited in cross-cut capacity. And, whatever adjustments and improvements I made would be subject to rough treatment when it is borrowed by family for home improvement projects. Another requirement is partial kerf (non-through) cuts which a chop saw can’t make. This function is necessary for construction of a block front chest for my sweetie! Does this sound like a good story to justify purchase of a new miter saw to a spouse? Well, it worked.

The new miter saw is a Bosch 10 inch slider. It will live permanently in my shop so I went looking for ideas for table and fence extensions. I suppose the ideal setup would be a long narrow table against a shop wall, but I have limited shop real estate and the saw needed to be somewhat mo-bile. I had a mobile base already from the old saw—table extensions and a good fence system were all I needed. After a search of woodworking mags, I found plans I liked in Fine Woodwork-ing. Their extension fence was hinged to drop down, but I decided to make mine bolt on—sturdier but still easy to remove if I want. Other modifications were required to make sure the ex-tension table stayed clear of the saw at its maximum miter angles. I especially like the sliding fence feature that allows an additional 18 inches of length—end to end is a maximum of almost 7 feet.

The fence stays square when extended and the t-track allows the addition of hold-downs and stops when needed.

The blades that come with miter saws are not the best. I had a Forest Woodworker-I blade I in-herited from my dad but rarely used on my table saw. It turns out that although Forest makes a blade specifically for miter saws, they advised me that the WW-I blade would work just fine on a miter saw. And it does. The next project is dust collection—man does this thing throw the dust!

Lee



SHOW AND TELL

Arnie Bandstra

Project: Tenon maker

Wood: Maple, Frame Cherry & Ipe-

Finish: Tongue Oil

Doug Pfaff

Project: Dizzy Bowl

Wood: various

Finish: water-based poly

Gary Fuller

Project: Urn

Wood: Oak

Finish: Polyurethane



Lee Nye

Project: Beer Bottle Opener

Wood: Walnut

Finish: Danish Oil

Note: Laser Engraved by Jeff Smith

SHOW AND TELL

Mike Brady

Project: Sliding Lid Box

Wood: Birch / Walnut

Finish: Wipe-on



Dave Van Norman

Project: Lamp Table

Wood: Mahogany

Finish: Poly

SHOW AND TELL

Bill Schwartz

Project: Staircase Molding

Wood: Red Oak

Finish: Poly

Dave Dockstader

Project: Wine Glass Holder

Wood: Curly Maple

Finish: Watco Oil & PasteWax

Note: Designed with Inkscape

- No photo -



FVWWC ShopSmith SIG

Aug 4, 2015 The ShopSmith SIG will meet August 4, 2015 at 6:30. If you own or are interested

in learning about the ShopSmith, please stop in. Join us and share your

ShopSmith experience and find out what the rest of us have been up to with our

machines.

Dave Dockstader

Hand Tool SIG

August 4, 2015

Hope to see you there!

Mike Brady

[email protected]

Mike Bridger

[email protected]

Scroll Saw SIG

September 1, 2015

Dave Dockstader

630-851-8118 [email protected]

The next Scroll Saw SIG next meet-

ing will be Tuesday, September 1,

2015, at 6:30 prior to the club meet-

ing in Room M111 of the Ministry

Center. We will discuss what kinds of

woods are best adapted for what kind

of scroll sawing – fretwork, pictures,

intarsia, jigsaw puzzles, bowls, etc.

We’ll also talk about how to find or

make those wood resources out of

what you may already have available.

The Hand Tool SIG meets, January through November, at 6:30 pm, be-fore the regular meeting at Bethany Lutheran in the lower conference room. Anyone interested in the use of hand tools is welcome to join us for discussion of this fascinating area of woodworking. We will learn by sharing the experiences of using and car-ing for traditional hand tools.




Fox Valley Woodworkers Club

General Meetings held at:

Bethany Lutheran Church

8 S Lincoln St. - Batavia, IL

On the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm

Doors Open at 6:30 p.m.

Visitors Always Welcome!

FVWWC Website http://www.fvwwc.org

Next Meeting – August 4, 2015

Stained Glass Techniques

Larry Ciesla

http://www.fvwwc.org