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November Meeting 2006NEWSLETTER

WEB SITE-http://www.diablowoodworkers.com

Phone 925-939-8052Pleasant Hill Education Center (PHEC)

One Santa Barbara Rd, Pleasant Hill CA 94523

Diablo Woodworkers ACTIVITIES. Club Meetings at PHEC are the 2nd Wednesday of the month, 7-9pm andShop Tours or Sawdust Sessions are the 3rd Saturday of the month, 9am-Noon.

December 4, Shop Tips SIGDecember 7, Turning SIGDecember 13, Members Project MeetingNo Shop Tour in December

January 10, Brian McLachlan Furniture MakerJanuary 20, Hugh Bevon-Thomas Shop, Alamo

DECEMBER 13TH MEETING, 7-9 PM AT PHEC, ROOM 112ANNUAL MEMBERS PROJECTS

Members that have finished a project this year should bring it in to Show and Tell. Even a photo will be welcome ifthe project is too big to bring in. If you don’t have a project yet, join the “2006 Challenge” and make a WalkingStick. All projects that are shown at this meeting will earn the woodworker a very special Holiday Gift.

The Toy Makers Project needs more Toys. The December meeting is the last chance to get the Toys into the 2006Holiday Gift giving.

Also if you can spare some special Holiday food, please bring it to the meeting to add to our annual social gatheringwith good cheer. Coffee and soft drinks will be served.

JANUARY 10TH, 7-9 PM AT PHEC, ROOM 112BRIAN MCLACHLAN, FURNITURE/CABINET MAKER

Brian has a studio in San Geronimo where he creates individually-designed furniture, cabinets, fine wooden boxes,and decorative art shelves made to clients requirements utilizing both innovative and traditional joinery. He has abroad art background including the Chinaurd Art Institute in Los Angeles and The Art Students League in New York.You can view Brian’s work at www.brianwoodworks.com

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SHOP TOUR JANUARY 20TH 9 AM-12 NOONHUGH BEVON-THOMAS' SHOP, 1461 ARBOR LANE, ALAMO, CA 94507 925 945-6695

Hugh's shop is a detached building behind his home. It is equipped Mostly with Jet power tools with some Sears andPowermatic thrown in. Hugh has made many of the cabinets and stands for the tools. The manner in which thecompound miter saw and the radial arm saw share bench space is very clever. All of the tools have a place to liveeither in multi-depth wall hung cabinets or under bench cabinets. The only thing lacking in this shop is saw dust. Itmight be nice if each of you were to bring a handful of sawdust to put on the floor while you are checking out all theneat ideas Hugh has built in his shop.

Directions: From Hwy. 680 South take the Livorna Road exit and turn right on to Livorna Rd. go to Danville Blvd. andturn Right (do not turn on the red light as you will get a ticket). Go four short blocks on Danville Blvd. to Arbor Laneand turn right. 1461 is the second house on the right.

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Show and Tell Photos

Kirby Elvin showed some multi-woodcutting boards.

Jerry Lambden showed aBubinga table

Al Steunenberg showed awonderful rocking Windsor

chair.

Julie Cohen showed a marquetry“Stripers and Nappers” wine bottle

holder for a nautical friend. She alsoshowed a beautiful marquetry flower

Tom Meyers showeda Lyptus/Bloodwood

table

Val Wann showed aGreenland Style

kayak paddle

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John Rodriquez showed a PurpleHeart/Maple Jewelry Box

Arron Carbaugh showed aBloodwood/Lacewood/quilted

Maple project on an Ipod

Bill Price showed asegmented vase

Don Bouchet showed puzzles he isdonating to the Toy Project David Wittenbrock showed

another of his famouscombination lock boxes Lloyd Gowan showed a

Scrollsaw basket and 2marquetry designs

Dale Thompson showedairplanes he is donating to

the Toy Project

Bob Kreider showed aspalted JapaneseBlack Pine bowl

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Toy Special Interest Group: Bring your finished toys to the meetings,

The Toy Makers are Diablo Woodworker volunteers. They participate in two ways.1. As individuals making toys in their home work shops.

o Build from your own plans or use plans available from the Toy Groupo Use your own materials or we provide the materials

2. As members of the Toy Group in weekly sessions.o A group of about 12 volunteerso Usually meets at the Mount Diablo Adult Education Schoolo Build toys on a production basis.

What happens to the toys? All donated to charitable organizations. We are currently building for: Monument Crisis Center Christmas for Everyone Children’s Hospital Toys for Tots

To volunteer or for additional information contact: Ronald Kersey, rkersey@sbcglobal.net, 925 944-5471

Tim Killen showed a replicawriting desk

David Gius showed a Canary Wood JewelryBox

Bill Tarleton showed 2 ValleyOak and 1 Black Acacia Natural

Edge Bowls

Gary Seybold showed toy cars andbowl made from firewood

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Shop Tips Special Interest Group -

We had another very informative meeting in a very warm shop. (The late summer heat would feel good about fourmonths from now). I demonstrated "How to level a large round uneven surfaced object" using a frame (around theobject) and a router on a sled. I also demonstrated a band saw technique on "How to make wedges" of which I usedto secure the object inside the frame.

I also demonstrated the Keller dovetail jig at the request of an attending member. The group got into a gooddiscussion about sharpening and would like to see a sharpening demo in future meetings using water stones.

There will NOT be a meeting for the month of December! January 7th @ 7pm in John Summers' shop, 1672Clayton Way, Concord. I hope to see you then and don't forget your hearing protection.

Turning Special Interest Group – Meetings in room 207 at the PHEC at 7pm the first Thursday of eachmonth. To join in the Turning SIG call George Lucido at 925-254-3659. The meetings schedule is as follows:

Dec. 7, 2006 - George Lucido will demonstrate how to make a wooden pen on a mandrel, this demonstration willshow all the steps in creating a pen including cutting the blank, drilling, installation of the brass inserts, turning thewooden pen bodies and assembly of the components.

Jan 2007 - Andrew Baxter will continue with spindle wok this time demonstrating how to make semi-fancy candleholders, you will learn how to form a bead and how to make a cove using the “Baxtermethod”.

Feb. 2007- February will be the beginning of several months of demonstrations on making wooden bowls. BillTarleton will discuss how to cut a log to achieve the proper blank for making a bowl and will demonstrate how to turna “green bowl” blank and how to prepare the blank for proper drying and will finish up by turning a finished bowl.

Mar. 2007- This evening will be dedicated to how to make a “natural edge” bowl. This is different approach thanmaking a standard bowl and will be demonstrated byTBD.

April 2007- Jim Rodgers will demonstrate how to make a solid body bowl while incorporating a simple segmentedring. Jim has a lot of experience in this type of bowl and vessel making and has many of his pieces in galleries.

May 2007- Andrew Baxter will be back to demonstrate how to make a wooden goblet. This demonstration shows adifferent approach to turning and incorporates “end grain” turning.

June 2007- Bill Tarleton will demonstrate how to make hollow vessels –those are the slim pots with a small hole thatmakes it impossible to turn the inside -BUT, using Bill’s method he will show how it is done.

July 2007- Vessel design. Jim Rodgers will lead a discussion on how to approach the perpetual problem of how todesign your bowl or vessel, whether a salad bowl or a fancy segmented vessel -design is of prime concern.

Aug 2007- George Lucido will demonstrate how to get started making segmented vessels, This demonstration willinclude making a drawing, calculating the sizes required and how to cut and glue the segments.

Sept 2007- Jim Rodgers will continue with the necessary steps on how to do the assembly and finish turning of asegmented vessel.

Oct 2007- Sharpening your lathe tools including spindle gouges, scrapers, skews, and bowl gouges. TBD

Nov 2007- Bowl enhancement including how to fill cracks, use of color mixed with epoxy, use of Turquoise, etc.TBD

Dec 2007- Bill Tarleton will demonstrate how to turn a bowl which is bigger than the swing on the lathe. This is doneoff the end of the lathe using an auxiliary tool rest. This can’t be done on all lathes but is a good method to learn forthose of us that want to make a 24” Cesar salad bowl.

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Jan 2008 - Andrew Baxter will demonstrate how to do “off-center” turning. Using this method some very interestingshapes will evolve.

Metal Special Interest Group (Metalheads): Will meet once per month on the second Thursday of the monthat 7 p.m. Anyone interested in adding metal work to their hobbies and join the Metal SIG need to contact JeffTraeger, 925-254-3810.

MEMORIAL FLAG CASE PROJECT

We have Memorial Flag Cases, for a donation of $35 to theclub, to families that have received a Military or Public ServiceMemorial Flag after the passing of a loved one. These caseswill also be given out free to any local Fire or Police familymember that is lost in the line of duty. Plans for these casesare on our club web site. Gordon Fry, 925-685-1676 is theChairperson for this project. Call him if you know of someonethat would like a Flag Case or would like some help buildingthem.

Flag Cases were given to several local police and firefighting families in the last few months. It is our honor tohelp in memories of these men who lost their lives in their community’s service.

Sign Up for Wooden Name Badges and Reminder: If you don’t have a Name Badge, contact JohnStout 925-676-7271 and get one. They will be very important in getting discounts at local lumber yards and otherstores in the area. While we are on the subject of discounts, if you can, the next time you find a convenient supplierask if the club can get a club discount. We will gladly add them to our Favorite Supplier’s list and mail them aNewsletter. Wooden Name Badges sign up is ongoing. Contact John Stout to get on the list. The Wooden NameBadges will cost $4 each. John has several Wooden Name Badges that need to be picked up. Some are paidfor and some not. Please contact John at 925-676-7271.

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Tools For Sale/Swap, Jobs, Wanted: -Here is a place to advertise a job or your need to get rid of that little used but beautiful tool or supply or ask forsomething. Call Bill Tarleton 925-939-8052 or email btarl@comcast.net to get it in the Newsletter.

For Sale: Delta 18" Scrollsaw, Model 40-650, with stand, $350. Ken Kettwig, 925-689-5321, Kkettwig@comcast.net.

For Sale: pre-1960 Dewalt Model MBF radial arm saw. The cabinet was built from original Dewalt plans. $150,Charles P. Ortmeyer, 925-806-0618

For Sale: Sears 10" table saw 3 hp model 137-248880 with carbide blade less than two years old includes a mobilebase, $75.00. Sears 12" radial arm saw 1970's model runs like a top includes nice 12" carbide blade wooden base$75.00. 6' Executive desk Oak finish $90.00. 4' x 4' Oak book case $25.00. Hon Industries 2 drawer file cabinetletter sized, steel construction $10.00. Ben Richardson, 925-944-1635

Free: Tilting table tablesaw with extension, Peggy Gipps (510) 237-6473 to set up a time to pick it up.

For Sale: Porter Cable Model 7116 24" Omnijig Dovetail Machine. Record Model RPML 300C Mini Lathe. 3Jorgensen # 4 16" Hand Screw Clamps. Delta Model 25-869 Magnetic Worklight. Shop Fox Woodrack. 2 pairs of48" bars and 6 pairs of 18" brackets. Delta Model 50-239 4" bandsaw dust collector attachment. Ted Harwood, 510-787-2957, tvharwood@sbcglobal.net

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Diablo Woodworkers FAVORITE SUPPLIERS:

Standard Saw Works, Inc., 181 10 th St., Oakland, CA 94607,510-832-0856.

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Bay Area Carbide, 1843 East St., Concord CA 94520, (925) 687-7543. Sharpening of saw blades and router bits. Good stock ofbandsaw blades, circular saw blades and router bits. Discount forclub members on supplies.

Hastings Saws, 888-223-7016, in Rohnert Park CA for thesmooth cutting Atlanta Blade.

Hardwood Resources, 988 Howe Rd., Martinez CA 94553, 925-372-8171. Truxton Hildner and Aldon Cook, owners, will give a10% discount on all stock items except sale or special order. Cashor Check only for discount.

Hardwoods Unlimited, 2395 Monument Blvd, Concord CA, 925-969-0064. Members will receive a 10% discount on lumber andplywood.

The Woodsman, Custom Milling/Drying, 2701-A North AlpineRd., Stockton, 209-931-3293. Figured hardwoods from the "urbanforest" milled and kiln dried on site. Exotics also available. 10%discount to members.

Dolan’s Lumber, 2231 Monument Blvd., Concord, 925-686-1734.Contractor’s discount for club members for all stock items.

Big B Lumber, 6600 Brentwood Blvd., Brentwood 925-634-2442.Contractor’s discount for all items for cash or check sales if theCustomer Account Number 5077 and Diablo WoodworkersNametag is presented at time of purchase.

Moulding Masters, 1070 Detroit Avenue, Unit E, Concord, CA94518, 925-689-7322, www.mouldingmasters.com

Woods Unlimited, 10% discount for members beginning Oct.18th. 1620 Doolittle Drive, San Leandro CA 94577, 510-895-5266

Rockler Woodworking and Hardware, 541 Contra Costa Blvd.,Pleasant Hill CA 94523, 925-521-1800, www.rockler.com. 10%discount on non-power tool items for club members.

Woodcraft, 6044 Dougherty Rd., Dublin CA, 925-875-9988.

Global Wood Source, 1698 Rogers Ave, San Jose CA 95112,408-392-0573.

Kitchens Unlimited, 1459 Newell Ave., Walnut Creek, 925-934-4700, Creative Designs for Kitchens and Bath.

Apple Blossom Moulding and Millworks, 2411-L Old CrowCanyon Rd, San Ramon CA 94583, 925-820-2345 has a greatselection of Moulding for sale.

Eames Hardware & Supply, for the hard to find items. 10%discount with Diablo Woodworkers Nametag at time of purchase.2665 Pleasant Hill Rd., Pleasant Hill CA 94523, 925-975-0515

Hamilton Tree Service, www.hamiltontree.com. 866-590-8733

Chandler's Complete Tree Care, 925-674-8778.

Devil’s Mountain Awards and Recognition,3513 Clayton Rd. Concord CA 94519, 925-682-8233.www.devilsmountainawards.com

Harbor Freight Tools, 5201 Sonoma Blvd., Vallejo CA 94589,707-645-0185

Moose Metals, 1038 Shary Cir. #7, Concord CA94518, 925-676-6667. Metal Sales, Welding, Repair, Fabrication.

Diablo Woodworkers3115 Del Oceano Dr.Lafayette, CA 94549