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Secretary’s ReportDPWW Board Meeting – February 3, 2020

George Rodgers opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m.Present were Jim Harvey, Bruce Kinney, WhitAnderson, Tim McAuley Peter D’Attomo, Mike Perry,Bill Hoffman, Mike Kalscheur, Mark Jundanian, LeeNye and Jerry Johnson. Reminder: Any club member,new or old, is welcome to attend a board meeting.

The January minutes and treasurer’s report wereapproved. Bill will be calling an Auditing committee meeting and willreport the result in March.

Secretary’s report (Jerry Johnson) ­­ The constitution and by­lawswere distributed to new board and committee members who were urgedto read them. Questions can be referred to Jerry.

Standing Committee Reports

Membership (Mike Kalscheur) – Mike reported we added four newmembers and have a total membership of 192. About 25 of these havenot renewed for 2020 and will be dropped from the membership list onMarch 1 if they don’t pay by then.

President's MessageIt was nice to have breakfast with several of the clubmembers prior to the Lie­Nielsen event on Saturday,February 1. Also nice to see some additionalmembers at the actual event. As always it was niceto drool over all the Lie­Nielsen tools. One of theirworkers provided some good information aboutsharpening including the use of sandpaper for initialflattening of the back and bevel of the chisels/plane

blades. Jeff Miller had the most interesting piece of equipment. Hefashioned a device to use a hand made scorp­type blade to peelshavings from a bowl, both circular and oblong. I think there will be apicture in the newsletter showing one of the bowls. He hopes to furtherrefine the use of this device to sculpt out chair seats. A couple moreactivities, the Milwaukee Woodworking Show and a trip to Bull ValleyHardwoods, are coming up soon. Please see our website or theactivities section of this newsletter for more information.

Our meeting this month will be another demonstration on how to dosomething wood related. Ed Buhot will be discussing and showing hisinlay technique. Ed has made some very nice inlay pieces through theyears. Look forward to seeing you there.

George Rodgers

CalendarDPWW Regular MeetingsUsually the Third Monday at St.James in Glen Ellyn

• February 17, 2020• March 23, 2020, Note:FOURTH Monday

• April 20

DPWW Board MeetingsUsually the First Monday at St.James in Glen Ellyn

• February 3, 2020• March 3• April 20

Future ActivitiesSee Activities, page 3• February 22, 2020Milwaukee Woodworkers Show

• February 29, 2020Bull Valley HardwoodWoodstock, Il.

• May 1, 2020USDA Forest Products LabMadison, Wi.

ProgramsSee General Meeting, Page 5• February 17Ed Buhot, String Inlays

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tools. The subject was tabled to March. Forward anyideas to Jerry who will consolidate the material andpresent it to the board for discussion.

The meeting adjourned about 8:30 p.m.Jerry Johnson – Secretary

MembershipFour members have joined or re­joined the Club in the past month.

Please welcome back GordonBrand from Wheaton. Gordonhad been a member about adecade ago and is now gettingback into woodworking. His

interests are scroll sawing, turning and furniture.

Also please welcome back Brian Hamilton fromNaperville. Brian is also a former member. Hisinterests are building various types of furniture.

Also please welcome new member Bill Heine fromPalatine. Bill learned about the club from anothermember. His interests are cabinetry, turning, makingtoys and building furniture for family members.

Also please welcome new member WayneSchleehauf from Streamwood. Wayne learnedabout the club from Owl Hardwoods. His interestsare making toys and scroll sawing.

FINAL REMINDER: If you plan to renew yourmembership in the club for the 2020 year andhaven’t done so yet, your $25 annual dues paymentis overdue. Either pay in­person at the clubmeetings or use PayPal with your credit/debit cardvia access from the club website, or send a checkin the mail. Membership renewal options andinstructions are given in the following web link;

http://dupagewoodworkers.org/membership/renew/renew.php

If you’ve already paid dues for 2020 but have NOTreceived your Member ID card, stop by theMembership table at the February meeting to pickup your ID card. Members who’ve paid 2020 duesand have not claimed their ID cards at this meetingwill receive their 2020 membership ID card in themail. Members with unpaid 2020 dues after March1st will be dropped from the club roster.

Mike Kalscheur

Library (Tim McAuley) – Tim is looking for a web­based program for listing our library contents. Thereare several available but he hasn’t found one thatmeets our needs to this point.

Toys (OBrian Parks) – George reported that wenow have two work shop sessions for 2020scheduled at Woodcraft Saturday, May 9 andSaturday, October 10.

Activities (Jeff Kramer) – George said there weresix members at the breakfast before the Lie­Nielsenevent. There were other members who attended theshow but skipped the breakfast. Some of themembers left with lighter wallets. Still ahead are theMilwaukee Woodworkers Show (2/22), Bull ValleyHardwood (2/29), and a tour of the USDA ForestProducts Lab in Madison WI (5/1).

Programs (Peter D’Attomo) ­­ Ed Buhot will bepresenting a program on string inlays at the Februarygeneral meeting.

A/V (Mike Perry) – The board continued to discusswhat upgrades are necessary to provide asatisfactory A/V experience for our members. Mikehas acquired nearly all of the equipment to completethe upgrade.

Web (Whit Anderson) – Whit talked briefly aboutchanges and updates to the website. There was ashort discussion about the need to publicize theonline forum.

Old Business

­ Committee on Club’sRole in EstateDispositions. Peter, Whit, and Mark W. havecompleted the work on guidelines to help heirs dealwith the task of finding a home for the treasured toolsof a deceased member of the club. They will beposted on our website. Many thanks to the ad hocgroup that used the disposition of Rich Rossio’s largecollection as a template of what and what not to do.

New Business

­ Auction Replacement. Interest in the annualauction has waned to the point it is questionablewhether it justifies the large amount of effortrequired. This, plus the passing of our auctioneerand the advent of alternate channels such as theClassified Ads section of the web site, has led to theconclusion that we should try a different method ofproviding a means for members to sell their unused

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1220 S Eastwood Dr, Woodstock, IL10:00 AM: Bull Valley Hardwood

1251 Cobblestone Way, Woodstock, IL

Tour of USDA Forest Products Lab in MadisonFriday, May 1The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is the nationalresearch laboratory of the United States ForestService, which is part of USDA. Since its opening in1910, the FPL has provided scientific research onwood, wood products and their commercial uses inpartnership with academia, industry, tribal, state, localand other government agencies.9:00 AM: Breakfast

Café Hollander – Hilldale701 Hilldale Way (On the grounds of the Hilldale

Mall), Madison, WI10: 00 AM – 12:00 AM: Forest Products Lab

One Gifford Pinchot DriveMadison, WI

Jeff Kramer

2020 Activities

Milwaukee WoodworkersShowSaturday, February 22, 2020(The show runs from February 21to 23)Information and tickets areavailable online at MilwaukeeWoodworkers Show.

Tickets are $14.00 per person – $12:00 if youpurchase your tickets on line. Your tickets are goodfor the entire run of the show.9:00 AM: Breakfast

Mimosa Restaurant9405 S 27th St, Franklin, WI 53132

10:00 AM: Milwaukee Woodworkers Show6000 W Ryan Road, Franklin, WI

Bull Valley HardwoodSaturday, February 299:00 AM: Breakfast

3 Brothers Restaurant

January 2020 Meeting RecapDave Dockstader from the Fox Valley club talked aboutparticipation (or lack of) in local Fairs. Dupage Fair inparticular has almost no entrys. Fox Valley would like toincrease interest, and possibly volunteer as judges.

Lots of activities coming up, see the club newsletter fordetails. A Toy workshop is set for May 9 at Woodcraft.Books were donated to the Library, such as"Woodworking Mistakes" which should be popular. CarlShaffer reported there are selected (big) DPWWC shirtson sale.

Paul Prycik was the featured speaker, he set up a Jetmini lathe and demonstrated the creation of a lighthollowed wooden sphere suitable for a Christmasornament. He also turns a hook button for the top and awooden Icicle for the bottom.

Paul Prycik showingsome of his work

Dave Dockstader fromFox Valley

SIGN­UP FOR DPWW ACTIVITIES HAS NOW ENTERED THE 21ST CENTURY.

You can now sign­up for all the DPWW activities online! Here is what you need to do – easy as 1, 2, 3:

• Go to the DPWW Activities Page https://www.dupagewoodworkers.org/activities.html• Select the activity you want to attend and click on the “Sign Me Up” link• Fill out the online form and the click on “Submit My Activity Sign­Up” linkWe will continue to notify you via email of upcoming and new events.Thanks to Whit Anderson for this new service.

Please contact Jeff Kramer if you have any questions (kramer123@hotmail.com)

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Lie­NielsenHand Tool

EventFebruary 1,attended bysevenmembers.

February 2020 DoorPrizes

1 Ticket for $2, 3 Tickets for $57 Tickets for $10 January Door Prize winners Brian Ferguson,

Jerry Johnson and Jay Zimmermann.

Jeff Miller's JigCreated Bowl

SharpeningDemonstration

Lie­Nielsen Products on Display

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General Meeting February 17Ed Buhot ­ String Inlay

The focus of the String Inlay presentation will be toencourage members to think about using string toenhance their projects and remove some of themystique about creating and adding string to projects.

The presentation will discuss the tools, methods andmaterials used to add string (thin lines of wood) to aproject.

During the presentation a channel will be created in awooden drawer face to receive the string. The stringwill be inserted into the channels of the drawer face.

Along the way we will discuss sources for inlay tools,material, options for creating string, problems, hintsand little issues that might be encountered whenadding string. If time provides, examples of addingstring inlay beyond the basics will be touched on.

ToysThe toy committee has lined updates for both the spring and thefall toy making workshops. Theywill be held on Saturday, May 9and Saturday, October 10. Theywill be held at the Woodcraft Storein Woodridge, IL. The workshopswill begin at 9am and go until

around 3pm. Sign up sheets will be passed aroundcloser to the actual dates. Look forward to continuing

to have the very good participation and camaraderiethat we have had in the past. Also look forward toseeing the toys in November that everyone has beenmaking in their own shops.

O’Brian Parks/ George Rodgers

Got a Question? (or an Answer?)If you've got a woodworking question you want answered, try the DuPage Woodworkers' online forum ­ goto [https://dupagewoodworkers.org/bbs/] or access via "Members only" on the dupagewoodworkers.orghome page. There are a number of topic areas where you can ask your question.

This past week there has been some discussion about how to learn more about CNC projects. There werea number of responses. The end result is that three of our members are going to the Make­It­Here makerspace to get CNC training.

If you aren't signed up yet you can easily do so. The first topic in the forum is "Questions About How toUse This Forum." Check there for some information about how to register. You can also check there to seehow to get a daily email digest whenever there is a new posting. With the email digest you don't have to goeach day to check to see if there has been a new posting. The forum will tell you when there is a newposting. At this point I can promise you that you won't get snowed under by emails.

Whit Anderson

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From Our Workshop January 20, 2020 ­ Click to Enlarge

John Cunningham ­ FastTrack Game ­ Birch Plywood

OBrian Parks,CompassesScrap Wood,Danish Oil

Mike Kalscheur ­ 3­D EndGrain Cutting Board ­ Maple,

Walnut ­ Oil & Beeswax

Mark Jundanian ­ OfferingMaple & Mahagony ­ VarnishLen Swanson ­ Picture Frames

Qtr Sawn White Oak ­ Maloof

Don Carkhuff ­ Shooting JigMixed Woods

Roy Galbreath ­ Ornament &Cars ­ Maple & Walnut Mike Perry ­ Cracker Tray

Walnut, Cherry and Maple ­Mineral Oil and Beeswax

Lee Nye ­ Large Cutting BoardMaple & Walnut ­ Tried & True

Tom Olson ­ Chip CarvedSleigh Ornament

Bass Wood­ Stain & Shellac Bob Bakshis ­ Tissue CoversBirch Plywood ­ Natural Stain

& Poly

James Keables ­ BenchCedar ­ Poly

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Internet Woodworking Link of the MonthRouter Forums

Remember the TV show with Canadians Rick and Dad doing router projects? I have a VHS tape of someepisodes, that's how long ago it was. They have a huge forum showing 136,000 members with 651,000posts in dozens of catagories. It's a good place to find manuals for routers and other woodworking tools.

http://www.routerforums.com : Home Pagehttp//www.routerforums.com/forum.php : The Forums

­ Jim Harvey­ Send me YOUR favorite links; wb8nbs@prodigy.net

Wayne Maier ­ Greene &Greene Style Clock

Sapelle ­ Tried & True

Bert Le Loup ­ Coffee Grinder,Cane & Ornament

Variety of Woods ­ Maloof

Mike Klinnert ­ Round BowlsCandlelight Stain & Poly

Paul Pyrcik ­ Turned GlassOrnament ­ DeftTony Leto ­ Turned PencilsKeith Thompson ­ Step Stool

Walnut ­ Poly