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Sawdust from the Prez…Welcome back!! Hope everyone had a relaxing, refreshing and safe summer. I know that “shop” projects were on my mind...they just never quite made it to the bench. Some of you were probably a lot more focused.

Issue 230 www.dmwoodworkers.org September 2019

WoodworkersDes Moines

It’s time to start a new Des Moines Woodworking season. It looks like we have a slate of meetings for the year that promise to be new and informa-tive. The education committee is also working on new classes for the fall, so stay tuned for addition-al announcements on the upcoming schedule.

I don’t know about any of you, but I didn’t make as much sawdust as I wanted this summer. I need to get busy.

Many thanks to all of you that have helped support our community in the past year. In May, there was a silent auction to support the Waukee HS Baseball team with meals/snacks on long road trips. Two items were donated and raised $200 (unfortunately a sudden rainstorm cut the bidding early)! We had great sup-port with two Habitat for Humanity efforts, building cabinets and introducing their new homeowners to a few tools they may need around the home.

There is an opportunity with an organization that we are all familiar with, Tools for Opportunity. In No-vember they are heading down to El Salvador to de-liver a pallet of tools (sounds like a few power tools are mixed in this time) and spend some time with the

Club Community Service Joseph Hansman, Community Service Director

recipients to train them on usage and safety of power drills and routers. They still have need for some tools and donations are welcome; however, the big need is a few more people willing to go on an adventure to warm Central America just as the bitter cold of winter is setting in. If you are interested in learning more, visit their website: http://toolsforopportunity.org (which has more details on the activities of the week), email Gene Pedersen directly at [email protected]. It sounds like a tremendous opportunity that I hope to join in a few years when the kids are older and stop stealing all of my money.

Stay tuned for more opportunities and email me [email protected] if you know of any good causes we can support!

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OfficersPresident

Chuck Haas, 279-5980Vice President

Kevin Kirlin, 519-5104 Secretary

Gary Weeks, 782-7315Treasurer

Greg Alberts, 331-3263

Board MembersProgram Chair

Peter KasperEducation Chair

Tom Brumback, 964-3735Community Service ChairJoe Hansman 712-790-7783

LibrarianEugene Harms, 490-8167

Volunteer Associates:Newsletter Editor

Nathan Kress, 664-7763Data Manager

Brian Messenger, 290-4497 Communication ManagerDoug Rasmussen, 252-1617

Web ManagerSeenu Paladi, 845-559-3197

Video ManagerDave Campbell, 480-0966Furniture Making SIGJohn Twedt, 964-9294

Furniture Repair/Finishing SIGRon Stookey, 277-1555

Special EventsChuck Haas, 282-1474

Public RelationsRon Stookey, 277-1555

Shop Videos Mike Crabb, 802-6822

Email ManagerJodi Alberts

Meeting RefreshmentsRon Jacobson, 490-8333

& Merle Miller, 999-2365

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Membership Current Membership: 381Membership a year ago: 394

Club Calendar - Meetings and Events

Club General MeetingTuesday, September 10, 2019 – 7:00 pmWoodsmith Store

SIG - Furniture MakingSaturday, September 14, 2019 – 9:30 amWoodsmith Store

DM Woodturners ClubSaturday, September 14, 2019 – 1:00 pmWoodsmith Store

Woodsmith WorkshopSeptember 30 & October 1, 2019www.woodsmith.com/workshop/



New members:Tyler Smith - JohnstonWayne Fullenkamp - West Des MoinesNickolas R. Berg - Van MeterBrian Hastings - West Des MoinesMark Siegfried - Des MoinesRob Eland - Des MoinesShane Brunscheen - West Des MoinesScott Knox - NorwalkReturning members:Steve Springer - Des Moines

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www.dmwoodworkers.orgIssue 230 September 2019

Library NewsEugene Harms, Librarian

To place a hold on any item in our library

• Open a browser and go to: www.dmwoodworkers.org

• Click on the LOGIN tab and enter your user name and password

• Click on the MEMBER tab and select Library

Follow the instructions on the page to search the library catalog and place a hold.

The librarian will pull the item from the library and have it ready for you to check out at the next member meeting. The library is open for browsing 30 minutes before and after the monthly meet-ing, and during the meeting break. Stop in check something out!

Craig Ruegsegger

Club Meeting Program for SeptemberPeter Kasper, Program Committee Chair

September’s program will be Shaun Webb presenting on bow making. Shaun is an avid archer and he has made many different types of bows & will bring several tools that he uses.

If you have any ideas for future programs and are interested in being a part of the Program Commit-tee, please contact Peter Kasper..

Dave Booth Dave Grieve

Club Website News www.dmwoodworkers.org Brian Messenger, Data Manager

Have you used the new video library on our web-site? This summer, volunteers Patrick Culp, Srini-vas Paladi and Brian Messenger finished posting over 10 years of our meeting presentations and shop tours! Our volunteers will be making simi-lar improvements to the whole site as an ongoing project. If you’d like to help us test the new designs on your desktop PC, tablet or smart phone, please send us a note at [email protected] and we’ll get you set up the beta testing group. Thank you!

Ads that you want e-mailed to Members should be emailed to Jodi Albertsat [email protected]. Be sure to include a price for each item plus your full name and telephone number. Be sure to double check your spelling – especially your email address.

The Club receives a small commission on purchases you make on the WOOD Store Website provided you access this Website from the Main Menu > Resources of the Club’s Website.

Skill Development Classes are a real bargain. You pay for project supplies and in some cases a small instructor fee. Sign up for classes at a Club meeting or contact the instructor. E-mail Tom Brumback [email protected] forclass information.

Do you have a friend who is interested in woodworking? Bring them as a guest to the next meeting.

The Bulletin BoardIf you are receiving this Newsletter via the Post Office and have Internet access, change to Website delivery and save the Club $10 a year on postage and printing. We notify Members by e-mail when a new Newsletter has been posted to the Website. To make the change, e-mail the Club [email protected]

If you have extra tools you no longer use, consider donating them to Tools for Opportu-nity, an Iowa-based non-profit that is helping deserving woodworkers in El Salvador and Honduras make their businesses more profit-able. To learn more or become involved, call 515-292-8154, visit www.ToolsforOpportunity.org, or email [email protected].

Anyone who knows of the passing of a Club Members is asked to notify a Board Member.

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I got an award for Parquetry at the State Fair, I will bring that piece along on the next Saturday meeting to talk about. I will be giving a presentation on Par-quetry for the Ames Woodworkers and I thought that I could make the same presentation for the Saturday Morning Furniture Makers Group for the Septem-ber meeting. I will be going over some of the same topics as the presenter discussed during the Club’s spring program. I will have better solutions for dealing with veneers. Please join us on the 14th of September at the Woodsmith Store, 9:30 AM.

Furniture Makers SIG NewsJohn Twedt, SIG Chair

Tom Whalley

Ron is putting the Furniture Repair/Finishing SIG group meetings on hold for the time being. If there are questions about refinishing or repair, feel free to email Ron at [email protected]

Furniture Repair/Finishing SIGRon Stookey, SIG Chair

The fall education classes are currently being finalized. Please stay tuned for future announcements on class topics and dates.

News from the Education CommitteeTom Brumback, Education Committee Chair

Lynn Clary Mark Schillerstrom

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Chuck Haas called the meeting to order at 7 PM with a Slower, Older and Smarter groaner. He introduced guests, new members and reminded club members to introduce themselves to new members (white badges).

Reports:Library: Chuck asked members to submit to the news-letter videos, articles and books they felt were good and should be shared with other members. The library is still underutilized and encouraged members to make use of it.

SIGS: John Twedt will present May 18 have to do radial match with veneer at 9:30.

Community Service: A recent email to all identified an opportunity for service with Habitat to assemble cabinets. Contact and times are within the email.

Summer Program: Peter Kasper reminded members of the summer tour to be held at the Amana Colony on June 15. Meet in parking lot behind the furniture and clock shop. The tour will be of the Colony forestry program and mill. Meeting time is 10 AM. Make res-ervation to assure a spot at the restaurant, Ox Yoke Inn. After lunch a tour of another furniture shop in Home-stead will take place.

Classes: May 18 will be the final spring class. It will be on sharpening.

May 2019 Meeting NotesGary Weeks, Secretary

State Fair: Brenda Rekenthaler thanked the DMWWA for the donation to State Fair. She asked for volunteers to help with the wood exhibit.

Program: The program tonight was how to build a CNC machine for $1300 and describe how to do it within 24 pages of the Woodsmith Magazine by Chris Fitch. He highlighted the machine’s capabilities and limitations; reviewed the basic software needed to operate the machine and to design projects to be machined. The CNC machine allows us to move into a whole new world of wood working.

Show and Tell:-Craig Ruegsegger: Band saw boxes-Dave Booth: Apache Helicopters-Mark Schillerstrom: Box-Dave Grieve: TV trays and stand-Lynn Clary: Scroll saw plaque-Joe Kucera: Band saw boxes-Tom Whalley: Vortex Bowl; the winner of the drawing.

Door prize drawingThe winners of the door prize drawing are: Patrick Culp, Jim Schafbuch, Lynn Clary, DanEngland, Ron Hilliard, Mark Schillerstrom, John Doy, Frank Hilton, Karl Laubengayer andMonty Button.

The next meeting will be in September.

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Tip of the Month – Board Supports

If you prefer to pre-finish some parts of your projects before assembly, but narrow boards can be difficult to stand on edge while applying a stain or finish. A solution is the “H”-block supports shown in the photos here. The design allows these blocks to support a board of any thickness. And since the space between the legs is the same as their thickness, they can nest together to hold even the thinnest stock. When you’re done, they stack together for compact storage

The blocks edges are rounded over withlonger lengths of wood before cutting them to size. The ends were eased before screwing the parts together.

Tip of the Month courtesy of August Home Publishing (www.augusthome.com) - ©August Home Publishing Company. For a free E-tip like this one delivered to your email account each week,

please go to www.woodsmithtips.com.

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We’re pleased to announce the addition of a new on-line retailer to our list of Preferred Suppliers: Liberty Hardwoods in Ankeny carries a full line of hardwood lumber, hardwood plywood, veneer, edgetape, and hardware items for all types of residential and com-mercial cabinet and furniture projects. They are a wholesaler that allows retail customers to purchase their products on a will-call basis. They request that you call your orders in by the number of board feet you need, and give them a half-day to get the mate-rial together. They deal in random width material and are not able to sort through bundles of material to find specific boards.

Des Moines Woodworkers Association Members receive 10% off retail pricing on their full product line, with the exception of occasional tool promo-tions.

Contact Liberty Hardwoods at (515) 299-9277Toll Free: (877) 999-9277, and find then online at http://libertyhardwoodsinc.com

Preferred Suppliers DMWWA membership discount at those busi-nesses. We know from past experience that DMWWA members frequently use their club discount at local hardware stores, but not all the local hardware stores are on our Preferred Sup-pliers list. If your local hardware store is NOT one of our Preferred Suppliers, be sure to ask them why not and whether they’re interested in getting on our list and getting more business from you and our other 400+ members. Email me [email protected] with contact information for your local hardware store (owner/manager name and phone number) and I’ll contact them about becoming a Preferred Supplier. Thanks for your help!

These preferred local suppliers support us through Members discounts & assistance with association projects, so please support them. Be sure to ask about an item’s discount and show your current Membership card before you make a purchase. Check the Club Website for more information.

Acme Tools629 SW 9th St, DM

Ankeny Ace Hardware 3020 SW Oralabor Rd, Ankeny

Bradley Tool & Fastener6250 NW Dr, Johnston

Country Caboose113 5th St, Valley Junction, WDM

Des Moines Hardwoods 4043 E 14th St, DM

(By Appt 515-577-1004)Hutcheson Lumber

2169 180th St, MarshalltownJohnston Ace Hardware

5800 Merle Hay Rd, JohnstonKel-Welco/White Cap

1631 2nd Ave, DMKryger Glass

10440 Hickman Rd, Clive

Liberty Hardwoods1620 NE 69th Place, Ankeny

Millie Wood Works4745 NW 50th Street, DMO’Donnell Ace Hardware

4808 University, DMO’Donnell Ace Hardware

5715 Hickman Rd, DMO’Donnell Ace Hardware

2727 Beaver Ave, DMPark Fair Ace Hardware

100 E. Euclid Ave, Des MoinesPrairie Rose Woodworking Studio,

Indianola 515-981-9087Sherwin Williams Co.

Multiple Central IA locations Tandy Leather Factory

5041 NE 14th St, Des MoinesTrue Value Hardware

63rd & Grand, WDMWoodhaven

501 West 1st Ave, Durant, IA800-344-6657

Woodsmith Store10320 Hickman Rd, Clive

These out-of-state suppliers also offer Member discounts:

Hartville Tool,800-345-2396

Fintech Abrasives888-223-8769

Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop800-228-0000

WoodcraftLenexa, KS, 913-599-2800

Woodworker’s Supply800-321-9841


Des Moines Woodworkers Association 3311 100th St Unit 3564 Urbandale, IA 50323-3855


Time to Update Your Membership InformationBrian Messenger, Data Manager

Have you moved? Upgraded your tool inventory? Changed your email address? Want to get the newslet-ter by email and save the club a stamp? It might be time to update your contact information, and all you need to do is to send Brain an email at [email protected]. Thanks for helping us stay in touch with you!

Video of a Member’s shop is very popular agenda item at our monthly General Meetings. It is a great shop idea generator. Mike Crabb produces and edits these videos for the club. If you are willing to show other members your shop, give Mike a call at 515-802-6822 or email him at

[email protected]

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