Tony Murphy – Slide presentation of bar he is in process of making. Top is made of sassafras and walnut with the rest being white oak. | |
Paul Jalbert – A tool box made of cherry for Vince Zaccardi. Stated challenge was making rope handle. Has printed instructions on how to do handle and available to anyone. | |
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Ross Roepke – Brought table top made of walnut and chittawood for Motlow auction. |
Alan Odell – Had a couple little houses carved from cottonwood bark for gifts. | |
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Vince Zaccardi – Showed a couple of turning tools made of ground steel. He made handle and said not economical to make. |
Loyd Ackerman – Brought a box with ABC blocks made with his CNC. | |
Chuck Taylor – Showed a music box made of maple with a cherry top. Also, a couple bowls of holly roughed out showing how much they can warp. | |
Noel Johnson – Had a natural edge bowl of hickory and a maple bowl. | |
Marvin Miller – Showed a round box with threads. Bottom of osage orange with design and top of cherry. | |
John Hartin – Showed a fairly large walnut bowl with lacquer finish. He had a piece which was part of the rim of bowl that broke off changing the value of the bowl. |
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Karen Browning – Had a bowl made of cherry with teak oil finish. Also, had a vase of cherry which she put a mirror and candle holder in. | |
Richard Gulley – Made
nice sign “MY SHOP MY RULES” with different types of
rulers. Showed some Christmas ornaments, knobs made on CNC and a jar lid cover. |
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Greg Myers – Showed a
pretty little box he made with a student. |
Welding magnet solves hose-holding problem To hold a shop-vacuum hose on target on your drill press, simply attach a welding magnet (no. 1939, 800-423-2567, harborfreight.com) to the drill-press column. Then, secure the vac hose to it using a rubber-band retainer like the one shown. —Serge Duclos, Delson, Que. Editor's Note: 4 at Amazon for $14.97 |
Always wear your
safety glasses in the shop