Zoom Meeting 5/18/21
Meeting called to order by Secretary Jim Jolliffe at 6:30 PM.
Jim welcomed all those online to our May Zoom Meeting. The meeting broadcast was hosted at UTSI’s H-111 conference room due to its improved video and audio capability. We appreciate UTSI’s generosity allowing the club to use H-111 and their broadcasting capability.
No guests joined.
Business
Officers and Committee Reports: Vice President & Program Chair Gary Runyon noted next month’s program will be on Tuesday June 15th and the program will be a Super Show and Tell of our Pandemic Projects made over the past ~16 months as we are approved by UTSI to return to H-111 for our in-person meetings! Gary requested members email him any July and beyond program ideas to his home email: [email protected]. He noted that programs don’t necessarily need to be from local folks due to the ability of Zoom to connect us with anyone around the world!
The 2021 Calendar is correct with monthly general meeting dates and first and third Saturday Carving meetings as well as the UTSI & Zoom annotation for the monthly meetings. The special events column included “placeholders” for the special events. The special event leads will need to discuss the timing (if at all) of holding special events and update the calendar accordingly. Larry Wendland noted that he will not be able to host the Turning Bee this year due to health issues. Secretary Jim Jolliffe noted that while we will hold our June meeting in-person at UTSI, we will simultaneously broadcast the meeting via Zoom in case folks are out of town or cannot make the in-person meeting.
Once the general meeting announcements concluded we moved to the Program section of the meeting which was the Show & Tell.
Show and Tell
Gary Runyon showed homemade hand planes he made from hard rock maple, cherry and Texas ebony and finished with Minwax Antique Oil Finish. Most of the plane blades were made from 01 tool steel and hardened by Gary. He noted that tool steel can be purchased through several online tool steel sources including McMaster-Carr and others. He offered to help fellow club members with this project. Please contact Gary if interested.
Peter Hunter showed a Wig Stand he turned for donation to a Chemotherapy Patient. He used hard maple for the stand’s base and top and cherry for the spindle. He applied three coats of polymerized linseed oil as the finish. He explained that the polymerized linseed oil repels moisture from the wig and doesn’t leech oil into the wig. As part of the project, Peter also made a #1 Morse Taper to hold his turnings. He had a jig to turn the #1 Morse taper exactly to the plan form.
May Programs
1) The Cosman Workbench – Cheap, Easy and BEST WORKBENCH EVER by Rob Cosman, 2) How to Sharpen Hand Plane Blades without a Jig by Rob Cosman and 3) How to Build a Krenov Style Block Plane by the Wood Crafted Workshop.
We watched a Rob Cosman Video on building a very stable, flat and functional workbench that had many of the features of a very expensive workbench but didn’t cost much to build. The materials used and the rationale for their use were easy to understand and the construction steps were easy to follow.
Rob also demonstrated how to quickly and accurately sharpen hand plane blades. The process uses two stones: A Trend diamond plate stone with a 1,000 grit side and a 300 grit side. The second stone is a Shapton 16,000 grit stone. He used the diamond plate stone to flatten the 16,000 grit stone. Once flattened, he showed the method to sharpen the plane blade including how to hold the blade, the finger positions on the blade, the sharpening motion and the sharpening action duration. The diamond plate stone sharpening method was slightly different than the Shapton stone. Very interesting and quick process!
The final video by the Wood Crafted Workshop demonstrated how to make your own hand plane. The process was relatively easy to follow. Once the plane is built, you can follow Rob Cosman’s video to get the blade sharpened.
Meeting adjourned. Our next meeting is on Tuesday, June 15th with a Super Show & Tell by the members of their Pandemic Projects in person at UTSI’s H-111 Conference Room (our standard meeting location). We hope to see you all there or on Zoom!