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 At our last meeting, I recognized Bill Anderson & Terry Tenhouse for their service to the club as Secretary and Program Chair, respectively. We need more people like them, who are willing to give of their time and efforts to the club.
Charles Buenzli, Jeff Leimberger, and Hugh Fish were elected to the Board for 3 year terms to begin in September. Thanks to them for being willing to serve the embetterment of our club.
Toys for Tots is beginning its season, be sure to sign up to help at a workshop. Together we can make it another good year for kids. This is our club’s big humanitarian project each year. Please give a day or ½ day to make the project a big success. It is not much work and you get to spend time with other members - all for a good cause.
Dexter Adams, our speaker for the evening, explained the process & various steps in developing a custom finish using a combination of texturing, spray and hand applied finishes. During the Saturday workshop, at Hal Brown’s shop (which, by the way is a great shop), students were provided three individual door panels for use in developing their own finish. A wide variety of finishes resulted, and, I believe, all came away with an expanded repertoire of skills.
September 20th will feature Jay Speetjens with a comprehensive program on furniture and cabinet design. This is a great opportunity to learn from one of the masters. We will see a slide show presentation of some of his work and then he’ll take us through the whole process using one of the pieces he will show. Points covered will be: design conception, sketches & drawings, modeling or prototyping, material selection, joinery, glue-up, special considerations and finishing. As an added treat, Jay will bring along a couple of finished pieces for viewing and discussion.
Klingspor will host the third annual North Carolina Woodworking Showcase on September 17th. TWA is a sponsor again this year. The day is a fun & educational - I urge all of you to attend. There will be demonstrations, sale items, and lots of people’s work to see. The event has been a success in the past years, largely due to the support of the TWA. We have helped with workers and entries, and we donate $75 for the “Woodworker’s Choice award”. Please enter some of your projects into competition. It is only with participation from the membership that we get to see a wide variety of items. That is the most fun -- seeing things we might like to make ourselves and of course recognition of our own work always makes us feel good.
My last item for this month is that we are asking all members to invite people they think would enjoy our club to visit and join. We aren’t suggesting a hard sell, but if you know someone who might enjoy it, please invite them to a meeting. To that end, we have flyers available for you to give to your guests.
Hope to see many faces in September!
President: Allan Campbell
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Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 6:37PM 