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2020 FVWWC—PO Box 1041—Batavia, IL 60510-1047 1
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NEWSLETTER Volume 26, Issue 3 March 2020
Calendar of Events
The Big Raffle - Page 2
Library Notes - Page 3
Shop Safety (Band Saw) - Page 4 - 5
Shop Tours - Page 6
President’s Sawdust - Page 7,8
February Show and Tell - Pages 9 - 12
Officers and Committees - Page 13
Special Interest Groups – Page 14
March 3, 2020 Program
Josh Guge
Wood Carving Josh Guge is a world champion sculptor and
carver who specializes in miniature and full sized carv-ings of fish and birds. The Guge Institure and Art Studio offers classes in all aspects of bird and fish carving and painting.
https://gugeinstitute.com/
March 2020
Date Time Event
March 3
(Tues)
6:30PM
Hand Tool SIG
Scroll Saw SIG
March 3
(Tues)
7:30PM
General Meeting
March 18
(Wed)
9:00AM FVWWC Breakfast Club
Red Apple Restaurant
414 S. Schmale Rd
April 2020
Date
April 7
Time
6:30PM
Event
Hand Tool SIG
Scroll Saw SIG
April 7
(Tues)
7:30PM General Meeting
April 15
(Wed)
9:00AM FVWWC Breakfast Club
Red Apple Restaurant
414 S. Schmale Rd
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Da Big Raffle
RAFFLE NEWS
This is really a big raffle item. Beginning at
the March meeting raffle tickets will be
available for an Excalibur 21" scroll
saw. This is a top of the line scrollsawer's
scroll saw. I speak from experience since I
have owned one for several years and spend
about 75% of my woodworking time on this
scroll saw. Thanks to Lee Nye you will see
photos, a description and a list of its fea-
tures at the meeting. This saw comes with a
stand and a power foot pedal for a cost of
over $900. You have the chance to own one
for $5 (0ne ticket) or $10 (3 tickets). See Bill
Knudsen, Ed Schalk or Gail Madden to pur-
chase tickets.
Norm Musur & Bill Knudsen
Raffle and Silent Auction Committee
Start the New Year Safely
We plan to publish monthly shop safety articles in this newsletter beginning this month.
While it is possible to do yourself harm with almost any shop tool, we will be emphasizing
power equipment safety. If any of you would like to contribute a safety article or even a safe-
ty tip, please contact Al John, he is our coordinator for safety. Al is our FVWWC member at
large and his email address is [email protected] or just look him up at the March
meeting .
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Well the library has hit two new milestones this month. We now have over 700 books and 300 DVDs
and CDs. We may not have EVERY aspect of woodworking covered, but we have the vast majority
of them. And we have some new additions that are quite interesting.
First, although it hasn’t been mentioned lately, SketchUp is still alive and well. The current free ver-
sion is browser based, but you can still find older versions that run on your machine. We now have a
second training program for those older versions. We have a disk of SketchUp tutorials downloaded
from the Internet, as well as a 4-disk beginner class and a 2-disk intermediate class published by
American Woodworker. Add to that a 2-disk SketchUp for Woodworkers class from Popular Wood-
working that has just been donated to the library. If you want to learn the basics of this design pro-
gram, the library is here to help you.
For the Neanderthals in our group, we have 18 excellent books on hand tools in the library. But we
have just added three massive tomes by Graham Blackburn, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Wood-
working Handtools, Traditional Woodworking Handtools, and Traditional Woodworking Techniques.
These are not only beautiful and informative books, but each one has been signed by the author.
Suffice it to say that the retail cost of these three books is more than the entire library budget for
2020. So if you check them out, please take good care of them.
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FVWWC Shop Safety
Bandsaw Safety, Lee Nye.
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Current Event:
None
Future Events:
Saturday, 11 April 2020 – What We Make
Algonquin, IL
A family operated handmade furniture manufacturer using reclaimed materials.
Look for details of the tour in the April 2020 FVWWC Newsletter.
Saturday, 09 May 2020 – Al John’s Shop – Sycamore, IL
We are looking for additional hosts for 2020. Regardless of the size of your shop we are very much interested in visiting your workspace. The value of Shop Tours is the networking among fellow woodworkers which is a great experience - everyone who attends goes away just a little more knowl-edgeable than when they came.
Shop Tours Coordinator
Bill Knudsen
630-215-3272
Shop Tours
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President’s Sawdust
Tom Sharp, President FVWWC The editorial musings of your president which maybe serious, funny, technical, or philosophical, but hopefully
always entertaining.
Tool Companies
Today’s line up of tools are confusing. The confusion lies in what companies have been grouped together
under a parent company. Plus, tool brands are still being bought, sold, and switched back and forth. The
diagram below shows the current status for the various tool brands on the market.
Conspicuously absent is Skil. I believe them to be an independent company now with a subsidiary of Skil-
saw. Along with them Panasonic, Grizzly, and Festool tools are missing as well.
I was discussing Bosch tools with a friend at lunch that still works with the company. He told me there ’s a
rumor going around that Bosch may dissolve the distributorship in the U.S. That’s a truly remarkable
thought. It does indicate the difficulty of not having your tools in the big box stores. My friend also said it
was more about the lack of innovation and coming out with something to be excited about, both for the
seller and the buyer.
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President’s Sawdust (Cont’d)
Only Hilti and Makita are wholly independent companies that are not subsidiaries of another larger corpora-
tion. Their sales have been steady over the last ten years.
Overall competition remains keen between the different brands. Despite the hype and marketing, there
really isn’t too much difference between a cordless 18 –20volt brushless motor drill driver. For cordless
tools, loyalty lies along which type of battery you already have.
I’m sure there will always be changes. Hopefully, the competition will cause the continuance of developing
new and better tools. After all, I’m still waiting for the marketing of a jigsaw that will follow the pencil line
automatically. I worked with a Bosch prototype that did just that marvelously. Bosch decided there wasn’t
a strong need for such a tool. I think decisions like that may be the reason they are not doing well.
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SHOW AND TELL
February 4, 2020 Meeting
Name: Gary Fuller
Project: Tray
Wood: Aromatic Cedar
Finish: Polyurethane
Name: Jeff Walsma
Project: Bowl
Wood: Walnut, Mahogany, Oak, Poplar
Finish: Minwax Wipe-on Poly
Notes: segmented
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SHOW AND TELL
February 4, 2020 Meeting
Name: Rich Escallier
Project: Ringmaster Nesting Bowls
Wood: Red Oak scrap cutoffs
Finish: GF Wood Bowl Finish
Name: Tom Sharp
Project: Salad Tongs
Wood: Leopard Wood & Walnut
Finish: Mineral Oil
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SHOW AND TELL
February 4, 2020 Meeting
Name: Keith Rosche
Project: Skiing Pin Display
Wood: Mahogany
Finish: Spray Acrylic
Name: Dave Van Norman
Project: Magazine Rack
Wood: Red Oak
Finish: Golden Oak Stain & Poly
Name: Keith Rosche
Project: Longhorn Challenge
Note: What can you make?
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SHOW AND TELL
February 4, 2020 Meeting
Name: Ken Ebner
Project: Little River Table
Wood: Live Edge Walnut Top, Cherry Frame
Finish: Polyurethane
Name: Lee Nye
Project: Cheese Board
Wood: Maple & Walnut
Finish: Tried & True
Note: 25 inches diameter
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Special Interest Groups ShopSmith Al John SIG Chair: [email protected]
Scrollsaw Dave Dockstader SIG Chair: [email protected] Hand Tool Arnie Bandstra SIG Chair: Michael Fross [email protected]
Woodworking Fundamentals SIG
Michael Rauchmiller
2020 Membership Dues Dues for 2020 can be paid at the general meetings - just see Eric Springer at his table before the meet-ing or during break. Dues are still $30 per individual which includes the whole family. Please note that family members must reside at the same address. Our by-laws require payment of dues by Febru-ary 15. Members unpaid after that time are re-moved from membership rolls and mailing lists.
If you are unable to pay in person, or forgot your checkbook, mail in your dues. Print out the mem-bership form from our website:
http://www.foxvalleywoodworkers.com/Documents/MemCard_11_Online.pdf
Mail it in:
FVWWC Membership Chair
PO Box 1041
Batavia, IL 60510-1041
2020
FVWWC Officers & Staff
President: Tom Sharp
Vice President: Dave Burk
Treasurer: Doug Pfaff
Secretary: Steve Fox
Programs: Dan Jarodsky
Membership: Eric Springer
Website Director John Gesiakowski
Resources: Dave Dockstader
Member-at-Large: Al John
Communications Lee Nye
Director: [email protected]
Raffles: Norm Musur
Bill Knudsen
Show & Tell MC: Rich Russel
Audio/Visual Tech: Dave Burk
Shop Tour Chair: Bill Knudsen
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ShopSmith SIG
NO SHOPSMITH SIG IN MARCH Al John [email protected]
Hand Tool SIG
March 3, 2020
The Hand Tool SIG meets, January through November, at 6:30 pm, before the regular meeting at Bethany Lutheran in Room M111 of the Ministry Center (Church annex). The Hand Tool SIG members will be bringing in some of their favorite vintage and exotic tools and weave tales of a bygone age. Well, maybe just pass them around...
Arnie Bandstra and Michael Fross
Scroll Saw SIG March 3, 2020 The next Scroll Saw SIG meeting will be Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at 6:30 pri-or to the club meeting. This month we will be looking at fonts, particularly stencil fonts for use in word art and signs. We will also look at creating stencil fonts from the “perfect” font that you just can’t scroll because parts of the let-ters drop out. If you are interested learning how to use the scroll saw you have, this group is an excellent resource for expanding your knowledge and picking up tips and patterns. Don’t forget to bring in some samples of your work for discussion. Dave Dockstader
Woodworking Fundamentals SIG
NO MEETING IN MARCH
Michael Rauchmiller (Rocky)
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Fox Valley Woodworkers Club
General Meetings held at:
Bethany Lutheran Church
8 S Lincoln St. - Batavia, IL
On the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm
Doors Open at 6:30 p.m.
Visitors Always Welcome!
FVWWC Website http://www.fvwwc.org Email [email protected]
March 3, 2020
Josh Guge
Wood Carving