June 2, 2003

Volume 12, Issue 36

Plane News Woodworkers of Central Ohio

Hello Fellow Woodworkers:

G uest speakers at the last meeting were local members. We have a great deal of homegrown talent within our club. We learned about gold leafing; woodcarving and hand cut dovetails. Thanks to Chuck Caranna, Ed

Robold and Charles Murray for their interesting and informative presen-tations. Twenty-Six WOCO members trekked to Tennessee to tour the Porter Cable /Delta facilities at Jackson. Some people drove their own vehicles while others piled into rental vans for the trip. The factory tours thru Delta Machinery Warehouse, Porter Cable and DeVilbiss Air Compres-sor Co. allowed us an insider’s view to the amazing equipment and dedi-cated employees that keep the proud made in America tradition alive. Video highlights will be shown at the next meeting. Ron Damon of WoodWerks was instrumental in setting up this tour; our thanks go out to him for his assistance. The June 14th meeting will feature Scott Phillips of PBS fame, The American Woodshop (Saturday morning 7:00 am, channel 34). Scott will talk about many subjects, including router bit sharpening, Akeda jig, band saw boxes and puzzles. Scott has talked to the club before and has proven to be a quite entertaining presenter. We hope to have a full house for this meeting. We are going to try the swap meet again at the June meeting. We hope to have more members participate this time and can hope for better weather. We all have “extra” stuff that we could trade or sell. Your junk could be someone else’s treasure. Come early to sniff out the bar-gains. The Club’s annual picnic is scheduled for July 20th at the Infirmary Mound Park on Route 37, off of 70E. A sign up sheet will be available for those who plan to attend. We need to get a head count so that we can purchase enough hot dogs and burgers for everyone. You can also call Jim Walters at 861-5808 by July 10th if you want to sign up for the picnic. The picnic is a great way to meet fellow member’s families and friends. Please plan to attend. The June meeting will be my last one as president and I want to thank everyone who participated in making my 2-year tenure a rewarding and enriching experience. It’s been a great pleasure to work with you to continue the objectives that the Club was founded on. I thank you again for all the support and encouragement that was given to me.

Ron Grady

From The President – Ron Grady

TOYS AND WHEELS Yes here we are ready to go into summer and preparing for the 2003 WOCO Holiday Toy Program. With summer activities upon us, it is time for those of us with unheated garage workshops, to plan and start making the wood toys for this year. I plan to bring samples of the 1090 toys made by the 54 club members for last year’s program. I have had a number of members requesting wood scraps. If you know of any housing construction in your area, or if you have extra 2X4 or 2X6’s not being used, bring them to the June meeting and share with the group. You will be sur-prised how helpful the contractors/carpenters are once you explain how the wood will be recycled into toys. All man-ner of cutoffs will be appreciated. If you have ideas, plans, etc., and have access to a copier, bring Xerox copies to the June meeting. I will have a lim-ited number of copies of past favorites. I will also be pass-ing around the request sheet for wheel needs. Rockler on Main Street has so generously provided the wheels in the past. Wheel orders will be ready, probably, for the October meeting. The sizes available are 2”; 1 3/4”; 1 1/2”; 1 1/4”; and 1” with axles, if needed. Again talking with Jim and Ruth Baumgardner of Wood-craft in Hilliard they plan to volunteer the use of their store on a date to be determined, in October, for toy building dem-onstrations. Last year, at the demo, we received TV cover-age for our club. Any questions give me a call (614 766-5935). Chuck (The Toy Man) Murray

Porter Cable /Delta Power Tool Visit On Sunday, April 13th, 26 members of this Club had the honor of traveling to Jackson TN to visit the Porter Cable/Delta power tool plant. It was a trip few will forget. The drive down took about ten hours, and went without a hitch. The majority traveled in three rental vans. A few drove their own cars and we even had a leisure RV in the caravan. The evening accommodations were excellent, and the morning buffet breakfast was outstanding. Our host pro-vided both. Mr.Kirk Figan, Director of Delta Machinery, who provided an overall agenda of the tour, met us. He told us we would meet the key members of the plant and their staff and indeed we did. It was nice for the woodworkers of Central Ohio to sit in the executive conference room and be briefed on the different phases and operation plans by the BIG FOLKS who run the corporation. (cont page 5)

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Arthritis Foundation Chair Riser Program 2002/2003 Totals – Lou Gatch

P resident Ron Grady called the meeting to order at 9:07 AM and welcomed three new members. He mentioned the presence in the parking lot of a load of lumber, mostly 4/4 boards, for sale. Walt Betley suggested that sawers remember the turn-ers and produce some 4 x 4 turning blanks. Ron asked for volunteers to take over the coffee and cookies detail from Frank and Shirley Renya, who are retiring after years of much appreciated service. Ron announced the election of officers who will take over after the June meet-ing. The following were nominated and elected by acclamation: President Dave Wohlwend Vice President Keith Rogers Treasurer Fred Ball Ron asked for a volunteer to be Editor of Plane News. Silence. Later in the morn-

ing new member: Chuck Grimes volun-teered. Applause. Treasurer Fred thinks that maybe we have somewhere around $1,600 in the treasury. That's probably close enough. Chuck "the toy guy" Murray requested plans for toys which he will copy and redistribute to the members. He also extolled the virtues of the Handyman's Club. The east end gang made five more flag boxes, bringing the total to 27. Lou Gatch counted 14 sets of chair risers brought to the meeting for the Arthritis Founda-tion. Good show. Ron Grady announced a few openings available for the field trip leaving Sunday to visit the Porter-Cable/Delta plant in Tennessee. Dick McCumber presented a "tool revue" of his new 16", 1.5 hp, band saw. He gave it high marks. He also highly recommends Timberwolf blades and discussed a possible group

WOCO 04-12-2003 Meeting Minutes – Dave Loy

Riser block tally for 2002/2003, is 91 sets Jim Walters group:----26 sets Norm Byers, Ron Grady, Mike Thornton Jim Walters, and Chuck Williams ------------------------------- Frank Sager———-----------8-” Fred Henderson-----------4 ” Ron Grady ---------------2 ” Ed Robold----------------3 “ George Whited------------9 ” Don Detrick--------------5 ” Larry Smith--------------8 ” Bob Folk-----------------9 ” Tim Mitchell-------------1 ” Ron Bell-----------------1 ” Lou Gatch----------------2 “ Jim Walters------—-------1-” Warren Moore-------------1” Gaylord Mann-------------1” Jim Bossenbroek and Dave Mathias——————————---6” Greg Moore——————————————-4” NOTE: Please package each matched set of 4 in a plastic grocery bag to maintain each set’s in-tegrity. Please contact me if I omitted or erred anyone’s tally. Thanks Lou Gatch

FLAGBOX CONTRIBUTORS Mike Thornton-—————-----1 Jim Walters-----———-----4 Fran k Sager---———------2 Bill Stauffer-—---------2 J D Lynn-------——-------2 Ron Grady--------————---2 Tim Mitchell-----————---1 Ron Bell----------———---1 Don Wenzlik—————--------1 George Whited--———————--3 Jack&Jean Hock—————————-2 John Thill---------———--1 Chad Brubaker, LeonGage, and Glen Trimble——————————-& Joe Vano---------—————--5

TOTAL TO DATE 27

I Contacted the Arthritis foundation and they thanked us for our support during the past year. Their needs for the next year, at this point, is at the present level (approx. ) 100 sets per year. The club membership numbers and the participa-tion in this program is definitely out of balance. Lets hope the next year includes all those members that have not con-tributed at least one set per year will do their share in all of WOCO'S community support programs. LOU GATCH

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order. Steve Schutte reviewed his new impact driver which he found to be smaller, lighter, and easier to use that a traditional drill/driver for construc-tion use. At the project table, presided over by John Herrell, Dick McCumber showed his roll-around carrier for a shop vac, which stores all accessories and provides an always useful flat top; Dan Martin dis-cussed how he made his walnut shelves with sliding dovetail joint sand a key hole for mounting; Courtney Taylor pre-sented a "scope box, "made of salvaged maple, for storage of a valuable rifle scope; Henry Fischer displayed several handmade calipers for turning and ex-plained how he mounts a small file in place of the blade in a scroll saw for rounding and smoothing inside curves; Denny Cramer showed an oak mirror and en-try table assembled with sliding dovetail joints; Leon Gage showed a colorful rolling pin turned from laminated scraps; Chuck Caranna displayed a Shaker-style writing desk, or lap desk, he had been requested to whip up as a gift for the departing president of the Columbus School for Girls; Ron Grady showed us a walnut bowl with deep inside cuts made with a hollowing tool and explained that it met his demanding standard of "anything is satisfactory"; Jean Hock presented a turned lantern made from mul-tiple pieces of wood and containing an internal LED light; John Herrell dis-played a wall clock made of quartersawn white oak, which he fumed, and explained the process of fuming; William Miller brought a 1/4 scale model of a folding picnic table made of aromatic red cedar, and he also showed a router-planer jig on which he had devised an improved method of holding the stock to be planed. Following coffee break Dave Moser told how, as a woodworker hobbyist, he had gotten interested in salvaging wood from fallen trees, and how he eventually turned the hobby into a business when he made a deal to help the city of Troy, Ohio, dispose of some 600 mature trees it was removing from its streets. Chuck Caranna discussed and demonstrated

the use of gold leaf. He reviewed the history of gilding, which goes back 4,000 years, explained the difference between "oil grid" and "water grid" (there will be a quiz), and compared true gold (24K) and "composition" (gold alloyed with sil-ver or copper), and much more good stuff all covered in a "Sepp Gilding Workshop" handout. His demonstration was particu-larly fascinating as he showed how to handle and apply the very thin and deli-cate leaf. Ed Robold delivered a video presentation, which he had procured while visiting the Natural History of Wood Carving in Cus-ter, South Dakota. The museum was cre-ated by a Dr. Harvey Niblack, a chiro-practor who invented the diathermy ma-chine and was skilled at three-dimensional animation. It was very in-teresting. Charles (the furniture maker) Murray dis-cussed and demonstrated the art of hand cut dovetail joints. A show of hands of the audience revealed many who owned, but few who used, dovetail router jigs. Charles displayed examples of through, half blind, and miter ("secret") dovetail joints. In his demonstration he empha-sized the importance of good quality, sharp, appropriate tools, as well as pa-tience and attention to accuracy. His skill was much admired and the informa-tion he presented was much appreciated. President Grady adjourned the meeting at 12:30 PM or thereabouts.

Welcome to the Motel for the Pentair tools tour See page 7 for more Pictures

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Page 4 Plane News Woodworkers of Central Ohio Photo Gallery – Ed Robold

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Porter Cable /Delta Power Tool Visit (cont from page 1) They divided us into two groups. One group toured the Porter Cable/Delta plant while the other drove over to the DeVilDiss compressor/air tank facility. After a couple of hours the groups reversed. Needless to say it was interesting to see how the tanks/routers and other tools were assembled, tested, retested, packed, sent to huge warehouses (some three football fields long) and finally by conveyor belts for shipment. It looked as if they had enough tools of all types to outfit every wood-worker in the USA and still have a few left over. The spare parts de-partment was equally interesting. They had parts for a 1934 model table saw dating back to when it first went to market. At the end of the tours we were treated to a barbeque lunch and given an overall briefing. We were quizzed as to our desires as far as woodworking tools. They kept asking questions (and yes, they were deeply interested in our answers and comments), but we had to break in order to start our return trip. Before we left however, they presented each member with mementos of the trip. Arrival at our starting point, was midnight Monday. A great time was had by all. If the opportunity arises in the future, and there will be times, take advantage and come along. Again many thanks to Ron Grady and Ron Damon who, through their efforts, made this ad-venture possible.

Chuck (The Toy Man) Murray

For Sale

DMT 2x6 Diamond Stones one fine, one medium, $35.00ea.

One Craftsman 18" scroll saw,

no motor - $25.00

Metal Vise, $10.00

1/4" Master mech. router, $15.00

Roybi laminate trimmer, $35.00

HTC roller stand, 15"W X 66"L $100.00

Charles Murray

thecabinetmaker@worldnet.att.net

For Sale

Craftsman 10 in. Bench Top Drill Press With Stand.

Drill Press is in like new

condition.

Great for drilling small parts.

Ball-Bearing, five-speed 1/3 max developed H.P.

1/2 in. Chuck accepts the most

popular sized bits and accessories, Depth-adjustment gauge.

Slotted table for mounting vises and other accessories. Adjustable motor bracket. Self-ejecting chuck key

includes holder.

$85.00 includes the stand

Call Frank Lake at (614) 268-2345

For Sale MaKita Table Top Saw Model 2703

With Rousseau PortaMax Table Model pm2700xl

Makes great Portable saw Like New . Both for $375.00

Chuck Grimes

614 268-8821 or 614 325-3350 cgrimes@columbus.rr.com

For Sale Craftsman 10 in. Stationary Table Saw

With Steel Machined pulleys and Power Twist

Belt.

Chuck Grimes 614 268-8821 or 614 325-3350

cgrimes@columbus.rr.com

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Walnut for sale I was reading the April news letter that I obtained over at Rocklers and thought that I may send a note about some walnut that a friend has for sale. He lives in Kentucky and has it stored up here and would like to sell it. Its been drying now for almost a year and the price is $4 board ft. Some widths are 23 inches, mostly 12 inches and he has about 400 ft. If you can help find a buyer, call him Ken 614-214-6652 anytime. Thanks Mike 614-263-4304

Start of Tours at the Pentair Tools Group Just one Assembly line at Delvibus

We Test Everything at Porter Cable A 1934 Catalog of Delta Tools

Just Some of the Older tools on Display You just Got to Eat

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Page 7 Plane News Pictures from The Trip To Porter Cable, Delta. And Devilbus - By Frank Lake

Woodworkers of Central Ohio PO Box 27234 Columbus, Oh 43227

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

PLACE

POSTAGE

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Place gum label here

Visit these local retailers who support our club Rockler, 2500 E. Main St., Columbus 231-0061 Woodcraft, 4562 Cemetery Rd, Hilliard 527-7594 Woodwerks, 372 Morrison Rd. Columbus 575-2400 Blacklick Hardwoods, 6751-A Taylor Rd.

864-4812 Blacklick

WOCO web site http://www.wocoweb.com/

WOCO & Other Meetings WOCO meets June 14, 2003. Spring Rd Church of Christ, 74 Spring Rd Westerville, Oh 9:00am – 1:00pm

Woodturners meet, 2nd Tuesday, each month, The Ohio State University Industrial Technology Bldg.

1100 Kinnear Road 7-9pm Tip House, Pres. 614 431-8929

Scott Hogsten, Secretary 614 879-9873.

Columbus Chippers Carving Club, meet 3rd Wednesday, each month.

MCL Cafeteria – Schrock & Route 3 in Westerville . Bill Bauer, President 740 666-2881 Lori Andrews, Secretary 614 882-8239

Plane News is a publication of the Woodworkers of Central Ohio

PO Box 27234 Columbus, Oh 43227

Meetings are held the second Saturday of September, November, February, March, April and June From 9:00 am – 1:00 pm at Spring Road Church of Christ 74 Spring Road Westerville, Oh

President: Ron Grady 614 237-7871 Vice President: Dave Wohlwend 614 891-0282

Treasurer: Fred Ball 614 939-1950

Deadline for newsletter articles is the 1th of the month before the next meeting. Send newsletter articles to the editor.

cgrimes@columbus.rr.com Chuck Grimes 159 Morse Rd.

Columbus, OH 43214 Phone:614-268-8821 or 614 325-3350

Fax 614 267-5731 If you would like to change the way you receive this newsletter, email or hard copy mailed, please contact me and I will make the change. Each mailed hard copy of the Newsletter costs the club about a $1.00.