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Tribute to Club Founder
Walt Betley (8/1/1921 –2/21/2020) is remembered as the founder
of Woodworkers of Central Ohio, (WOCO). He and a group of his
woodworking friends held the club’s first meeting in a Columbus,
Ohio, middle school woodshop in 1983. As the group grew in
numbers, Walt’s tenacity in finding multiple new and appropriate
meeting sites, along with strong interest from other woodworkers,
held the group together. Though Walt made sure there was a meeting
location, and led the group for a period of time, he wanted others to
take the lead, thus came the election of a president, other
officers, and recognition of other volunteer leaders. According
to long-time member Ron Grady, Walt could be seen at every
club activity, though quietly sitting within the group. Walt was
interested in everything that had to do with wood. Lou Gatch,
one of the original members of the club, remarked that Walt was
drawn to the unusual. He would figure out very difficult and
intricate joinery to make it happen, such as the figure pictured.
Whatever Walt did, he did it well. More info. in our club history.
Volume 29,
Issue 4
March 21, 2020
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CONTENT LINKS:
OUR PEOPLE:
Club Thumbnail
Club History Published!
Member Services
WHO?
EDUCATION:
Two Educational Programs
March Activities
Library Resources
Columbus Woodworking Show
Tool Tips
Wood Werks Advertise-ment
SERVICE:
Children’s Hospital
Craftsmen for Kids
Furniture Bank
Holiday Toy Program
I-70 Toy Group
The Termites
NewsNews
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WOCO
Woodworkers of Central Ohio
www.wocoweb.org
Be part of 183 Beginners, Enthusiastic Hobbyists, & Professionals
Interests range from hand tools to power tools, from learning techniques
to building toys, furniture, cabinetmaking, woodturning, and/or carpentry.
Experience 1 or 2 meetings as a Visitor
Membership is only $25/year
Typical Meeting Format
Doughnuts & Coffee, Fellowship, Browse the WOCO Library Resources
Sometimes there are free magazines and wood
100 members present in a large hall
Microphone, Camera, & Large Screen Presentations
Membership & Service Group Status Reports
Library Resources Report on New Videos, Books, Etc.
Presentation of Tool Tips
Some Members Share & Explain Their Wood Projects
1—2 hr. Special Educational Speaker & Audience Question/Answer Period
Meetings
2nd Saturday of Sept., Nov., Jan., Mar., & May
8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Back Parking Lot & Building Entrance
Spring Road Church of Christ
74 S. Spring Rd.
Westerville, OH
“Splinter” Groups
see Community Service Groups in later pages
Other Member Benefits:
Access to Member Only website items: All Newsletters, Library Reserves, Membership Contact
info., photos, and interests, Club Discounts, Apparel w/WOCO logo, Patterns & Plans, Resource
Directory, Tech Tips & Jigs, Videos & Demos, and More. Member Email Communications regard-
ing Classes, Free or Special Sale of Wood & Used Tools. Visiting & using member shops. Partici-
pating in Small Groups to share knowledge & practice use of tools, wood, and finishing to devel-
op your skills for yourself & to service the community.
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Believe It Or Not!
We have room for you (men & women) at our Saturday, March 21, 2020, 8:30 a.m. until
noon meeting. There is space to set up more chairs. At our church meeting location, we use
microphones, a camera that zooms in to where needed, and large TVs on each side of the room
to make it easy for you to listen, see, and interact even if you don’t have a front row seat. Come
join us!
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WOCO History, Published February 18, 2020
Now Available– In 2 Parts
Yes, finally, after two years of gathering information from 30 years of newsletters, re-
questing information from members attending meetings, receiving three large photo albums,
telephone calls, emails, information through the mail, hours and hours of compiling infor-
mation, selecting the best photos, checking information, and getting help from six members to
fact and Spell check, our club history is now in publication on our website, WOCOweb.org,
under the Members Only section. (You will need the password from your membership card.)
Part One is an overview of the club from its beginning, through the present, and exam-
ining the future.
Part Two is a compilation of personal profiles received at my request in 2018-2019, those
retrieved from past club newsletters and local newspaper articles, and some information re-
ceived via a telephone interview. It is an effort to keep a record of some of our members, those
who have shared some of their woodworking history in words, throughout the existence of our
club. It is an attempt to view the wide variety of member backgrounds and what kind of wood-
working has inspired them.
You are encouraged to carefully read the first few pages of each document so that you
understand what was selected to be included. I hope you find the documents fascinating and
enjoyable.
Jack Strawn, WOCO Historian
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WOCO Library
REMEMBER!! Please return any outstanding books and DVD’s so that other’s can use them.
Don Wood Librarian
150 DVDs
210+ Books
Some of the library topics:
Power Tools – routers, router table,
bandsaws, table saw, back saw, sharpen-
ing, jointer, planer, drill press, scroll saw,
radial saw
Wood Turning – bowl turning
Hand Tools – plane making, chuck hand
tools, antique tools
Carving and whittling – techniques &
projects
Jointery – dovetails, biscuit joiner, tenon
& mortise
Shop design, aids, tips, jigs, shortcuts
Arts & Crafts - signs
Veneering & Inlay
Furniture – cabinets, chairs, period furni-
ture, Shaker Furniture and chairs
Carpentry – techniques, houses, specific
room plans, backyard structures, decks,
porches, doors & entry ways, ceilings,
ladders & fireplaces, remodeling
Sanding & Finishing techniques, tools,
and materials
Wood identification
Raised panels
Build for children, toys
Projects for Beginners, project books
galore!!!!
Woodcraft Magazines
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WOCO Website News
WOCO members are encouraged to visit the club’s website (www.wocoweb.org).
Under “About Us/About the Club”, you can learn about the various activities and
groups where members can contribute to charitable programs and work with oth-ers on particular woodworking skills.
Under “Club Photos”, you’ll find photos of projects submitted by mem-bers and a way to submit photos of your own projects. There are also photos of club events and activities.
Under “Members Only” there are many links to items of interest to members including All Newsletters, Club Discounts, Lands End Apparel, a list of items in our library (347 entries), Membership List, Member Photo Roster, Member Inter-ests/Expertise, Patterns & Plans, Resource Directory, Safety Considerations for Toy Making, Tech Tips & Jigs, Treasurer’s Report, Videos & Plans, and WOCO Use of Funds.
Two links of note under Members Only are the “Member Interests/Expertise” where you can find members who will give advice and guidance on a va-riety of woodworking skills and topics and “Videos & Plans” where there are links to woodworking videos from finishing projects, a band saw clinic, top 5 uses for a bandsaw, 21 top tools every woodworking should own, hand cutting a dovetail joint, to splining a mitered joint – 33 videos in all. continued . . .
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. . .continued WOCO Website News
The Members Only section of the website is password protected. You can find the password on your membership card or you may contact Mike Ware at [email protected] to be emailed the password.
As always, suggestions and contributions to the website are encouraged – you may
email those to the web coordinator,
Russ Frye
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Other Central Ohio
Wood Working Groups
Columbus Chippers Carving Club
Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm at the Whetstone Rec Center https://www.facebook.com/Columbus-Chippers-Woodcarving-Club-280348445448360/
Central Ohio Woodturners
http://www.centralohiowoodturners.org/ Dan West, Pres. (614) 906-0755 (text or leave voice message) Max Kackstetter Secretary [email protected]
Some WOCO members also belong to other local
woodworking groups, such as, the following:
Member Services
When we meet in March we will likely have new members join us. Many of those will be folks who learned about WOCO at the Wood Show. Please take a few minutes to introduce yourself to those new members and guests and welcome them to our Club. We have much to share and these individuals can also be contributors to our organization.
Please carry a few of our business cards that are available at the Treasurer’s Table each month so that you can hand them out to perspective members You can also provide potential members with my contact information listed below. I would be happy to answer any questions they may have and provide them with additional information about our Club.
We continue to have both business cards and brochures available at both WoodWerks and Woodcraft for distribution. If you are aware of other sources we may want to utilize, please advise.
Craig Blight
740-879-3119
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Educational Program
Saturday, March 21, 2020, at 8:30 a.m.
Two Presentations:
#1 Scroll Sawing
My presentation will include the following topics:
Scroll Saw types
Scroll Saw blades
Accessories
Use of patterns and mounting techniques
Short demos of fretwork, and regular cutting
Jigs and fixtures
I’ll discuss how scroll saws can
be used, show several examples of pro-
jects I and others have made, and
briefly discuss costs and why I like my
unit. My presentation is not designed
to be a training session, but it will be
an introductory look at the saw, cut-
ting techniques and uses.
Ed Robold
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Meetings are usually held on the second Saturday of
September, November, January, March, and May
8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at Spring Road Church of Christ,
74 S. Spring Road, Westerville, Ohio.
EXCEPTION TO MEETING SCHEDULE:
March, 2020 meeting will be the 3rd Saturday of the month.
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continued . . . Educational Program
Saturday, March 21, 2020, at 8:30 a.m.
Two Presentations:
#2 Shaper Origin
Over the past year we’ve talked about routers, including brands, cutting techniques, and
bits. At our next meeting we will transition to a new router technology called the Shaper
Origin. Shaper Origins combines computer-guided accuracy with hand-held familiarity. It al-
lows you to cut with unparalleled precision, flexibility, and eliminates the space required by
traditional CNC machines. www.shapertools.com
Richard Turner
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WOCO Activities - March, 2020
Woodworking Show – The Columbus show is scheduled for March 13-15, 2020. That has ne-cessitated a change to the March 14, 2020 club meeting date. Sign-up sheets were circulated at the January meeting to schedule booth workers and member demonstrations for the three-day event including set-up on Friday morning and teardown on Sunday afternoon. Volunteers re-ceive free admission to the show. The completed work schedule will be sent out the first week of March. Any questions please contact Karl Hans.
WOCO Picnic – Interest in the Summer Picnic has dropped off. We are not planning to have another unless the membership shows support and a willingness to participate in organizing the event.
Holiday Party – Kevin Condon has volunteered to help organize the December party. He will need more volunteers to help with planning, scheduling the venue, arranging entertainment, and communicating with the membership.
Shop Tours – Note: Still asking for more one-on-one volunteers. Are you willing to have one-on-one visits to your shop? We have posted a list of members who are available for personal visits from other WOCO members. That makes more shops available, but keeps it less stress-ful for the shop owner. Some members are willing to have visitors, but don’t have enough space in their shop or parking to allow a big shop tour. It also gives members an opportunity to share more information about techniques, equipment, and materials, as well as furthering our club’s educational goals. A new skills/interest list has been posted on the website that members can use to identify club members willing to share their expertise.
Please consider adding your name to a list of one-on-one participants. So far the list includes: Karl Hans, Dan Martin, John Herrel, Marion Ackerman, Bob Cole, Jim Walters, Don Wood, Paul Pennock, Al Knaup, Larry Crane, David Caron, Dennis Wilson, and Bob Chapman.
Field Trips – We are always looking for field trip ideas the entire club can experience. Yoder Lumber in Millersburg would like to have another tour for WOCO members. Are you willing to help plan a trip?
Karl Hans, Activities Chairperson
I announced at the January meeting that this club year would be my last as head of the WOCO Activities Committee. I will continue to be in charge of planning and supervising the WOCO booth at the annual woodworking show. It is time for others to step up and take a more active role in the club by getting involved in Activities. Would YOU chair or be a member of this committee? Tell President Chapman or Karl
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The Woodworking Show
Returns to Columbus
The Woodworking Show will be held in Columbus March 13-15 at the Ohio Expo Center (Celeste Building) on the State Fairgrounds.
This show is a “must-attend” event for the woodworker and one that many WOCO members look forward to each year.
Click here for the show site. There will be 66 companies at the show (Lee Valley & Veritas, SawStop, Fine Woodworking, Tormek, Woodpeckers, Bridge City Tools, Arizona Silhouette pen blanks, Carter Products, just to name a few) where you’ll be able to check out tools and products and talk to representatives of those companies (and buy products, often at a discount).
Another great feature of the show is the many, many seminars put on by 11 woodworking experts (three days packed with seminars on everything from pen finishing techniques with Barry Gross, turning your first bowl, bandsaw clinic with Alex Snodgrass, hand-cut dovetails, to CNC machines plus many more). Click here for the complete schedule of seminars.
Local woodworking/carving/turning clubs will also be represented at the show (be sure to stop at WOCO’s table!) Russ Frye
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HOLIDAY TOY PROGRAM
After another successful Holiday Toy Program in 2019 it’s time to get started once again
for this year’s activities. I know several of the toy groups are well underway with their plan-
ning stages and will soon be in the workshop crafting the great toys we produce each year. In
the twenty years or so for which we have accurate records more than 225 different individuals
have participated in toy making, providing almost 50,000 toys. Wow!
Is your name on the list of toymakers? If so, thanks so much for your contributions. If not, decide that 2020 will be the year you’ll get involved with the Program. You’ll be glad you did and the children who receive the toys will be even happier. If you have any questions about the Toy Program contact Mike Quinn at [email protected]. Last year was the second year we made toys for the Becky Dewine School in Haiti. I
contacted Mrs. Fran Dewine to see how things went last year with our toy donation. She re-
plied “the toys were great but it was a difficult time in Haiti for most of October through De-
cember. Lots of violence on the streets and we had to close the schools for several weeks.
Most of the violence had to do with an upcoming election and it has calmed down now. We
were afraid to send the gifts down in the way we usually did so we sent things down in smaller
batches. Most of the kids got their presents in January.”
“I don’t know how it will be next year. I am still going to collect things and at least try
to get them through. I think smaller things are better since they may have to be carted by
volunteers. The children really look forward to getting a present! Thanks to all your toymak-
ers for bringing smiles to the kid’s faces!”
I followed up with her asking if by “smaller” she meant something that would fit in a
one quart ZipLoc bag, as we did this year, or did she mean smaller than that. She replied
“probably smaller than a one quart Ziploc bag. Like the little cars. We just don’t know what
the situation will be next fall.”
So, we’re faced with a challenge - to make nice toys for kids which are really quite tiny.
A couple of people have already made such things the past two years but most others were of
the one quart bag variety. I’ll discuss this further at the March WOCO meeting and send
around a signup sheet. In the meantime put on your thinking caps and come up with a few
ideas for toys which will fit the bill.
Continued . . .
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
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BUNDLES OF JOY
Among the more popular toys made by WOCO members are the wonderful doll
beds complete with baby doll, mattress pad and crocheted blanket. Of course our talented
toymakers are skilled in building the wooden beds but did you ever wonder how these
came to be combined with the beautiful baby dolls and blankets? Did some of our wood-
workers secretly take up needlework on the side? Not hardly, but the story of how this de-
lightful toy package came about is one of dedication, networking and serendipity.
When the I-70 Group decided to make doll beds about eight years ago Mary Kay
Marsh realized that you shouldn’t assume that a child who received a doll bed had a doll
to put into it. So Mary Kay, with the help of her mother, Mary Brown, set about to scout-
ing thrift stores and garage sales looking for used, inexpensive baby dolls. They then spent
a considerable amount of time and effort cleaning and sanitizing the dolls. Mary Kay’s
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daughter, Michelle, helped out by crocheting a blanket for each doll and sewing mattress
pads for each bundle. Mother Mary worked on sewing clothes for the dolls and the result
was a beautiful work of art.
This went on for several years with a great deal of effort on the part of Mary Kay and
her family. One day Mary Kay was at Safe Harbor Retirement Group, her family’s financial
advisors, when she recognized Melissa Sickles, Marketing Director. Melissa had volun-
teered at the Furniture Bank in the office and Mary Kay was one of our early volunteers in
the dresser program. As they recounted their mutual experiences at the Furniture Bank
they were joined by Gary Sickles, Founder and CEO of Safe Harbor. The discussion got in-
to Mary Kay’s woodworking interests, the WOCO Toy Program and the doll beds which
the I-70 Group made. On the spot, Gary decided that he wanted to help and offered to
provide new dolls for the doll beds.
For a few years the Delaware Termites had been making doll cradles, but had been
providing them without dolls. Before her leadership of the I-70 Group, Mary Kay had been
a member of the Termites so when Gary Sickles made his generous offer Mary Kay asked
the boys from Delaware how many dolls they might need to fill their cradles. In that first
year Safe Harbor donated 75 new dolls. Presently, Safe Harbor is donating 100 dolls each
year and Melissa coordinates the donation with Mary Kay.
At the Christmas Party this year there was discussion about the possibility of having
even more dolls donated to expand our doll bundle program and Mary Kay is exploring a
possible additional donation of dolls from the Breathing Association.
With the increasing number of dolls came the requirement of more blankets and
bedding, too much for Michelle and Mary to handle alone. So Michelle established the
WOCO Doll Bedding Program to ensure that each doll had a handmade blanket and mat-
tress pad. Melissa Sickles (remember her?) mentioned to Michelle that her mother-in-
law, Jeanne Godden would like to help and over the last several years she and her church
group, West Jefferson United Church Shawl Sisters have provided almost 200 crocheted
blankets. This year alone, Michelle has purchased more than 20 yards of fabric and donat-
ed three bags of yarn for the group to use.
Bundles Of Joy, continued . . .
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
Continued . . . Bundles of Joy
Another member of the WOCO Doll Bedding Program is Linda Chenault, wife of WOCO member Dave Chenault. Linda has been involved with the bedding program for about five years and enlists the help of her church group, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Grove City, Prayer Shawl Ministry. This year they provided more than 40 quilted blanket/mattress pad pairs. While attending a conference of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)
a few years ago, Michelle was crocheting a baby doll blanket when one of the AAPC Advisory
Board members, Jeanne Gershman, asked what she was making. Jeanne went back to her
home in Massachusetts and has sent both knitted and crocheted doll blankets as well as
precut materials for mattress pads. Michelle’s neighbor, Nancy Mergel, helps out by sewing
mattress pads. Pam Budden, Michelle’s aunt, has donated over 150 crocheted blankets. Andrea
Gardner, a co-worker of Michelle’s at OSU Wexner Medical Center has helped by making cro-
cheted blankets at the last minute to help with any potential shortfall.
Our doll bed and cradle makers can certainly be proud of the work they do. But com-
pleting the package involves the hard work, generosity and dedication of many people outside
of WOCO. How lucky we are to have such great partners. We in WOCO owe all these folks a
great deal of gratitude. Thank you very much!
Mike Quinn
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Continued . . . COMMUNITY SERVICE
FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO
WOCO members and others continue to volunteer at Furniture Bank of Central Ohio on Tuesdays and Wednesdays building dressers. We recently completed dresser # 14,000. In spite of this prolific output we still hardly keep up with the demand. Each week’s product ion is usually mostly all distributed by the time we arrive for work the next week. Sometimes the warehouse workers will come seeking dressers before the paint is dry. The need is that great! So, if you’d like to get involved, new volunteers are always welcome. Contact Lou Gatch ([email protected]) or Mike Quinn ([email protected]) Community Service, continued . . .
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Continued . . . The Furniture Bank
On February 26 four members of the Cincinnati Woodworking Club came to the
Furniture Bank to see our operation. For the past couple of years they have been working
with New Life Furniture Bank in Cincinnati building several different styles of tables based
on the designs of Furniture Bank of Central Ohio. We had a good exchange of infor-
mation and shared the details of our dresser production with them. They would like to be
able to produce dressers, but currently have space and financial limitations to resolve be-
fore this might be feasible. However, it was good to meet our woodworking brethren from
the Queen City. The connection between a Furniture Bank and a Woodworking Club
seems a natural and one which we’d like to support whenever we can.
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
CUTOUTS PROGRAM
WOCO members provide wooden cutouts each month to Nationwide Children’s
Hospital. Cutouts are pieces of wood, usually somewhere around 6” x 6” shaped into vari-
ous animals, flowers, or other objects. Our craftspeople use band saws or scroll saws to
make the cutouts. A few members use CNC routers or lasers. Sometimes we’ll make cut-
outs which represent the holidays in a particular month – hearts for Valentine’s Day,
shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day, eggs for Easter, etc. The children decorate the cutouts
with paints, crayons or markers. This activity is one of the most enjoyed at the hospital
and the cutouts are very well received.
If you’d like to get involved, contact Mike Quinn [email protected]
for further information. We can always use more volunteers.
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I-70 Toy Group
The I-70 Toy Group was to hold our 2020 Holiday Toy plans on Saturday, February 29, but that turned out to be the funeral date for WOCO’s revered founder, Walt Bentley. So we have postponed our 2020 planning session.
The majority of our I-70 people will be back this year, but a few have new obliga-tions that will prevent their participation. That means we have room for more wood-workers, or wannabe be woodworkers in Mary Kay’s shop. The more the merrier.
Because we have still-working as well as retired helpers, we find it works best to meet on Saturday mornings. Our gang includes men and women, relatively young folk and a batch of old geezers. Some are master wood workers and some are absolute novic-es. If you or someone you know is interested in working in a well-equipped shop in Reynoldsburg with a fun bunch on a gratifying project, you would be warmly welcomed to the I-70 Toy Group.
Contact Don Davis or Mary Kay Marsh for more information. [email protected] or [email protected]
Termites 2019
We had our annual organizational meeting in mid-January and 22 people showed up, including 4 brand new members! Our first work session will be held at Dan Martin’s shop on March 26 at 1 pm. Behind the scenes, everyone has been scurrying around, picking their toys, making jigs and lining up wood and supplies. Speaking of wood, 8 members just finished cutting up 2 partial pallets of Baltic Birch that were donated to us. In addition to Dan Martin hosting at his shop, we will also have 4 other co-hosts there who will be working on their projects at the same time. That way we can have 5 small teams all cranking out toys at the same time. That way everyone can be kept busy and the hosts will be able to keep a closer eye on quality control. Just as important, I’ve been assigned to guard the snacks and beer and soft drinks until it’s time for our social meeting afterwards. That’s my favorite kind of quality control job! Larry Hughes, [email protected]
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Craftsmen for Kids
UPDATE:
Even old geezers like us are susceptible to heart-melt when our toys bring joy to chil-dren like those we see in Appalachian Head Start programs. And we had plenty of that on Thursday when we brought a truck load of fun learning tools to 3-5 year-olds in 10 Head Start classrooms in the Ohio River valley.
The great majority of these children come from homes plagued by poverty, and the educational toys we make and donate are designed to help them catch up with their peers from more affluent homes before they start school. That’s our mis-sion.
But there is another behind-the-scenes benefit Craftsmen for Kids brings to these pro-grams. Let me introduce that idea with this question.
Riddle: When does $4,500 equal $22,500?
Answer: When it comes as an in-kind gift to Head Start classrooms.
Here’s how it works.
Head Start programs must provide at least 20% of their budget before they can get the federal funding that makes their work possible, and that 20% must come from local in-kind donations. So, on Thursday when we delivered $4,500 worth of learning tools, that Head Start program became eligible for $22,500 in federal fund-
The following article was actually written as an update for Craftsmen for Kids on our
Gofundme page. It focuses on our most recent delivery of educational toys—this one to
Washington and Morgan County Head Start classrooms on February 27. A week earlier, we
made a similar delivery to Belmont County and in the next two weeks we’ll be making smaller
deliveries to Vinton, Hocking, and Licking counties. We’ve been very busy and productive in
our woodshop near Hebron.
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ing. Wow! And double WOW!
And to think, that’s for just one program serving 10 classrooms. We’re doing this in 23 mostly-Appalachian counties serving over 150 classrooms for children 3-5 years old.
If you like statistics (or even if you’re like me and don’t), here are two more interesting numbers. For every dollar that has been donated to Craftsmen for Kids in the past four years, we have created learning tools with a retail value of $8.10. Even if you’re allergic to math (as I am), a ratio of $1 to $8.10 is nothing to sneeze at.
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Tool Tips
I Can See Clearly Now –The Dust Is Gone!
I see my catchy title caused you to look at my article which is actually two articles. One
part is about a router table attachment and the other about a CNC attachment.
First, I recently purchased a router table accessory called the Dust RIGHT, which is a
router table Dust Bucket that encloses your table mounted router from the bottom. Rockler
sells this accessory and I have found it a very nice addition to my shop to help keep the dust
going to my dust collector and not on my floor. The Dust RIGHT is well constructed and goes
together with only a screwdriver. Unlike some accessories I have purchased, the Dust RIGHT
has accurately drilled holes for the screws and everything lines up perfectly making assembly
a breeze. After assembly, I mounted it to my phenolic router top with four flat head machine
screws. There is plenty of room around my biggest router for adjustments and the magnetic
catch on the large access door makes getting into the unit easy. This unit takes care of catch-
ing of the dust that typically dropped below the bit and the Y-hookup in the rear keeps a con-
tinuous suction on the dust coming off the upper porting of the bit. It is well engineered in-
corporating a draft regulator and cord retainer. The only thing you will need is a piece of 2-
1/2” hose to connect the “Y” to your fence.
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Tool Tips continued . . .I Can See Clearly Now . . .
Secondly, as you all know the better the light we have around our machines, the better we can see and make fine adjust-ments and view the progress of items being cut. I recently added a nice accessory to my CNC which is an LED light strip ad-hered to the underside of the gantry. Since I own an Axiom CNC, the 24V power for the light was obtained by a simple clamp on connector that attaches to the existing wiring harness. The underside of the gan-try was cleaned, and the strip pressed on. The 3M sticky back tape on the back of the LED strip made installation very simple.
This light really helps you see right in the cutting area. It turns on when the CNC is turned on and turns off when the CNC is turned off. It is difficult to show the difference between having the light tuned on or off. The pictures illustrate where the light is mounted. LED strip lights can be obtained for other units or can be built from scratch.
Ed Robold
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Tool Tips
Nothing To Sneeze About!
I have found that sometimes a drill bit is diffi-
cult to take out from or return to a plastic case. A
simple way to keep from cutting or puncturing my
fingers and actually accomplish the task at hand is to
keep and use a single facial tissue inside the bit box.
The tissue helps me squeeze the bit and push it into
the box or pull it out.
Jack Strawn
Trying to Sand A Hard To Reach Spot?
Sometimes a shop made sander is the answer to reaching that hard to reach spot. Con-sider keeping a special box or divider in a drawer with some adhesive backed sandpaper, dou-ble sticking tape, short dowel rods of various diameters to sand rounded areas, a couple short rectangular blocks of different thicknesses, and some short (8’ - 10”) scrap sticks—both rec-tangular and scraps from corner cut-offs to reach those small spaces and tight corners.
Jack Strawn
Don’t Lose Your Parts!
Need a place to set your parts while working on them? I have found these rubber trash cans called Brute with the wheel kit really handy, and they are the right height and easy to move around the shop.
Dan Martin
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Tool Tips
Making a Bandsaw More Usable
I have made a combination part collection tray and cutting stop for my bandsaw that makes the bandsaw more usable. The tray bolts onto the saw and the adjustable stop is clamped onto the tray.
Dan Martin
Arm slot makes the
stop adjustable.
Loosening the knob at the end of
the tray allows quick release and gather-
ing of multiple cut parts. (Great for mak-
ing several toys or any other item of the
same design.) If not cutting many pieces,
the tray makes for an easy collection of
dust and scraps that can eventually be
swished into a nearby trash can.
Dan Martin
Plane News 26
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Tool Tips
Keeping The Drill Press Table Clean
Dan Martin
Plane News 27
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Plane News 28
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WOCO Leadership
Who does what? Who needs your help? To whom do you make suggestions (not
angry complaints; we are all volunteers)? We all want to expand our woodworking skills, pass those skills on to others, and share those skills in service to our community.
Elected Volunteer Officers (7/2019—6/2021)
President, Bob Chapman [email protected] Vice President, Richard Turner [email protected] Treasurer, Mike Ware [email protected]
Volunteer & Appointed Steering Committee Members by the WOCO President
President: Bob Chapman [email protected] Vice President: Richard Turner [email protected] Treasurer: Mike Ware [email protected]
Immediate Past President & Activities Coordinator: Karl Hans [email protected]
Communications, Newsletter Editor, & Historian: Jack Strawn [email protected] Community Service: Mike Quinn [email protected] Web Coordinator: Russ Frye [email protected] Member Services: Craig Blight [email protected] Photographer/Videographer: Ed Robold [email protected] At Large: Dan Martin [email protected]
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Uploading Pictures to the Web Site
If members want to upload pictures to the website, send them to Russ Frye at
Plane News is a publication of the Woodworkers of Central Ohio 5693 Piermont Court Westerville OH 43082 Annual dues are $25 per year, which includes digital copies of the newsletter. If paying by mail, be sure to include a self addressed, stamped envelope to receive your membership card with website password.
The deadline for newsletter articles is three weeks before the next meeting. Meetings are during the second Saturday in the months of Sept., Nov., Jan., Mar., & May, unless posted on our website otherwise. Send newsletter articles and your feedback and ideas about what you would like to see in the WOCO newsletter to: Jack Strawn, Editor [email protected]