March 13 Meeting - Woodworking Fundamentals
Friday, March 8, 2024 at 7:37AM This coming Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 7:00PM is our next meeting. With the help of your input, we planned a somewhat different meeting. Instead of spotlighting an advanced woodworking technique, we will cater to the newer members to the craft of woodworking, but not to exclude the more seasoned of our veterans which could add input and also pick up a tip or two. We will host a meeting with 7 “Tag Team” presenters covering the process of build, from an initial plan to the final glue up.
With so much information available to us via the internet now, many can feel overwhelmed with far too many “experts” posting different opinions or methods on how to do a process or what tools you need to do to complete a process. Sometimes these postings are actually unsafe practices with no accountability. We will attempt to clarify by simulating a basic journey of a project build from start to finish. Our wish is that everyone will gain some insight on the tools that you might need, some skills that you need to develop, some topics that you might need to learn more about, and gain a clear picture of what is entailed in making a piece of furniture or woodcraft. Please bring your pen as this is a chance to take notes on a dispersed outline.
· Project Planning: Purchasing a plan or drawing up your own. Create a cut list. Lumber and hardware resources.
· Lumber Selection, fulfilling that cut list at the lumber yard. How to choose wood in those bins. Surfaced vs Rough Lumber. Calculating Board Feet. Best uses of Plain Sawn, Quarter Sawn, and Rift Sawn for certain parts of a project.
· Hand / Power Tool Inventory. Basic tools to dimension and finish the surface of all project parts including joinery.
· Sharpening a Block plane blade
· Using a Block Plane. Purpose and use of this important tool.
· Adhesives / Clamps Assembly, glue (PVA, Cold and Hot Hide Glue, Special Purpose Glues such as CY and Epoxy) and clamps to use.
· Shop Setup. Whether working in a closet or 2 car garage, an organized layout and plan of available space is important, with consideration of electrical and lighting needs.