October 9, 2024 Meeting 7:00PM

Hi All,

We have a good meeting planned for next Wednesday, October 9 at 7:00PM.  We  have two presentations lined up for a very informative evening.  Club member Anthony Moreas will share his just finished Philadelphia Style Writing Arm Chair.  Anthony has been involved with Windsor style chairs for a few years now, and this showcases his continued growth in this area.  

 

Club member and VP Rob Hess will share his technique of French Polishing.  This traditional finish requires a few simple ingredients and good old fashioned rubbing to achieve a classic mirror finish that is second to none.  

We want to wish our members who are celebrating a joyous new year and a meaningful fast during the holidays of Rosh Shashanah and Yom Kippur. 

  

Happy Fall Everyone, see you next Wednesday! 

Bob E

September 11, Meeting

Welcome back from our summer break!

Our September meeting will feature some member presentations.   Robert Hemsen is going to present a Reproduction of an 18th Century Mahogany Tuck-Away table.
Marc Gaertner is going to follow, showing the build process of a 6’ Walnut chest of drawers he completed and shipped to CO. This project took a long time, due to the size and then building a plywood box for shipping.

We look forward to seeing everyone!

 

June 12th Meeting

As we have done in the past, the June meeting is ” The Members Exhibition”.  For new members, we encourage everyone to bring in a recent project, either completed or work in progress. It is still okay to bring in an older project, if it was never shown to the group before.

We set the projects up on the tables and once the meeting starts, everyone takes a few minutes to discuss what they brought in. This is always a great way to see what other members are working on.

Before we start that part of the meeting, Club Member Seth Kline is going to do a live spay presentation  / demonstration outside, using water based products from Target Coatings.

 The outside spraying is obviously weather dependent, so if it’s raining Seth will demonstrate other methods that he has perfected to apply the finishes.

May 8, 2024 Meeting

Club member Martin Dinburg will give a talk / demonstration on creating Decorative Faux finishing. Martin had a furniture repair and refinishing business prior to retiring. Some of his techniques are amazing, He is able to turn a wood panel into what looks like a piece of Marble.

The second presentation will be the building and completion of a Tall Case Clock that club member Rich Hyers

actually started in 2004. He initially completed about 70% of the clock that year, but time went on and he never got back to it. He was going to complete it in 2023, but due to health issues he couldn’t finish it. He asked me if I would complete it for him, which I did. The design of this clock is in the Philadelipia style from the 18th century. As you can see from the picture this is a complicated piece that Rich built and it was a lot of fun finishing it up.

 

April 10th Meeting- Getting Started Using Veneer with Scott Severns

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 7:00PM is our next meeting.

Scott Severns of the New Jersey School of Woodwork (www.njsow.org) will give a presentation and  demonstrate how to get started with Veneering. He will take some of the perceived mystery out of using veneer. The club actually has a commercial grade vacuum press and bag, so those members who are interested can take what they have learned and try out veneering for themselves.

Prior to opening his schools, Scott was a professional Cabinetmaker which included building many custom veneered projects based on the clients requests. Scott is a past winner in one of the categories for the annual ” Veneer Tech Craftsman Challenge.”

For Veneering inspiration, below is the link to the past winners by year.

http://www.veneertech.com/challenge

Matt Geene will also talk about Makerfest held on March 16 at the Monroe Library.