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NEXT MEETING DETAIL  Wednesday, June 10th virtual meeting, at 7:00 p.m.,
Featured by Jarrod Dahl. The speaker will show a slide presentation of sharing his knowledge about the history, tools, and techniques of green woodworking, including wood preparation, spoon carving, shrink pots, and pole lathe turning as well as highlight his teachers and some of the important and creative green woodworkers working today. He will show and discuss his work and interest in some fairly obscure green woodworking projects. There will be lots of inspirational photos that he has gathered and curated over the years from research in museums, private collections, online, and through foreign travel plus links to do further research and explore green wood projects on your own. He is a full-time craftsperson, teacher, and writer who has worked with wood professionally since 1996. With help from his wife and an assistant, he designs, makes, and sells fine domestic woodenware on his website, woodspirithandcraft.com. He specializes in turning green wood into handled cups, bowls, plates, and boxes using a foot-powered lathe, a Japanese-style electric lathe, and a Western electric lathe. He is also an accomplished spoon carver who makes a wide variety of knife-finished cooking and eating utensils. Jarrod teaches handcraft nationally and internationally as well as trains apprentices. He has studied and researched woodenware in museum archives in the US, Sweden, UK, and Japan which has been an influential part of his design inspiration. Jarrod has extensive knowledge of harvesting and processing natural materials, forging and using hand tools, and making a wide variety of craft from basketry to canoes. He takes a philosophical, historical and pragmatic approach to making, teaching, and advocating for handcraft. Jarrod writes a blog, and has written for Popular Woodworking and Mortise & Tenon magazines. He made two DVDs, The Art of Spoon Carving and One Tree about green woodworking recorded in Japan. He also has a forthcoming book with Lost Art Press on spring pole lathe turning. Our meeting starts officially at 7 p.m. but if you’d like to sign in early to experiment with the Zoom connection, we will be online at 6:30. A few days before the meeting we will e-mail everyone a clickable link that gets you in to the meeting. Attached is a “cheat sheet” which will help you with the Zoom software. Additional on line links to “helps” are provided below. Don’t let this virtual meeting and the software overwhelm you. It is really pretty simple – • Download the application • Save the link to the meeting that we will provide a few days before the meeting • Click on the link just before the start of the meeting and then you’re all set to enjoy our first on line virtual meeting. By the way, this will probably be our means of meeting for the next several months. Go here to download the Zoom application: : https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360034967471-Quick-start-guide-for-new-users. In addition to the attachment, here are two links which will help you with Zoom: https://www.youtube.com/embed/ygZ96J_z4AY?rel=0&autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=1https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360034967471-Quick-start-guide-for-new-users ================================== |
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 Saturday, Tomorrow May 16th at 10:00 a.m. - Noon. This is a Virtual meeting featuring Bob Hoellwarth. Bob has a very small shop and works outside much of the time. We will tour his shop, see some of his recent projects and then be treated to a joinery demonstration. Here is your Zoom link to the shop tour - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86433796092?pwd=WG00WVc0NVdjL2g5aldJSXpJQktsUT09. The meeting ID is: 864 3379 6092 and the password is 764539 if for some reason you need this information at sign in. Here is what you can expect to see and hear:
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Diablo Woodworkers ACTIVITIES. Club meetings at PHEC are the 2nd Wednesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Shop Tours are the 3rd Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. to Noon. The Mt. Diablo Woodturning Center meets in Room 208 at PHEC, 7pm the first Thursday of each month. Just drop in. There is no need for advanced registration. Just show up and join the fun.
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2019 Community Project - Girl Scout Woodworker
photos - updated 06/10/2019.
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Flag Case History - Officer David J. Neece, Sergeant Is 10-42, End of Duty 9/31/2019. That was the call that went out to his fellow officers, as, San Jose Lost one of their officers. Thank you for supporting the many programs we do, to make a difference.
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Diablo Woodworkers Google Groups Newsletter Email Jeff Traeger and request to be subscribed or un-subscribed to the newsletter |
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A DIABLO WOODWORKERS WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS The Diablo Woodworkers would like to extend a hearty welcome to the following new members attending our February 2020 meeting. We hope to see all you on a regular basis. New members:
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 Lost your name tag or never received one? Just make a note next to your name on the sign in sheet at the next meeting. Your new name tag will be available at the following meeting at the sign-in table. |
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- The new side mounted legs give the bureau a shape missing before. The brown furniture booties add a touch. The textured drawer fronts have a base coat of black milk paint covered by a coat of butter scotch buffed out with steel wool and waxed. The new pulls are ebony blocks with braided hemp cordage. The results pleased me so much I textured and painted the headboard of the bed to match.
- Carob bowl from the tree fallen in 2018 off Ygnacio, bees wax and mineral oil finish. I believe the wavy grain is due to reaction wood to hold the limb above. I believe the smokey color is the trees reaction to rot and disease from chocolate loving bugs. The multi directional grain required sharp tools and patience sanding. Carob is a pleasure to turn and sand. I think it smells like mocha. Fine restaurants in Italy smoke fish with Carob. The husks the pigs ate in the Biblical Prodigal Son parable are believed to be Carob pods.
As much as I liked the shadow play on the wavy unfinished parts of the frame, I decided to add color again. I dyed the cherry with the newts in the middle transparent blue, and painted the rolling hills. I also made custom game pegs for playing. Because it ended up being larger than I had originally thought, I wasnt sure that it would be able to sit year round on a table without getting in the way. I added a means for hanging it on the wall, so when its not being used, its a piece of decorative funky artwork (I mean , its already framed and everything. Why not?). The cows in the corner are the start and finish point of the game.
 Stephen Smyers - Walnut Hollow Vessel - I made this piece from the crotch; there are knots and voids all the way around. George Lucido - Philadelphia fan-back Windsor chair. Pine, ash and mahogany arms with milk paint finish. Completed April, 2020, Windsor chair #36. |
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SATURDAY, February 08, 2019 SAWDUST SESSION, 10AM - NOON
Club member Wayne Shipman is a former college shop class instructor, contractor and architect. For the past 3 years, he has made the rockers for the raffle project Maloof chairs using bent lamination. |
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 PAPER PATTERN FOR ROCKING CHAIR BENT LAMINATED RUNNER |
 PAPER PATTERN FOR ROCKING CHAIR RUNNER ON JIG. |
 SAMPLE BENT LAMINATION OF CHAIR PART. |
 CONTRUCTION OF GLUE-UP JIG FOR LAMINATED PARTS. |
 JIG FOR CUTTING LAMINATIONS WITH TABLE SAW. |
 LAMINATIONS CUT WITH JIG ON TABLE SAW. |
 ROCKING CHAIR RUNNER JIG PREP. |
 LAMINTATED ROCKING CHAIR RUNNER. |
 WAXING THE JIG |
 GLUING UP THE LAMINATIONS |
 TEAM CLAMPING |
 GLUED AND CLAMPED ROCKING CHAIR RUNNER |
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- Here is a place to advertise a job or your need to get rid of that little used but beautiful tool or supply or ask for something. Email Jeff Treager to get it in the Newsletter or emailed to members. Marlene's Embroidery & Designs - The place to get your embroidered Diablo Woodworkers' shirt and many other embroidered designs. Please call to make an appointment: 925-682-3919 |
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Leland Frayseth
Russ Monroe
Jim Lehman
Jerry Lambden
Carl Gentry
