Business meeting

Iris Redstone joined us as a guest this evening. Having done house repair jobs, she's now starting in woodworking. Newsletter Editor and V.P. Mark Rand reminded everyone to give him their email address so that they can receive the newsletter by email. This is really cutting our mailing costs. Outreach Chair Bill Henzel brought tinker toy pieces so we could see what the members have produced at the Toy Making Workshops. Bill needs a member to volunteer to host the next workshop. Call him at 650/349-3062 . Program Chair, Jay Perrine said that the November program would be Brian Burns (the newsletter has some info about him.) And Connie Voos passed around a sign-up sheet for the Xmas party, our December meeting, on Dec. 13th. Cost is $10.00. Tony Fanning of the Nominating Committee, which also included Don Naples and Gene Wagg, announced the slate of volunteers for 2002 as follows:

President: Craig Mineweaser

Vice President: Mark Rand (continuing)

Secretary: OPEN – Please volunteer! It's not a hard job!

Treasurer: Don Stern (continuing)

Program Chair: Jay Perrine (continuing)

Outreach: OPEN – Please volunteer! It's not a hard job!

Membership: Robbie Fanning (continuing)

Refreshments: OPEN -- Serve the coffee and donuts and be loved by everyone!

Website: Jamie Buxton (continuing)

Shows: OPEN -- Organize the troops to do just one show a year -- easy!

Librarian: Mike Cooper (continuing)

Linda Salter has been our able President for two years. She can't continue (term limits you know) so, Craig, who was Secretary this past year, volunteered for this slot. Notice therefore that everyone on the above list is continuing for another year in one capacity or another. This is wonderful, as it shows how dedicated this group of people is. But they can't do it all. We really, REALLY need some new folks to volunteer for the empty slots. Call Tony (650/323-1183), Don (707/433-5234) or Gene (510/527-5805) today and tell them what job you want to take on. It's a great way to get to know the club members better and have a lot of fun!

Arnie Champagne discussed the annual woodworking show coming in a couple weeks and how important it is that we have a booth there. A sign-up sheet was passed around for volunteers to help.

Mark Rand explained the Flag Case Project for families of victims of the September 11th tragedy. Woodworking clubs all over the country are making flag cases to be given to the families of people killed in the terrorist. They will be triangular in shape to hold the flag that was draped over the casket. The cases are to be built to a certain spec and as soon as Mark finds out all the details of this, he will let us all know and we can begin.

Show & tell

Don Stern made a Cherry wall cabinet to match an antique base cabinet. He showed a photograph of the finished piece and brought a sample of the finished veneer. He told how he avoided blotching, which is a common problem with Cherry, by sealing the wood with a coat of linseed oil, then a coat of thin shellac. Then he used successive coats of Cherry, Walnut and Rosewood gel stains until he got the right color. Good job Don!

Arnie Champagne passed around several examples of picture frame material he had made by gluing up thin shapes of different hardwoods in varying profiles. Some were quite simple and others more complicated. All will make great frames.

Silent auction

The BAWA coffers were enriched by a few bucks as Bill Henzel's plywood carrying Yakima roof rack went to Lloyd Le Drew. Some of Bill's vacuum system ducting went to Jim Voos, and 2 issues of wood magazines from Craig Mineweaser went to Peter Wronksky.

Jigs and fixtures --- Main presentation

There were so many ingenious ones that I would need to publish a book to describe them all. (If I fully understood them.) So, I will name the jig or fixture and the maker's name. If you are interested, you can contact the person directly at the following meetings. Some of the jigs are pictured on the Photos page.

Stan Booker - Jig for high schoolers to make hand mirrors using a router.

Peter Wronsky - A jig for the "Scary-Sharp" technique: a wood frame with a glass base with different grit sandpaper glued to the glass.

Harold Patterson - A jig that rides on a fence to cut lap joints.

Linda Salter - A sled to ride on a table saw to cut accurate angles.

Bill Mannix - Several different jigs. Pivoting tool rest frame for a grinder. A miter box for a Japanese saw with 30 & 45 degree angle slots to almost cut through a box leaving about .005"of wood. Adjustable platform for sharpening chisels with a hand crank grinder. A jig with a protruding diamond point to flatten a grinding wheel.

Don Stern - Table to make a radial arm saw into a rough horizontal mortiser.

Gene Wagg - A sliding carrier for a table saw.

Richard Shirasawa - A jig of plywood with a slot wide enough for a router collett to rout slots. A simple support for that end of lumber hanging off your chop saw or drill press.

Richard Henzel - A jig to cut dove tail slots evenly around a circular center post for the 3 legs for a Shaker table.

Doug Ryan - A fence for a band saw for re-sawing.

Jamie Buxton - A panel saw made from a circular saw and a couple of pieces of plywood.

Arnie Champagne - Frame to place a curved box lid to plane the sides and to place into a vacuum pack for gluing.

Carl Johnson - A jig to build over 100 book cases with fixed shelves. A tablesaw jig to easily cut boards to a pattern.

Editors Note: This was a tough assignment for a novice woodworker like myself. I probably have mangled a lot of the explanations. I'm sorry if I did that to yours and I apologize if I left anyone out. I NEED A SECRETARY! Jamie Buxton was my technical advisor so blame him.