Last fall as we were trying to staff our critical, unfilled positions I heard a number of members lament about a common predicament - they wanted to volunteer but they were unfamiliar with the job and reluctant to jump into an unknown position. Now is the time to rectify that situation. All of our committees and meetings are open to all of our members. I encourage everyone to try and attend at least a Guild meeting this year and discover the fun involved with making the year interesting and successful. Take your pick of the Board Meeting, Program, Workshop, or Publications Committees. Canít squeeze another evening into your month?, then how about checking out the Facility, Library, Raffle, or Soda Committees, all of which perform their duties at regular Program Meetings. The bottom line is that if you are at all interested in participating in your Guild there is a spot waiting that is just right for you. Art Paque has informed the Board that he will no longer be able to continue as the Guildís Publicity Chairperson. On behalf of the entire Guild I would like to thank Art for his hard work and dedication in publicizing the Guild and its events. This creates a critical hole in the Guildís staff and a golden opportunity for a member to step forward and get involved. This job entails contacting various periodicals and other media and informing them of our Guild, its activities and events, and it can be performed from the comfort of your own home. Please contact me or Art for more details.
Jeff Nebel
Treasurer:Liz Rohde reported a balance of $12,123.24 as of meeting time. Total income from the Big Raffle was $530 and the refreshments brought in $516.22. The budget for 2000 looks about $400-$500 better than 1999. (Thatís assuming the same level of membership. Ed.) The Library Committee has been given $700 to work with for new materials. The President and Treasurer will fine tune the categories for budgeting.
Bruce Bogust reported that the February meeting topic will be Wagon Making, which was scheduled for a March presentation in the calendar
Tom Anshus has the paperwork from outgoing Director, Bob Vincent. There was a consensus that the low-end or entry level workshops should be left to Rockler or Woodcraft. Scott Stanwyck would like to see three or four high-end workshops per year, starting at least by 2001. There is also sentiment for intermediate level workshops, inasmuch as many members cannot afford the more expensive ones. Scott will make a pitch at the next Guild meeting for ideas and feedback from the membership.
Don Berger reported a good response for personnel to staff the Exhibit Booth at the upcoming Woodworking Show. Don will send letters to the volunteers informing them of the assigned times. However, he has been underwhelmed with items to exhibit. Storage boxes with locks are available for security storing of small items. Randy Johnson will be contacted in an effort to locate the carved Guild Logo.
Si Farmer reported that Art Paque has requested a 6-month LOA from the committee. The Committee looks forward to his return. The new web site will be up and running by next month. The Guild will have one gigabyte of space. The old site will be linked to the new site for a couple of months. The new web address is www.wiscwoodworkersguild.org (all lower case).
Ellen Davis was unable to attend but sent a report that renewals are on schedule. Newsletters will not be mailed to members who have not renewed by Feb. 2nd. The Directory will be published after that date.
Dick Yezek distributed updated registration reports. TOYS: Ron Hinderman reported that he will be distributing toy survey forms at the February and March meeting in an attempt to get appropriate feedback from the members.
JJeff Nebel reported that a police report and insurance claim on the stolen audio equipment had been filed. This matter should be closed by the next board meeting. The Guildís insurance policy has been modified to cover up to $19,000.00 in losses to assets. The sound system will be covered regardless of where it is stored.
The next board meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 10, 7:00 at Wrico Stamping, N50W13471 Overview Dr., Menomonee Falls, WI.
Bruce Bogust Tom Kroemer will be the speaker
at the February Guild Meeting. Tom has been on the Staff at Old World Wisconsin
for four years. In that time he has built four wooden wagons for use at
Old World Wisconsin. He will speak about the research that goes into the
design. The goal is to build an authentic wagon for the mid-19 Century
Period. He will explain a little of the history behind the wagons and he
will discuss the actual building of the wagons. This should be an interesting
program, especially if you aspire to be a carriage maker or a wheel wright.
(Items in bold are Guild
sponsored)
January 22 & 23 9 am - 3 pm
Alan Clapp
Congratulations to Rich Carlson who won the beautiful piece of 8/4 spalted maple at the January meeting. The guild would also like to thank Walt Hadcock and Jay Hollingsworth for donating items of interest last month. A Stanley #4 block plane donated by our friends at the Rockler Woodworking and Hardware store will be the February 2nd raffle item. Hereís your chance to put some of the sharpening and planing techniques to work that John Petrovic educated us on last Fall. Rocklerís (The Woodworkerís Store) is located at 845 North Mayfair Road, 414/774-1882.
Tim has been published in Design Book 7 by Taunton
Press. He Graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology, and taught
at Notre Dame, Northern Illinois University, and currently at the Art Institute
of Chicago. He has been in the Design and Furniture Making business Full
time for over 7 years, and in Design for a number of years before that.
His Father was a cabinetmaker, so he grew up with furniture that was made
by his Dad as opposed to being bought. He spent the first 10 years after
High School in pursuing a career of Interior Architecture until he decided
that Furniture Making and Design was where he wanted to be.
His firm, designs and makes furniture using not
only wood, but glass, metal, and other materials. They do the whole job
in-house, instead of farming out the metal work or glass work to others.
Therefore they do the job according to their interpretation of the design
instead of someone else's interpretation. Tim likes to be in the shop making
pieces instead of "running the business" so he has someone else do that
part of it on a part-time basis, and it shows in his enthusiasm for his
work.
Tim spoke of design and he talked about design goals
and approach, here are some of his comments:
Overall Design Goals:How to Design:1. The first thing that you must do insofar as design is concerned is determine what the problem is. What do you want the product to do? 2. What about the ergonomics of the product? How will it interact with the user of that product? 3. What materials do we want to use, in order to accomplish the design goals? 1. Get your ideas on paper. Just brainstorm different ideas. Put them all down on paper where you can see them, change them, delete them. This is what Tim calls divergent thinking. No matter if the ideas may not work yet. That comes later. Remember the FIRST IDEA is NOT NECESSARILY the BEST IDEA! Consider the alternatives. 2. After you have gotten several solutions down on paper, then it is time to decide which ones you like best. 3. After choosing the best of the best, it is time to look at it in practical terms. Does it fit through the door? Does it meet the expectations of the client? Does it accomplish what I set out for it do in the overall design goals? Does it look nice, and do what I want it to? Can I easily get the materials for it or make it? Does it fit within the budget of the user? 4. Designing for yourself as the user and Designing for someone as the user completely changes the dynamic as far as the design process is concerned. Designs which would have been all right with yourself in mind, may not be all right with someone else in mind. 5. If you design for someone else, don't lose control of the design process. Nothing is worse than designing for a moving target, or not getting feedback from the user on how the design looks an whether it is designed with their goals in mind. 6. Design with wood in mind. Don't design something that will come apart or warp with the change of seasons. 7. What may be a good idea, can turn out to be a not-so-good idea. For instance, the rubber molding around the table was a great idea for keeping the chairs from marring the surface, but it collected crumbs and was hard to clean. 8. As a woodworker you have to constantly balance what is feasible, and sellable with what you would like to do. 9. If Ergonomics is a concern, what is the best design as far as angles and comfort are concerned?
STORAGE: Unroll veneers and place on a dry shelf, flat. If the area is too dry, the veneers will get brittle and if itís too wet, it will have other problems like wrinkling and fungal growth. Cover with paper and boards to keep veneer flat and out of exposure to light. Cherry darkens with light and walnut lightens, almost to the sapwood color.MATCHING: Hull illustrated the slip-match, book-match and reverse slip-match. Wood sliced this thinly can create highly desirable (or very undesirable) refraction effects, so be careful about the orientation of the veneer in the finished product.
CUTTING: He emphasized that it was imperative to get the edges matched carefully inasmuch as 1/64 inch would appear like the ëGrand Canyoní. 1. One can cut veneer on a table saw if sandwiched between two pieces of MDF and tightly held together with screws. 2. A sharp knife works fine if you use a low angle of cut. The first cut should be to score the cut and subsequent cuts made deeper and deeper until the cut is complete. He emphasized that one should not try to hurry this process, lest the knife start following the grain. 3. A veneer saw is also a fine tool to use if it is properly sharpened. It works something like a knife and something like a saw. One side is beveled, the other is flat, with all teeth coming to a point (no flat tops). He said in using the veneer saw, the bevel side should be away from the cutter. As with a knife, score the line first and follow with successively deeper cuts. 4. A plane with a shooting board was demonstrated. He constructed a simple one with a piece of MDF and a cleat. He emphasized to ëplane with the grainí. This method is especially useful for book-matched work. In making the sunburst pattern, one would be ëgoing downhillí if one is planing to the end. 5. The method that Bill usually used in cutting veneers is with a router and flush cutting bit. He cuts up to 12 pieces at a time and up to 12 feet in length. He allows the veneer to protrude about 1/16 inch from between the MDF boards. Needless to say, but the veneer sheets must be clamped to prevent movement during routing. He begins by making a back-cut with the router so that when he makes his regular pass there is no tearout. There are imperfections produced by the router bit. He sands the edge of each individual sheet, one at a time, with a 120 premium gold paper which he gets from an automotive store.
TAPING UP: If masking tape was not used on the back, take short pieces, dampen, pull the pieces together and tape crosswise every 6 - 8 inches. Then do a long lengthwise piece.
GLUES: He said the two most common glues used are plastic resin and especially formulated for veneering PVA (which he gets from Memphis, TN). Plastic resin glue is temperature sensitive and weight sensitive. Although this glue has a large ëopení time, separation of the veneer from the substrate will result if the temperature is below 70* F. In addition, the mix must be +/- 5% of the desired 12% catalyst / volume of resin. This glue is waterproof. PVA has a shorter working time. The PVA that he gets uses a shell powder mixed with it which keeps the glue from migrating up through the pores of the veneer to the surface. He does not recommend the use of contact cement, except for two-ply edging, Under these circumstances, he used Fast Bond 30" from 3M. He applies two coats - to both surfaces, and when it is completely dry (less than 4 hours) uses cauls to press the veneer onto the substrate. Hide glue was used for demonstrating the hammer veneering technique.
APPLYING GLUE: Always apply glue to substrate!!! As soon as glue hits the veneer, it starts to wrinkle. He uses a Rubbermaid" ketchup container with the tip cut off to create a medium sized hole. He fills this with glue, makes an ëSí pattern with glue onto the substrate, uses the shortest nap paint roller possible and rolls it back and forth and crossways and then back-drags for a uniform even coat. If thereís too much glue, thereís the possibility of bleed-thru; too little and the veneer doesnít adhere. He stressed the importance of getting the panel into the press as soon as possible. He demoíd a home-made press which is fine if youíre just making a small panel. He uses a bench brush to clean off the panel before glue up. He lays down the back first (bottom) with finish surface on top. He said it was a good idea to sandwich the panel between hardboard. The homemade press that he demoíd consisted of clamps through 1 1/2 inch thick cauls on each side, mounted on a barrel. The top cauls are curved downward and the bottom cauls are curved upwards. The middle of the caul touches first, then the remaining portion, to evenly distribute the pressure. He did not give any discussion about vacuum pressing, the method used in the veneering workshop.
Gen Reed, THP Coordinator (Elkhorn)
...Thank you so much for your generous gifts of super wooden toys which was received 12/22/99. It is only through the generosity of good friends like you that we are able to continue the work of providing quality services for victims and child witnesses of domestic abuse. It is because of the generosity of friends like you that we are able to strive for our mission of "Peace in all homes". On behalf of the staff and volunteers, the Board of Directors and the hundreds of victims and children who we serve thank you for thinking of us. Your contributions are deeply appreciated and gratefully acknowledged.
Marion Zirkle, Director of Outreach Services WoMen and Childrenís Horizons,
Inc. (Kenosha)
If you have not renewed you Guild membership, please do so on or
before February 2, 2000. Members who have not renewed by that date will
not be entered into the Membership Directory nor will they be mailed Newletters.
| Position | Person |
| President | John Petrovic |
| Vice President | Dick Yezek |
| Secretary | Jeff Nebel |
| Treasurer | Liz Rohde |
| Program Director | Bruce Bogust |
| Workshop Co-Directors | Bob Jahncke
Scott Stanwyck Thomas Anshus |
| Exhibit Director | Don Berger |
| Director at Large | Chris Kraemer |
| Newsletter Director | Si Farmer |
Last Update: 1/21/2000
Web Author: Brian D. Halligan
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