Waikato Guild of Woodworkers

Woodchips & Shavings - Number 242 February 2012

2012-02-02T16:06:00.003+13:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

FEBRUARY TIMETABLE
Monthly meeting: Tuesday 21 February, 7 pm.
Meetings location: The Woodworkers’ Hall, 8 Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Two prize vouchers ($30 & $20) from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting event: Using the skew chisel – Keith Lang
Meeting speakers Jim Kyle – Screws and screwdrivers.
Project Display: Your latest work.

COMING EVENTS
• Saturday 11 February- Chainsaw sharpening session (see below).
• Saturday 18 February – Hall Clean Up Day. Bring cleaning gear. Start 9am. Bring something for morning tea.
• Weekend 11-13 March. Lake Taupo Woodturning Jamboree. Details from Jeff Downes, 28 Lakewood Drive, Nukuhau, Taupo, 3330. Feb 19 is cut off date for registrations. $80 to attend.
• Saturday 14 April Treeworkx Open Day. At 495 Paratu Road, Walton. Same place as last year. For information phone Graham Oliver (07) 888-3800. We will be taking a minibus to this event. More details nearer the time.
Check the NAW website for details of other events

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION - Final Call
• Full annual membership $60.
• Full annual membership if paid before 3I January $55.
• Partner and student membership $20.

SALE, DONATION, AUCTION or WANTED
• Club badges - $8.
• Club sanding sealer – $7/bottle.
• Club Lacquer - $14/bottle.
• Club end grain sealer - $14/two-litre container.
• Club bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ - $25
• Club single-ended rest with flat top for hollow turning - $25
• Club stem-post collar - $12.
• Club texturing tool - $25.
• Club cup tools - $25.
• From Jim Kyle . (For sale). (07) 854-1992. Myford ML8 lathe on good stand. Includes chuck and some accessories. Thicknesser. GMF 150mm bench grinder. Bandsaw: 450mm. All items open to offers at sensible reasonable prices.
• Jim Kyle. (Wanted). Mercury lathe.
• From David Croucher (07) 846-4554. Cole MS10JF Mitre Saw, stand and toolbox. Near new condition, try before you buy, $100.
• Honey Locust: Contact Mike Gifford’s at Te Kowhai. It’s drying on a pallet and you’ll have to go and collect it. Will cost you a gold coin donation for the club.
• Wood for mentoring sessions. We now have around 30 mentees turning wood each week so we are always on the lookout for wood for them – have a sort out of what you will never use for the club. Cracked timber and any with borer is no use.
• Don’t dump any logs at the club before contacting Richard Matthew. We don’t want to start a sawmill and upset the neighbours. If possible, cut logs up into slabs where they were cut down.
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items for this section.

CHAINSAW SHARPENING CLASS
• Tutor: Murray Raynel
• Date: Saturday 11 February
• Time: 9am till Noon.
• Charge: Free.
• Bring your chainsaw.
• Bring the file you use to sharpen it.
• Bring the spanner to remove the chain cover.
• Bring gloves for moving the chain around.
• Bring earmuffs – we won’t do much running of engines to disturb the neighbours.
• Questions – Contact Clive Dalton

CHRISTMAS BOWLS
We ended up with 50 bowls filled with sweets for the Salvation Army kids this year. We need to repeat this exercise next year and we’ll organise it a wee bit better to get more output.
Thanks to all involved.

WIGSTANDS
• If you took some wood away at the November meeting for the ‘Bunnings Pine Wigstand Project’ – bring your finished wigstand back to the February meeting.
• Because it’s pine, give it a high gloss polyurethane finish.
• Keep turning wigstands, as we always need a stock in hand. Use some nice wood.
• We will be planning a presentation of them to Bunnings at their store in the next few weeks.

SPEAKERS/DEMONSTRATORS FOR NEXT YEAR
If you know of anyone who would be a good speaker or demonstrator for next year, or a subject you would like covered, then tell Peter Renner. There may also be visits to places that you consider worthwhile. Anybody want a trip to Carba -Tec for example?

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS - Number 241 –January 2012

2011-12-12T16:04:00.006+13:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

JANUARY TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 17 January, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Two prize vouchers ($30 & $20) from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting: None
Meeting speaker: Fred Guyot – laminating wood
Project Display: Your latest work.

COMING EVENTS
Check the NAW website for details of all events

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
Bring your money to the January meeting
• Full annual membership $60.
• Full membership if paid before 3I January $55.
• Partner and student membership $20.

OPEN DAY November 2010
This was a great success, and full details will be provided at the January meeting.

SALE, DONATION, AUCTION or WANTED
• Club badges - $8.
• Club sanding sealer – $7/bottle.
• Club end grain sealer - $14/two-litre container.
• Club bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ - $25
• Club single-ended rest with flat top for hollow turning - $25
• Club stem-post collar - $12.
• Club texturing tool - $25.
• Club cup tools - $25.
• Club Lacquer - $14/bottle.
• Teknatool 1000 lathe plus tools. Clive Dalton has a contact.
From Jim Kyle (07) 854-1992: Myford ML8 lathe on good stand, plus chuck and some accessories. Also thicknesser and GMF bench grinder. All items open to reasonable offers.
• Honey Locust: Still-green blocks to wet turn, contact Mike Gifford. A gold coin donation for the club. Nice grain.
• Don’t dump any wood at the club before contacting Richard Graney. We don’t want to start a sawmill and upset the neighbours.

Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items for this section.

MENTOR/MENTEE SESSIONS 2012
• The arrangements for a new series of mentoring sessions in 2012 are currently under review.
• We had 22 mentees in 2011 and have 20 people interested in learning to turn in 2012. So we will need more mentors to help out. Please offer your services if you can.
• We have 20 new people interested in wood turning from our Open Day who we will have to fit into a teaching programme.

President Richard Matthew is the new contact person for any new arrangements. Clive Dalton will not be arranging things this year.

WIGSTANDS

If you took some pine away at the November meeting, can you bring the finished wigstand back for our January meeting. Give it a coat of high gloss polyurethane to brighten up the pine.
We have had a good response from members to the ‘Bunnings Pine Wigstand Project’ so we will be planning for a presentation at their store in the New Year. We want to give Bunnings some publicity for their generosity.
Keep turning wigstands as we always need to have a stock in store.

SPEAKERS FOR NEXT YEAR
If you know of anyone who would be a good speaker for next year, or a subject you would like covered, then let Peter Renner know. There may also be places you would like to visit.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS - Number 240 –November 2011

2011-11-02T12:24:00.002+13:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

NOVEMBER TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 15 November, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Two prize vouchers ($30 & $20) from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting None
Meeting speakers Demonstration by Graham Priddle (see below)
Project Display: Your latest work.

COMING EVENTS

Nov 15 – WGW Annual General Meeting.
Nov 19 (Saturday). Guild Open Day and Exhibition.
Nov 26. Cambridge A&P show. Roger Dean & pole lathe will be there.
Check the NAW website for details of all events

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING –November 15, 2011

It’s essential for you to attend this.
Nomination forms for officers have been completed but we can still take nominations from the floor.
Bring a plate for supper after the AGM
Bring $2 for the raffle
Bring your cheque book to pay your subs early.

DEMONSTRATION BEFORE AGM – Graham Priddle
With the support of the NAW, Graham Priddle from Whangarei will be visiting the Guild and to give a demonstration at the Hall from 5pm – 7pm before the AGM.

Graham provides an excellent talk and demonstration and on this visit to the Guild he will cover off-centre turning which would be of interest to all members, especially our mentees.

There will be a charge of $25/head for Graham’s session – a good investment to boost your knowledge and skills. As Graham’s tour is sponsored by NAW, the cost to NAW members is $20.

If you come to the session, bring some food to have after (or during) Graham’s session.
Those not attending Graham’s session should turn up for the AGM at 7.30pm. There’s no charge to attend that!

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION
The committee will be recommending that the annual sub be increased for next year, as the costs of running the club (e.g increased GST on everything) has changed the financial picture.
Details will be announced at the AGM, discussion invited and approval sought. There will be discount for early payment.

Many people have commented in the past, that compared to other clubs, and other organisations, our subs have always been on the low side.

OPEN DAY DETAILS – Saturday November 19th
Final instructions for the Open Day will be given at the November meeting.
Key points:

Park your car as far away form the hall as possible, to leave plenty of parking space for our visitors.
Set-up time will be on Friday afternoon 18th, starting 3pm.
There are 13 members who want to exhibit/sell.
The cost will be $20/space with no commission on sales paid to the Guild.
Wear your Identification badge so visitors know you are a Guild member.
WE NEED FOOD TO SELL! Bring some eats to sell along which we can sell with the cup of tea/coffee. This is a major money earner and much appreciated.
An ideal time to deliver your flyers is next week beginning 6 November.
If you got an email copy of the flyer- make sure you send it on to others interested.

CHAIN SHARPENING WORKSHOP

Early in the New Year, we will have a session on a Saturday morning on how to sharpen chainsaws.
Murray Raynel who is a qualified forestry tutor will take this, and anyone with a chainsaw would be well advised to come along – with chainsaw. Blunt chains like any blunt tool are dangerous!
So I will be taking names at the AGM of those interested and then I’ll sort out dates with Murray and let participants know. This session could save you money and a body part too! Clive Dalton

SALE, DONATION, AUCTION or WANTED

Club badges - $8.
Club sanding sealer – $7/bottle.
Club end grain sealer - $14/two-litre container.
Club bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ - $25.
Club single-ended rest with flat top for hollow turning - $25.
Club stem-post collar - $12.
Club texturing tool - $25.
Club cup tools - $25.
Club Lacquer - $14/bottle.
From David Croucher: Small combined table saw-planer, and small mitre drop saw. Contact for details (07)-846-4554.
Teknatool 1000 lathe plus tools. CONTACT _Con-3B28D2611 \c \s \l Clive Dalton has a contact.
Honey Locust: If you would like some green blocks to wet turn, contact Clive Dalton. You will have to collect them from Mike Gifford’s at Te Kowhai for a gold coin donation for the club. Nice grain.
From Terry Henry. Phone (07) 856-8175. Email HYPERLINK "mailto:thenry@gmail.com" thenry@gmail.com. Teknatool TL 1000/8 speed lathe, variable speed, 2 face plates, extra pulley and various turning tools, electric motor with variable pulley. Also bandsaw and electric motor. Gear not needed – asking $400 the lot.
Don’t dump any wood at the club before contacting Clive Dalton. We don’t want to upset the neighbours with chainsaws working.

Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items for this section.

WET WOOD RETRIEVAL FOR CLUB MEMBERS
We have decided not to retrieve any more wet wood on the assumption that club members want it. Most of us don’t! There’s no room in the workshop for it.
So if you hear of wet wood on offer, then by all means let Clive Dalton know, and he will email all members with the contact person’s details.
It’s then up to members (singly or in teams) who want the wood to go and get it.

MENTOR/MENTEE SESSIONS DOWNTIME

Due to popular demand, we will continue the current 2011 sessions until Saturday 17 December.
We will resume again on January 11 January.
If you have any special needs during this down time, contact Clive Dalton.
There could be some changes as a result of new mentees which we normally get from our Open Day. This is great.
If there are any changes, I’ll contact you before our 2012 start date.
Charges: Mentees will be expected to join the Guild, and pay $5 per mentored session on top of that.
Questions, ideas, suggestions to Clive Dalton.

POLE LATHE DEMOS
Roger Dean (assisted by Fred Guyot) will attend the Cambridge A&P Show on Saturday 26 November. Roger and Fred need support with this project so if you can help them, go along to Cambridge. Contact Roger for more information (07) 827-0606. Also if you know of any other Craft Days coming up, let Peter Renner know.
Roger and Fred will also want help at our Open Day where they will be a major feature.

WIGSTANDS

Keep turning these, as we always need a stock in hand.
We now have some Radiata pine donated by Bunnings so we will be giving this out for you to take away and do a wigstand (or two) over the holidays.
We want to give Bunnings some publicity for their generosity.

PUT YOUR NAME & NOT INITIALS ON ITEMS

Remember Dick Veitch’s advice. All items offered for sale at our Open day, and that you bring to the next meeting should have your NAME and not just initials on the base.
Use an 0.1mm permanent liner pen. There are a few brands which are suitable.
Do NOT burn your name on things Dick urges as it looks far too ugly.
Remember: Don’t put anything up for sale at our Open Day that doesn’t have your name and the kind of wood on the base.
If you don’t know what wood it is, don’t sell it, as it’s the first thing buyers want to know.

SPEAKERS FOR NEXT YEAR
If you know of anyone who would be a good speaker for next year, or a subject you would like covered, then let Peter Renner know.

INFORMATION ON WOOD
It’s a very nice idea if you are serious about selling your work, to provide information on the wood. This is especially the case for items that are going to go overseas. If you are interested, contact Clive Dalton who can send you some notes for a selection of NZ timbers – or you can write your own.

An example is below. Print this and then cut it out to go with your item,

New Zealand Swamp Kauri
The New Zealand Kauri (Agathis australis) is a member of the Araucariaceae family and is one of the world’s largest trees. It is unique to New Zealand where it grows in the semi-tropical northern part of the North Island. Trees are massive and grow to more than 30 m high and 5-7 m in diameter when mature, which takes up to about 2000 years and have always been revered by Maori.
They have a very straight cylindrical trunk free of branches as these drop off naturally leaving no scar and perfect knot-free timber. The branches which are also massive develop at the very top of the tree. The bark is deciduous coming off in flakes, which prevent creepers attaching themselves and choking the tree.
The Kauri like so many other of the unique Podocarps that make up New Zealand bush, does not have a deep tap root. Kauri roots feed the tree from a complex network of surface roots absorbing nutrients generated in the deep layer of leaf litter. The largest remaining protected specimens of Kauri now have to have boardwalks put around their base to protect them damage by visitors’ feet.
New Zealand’s early history is very much tied to the Kauri, as Captain James Cook valued the timber to replace broken masts and spars in his early explorations of the Pacific. Later the natural gum exuded by the tree was valued for shellac and the varnish trade.
Kauri timber was soon recognised and valued by early European pioneers who with their saws, axes and bullock teams could cut and process these massive trees for home use and export. They used it extensively for houses, boats, bridges, furniture, fencing and household utensils. But sad to say, large areas of Kauri forest were burned by these early settlers clearing land for farming, and it is now very difficult to obtain supplies of prime kauri timber.
Countless Kauri were blown down and buried in the many massive volcanic eruptions that took place in the North Island thousands of years ago. The land developed into swamps so preserved the timber which is now being retrieved for furniture and turning. Swamp Kauri has a very distinctive colour varying from light brown to green, depending on the swamp or silt which has covered it for all this time. Waikato swamp kauri has been carbon dated as about 2500 years old, and the Northland Kauri at over 40,000 years old.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS - Number 239 –October 2011

2011-10-07T15:46:00.003+13:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

OCTOBER TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 18 October, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Two prize vouchers ($30 & $20) from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting demo None
Meeting speakers John Marshall – calligraphic engraving on wood.
Project Display: Your latest work.

COMING EVENTS

8 October (Saturday) – Te Kowhai Craft Day Contact Daryl Smart (07) 829-7655.
Nov 15 – WGW Annual General Meeting.
Nov 19 (Saturday). Guild Open Day and Exhibition.
Nov 26. Cambridge A&P show. Roger Dean & pole lathe will be there.
Check the NAW website for details of all events

KAWERAU WINNERS
WGW members were well represented at Kawerau with these winners:

Roger Dean – Highly Commended for his chain-link bowl in the P. Radiata group, and a 3rd in the toy section for his tip cart.
Adrian van Rijen getting a 3rd and a Merit for his intarsia.
Jack Godfrey got a Highly Commended for his trinket box.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING –November 15 2011
It’s essential for you to book this date on your calendar, as you need to hear about how the club is being run, and especially our current financial situation. Nomination forms for officers will be available at the October meeting and you are expected to view these with great importance. If we cannot get officers to run the Guild then we legally cannot operate as an incorporated society.

SALE, DONATION, AUCTION or WANTED
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Club badges - $8.
Club sanding sealer – $7/bottle.
Club end grain sealer - $14/two-litre container.
Club bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ - $25
Club single-ended rest with flat top for hollow turning - $25
Club stem-post collar - $12.
Club texturing tool - $25.
Club cup tools - $25.
Club Lacquer - $14/bottle.
From Jim Kyle - $40. (Phone 07 854-1992)
From Warwick Halse – Tanner 6 inch buzzer. Very little used and in top condition. $450 or offers. AIMTECH dust extractor 230V single phase $250. (Phone 07 847-2004 or 07 839-5561). Warwick will be having a garage sale shortly with tools etc to clear.
From David Croucher: Small combined table saw-planer, and small mitre drop saw. Contact for details (07)-846-4554.
Teknatool 1000 lathe plus tools. CONTACT _Con-3B28D2611 \c \s \l Clive Dalton has the contact.
Tell Clive Dalton if you hear about any freshly cut wood available, and the news will email members. It will be up to you to collect it.
Honey Locust: If you would like some green blocks to wet turn, contact Clive Dalton. You will have to collect them from Mike Gifford’s at Te Kowhai for a gold coin donation for the club to pay for processing. Nice grain.
Elm: Freshly cut by Peter Renner and Richard Graney. Great quality – selling for $5 per lump – some negotiation allowed!
Don’t dump any wood at the club before contacting Clive Dalton. We don’t want to upset the neighbours with chainsaws working.

WANTED: 18inch bandsaw, 8 inch planer/buzzer and 24 inch thicknesser. Richard Gould, Phone (07) 849-4772 or 027-771-1500.
WANTED: We need a 90 degree square for the club workshop. One of those with the sliding ruler. If you have one, let Clive Dalton know.

POLE LATHE DEMOS
Roger Dean (assisted by Fred Guyot) have been loyal promoters of Guild activities by regularly attending Craft Days around the Waikato. In the past they have always gone to the Pirongia Craft Day, but this year Roger says they will give it a miss and instead attend the Cambridge A&P Show on Saturday 26 November.
Roger and Fred need support with this project so if you can help them, go along to Pirongia. Also if you know of any other Craft Days coming up, let Peter Renner know.

WIGSTANDS
Keep turning these, as we always need a stock in hand. Surely you can do one a month for this good cause. We got positive publicity from our newspaper article and a Certificate of Appreciation from the organization who takes them, so don’t let the project die of starvation.

Nearly all of the wigstands in the photo were Rodney Haynes’s work! Bring your wig stands (note not just one!) to the AGM and put a smile on some unfortunate person’s face for Christmas.

NAMES ON ITEMS
Those who attended the September meeting would have enjoyed Dick Veitch demonstrating how to make ‘Butterfly Boxes’. These small-lidded boxes hold small glass butterflies made in memory of children who sadly have passed away because of cancer. Dick is a great demonstrator and we had an especially interesting evening.

Dick made one excellent point about signing your work. How many times do you look on the base of an item and wonder who made it? All you see are initials, which are no help at all.

So take Dick’s strong recommendation and put your full name on your work – with an 0.1mm black permanent liner pen. There are a few brands which are suitable. Do NOT burn your name on things Dick urges as it looks far too ugly.

ITEMS FOR OUR OPEN DAY – Saturday November 19th
You need to be sorting out items for this event now, and especially for the $2 stall. We are going for one price this year. This stall is a major money earner at the event, and we need a wide range of items made from those odd bits of wood that are lying around your workshop. Refer to the suggestions list in previous newsletters or talk to a committee member and get busy. Bring your items to the club each month. We want to double our effort this year. Don’t leave it to the same folk who make all the items every year – this is your year to contribute.

Green branches are ideal for Christmas trees as they are easy to turn and soon dry enough for kids to paint and decorate them. So do a bit of pruning before the sap rises.

Some of the easiest things to make for the $2 stall which sell well are tops, pencil holders, key rings, mushrooms, supermarket bag handles, garden dibbers, small vases and door stop wedges. If you want an area for you own sales, it will cost $20 each to go to the Guild. There’s no commission on sales. The allocated area is about half a tressle table so don’t take too much stuff so it looks cluttered. Better put fewer top quality items up for sale than too much.

REMEMBER - CALL FOR OFFICERS
Let Peter Renner know if you are interested in helping to run the Guild. Don’t just leave it to other folk!

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS - Number 238 –September 2011

2011-09-07T21:24:00.005+12:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

SEPTEMBER TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 20 September, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Two prize vouchers ($30 & $20) from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting: None. Dick Veitch will start at 7pm
Meeting speakers Dick Veitch – making butterfly boxes.
Project Display: Your latest work.

COMING EVENTS

Sep 23-25. South Auckland Woodturners’ weekend blockbuster event – ‘Participation 2011’. See NAW website for full details.
1 October (Saturday) – Te Kowhai Craft Day Contact Daryl Smart (07) 829-7655.
Nov 19 (Saturday). Guild Open Day and Exhibition.
Nov 26. Cambridge A&P show. Roger Dean & pole lathe will be there.
Check the NAW website for details of all events

ITEMS FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Club badges - $8.
Club sanding sealer – $7/bottle.
Club end grain sealer - $14/two-litre container.
Club bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ - $25
Club single-ended rest with flat top for hollow turning - $25
Club stem-post collar - $12.
Club texturing tool - $25.
Club cup tools - $25.
Club Lacquer - $14/bottle.
From Jim Kyle – one set of 35mm spigot jaws. $40. (Phone 07 854-1992)
From Warwick Halse – Tanner 6 inch buzzer. Very little used and in top condition. $450 or offers. AIMTECH dust extractor 230V single phase $250. (Phone 07 847-2004 or 07 839-5561).
Teknatool 1100 lathe plus tools. CONTACT _Con-3B28D2611 \c \s \l Clive Dalton has the contact.
Tell Clive Dalton if you hear about any freshly cut wood available, and the news will email members. It will be up to you to collect it.
Honey Locust: If you would like some green blocks to wet turn, contact Clive Dalton. You will have to collect them from Mike Gifford’s at Te Kowhai for a gold coin donation for the club to pay for processing. Nice grain.
Don’t dump any wood at the club before contacting Clive Dalton. We don’t want to upset the neighbours with chainsaws working.

KEN SAGER
It was sad to hear of Ken Sager’s passing. As most woodturners will know, Ken was ‘the father of Woodturing in NZ’. Nobody worked harder to support clubs, exhibitions, promotions and much more in New Zealand, and he was invited to travel around the world to lecture, demonstrate and promote the art and craft. He was the first Patron of our Waikato Guild. Ken loved turning large pieces and it was an experience to visit his workshop and see him in action. He will be sadly missed by his family, and his many friends in New Zealand and around the world.

POLE LATHE DEMOS
Roger Dean (assisted by Fred Guyot) have been loyal promoters of Guild activities by regularly attending Craft Days around the Waikato. In the past they have always gone to the Pirongia Craft Day, but this year Roger says they will give it a miss and instead attend the Cambridge A&P Show on Saturday 26 November. Roger and Fred need support with this project so if you can help them, let Clive Dalton know. Also if you know of any other Craft Days coming up, let Clive know too.

WIGSTANDS

Gaelene Falconer hands certificate to Clive Dalton

Keep on turning these, so we always need a stock in hand. The Guild has just received a Certificate of Appreciation from Gaelene Falconer of ‘Look Good Feel Better for our contribution to their cause. Robyn Creighton of ‘Wigs by Hair Creations’ volunteers some of her time to help Gaelene with presentations on cosmetics, skin and hair. Robyn reports great enthusiasm and appreciation for the wig stands – and this has been confirmed by very nice letters the committee have received from recipients of our woodwork.

Special thanks to Rodney Haynes for his last marathon effort which was enormously appreciated. The pine he used was from an old ship and has such a beautiful golden grain. Rodney’s stands were much appreciated by Robyn Creighton whose wig business services the Hamilton, Rotorua and Thames area.

What about making an effort to help? You can’t be short of wood! Robyn gets between 20-30 new clients a month – so think about that and make a small effort to help them. We need them 12 inches high and below as Robyn’s clients include a lot of children who like a bit of fancy decoration.

THE BOB HAMBLING NATIVE WOOD COLLECTION

Bob Hambling (left) and Mike Gifford

At our August meeting Bob Hambling officially opened the cabinet made by Mike Gifford to house his donated collection of native trees and shrubs. It will be a permant feature of our Woodworkers’ hall for anyone if interest to see.

Bob born in Te Aroha in 1927 has had a busy life working with wood. He started on
a cabinet making apprenticeship when he left at age 16 at ‘Hamilton Furnishers’which had a shop in Victoria Street and factories in Claudelands, Hamilton, eventually taken over by Fletchers.

After completing his apprenticeship, Bob went into business on his own account under the name of ‘Hambling Furniture Company’, first in Hillcrest and then in Te Rapa – and he is still working today under the same company name. When it was time to retire – Bob never noticed.

Currently Bob does flocking work for clients all over New Zealand from the armed services, printers, to makers of jewellery boxes and drawers with the flocking nylon being imported from Germany and UK. For about 20 years Bob was part-time tutor in advanced cabinet making at The Waikato Polytech where Fred Irvine was one of his colleagues.

Bob cannot remember when his interest in collecting New Zealand native woods started – which now is likely to be the largest in the country. He was a member of the International Wood Collectors’ Society in America for most of his career, and to get his 130 samples on display in the Hall, he spent many days in the bush on the Kaimai and Mamaku ranges which often needed special permission from the NZ Forest Service.

Searching for all these timbers required detailed knowledge of the forest botany of New Zealand trees and shrubs and his main reference book was ‘New Zealand Trees & Shrubs and How to Identify them’ by the famous NZ Botany pioneer H.H. Allan, FRS.

If Bob had identification problems with a specimen using the book, he enlisted the help of the NZ Forest Research Institute (FRI) at Rotorua. In those days there was no charge for this work!
After cutting the tree, Bob left the filleted wood to dry for sometimes up to a year before working on it. Some of the small shrubs needed many pieces to be joined to get a sample for display.

He used a template to cut them all out on a bandsaw and gave them all a varnish finish before writing their botanical name on the back. He also included the Maori name and common English name if these were known; the majority were not.

Thanks to Hugh Oliver and Peter Cave for help with checking the botanical names of the specimens, some of which have changed over the years as botanists have done more study.

ITEMS FOR OUR OPEN DAY – Saturday November 19
Everybody needs to start making items for this event, especially for the $1, $2 and $3 stall. This stall is a major money earner at the event, and we need a wide range of items made from those odd bits of wood that are lying around your workshop.

Refer to the suggestions list in the last newsletter, and get busy and bring your items to the club each month. We would like to double our effort this year. Don’t leave it to the few folk who make all the items every year – this is your year to contribute.

There’s a kindy in Storey Avenue that wants 100 Christmas trees. The kids paint and decorate them to take home, so get busy to help club funds. Green branches are ideal for Christmas trees as they are easy to turn and soon dry enough for kids to paint and decorate them. So do a bit of pruning before the sap rises.

The easiest things to make which sell well are tops, pencil holders, key rings, mushrooms, supermarket bag handles, and small vases and door stop wedges. Stalls will cost $20 each to go to the Guild. There’s no commission on sales.

CALL FOR OFFICERS
Next month we will be calling for members to serve as officers to run the Guild. Think about how you can contribute.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS - Number 237 –August 2011

2011-08-08T16:30:00.007+12:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

Address for correspondence: 8 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake, Hamilton 3200
Guild Blog: waikatowood.blogspot.com

AUGUST TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 16 August, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Two prize vouchers ($30 & $20) from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting : Keith Lang - fluting.
Meeting speakers: Speaker on knife making.
Project Display: Your latest work.

COMING EVENTS

Sep 1,3,4. National Woodskills Competition, Kawerau. 11 categories including special ‘warped’ category. Entry forms in by 30 July. Exhibits to be received by 20 August. All entries to KEA, 60 Onslow Street Kawerau. Contacts: Phyllis Rangihike, 021-293-0208. Email nationalsec@clear.net.nz . Website: www.kaweraudc.govt/Woodfest>
Sep 17 (Saturday). Hands-on day with Wattyl on finishing.
Sep 23-25. South Auckland Woodturners’ weekend blockbuster event - “Participation 2011’. See NAW website for full details.
Nov 19 (Saturday). Waikato Guild Open Day and Exhibition.
Check the NAW website for details of all events.

PUTARURU VISIT – by Richard Matthew
The Putaruru visit on Saturday 25 July started with a brief welcome to everyone followed by morning tea and chat so people could get to know everyone.

This was followed by a demonstration and talk by Adrian van Rijen on using a scroll saw. He has modified his so he gets his exercise at the same time, as it is powered by pedal power using a modified exercise bike.

Next Jim Kyle explained the competition, teams of 2 making a box in two sessions of 15 minutes, they were each supplied with a single blank of box elder about 200 x 70mm. The first session saw the first member of each team part off the top and then proceed to turn the bottom of their box, then a break for lunch (wonderful hot soup and lots of savouries etc).

Then it was back to the workshop to watch team member number 2 take over and turn the lid, this went down to the wire with lots of encouragement and comment from all the bystanders. The finished articles were then judged by Fred Irvine with the result sealed in an envelope to be revealed later.

This was followed by a demonstration by Putaruru member Eric Wolfe showing how he uses small off cuts of timbers like 100 x 25mm, gluing them together then turning fairly thin curved dishes, cutting the 2 outside pieces off and gluing up with a tapered fillet in between thus producing a very nice leaf dish.

Next more food and tea or coffee and talk followed by the announcing of the competition winners. Congratulations to Putaruru.

A great day and special thanks to Jim Kyle and Peter Renner for organising the day, and also to the Dysons and Gifford’s in providing food and serving it.

KAWERAU WOODSKILLS
Note the details of this event which Roger Dean is always stressing that many more of our members should enter. Roger is an ideal person to discuss this with as he’s a regular contributor and knows what goes on. There’s also a need for more of our Guild members to attend to see the standard of entries as a reference.

MENTORS & MENTEES
We are running six sessions a week with four lathes going most times, so we are turning out a lot of items – and shavings! We don’t have ‘students’ as they require ‘teachers’ and ‘tutors’ – we have ‘mentors guiding mentees’! Thanks to all these willing helpers for their regular support. Contact Clive Dalton if you would like to get involved in helping with these sessions. As well as people, we are also always looking for decent bits of dry timber for the club.

ITEMS FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Club badges - $8.
Club sanding sealer – $7/bottle.
Club end grain sealer - $14/two litres.
Club bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ - $25
Club single-ended rest with flat top for hollow turning - $25
Club stem-post collar - $12.
Club texturing tool - $25.
Club cup tools - $25.
Club Lacquer - $14/bottle.
Teknatool 1000 lathe plus miscellaneous tools. Contact Clive Dalton.
Tell Clive Dalton if you hear about any freshly-cut wood that is around, and the news will be circulated by email.
Don’t dump any wood at the club before contacting Clive Dalton.

WIGSTANDS
Keep on turning these so we always need a stock in hand, and there’s a chance we could get a sponsor for their production.

CAMERA MYSTERIES
If you have a digital camera – a proper one and not one on your phone, and it’s a bit of a mystery, contact Clive Dalton for a one-to-one session, on what all the buttons etc are on it, and what you need to know to get better pics of your work. It’s very important you do this for posterity.

ITEMS FOR OUR OPEN DAY – November 19
This may seem a long way ahead but it’s not in terms of getting down to making items for the $1, $2 and $3 stall. This is a major money earner at the event, and we need a wide range of items made from those odd bits of wood that are lying around your workshop. If you don’t know what to turn, look in the display cabinet at the next meeting, contact other club members or look on the list in the workshop. So get busy and start bringing your items to the club each month.

OBITUARY – Ted Watt
It was sad to report the passing of Ted Watt who was an active member of the Guild for many years, and came back recently to support us despite serious health problems. Ted did stalwart service at The Waikato Polytech for many years as building supervisor and fix it man – a great New Zealander who will be sadly missed by all his family. Our sincere condolences go to them all.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS - Number 236 –July 2011

2011-07-01T20:14:00.004+12:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

JULY TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 19 July, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Two prize vouchers ($30 & $20) from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Frank Green - turning captured rings with a ground nail.
Meeting speakers Fred Irving on Design
Project Display: Your latest work.

FRED IRVINE’S SESSION

For Fred’s talk at the next meeting, he wants as many folk as possible to bring along an item – of any style or design. He wants to use it in his talk, and we will then get members to vote and come up with what is in their opinion, the best – for which there will be a HAND TOOL HOUSE voucher. So don’t delay- get busy. Knowing Fred, it will be both instructive and entertaining.

COMING EVENTS

July 23 (Saturday): Visit from Putaruru Club.
July 22-24. Manawatu Woodworkers’ Guild ‘Roundup Jamboree’, Ashurst Village Valley Centre. Contact Malcolm Pettman, 16 Daniel Place, Kelvin Grove, PNorth.
Sep 1,3,4. National Woodskills Competition, Kawerau. 11 categories including special ‘warped’ category. Entry forms in by 30 July. Exhibits to be received by 20 August. All entries to KEA, 60 Onslow Street Kawerau. Contacts: Phyllis Rangihike, 021-293-0208. Email nationalsec@clear.net.nz . Website: www.kaweraudc.govt/Woodfest>
Sep 17 (Saturday). Hand-on day with Wattyl on finishing.
Sep 23-25. South Auckland Woodturners’ weekend blockbuster event - “Participation 2011’. See NAW website for full details.
Nov 19 (Saturday). Guild Open Day and Exhibition.

Check the NAW website for details of all events

KAWERAU WOODSKILLS

Note the details of this event which Roger Dean is always stressing that many more of our members should enter. Roger is an ideal person to discuss this with as he’s a regular contributor and knows what goes on. There’s also a need for more of our Guild members to attend to see the standard of entries as a reference.

ITEMS FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION

Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

· Club badges - $8.

· Club sanding sealer – $7/bottle.

· Club end grain sealer - $14/two litres.

· Club bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ - $25

· Club single-ended rest with flat top for hollow turning - $25

· Club stem-post collar - $12.

· Club texturing tool - $25.

· Club cup tools - $25.

· Club Lacquer - $14/bottle.

· Teknatool 1000 lathe plus miscellaneous tools. Contact from Clive Dalton.

· Tell Clive Dalton if you hear about any freshly-cut wood that is around, and the news will be circulated by email.

· Don’t dump any wood at the club before contacting Clive Dalton.

WIGSTANDS

Keep on turning these so we always need a stock in hand, and there’s a chance we could get a sponsor for their production.

PHOTOS OF EVENTS

Jim Kyle’s photos shown at our last meeting demonstrate how good it is when members are going to different venues, to take a camera and get as many pics as possible. It’s always good to see other folks’ work, and get ideas from the way they organize events.

CAMERA MYSTERIES

If you have a digital camera – a proper one and not one on your phone, and it’s a bit of a mystery, contact Clive Dalton for a one-to-one session, on what all the buttons etc are on it, and what you need to know to get better pics of your work. It’s very important you do this for posterity.

STRIA – A TURNER’S NIGHTMARE

The Waikato Guild had a very instructive session recently with Clive Wilson on design and finishing. Clive’s message was clear – he hates stria or striations showing up on a finished item, when you (or some judge) turns it so the light exposes your secrets.

The Concise Oxford describes ‘Stria’ as a ‘term used in anatomy, zoology, botany and geology (it fails to mention woodturning), as linear marks on surface, slight ridge or furrow, or score.’

So it’s not just scratches, it’s those tell-tale bumps in the bottom of bowls that appear when you think a piece is finally finished, or you have got so weary sanding that you’ve given up, and hoped the lacquer would cover them up - and that nobody will notice. And in any case, you rely on your mates being decent enough not to point out the faults!

Wilson point 1. The design of your bowl starts with the chainsaw when you cut up the tree into blanks. Clive grades his blanks by the ratio of the diameter of the round to the thickness at the thinnest part. This then clearly indicates what can be made from the blank.

Wilson point 2. Cutting variables. Correct use of tools is the next factor in the equation. Here’s some of the variables to think about when you switch the lathe on, ready for action. (Acknowledgement to M. O’Donnell from UK). Each of these will affect the finish before you start sanding.

The tool used.
The shape of the cutting edge.
The sharpness of the tool.
Presentation of tool to wood.
Grain direction of the wood being cut.
Harness of the wood.
Speed of the lathe.
Size of the cut made.

Wilson point 3. Sanding variables.

Direction – clockwise or anticlockwise.
Speed – slow, medium or fast.
Sanding disk - clockwise or anticlockwise.
Pressure – firm, medium or soft.
Disk travel – slow, medium, fast or stationary.
Grit – 100, 180, 240, 400.
Wood type – light, heavy, dense.
Abrasive – Aluminium oxide, Astra, Wet-Dry, Abranet.
Arbor – small, medium, large.
Pattern – centre line, random or one way.

Clive showed how he used waxes and buffing disks to get his perfect finish. Clive’s contact is Email . Local Huntly swamp kauri is one of his favourite woods. Here’s what Clive says about finishes and waxes:

I tend to experiment and make new discoveries. Applying EEE with a buffer followed by the White Diamond bar will prepare most surfaces to take any wax or oil you think is best.
Oils run deeper with three or more coats and can give a softened glow. The surface can be left at that or take it a stage further by applying a compatible wax to create a gloss finish.
If I am at a show (e.g Auckland Boat Show) I can't resist buying a "new" polish and experimenting with that. Liberon Finishing Oil is one of my favourites for really dense woods. Using a sanding sealer will produce different results to wood finishes.
Making rules about what finishes and how to apply them is a bit of a risk. There are too many variables with wood types, grains etc. In addition the quality of some oils varies greatly.
If you suggest to someone that a coat or two of Danish Oil would be a good idea then deciding what brand to buy is a challenge. Some Danish Oils have different recipes thus giving different results.
At your meeting I demonstrated the application of Canauba Wax onto a well prepared surface. Some timbers give less than satisfactory results using Canauba (e.g.Totara).
My advice: try any and every wax or oil you can, find your favourite and experiment with blending other compatibles. You just might make a discovery, head off to the patent office and become rich.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS - Number 235 –June 2011

2011-06-11T17:07:00.003+12:00

JUNE TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 21 June, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Two prize vouchers ($30 & $20) from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Pictures from Jim Kyle’s visit to Dannevirke Wood Festival.
Meeting speakers Clive Wilson on sanding and finishing.
Project Display: Your latest work.
NOTE: We will start at 7pm prompt with Jim Kyle’s pictures.

COMING EVENTS

July 9. NAW – AGM. Franklin Woodturners’ Clubrooms, BMX Reserve, Collingwood Road, Waiuku. 9.30am start – demonstrations all day and AGM after lunch.
July 23 (Saturday): Visit from Putaruru Club.
July 22-24. Manawatu Woodworkers’ Guild ‘Roundup Jamboree’, Ashurst Village Valley Centre. Contact Malcolm Pettman, 16 Daniel Place, Kelvin Grove, PNorth.
Sep 1,3,4. National Woodskills Competition, Kawerau. 11 categories including special ‘warped’ category. Entry forms in by 30 July. Exhibits to be received by 20 August. All entries to KEA, 60 Onslow Street Kawerau. Contacts: Phyllis Rangihike, 021-293-0208. Email nationalsec@clear.net.nz . Website: www.kaweraudc.govt/Woodfest.
Sep 23-25. South Auckland Woodturners’ weekend blockbuster event - “Participation 2011’. See NAW website for full details.
Check the NAW website for details of all events

VISIT TO NAW AGM
We are running a mini bus up to the AGM so if you would like to go, contact Clive Dalton soon. It’s a very good trip as the AGM is very brief and there are demonstrations throughout the day. It’s a great chance to meet fellow turners from other areas. We need to show our Guild flag when the meeting is so near.

KAWERAU WOODSKILLS
Note the details of this event which Roger Dean is always stressing that many more of our members should enter. Roger is an ideal person to discuss this with as he’s a regular contributor and knows what goes on. There’s also a need for more of our Guild members to attend to see the standard of entries as a reference.

ITEMS FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Club badges - $8.
Club sanding sealer – $7/bottle.
Club end grain sealer - $14/two litres.
Club bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ - $25
Club single-ended rest with flat top for hollow turning - $25
Club stem-post collar - $12.
Club texturing tool - $25.
Club cup tools - $25.
Club Lacquer - $12/bottle.
From Jack Godfrey: (Phone 854-4081). Carbatec mini lathe on stand with tools. In good order. $370.
Teknatool 1000 lathe plus miscellaneous tools. Contact from Clive Dalton.
Tell Clive Dalton if you hear about any freshly-cut wood that is around, and the news will be circulated by email.
Don’t dump any wood at the club before contacting Clive Dalton.

NEXT FORMAL TURNING CLASS
We will not run a formal class in the winter. We’ll look at starting again in spring.

HANDOUT FROM WATTYL MEETING
We have had the slides run off so bring $2 if you want a set. We are planning to have a hands-on finishing session with the help of Wattly experts some time in the coming months.

WIGSTANDS
Keep on turning these so we always need a stock in hand, and there’s a chance we could get a sponsor for their production.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS - Number 234 –May 2011

2011-05-05T21:30:00.004+12:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

MAY TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 17 May, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Two prize vouchers ($30 & $20) from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Gadget demonstration – Keith Lang on fluting.
Meeting speakers Monique Parker, Wattyl (NZ) Ltd. Finishes.
Project Display item: Your latest work.

COMING EVENTS

Feb 7-May 8. ‘Cutting Edge- the Art of Turned Wood. Pataka museum of Arts and Culture, Porirua.
July 9. NAW – AGM. Franklin Woodturners’ Clubrooms, BMX Reserve, Collingwood Road, Waiuku. 9.30am start – demonstrations all day and AGM after lunch.
Sep 23-25. South Auckland Woodturners’ weekend blockbuster event - “Participation 2011’. See NAW website for full details.

Check the NAW website for details of all events http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

ITEMS FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Club sanding sealer – $7/bottle.
Club end grain sealer - $14/two litres.
Club bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ - $25
Club hollowing rest - $25.
Club texturing tool - $25.
Club stempost collar - $12.
Club cup tools - $25.
Club Lacquer - $12/bottle.
From Clive Dyson: Ryobi bandsaw and sander. $100.
From Jack Godfrey: (Phone 854-4081). Carbatec mini lathe on stand with tools. In good order. $370.
Teknatool 1000 lathe plus miscellaneous tools. Contact from Clive Dalton.
Dry wood, no cracks or borer needed for club students. Contact Clive Dalton.
Tell Clive Dalton if you hear about any freshly-cut wood that is around, and the news will be circulated by email.

NEXT FORMAL TURNING CLASS
We will not run a formal class in the winter. It will be looked at again in spring.

GUILD BADGES
These are now available so if you ordered one contact Clive Dalton. $8 each. We have some spares.

WIGSTANDS
We have donated 13 wig stands to Robyn Creighton for her clients, but keep on turning them so we always have a stock on hand.

PERSONAL SKILLS
At the next meeting we will be asking you to let us know your skills, eg trades you have been in and special skills, as the new members are not aware of where they can get help.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS - Number 233 –April 2011

2011-04-05T21:35:00.002+12:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

APRIL TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 19 April, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Two prize vouchers ($30 & $20) from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Gadget demonstration – Jim Kyle.
Meeting speakers David Croucher. Wooden toys for enrichment of Kea and other animals at Hamilton Zoo.
Project Display item: Your latest work.

COMING EVENTS

Feb 7-May 8. ‘Cutting Edge- the Art of Turned Wood. Pataka museum of Arts and Culture, Porirua.
April 16. (Saturday morning). Club visit to Carbatec. Contact Clive Dalton.
April 21-25. Easter Show, Auckland.
April 30 (Saturday) Treeworkx Open Shed Day. 9am-4pm. New venue at 469 Paratu road. Travel 2km west of Walton golf course on the Morrinsville/Walton road – Matamata. Get there from Hamilton via Scotsman’s Valley Road. Tickets $25 which includes food. More information from www.wood.treeworkx.co.nz or email Graham Oliver on Trade stalls, wood, demonstrations and more.
May 1 (Sunday). Autumn Festival in Cambridge main street. 10am to 2pm. Guild will be represented by Roger Dean and Fred Guyot with the pole lathe. They will need help so go along to offer support and do a turn on the lathe.
July 9. NAW – AGM. Franklin Woodturners’ Clubrooms, BMX Reserve, Collingwood Road, Waiuku. 9.30am start – demonstrations all day and AGM after lunch.
Sep 23-25. South Auckland Woodturners’ weekend blockbuster event - “Participation 2011’. See NAW website for full details.

Check the NAW website for details of all events www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

MINIBUS FOR TREEWORKX VISIT
The club is organising a minibus to go to this event, so if you are interested, let Clive Dalton know. It will be first in first served. Usual charge of around $25 at this stage.

ARTSPOST EXHIBITION ENDS
The show received a lot of interest but not a lot of sales, but it achieved its main purpose which was to publicise what we do, and the quality of our work. If you have any thoughts re the good things and bad things about this year’s event, and things that could be improved for future shows, then contact Peter Renner for the committee to consider.

ITEMS FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Club sanding sealer – $7/bottle.
Club end grain sealer - $14/two litres.
Club bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ - $25
Club single-ended rest with flat top for hollow turning - $25
Club stempost collar - $12.
Club texturing tool - $25.
Club cup tools - $25.
From Richard Graney: Lacquer - $12/bottle.
From Clive Dyson: Ryobi bandsaw and sander. $100.
From Jack Godfrey: (Phone 854-4081). Carbatec mini lathe on stand with tools. In good order. $370.
Teknatool 1000 lathe plus miscellaneous tools. Contact from Clive Dalton.
Offers of wood. Tell Clive Dalton if you hear about any freshly-cut wood that is around, and the news will be circulated by email.

WEEKDAY PRACTICE SESSIONS
Our classes are well supported but some people are moving on, or will be away for a break for various reasons, so if you know of anyone interested who may want to join, then let Clive Dalton know. Unfortunately for members who cannot get during the day, we are not able to provide practice sessions at night. The good thing about the day sessions is that we can get three hours of action, whereas night classes can only be for two hours.

We have had to purchase some nice wood for the weekday participants, as we were getting through a fair quantity – which is great. So we’ve put a small charge on this wood. If anyone has some good wood they’d like to contribute to the students, then we’d be very grateful. No borer or bad cracks thanks!

Special thanks to Richard Graney, John Gibb, Andy Clark, Roy Thatcher, Leslie Wilshaw, David Croucher and Rex Hall for giving their time to act as mentors for these classes. We need others to take a turn – give something back to your club.

NEXT FORMAL TURNING CLASS
Due to lack of students, the next block of classes has had to be cancelled.

GUILD BADGES
These are now ready for collection at the next meeting so if you ordered one, bring your money along. $8 each. Bring the correct change. We will not be selling clothing. If you would like a badge sewn on to a garment of your own, it will cost you $25 as a basic setup charge. The company is THORNTON SHAW GRAPHICS, 98 Comries Road, Chartwell, Hamilton. Email

WIGSTANDS
We have had a new urgent request for wig stands, so get busy using up your odd bits of wood. Response to my last request was disappointing – it’s a heck of an important cause so do something to help. There are scores of lathes in sheds collecting dust – get them turning and a few wig stands is a good way to get your eye in.

ITEMS TO SUPPORT THE HAMILTON ZOO
Hamilton Zoo is on our very doorstep and makes a massive contribution to education and animal conservation in the Waikato and New Zealand. David Croucher will be talking about an aspect of this at our next meeting – specifically improving ‘enrichment’ of the Kea and other animals.
It would be a very nice gesture to support the zoo’s work by us contributing some items for the Zoo’s annual Garage Sale. We will have these on a table on the day, advertising the Guild and what we do, and all money from sales will go to the Zoo. Guild members David, Loma Reid and Willie Prentice, are also active members of ‘The Friends of the Zoo’ and it would be nice to support their good work.

So bring along your contributions to the April meeting. Get into all those items that you’ve had around for years gathering dust and that need a new home.

NAW ORNAMENTAL TURNING COURSE
Fred Irvine will be running this in our club workshop on MAY 17, 18 and 19, for the two successful applicants organized by the NAW. Fred would like to know if anyone would be able to billet the two students for two nights. If interested, contact Fred Irvine directly on
(07) 849-9055

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Number 232 – March 2011

2011-03-03T19:49:00.006+13:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.
Address for correspondence: 8 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake, Hamilton 3200
Guild Blog:

MARCH TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 15 March, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Nil
Meeting speakers Guild members on their ‘Gadgets’
Project Display item: Your latest work and challenges.

GADGET EVENING
You will certainly have items in your workshop that you have invented or adapted, that nobody else has seen. Can you bring them along to share the information? They can be anything from simple to complicated.
In past years this has been a mind-blowing session with some amazing devices brought into the daylight! Remember the speaker at Tauranga who said that there had never been anything invented that couldn’t be modified and improved – those are the things we are looking for.

NORM WALKER’S TOOLS
Norm’s extensive range of woodworking and turning tools will be on display for sale at our next meeting so come along with some cash to find some good value tools. It’s a great opportunity. There is also a couple of bandsaws, a thicknesser and other machines which will be left at Raglan, but Fred Irvine will arr

MEMBERSHIP
You will see from the attached membership list that we have now got over 90 fully paid-up members and this bodes well for the future of the Guild. The enthusiasm of the new members to take on the challenges of turning is very motivating for the older members, who can offer them so much experience and help.

If you want to see this enthusiasm in action, come along to our regular practice sessions on Wednesday mornings and afternoons, Thursday mornings and Friday mornings. Drop in for morning tea around 10am.

COMING EVENTS

Feb 7-May 8. ‘Cutting Edge- the Art of Turned Wood. Pataka museum of Arts and Culture, Porirua.
March 11-13, 2011. Lake Taupo Woodturning Jamboree, Spa Hotel, Taupo. For information contact Robbie Graham, (07) 377-0469. Email: Robbie@wildwoodgallery.co.nz
March 26. Tauranga Woodcrafters’ Club. Scrollsaw Day with Barry Kenworthy and Jacob von Holzen. Contact Laureen Tubby, 470 Papamoa Beach Road, Papamoa 2011. Phone (07) 572-0104. Email ltubby@xtra.co.nz
April 21-25. Easter Show, Auckland. Entries close 18 March.
April 30 (Saturday). Treeworkx Open Day. New venue: 469 Parata Rd., 2km west of the Walton golf course on the Morrinsville-Walton road.
July 9. NAW – AGM. Franklin Woodturners' Clubrooms, BMX Reserve, Collingwood Road, Waiuku. Demonstrations all day plus AGM.
Sep 23-25. South Auckland “Participation’ Event 2011.

Check the NAW website for details http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

2011 ARTSPOST EXHIBITION & SALE (Feb 16 – March 21)
The show joint opening with two other exhibitions was a very pleasant occasion and was well attended. Make sure you take the opportunity to call in and look at everything in the Artspost. It’s the best venue in Hamilton for the exhibition and sale of Arts & Crafts.

ARTSPOST PRICING FOR DUMMIES. (Make sure you are sitting down!)
Over the years, many of us have been confused about the difference between what we put on our items and what they are priced at in the shop or exhibition. Here is a detailed ‘explanation’ from David Bevan Group Accountant - Community Services Finance Hamilton City Council, Private Bag 3010 Hamilton 3240, DDI 07 838 6514, Fax 07 838 6616, Email Website www.hamilton.co.nz

“The ArtsPost commission is 40% plus GST of the sales price. The GST is only on our 40% which makes the calculation 46% of the sale price (40 x 115% = 46%). The important thing to note is that it is “of the sale price”.

If we were to apply the commission as, multiply the artist or supplier price by 146%, this would be treating it as a ‘mark-up’ rather than a ‘commission’.

It is probably easiest to explain by way example. As discussed on the phone, if your member is to receive $55 in the hand, applying a mark-up of the 46% the calculation would be $55 multiplied by 146% giving a shop price of $80.30. Using the ArtsPost spreadsheet the shop price is $101.90 (to the nearest 10 cents).

Dusting off the algebra I will try and explain the calculation we use. If the ArtsPost commission including GST is 46% of the shop price this means that remaining 54% of the shop price is what gets paid to the artist / supplier. Now we know that the supplier wants $55 back for their piece of work. This means that the $55 is 54% of the shop price therefore $55 divided by 54% gives a shop price of $101.85 rounded up to $101.90.

For the example of the supplier wanting $25 for their work then the shop price would be $25 divided by 54% giving a shop price of $46.30 (rounded to the nearest 10 cents)’.

Clive Dalton comment: If you think that 46% is a lot – it isn’t. Think of all the costs of running a retail outfit these days.

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Sanding sealer at the club – $7/bottle.
End grain sealer - $14/two litres.
Lacquer from Richard Graney - $12/bottle.
From Clive Dyson: Ryobi bandsaw and sander. $100.
From Jim Kyle: Pen end miller - $25. 20inch rotating display table $75 3 HP 6inch bench grinder - $50.Chuck insert 30x 3.5 $20.

LOOSE TANGS
If you have any old-model turning tools which have pointed tangs knocked into the handles, check them to make sure they are secure, as with the recent hot weather many have become loose. It’s not a nice experience to grab a tool from the rack and then when it’s right above your foot, see gravity take over. It pays to knock the handles off and glue the tang back in. Many of the old Sorby tools were like this.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Number 231 – February 2011

2011-02-06T20:28:00.002+13:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

FEBRUARY TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 15 February, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo None
Meeting speaker Kevin Ballinger – making electric guitars. Kevin is very keen to get some Maple wood. Keep on the loolout.
Project Display item: Your latest work and challenges.

SUBS - Last call!

Full Membership $52 reduced to $47 if paid by February meeting. Bring the right change.
$26 for new members joining after April 1st.
$13.50 for members’ partners. $26 for Youths/Students.
Training Course $52 includes Guild Sub for current year.

WORKING BEE TO CLEAN HALL
Saturday 5 February. Thanks to all those willing workers who came along to help, and special thanks to Loma Reid for her nutritional supplements!

COMING EVENTS

February 16 – 21 March 2011. “More than Firewood’. Guild exhibition at Waikato Museum’s ‘Artspost’ Gallery, Hamilton.
February 26 (Saturday) Turning Tools Open Day at South Ak club rooms. 9-4pm. Contact Ian Fish to register. $15. Phone (09) 418-1312.
March 11-13, 2011. Lake Taupo Woodturning Jamboree, Spa Hotel, Taupo. For information contact Robbie Graham, (07) 377-0469. Email:Robbie@wildwoodgallery.co.nz
March 26. Tauranga Woodcrafters’ Club. Scrollsaw Day with Barry Kenworthy and Jacob von Holzen. Contact Laureen Tubby, 470 Papamoa Beach Road, Papamoa 2011. Phone (07) 572-0104. Email ltubby@xtra.co.nz
April. ?? Matangi School Craft Day at Hamilton Gardens. Details later.
April 21-25. Easter Show, Auckland. Entries close 18 March.

Check the NAW website for details www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

2011 ARTSPOST EXHIBITION & SALE (Feb 16 – March 21)

Bring items to Woodworkers’ Hall on Tuesday 8 Feb, 1-30pm.
Bring about 5-6 of your top items (remember what Terry Scott said).
Stick a label on the base of each item with your club number on and the price YOU want for it. The Artspost will work out your commission.
Remember all items must be offered for sale.
The Artspost takes 40% commission and 15% GST on the commission (total of 46%).
Make sure the labels is well attached (labels don’t like oily surfaces).
Have all your items in a robust cardboard box with your name on.
Goods will be delivered to the Artspost on Tuesday Feb 15 where Marion Manson will select what is needed for the event.

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE or DONATION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Sanding sealer at the club – $7/bottle.
End grain sealer - $14/two litres.
Lacquer from Richard Graney - $12/bottle.
From Clive Dyson: Ryobi bandsaw and sander. $100
From Jim Kyle: Pen end miller - $25. 20inch rotating display table $75. 3 HP 6inch bench grinder - $50. Chuck insert 30x 3.5 $20.

Let Clive Dalton know if you get offers of wood. The news will be circulated by email.
We need more wood for the practice sessions so have a clean out! Don't dump wood at the Hall before telling somebody on the committee.

‘BURNMASTER PYROGRAPHY WOOD BURNER
Terry Scott has some of these available along with a full range of accessories, imported from the USA. He also reports that he has another batch of ‘Soren’s box end grain hollowers.
Contact Terry Scott, 320 Hunua Road, Papakura, 2583. Phone (09) 297-7051.
Email HYPERLINK "mailto:timberly@xtra.co.nz" timberly@xtra.co.nz

PRACTICE SESSIONS RESUME.
We now have four practice sessions each week. If you are attending one of these and cannot come, let Clive Dalton know as soon as you can, as there’s always someone who wants to use a spare lathe. Before you leave a class – check with your mentor if there will be a session the following week - Clive will not phone you to remind you of your class each week!

FIRST FORMAL CLASS FOR 2011
February 8 & 22, March 8 & 22, and April 12 & 26. The first class is full. We have others waiting for the following class. What we are short of is tutors to take the classes. We need your help. First course tutors - Clive Dyson and Jim Pope.

OBITUARY: Norm Walker - By Clive Dalton
Norm Walker’s family all have tartan genes! His father was from Scotland but arrived in New Zealand via Australia. His mother came to New Zealand from Fife and they met here. Norm was born in 1936 at Hector, on the West Coast of the South Island, 23 miles north of Westport, near Granity and Stockton. Norm’s Dad was an electrician at the Stockton coal mine.

Norm’s Mum died when he was six years old, so the family came up to the North Island where his Dad worked for the Wellington Milk Department until his retirement. Initially he was an auto-electrician but soon he was manpowered into other work at the Department driving trucks and supplying milk and cream all over Wellington.

Norm lived in Lower Hutt until he moved to Masterton at age 5-6 and then on to Wairapa college when he lived in a Boy’s Home for 8 years. At Masterton he really started to develop an interest in wood – and this was not difficult to understand as his Grandfather and Uncle had been sawmillers on the West Coast, and his Great Grandfather had been a joiner in Melbourne where he did major work on the first Melbourne Post Office – a magnificent building. When his Great Grandfather died, he bequeathed his tools to whoever was to become the first joiner in the family. But sadly before Norm started his apprenticeship a fire consumed a shed and all the tools – a treasure lost.

Norm left school and went to back to Wellington to start his 5-year apprenticeship. This involved working during the day, block courses and night classes three times a week from 7-9 pm. The boss those days were not to be trifled with – as Norm learned one day. As “the boy” – he had to go early and put the kettle on for the tea and one day his apprentice mate poured some cold water on him from the shop above. Norm was having none of this, so got he hose ready for him when he came down for smoko. After giving him full pressure with the water – he suddenly realised it was the boss! His speed around the machines saved him!

In those days all the timber came from Nelson on Scows and much of it was 20 x 1 inch planks of heart Rimu for cupboards. This after dressing ended up seven- eighths thick. One of Norm’s first jobs was to “tail out” at the end of a 3-sider mill that was cutting 8 x 4 inch Matai for sills – and it was wet. Norm said at that time he was 4feet 11 inches tall and weighed 6 stone so those wet lengths were some challenge and had to be carried to a trailer for moving to the stack where they were handled again. No fancy loaders in those days. He remembers going home after work to the boarding house where he and his Dad stayed so knackered that he went straight to bed without tea!

He had about 8 years in the Hutt and then in 1959 he moved to Hamilton to work for TS Henry in Te Rapa – where Bunnings is now. The firm had 42 joiners on the staff. He then moved to Frankton for a 3-year spell for a firm that among general joinery made bookcases for the Encyclopedia Britannica – you got a bookcase with the set of books. Now they are all on a CD! That was not the most exciting job in life so Norm moved to the workshop at the Waikato Hospital where he stayed for 27 years until made redundant.

Norm was a self-taught wood turner and loved the challenge of seeing something and then nutting out ways to do it. His interest developed when at the hospital where he made his first lathe – which he still owned. He said he had a few mates in the engineering line at the hospital and they helped him with odds and end out of the rubbish heap.
Norm liked to tinker with ornamental turning but he couldn’t see it developing into a great passion for him. But what was likely to fire his future interest was more work on hollow vessels that were splits, hollowed and joined again. Norm always enjoyed the precision of woodworking machines and knew well what happened if things went wrong. That’s why he said he had great concerns over skew chisels which were not his favourite tool!

Norm suffered from the lack of concern over health and safety issues in woodworking shops in the past. He reckoned that Rimu and other solid timbers he worked with were no problem, but when MDF came in during the 1990s – then things changed for the worse. He said that bout that time at least ear muffs came in – but again too late for workers of Norm’s era who had spent years standing next to a thicknesser with no ear protection. After a while Norm said you stopped hearing the din! Imagine OSH today accepting that

The formaldehyde glues Norm reckoned were the worst, especially having to spend time over a sink cleaning brushes, and fumes also came from the iron-on strips around bench tops. So Norm and many of the same vintage ended up with no sense of smell, which in itself can be very dangerous.

Norm was a very loyal and willing supporter of all the Guild’s events, and he was always keen to pick up new knowledge and share his own wide experience of the art and craft of working with wood, which he loved. Family and friends will sadly miss him.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Number 230 – January 2011

2011-01-11T08:54:00.004+13:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

Address for correspondence: 8 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake, Hamilton 3200

JANUARY TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 18 January, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo None
Meeting speaker Terry Scott, South Auckland Woodworkers
Project Display item: Your latest work over the holiday and challenges.

SUBS

Full Membership $52 reduced to $47 if paid by end of January.
$26 for new members joining after April 1st.
$13.50 for members’ partners. $26 for Youths/Students
Training Course $52 includes Guild Sub for current year.

GUEST SPEAKERS
Let the President know of any Speakers who we could call upon for 2011, and subjects you think we should cover.

WORKING BEE TO CLEAN HALL
Saturday 5 February. Bring some basic cleaning gear to give the hall its New Year cleanup. The more members who come, the quicker the job gets done and the longer Morning Tea break can be.

ELECTRIC CABLE CHECK
On the Working Bee Day Jim Kyle has arranged for an electrician to check any members’ power cables. So take advantage of this, especially when it’s only going to cost $2/lead, so your know your gear is safe.

OPEN DAY – 27 NOVEMBER
As you will know if you were involved or attended in the event, was a resounding success, and we will have ended up on the right side of the ledger which we did not expect. So the committee wish to thank all those that were involved in all aspects of the Day. More details will be given at the January meeting where we’d like to hear everyone’s views.

COMING EVENTS

February 16 – 21 March 2011. “More than Firewood’. Guild exhibition at Waikato Museum’s ‘Artspost’ Gallery, Hamilton.
Febrruary 26 (Saturday) Turning Tools Open Day at SAk club rooms. 9-4pm. Contact Ian Fish to register. $15. Phone (09) 418-1312.
March 11-13, 2011. Lake Taupo Woodturning Jamboree, Spa Hotel, Taupo. For information contact Robbie Graham, (07) 377-0469. Email HYPERLINK "mailto:Robbie@wildwoodgallery.co.nz" Robbie@wildwoodgallery.co.nz.
March 26. Tauranga Woodcrafters’ Club. Scrollsaw Day with Barry Kenworthy and Jacob von Holzen. Contact Laureen Tubby, 470 Papamoa Beach Road, Papamoa 2011. Phone (07) 572-0104. Email HYPERLINK "mailto:ltubby@xtra.co.nz" ltubby@xtra.co.nz
April. ?? Matangi School Craft Day at Hamilton Gardens. Details later.
April 21-25. Easter Show, Auckland. Entries close 18 March.

Check the NAW website for details HYPERLINK "http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm" http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

ARTSPOST EXHIBITION & SALE (Feb 16 – March 21)
The dates for this important event are not far away in terms of planning, so you need to be thinking about what you are going to exhibit

We will be in the Margo Phillips gallery again, but I’m not sure what colour the walls will be this time – presumably a light grey which they are at present. I would urge you to call in before Christmas to see the quality of what they have there, and the way it’s displayed. It’s a compliment to all the Museum and shop staff involved. It will help you get your creative urges into action.

Remember all items exhibited have to be available for sale. The HCC documentation says “Artspost will receive a commission of 40% on all works sold, plus 15% on the 40% commission, which comes to a total of 46%. In the past some of us have been very confused by their accounting system.

Last time we had 10 exhibitors. If we have the same number again, and really we need to have more, at this stage have about half a dozen pieces ready to give Marion Manson at Artspost a good range to select from. It’s a great opportunity to display our skills so give it all the support you can.

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
End grain sealer - $14/two litres.
Lacquer from Richard Graney - $12/bottle.
Richard Graney wants a Pro Mount adjustable holder for holding items on the chuck. He has a DYCO combination saw & buzzer for sale – buzzer needs repair. Offers.
From Dave Reece: Dyco combination 8 inch saw, 4 inch planer and borer with odds and ends of accessories. $350 ONO. Phone (07) 829-9787.
From Clive Dyson: Ryobi bandsaw and sander. $100.
From Jim Kyle: Pen end miller - $25; 20inch rotating display table $75; 3 HP 6inch bench grinder - $50; Chuck insert 30x 3.5 $20.
Garage Sale: Turning tools and wood at Gordon Wood’s, 16A Walter Street, Fairfield, Hamilton. February 19 and 20.

‘BURNMASTER PYROGRAPHY WOOD BURNER
Terry Scott has some of these available along with a full range of accessories, imported from the USA. He also reports that he has another batch of ‘Soren’s box end grain hollowers.
Contact Terry Scott, 320 Hunua Road, Papakura, 2583. Phone (09) 297-7051.
Email HYPERLINK "mailto:timberly@xtra.co.nz" timberly@xtra.co.nz

JOIN THE NAW FOR 2011.
f you are not a member of the National Association, then make a point of joining this year. This will support the production of the magazine ‘Creative Wood’ which everybody enjoys.

PRACTICE SESSIONS RESUME.
These will start again on: Wednesday 19 January (Richard Graney), Thursday 20 (Clive Dalton). Friday 21 (David Croucher).
If you cannot attend any of the sessions you are booked in to, let Clive Dalton know as there are others waiting who can use your allotted lathe.

FIRST FORMAL CLASS FOR 2011
February 8 & 22, March 8 & 22, and April 12 & 26. The first class is full. We have others waiting for the following class. What we are short of is tutors to take the classes. We need your help. First course tutors - Clive Dyson and Jim Pope

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Number 230 – November 2010

2010-10-24T20:59:00.006+13:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc

NOVEMBER TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 16 November, 7 pm. AGM
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo None
Meeting speaker None. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Project Display item: Your latest work and challenges.
Class nights Tuesday 9 and 23 (7-9pm).
Practice Thurs & Fri am - Contact Clive Dalton for information.

COMING EVENTS

November 5,6,7. Tauranga Woodcrafters’ Club, Annual Exhibition and Trade Stalls, Greerton Hall, Cameron Road. Entry $5.
November 27. (Saturday) – Waikato Guild Public sale and Demonstration Day 8.30-4pm. Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Te Rapa, Hamilton.
11-13 March 2011. Lake Taupo Woodturning Jamboree. Details email
19-26 March 2011. Artist Collaborationz. Manaia Camp, McGregor’s Bay, Whangarei Heads. Details from PO Box 3142, Onerahi, Whangarei 0110. Email: info@collaborationz.co.nz Woodcarving, woodturning and much more.
April 2011: Matangi School Fair. We will have a stall at this event.

Check the NAW website for details http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

TAURANGA VISIT
We could run a 7-seater van to Tauranga Exhibition for $25 per head, plus there would be the $5 entry fee. It’s a great opportunity to see what our neighbours over the hill are up to, and to chew the fat on all things wood. It will have to be on the Sunday 7 November to suit Jim Kyle who again is willing to drive us there. If interested let Clive Dalton know ASAP. First in first seated!

GUILD SALE DAY – Saturday November 27th

There was good support for this event at our October meeting, so it will definitely take place.
The main job is to distribute the flyers, so make sure you take every opportunity to do this in streets where you think folk will have some spare cash to spend on art and craft in wood for Christmas.
Don’t enter anything with no wood name on the base, as that’s the first thing people ask about.
More flyers can be obtained from Peter Renner Ph. (07) 855-1099. Email renners@orcon.net.nz
Stick a flyer on your car as mobile advertising.
We need masses of items for the $1, $2 and $3 stall so get busy with all the bits of wood you have around. Don’t just make one of an item, make at least 10.
A plate will be needed for our hospitality, for which we will charge. There’s no entry fee.

HALL EARTHQUAKE STATUS
Following submissions to the Hamilton City Council our building has been re-assessed to category 3. This means we do not have to have an engineer’s report done.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
You have the next few weeks to decide what roll you want to play regarding office bearers for 2011. All positions are ‘up for grabs’ so think about what you got from the Guild in 2010, and what you can give in return for 2011. Without a full set of office bearers the Guild is not a legal entity and technically cannot operate, so think seriously about that.

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION

Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.
NEW! Bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ for outside and inside of bowls. Not available anywhere else. $25 to club members.
NEW! Collars to keep tool post at constant height. $12 to club members.
Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
Lacquer from Richard Graney - $12/bottle.
Richard Graney wants a Pro Mount adjustable holder for holding items on the chuck. He has a DYCO combination saw & buzzer for sale – buzzer needs repair. Offers.
From Clive Dyson: Ryobi bandsaw and sander. $100.
From Jim Kyle: Phone (07) 854-1992.Tail stock washers $20 for easier sliding on. 1/3 HP grinder - $50.
From Ken Salter. Phone (07) 855-2833. Two Tuscan flameproof motors, 240V, ¾ HP, 1425 RPM ex petrol pumps. $45 each. One 240V ½ HP, 2850 RPM ex water pump. $40. One Crompton Parkinson ex petrol pump. ½ HP 1425 RPM. $40.
Timber: Rimu, due to be cut down in early January. Contact Mary Gough, 6 Casey Avenue, Hamilton, 854-7556. 027-407-7133.
Ohinewai Swamp kauri. If anyone wants to go back to the farm, as the ground is drying up, contact Clive Dyson who wants some more timber, and would like to be part of an expedition.
JACARANDA. Rare as hen’s teeth and Fred Irvine desperately wants some small branches – fresh off the tree. He will travel miles to get it too and will forever be your friend if you can help!
Jack Godfrey, Phone (07) 854-4081. Wants to buy a Pyrography wood burning machine.
Allan Lees: Teknatool TL 1000 lathe. $400 ONO. Phone (07) 847-9036 or 021-073-1120.

PROPOSED SUBS FOR NEXT YEAR
The committee has decided to increase the subs to the NAW from $5/member to $6/member to meet the request from the NAW to help them keep the magazine going. Consequently we will put our subs up from $50 to $52 or $47 if paid by the end of February. You will be asked to approve these changes at the AGM.

WIG STANDS
These were well received so can you keep on making them when you have an opportunity to use up odd bits of wood. Make them about 250mm high with the base around 130mm and the top around 100mm. Any kind of wood will do, mixing and matching adds variety. Put a bit of design into the stem so it doesn’t look like a telegraph pole. As they have to sit on a dressing table make a nice smooth base. or add some felt to the base – all colours are available from David’s Emporium.

TOTARA HEALTH PROPERTIES
From Sunday Star Times Oct 10 2010:
A Carterton business, Mede Biotech has developed the technology to extract a compound called ‘Totarol’ from recycled Totara timber. It is ‘bioactive’ and interacts with cell tissue to be used in cosmetics. The compound is the natural preservative in totara and is a powerful antioxidant and antibiotic, so has potential for speeding up healing and wound care. It also has potential as a food preservative. The product can also be added to ethanol and mixed with other ingredients early in manufacturing because it doesn’t degrade with heat. So don’t burn those old totara posts. It makes you wonder what other timbers have such properties.

SPARE TOOLS FOR NEW MEMBERS
We have some new turners who don’t have a lathe yet or any tools. If you have any spare tools, could you donate them to the club, so they can get started before they work out what they want to buy.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Number 229 – October 2010

2010-10-09T23:25:00.004+13:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

Address for correspondence: 8 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake, Hamilton 3200

OCTOBER TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 19 October, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo None
Meeting speaker Hugh and Saun Oliver – ‘Indian Clubs’
Project Display item: Your latest work and challenges.
Class nights Tuesday 12 and 26 (7-9pm).
Practice Thursdays & Friday mornings - Contact Clive Dalton for information.

COMING EVENTS

November 5,6,7. Tauranga Woodcrafters’ Club, Annual Exhibition and Trade Stalls, Greerton Hall, Cameron Road. Entry $5.
November 27. (Saturday) – Waikato Guild Public sale and Demonstration Day 8.30-4pm. Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Te Rapa, Hamilton.
19-26 March 2011. Artist Collaborationz. Manaia Camp, McGregor’s Bay, Whangarei Heads. Details from PO Box 3142, Onerahi, Whangarei 0110. Email:info@collaborationz.co.nz" Woodcarving, woodturning and much more.
April 2011: Matangi School Fair. We will have a stall at this event.

Check the NAW website for details http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

GUILD SALE DAY – Saturday November 27th
This is not far away and to proceed and make it a success we need you to consider some questions, as these will be asked of you at the next meeting – and without your commitment, it will not be worthwhile going ahead – for a number of reasons to be discussed at the meeting.

Here are the questions:

Do you support the proposal for a Guild Sale Day?
Are you willing to help with the organization?
Do you intend to have a stall at the event – price will be $20. No commission will be charged on items sold?
Are you willing to distribute flyers and advertising material?
Are you willing to organize a plate for the hospitality (to be charged for).
Are you willing to make small items (in large numbers) for the Guild $2 stall ?
Estimating costs and returns; the Guild could be out of pocket around $800. Do you think this is acceptable.

SMALL ITEMS TO MAKE FOR SALE DAY

Boxes – all sizes
Tops
Pens
Pencil holders
Purse mirrors
Bottle stoppers
Tooth pick holders
Needle cases
Honey dippers
Key rings
Salt cellars
Scoops
Serviette holders
Serviette rings
Lidded boxes
Bottle openers
Chip/dip bowls
Spoons & stirrers
Magnetised pencil Holders for fridges
Candle sticks
Vases
Weed pots
Door stops/wedges
Business card holders
Photo holders
Quoits
Whistles
Lemon squeezers
Mushroom
Cheese boards
YoYos
Supermarket bag handles
Mice
Christmas trees

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Forms will be available at the September meeting for office bearers in 2011. All positions are ‘up for grabs’ so think about what you got from the Guild in 2010, and what you can give in return for 2011. Without a full set of office bearers the Guild is not a legal entity and technically cannot operate, so think seriously about that. I

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

NEW! Bowl turning ‘Rexyrests’ for outside and inside of bowls. Not available anywhere else. $25 to club members.
NEW! Collars to keep tool post at constant height. $14 to club members.
Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
Lacquer from Richard Graney - $12/bottle.
Richard Graney wants a Pro Mount adjustable holder for holding items on the chuck. He has a DYCO combination saw & buzzer for sale – buzzer needs repair. Offers
From Dave Reece: Phone (07) 829-9787. Dyco combination 8 inch saw, 4 inch planer and borer with odds and ends of accessories. $350 ONO.
From Jim Kyle: Phone (07) 854-1992. Tail stock washers $20 for easier sliding on. 3 HP grinder - $50. Chuck insert 30x 3.5 $20.
We have some new turners who would appreciate any old spare tools you may have. Have a sort out and bring them to the club.
Timber: Rimu, due to be cut down in early January. Contact Mary Gough, 6 Casey Avenue, Hamilton, 854-7556. 027-407-7133.
Magnolia – there is newly cut wood in the club workshop. Free.
Swamp kauri. If anyone wants to go back to the farm, as the ground is drying up, contact Clive Dyson who wants some more timber, and will organise the next expedition.
NOTE: On the last visit, there were far too many chainsaw operators without full protective gear. If you have an accident on someone else’s property, you could implicate the owner under OSH regulations, resulting in a fine. Go to 'Protector Safety' before you go, and if you can’t afford to, keep away. The health service is costing enough without you adding to it through irresponsibility!

WIG STANDS
We want to make some more stands for people who unfortunately have to wear wigs. You’ll remember the ones we made a couple of years ago. The project was a great success and the practice spread to other clubs throughout New Zealand. This is great.

Make them about 250mm high with the base around 130mm and the top around 100mm. Some shorter ones are OK for hats and you can decorate some for kids.

Any kind of wood will do, mixing and matching adds variety. Remember they have to sit on a dressing table so a nice smooth base is required. Add some felt to the base if it’s easier – all colours are available from David’s Emporium in Hood Street, Hamilton.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Number 228 – September 2010

2010-08-31T17:09:00.002+12:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

Address for correspondence: 8 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake, Hamilton 3200

SEPTEMBER TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 21 Sept, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE.
Pre-meeting Demo Fred Irvine – elliptical turning in action!
Meeting speaker Ian Fish and his shop.
Project Display item: Your latest work and challenges.
Class nights Tuesday 14 and 28 (7-9pm).
Practice Thursdays & Friday mornings - Contact Clive Dalton to book lathe.

IAN FISH VISIT
Now don’t miss this. Ian goes to a lot of effort to come down from Auckland and bring all his wares, as well as always having some good turning advice.
Don’t for a moment think you don’t want anything – Ian will have something that once seen, it will quickly change from being a want to a need! So bring your gold card!

COMING EVENTS

September 10,11,12. Kawerau Woodcraft Festival.
September 24-26: Participation 2010. Camp Adair in Hunua ranges. Limit to 90 participants. Contact Terry Scott, 320 Hunua Road, Papakura. $130.
September 25 – Pirongia Craft Day.
November 27. (Saturday) – Waikato Guild Public sale and Demonstration Day 8.30-4pm. Woodworkers’ Hall.
Check the NAW website for details HYPERLINK "http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm" http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
Lacquer from Richard Graney - $12/bottle.
Richard Graney wants a Pro Mount adjustable holder for holding items on the chuck. He has a DYCO combination saw & buzzer for sale – buzzer needs repair. Offers.
From Dave Reece: Dyco combination 8 inch saw, 4 inch planer and borer with odds and ends of accessories. $350 ONO. Phone (07) 829-9787.
From Clive Dyson: Ryobi bandsaw and sander. $100.
From Jim Kyle: Tail stock washers $20 for easier sliding on. 3 HP grinder - $50.
We have some new turners who would appreciate any old spare tools you may have. Have a sort out and bring them to the club.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Number 227 – August 2010

2010-08-08T20:05:00.005+12:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

Address for correspondence: 8 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake, Hamilton 3200
Guild Blog:

AUGUST TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 17 August, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo Roger Dean – Three-legged stands
Meeting speaker Fred Irvine – elliptical turning
Project Display item: Your latest work and challenges.
Class nights Tuesday 13 and 27 (7-9pm).
Chat & Turn Saturday 7. Replace feet on chairs
Practice Thursdays & Fridays (9-Noon) Contact Clive Dalton for information.

COMING EVENTS

August 10. New block of classes starting (see below).
September 10,11,12. Kawerau Woodcraft Festival.
September 24-26: Participation 2010. Camp Adair in Hunua ranges. Limit to 90 participants. Contact Terry Scott, 320 Hunua Road, Papakura. $130.
November 27 (Saturday). Guild turning and carving Sales and Demonstration Day at Woodworkers' Hall. 8.30am to 4pm. Contact Paul Dangerfield (07) 843-5494.
December 6-17. ‘Beginning in cabinet making’. Centre for Fine Woodworking, Box 1452 Nelson. Phone (03) 545-2674

Check the NAW website for details (http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm)

PASSING OF FOUNDATION MEMBER
Ernie Carter passed away in late July age 93. He was a Foundation Member of the Guild and participated in many Home Shows over the years. Ernie was an expert turner and his work was of the highest quality. Our condolences go to all his family.

WHO NICKED JIM’S TOOLS
Jim Pope was visited by a burglar who took only his best turning tools. He also took the battery charger for his mower which can only be used for that machine. Let Jim know if you are offered any cheap tools – they won’t be cheap for Jim to replace!

TURNING CLASSES FOR 2010
The third and final block of classes start this month. If you know of anyone who would like to join this course, then let Clive Dalton know to send them full detials.
Dates are: August 10 & 24, September 14 & 28 and October 12 & 26.

INTERESTING WEBSITES
Recommended by the South Auckland club – if you have plenty of spare time.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51381651@NO5/show/

PRACTICE SESSIONS (9-noon)
We are now running sessions on both Thursday and Friday mornings each week. If you are interested in any of these sessions, contact Clive Dalton for a booking, as it’s frustrating if you come along and there’s not a lathe to work on. If you are in the area, call in to see what’s going on and stay for morning tea at 10.15am. Bring some food!

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
Lacquer from Richard Graney - $12/bottle.
Richard Graney wants a Pro Mount adjustable holder for holding items on the chuck. He has a DYCO combination saw & buzzer for sale – buzzer needs repair. Offers.
From Dave Reece: Dyco combination 8 inch saw, 4 inch planer and borer with odds and ends of accessories. $350 ONO. Phone (07) 829-9787.
From Clive Dyson: Ryobi bandsaw and sander. $100.
From Jim Kyle: Tail stock washers to make it easier to slide tail stock on and off - $20. 3 HP grinder - $50. Chuck insert 30x 3.5 $20.

TAURANAGA NAW AGM & DEMOS
Twelve Waikato members went over to Tauranga on Saturday 31st July and we had a great day. Our Waikato Guild sponsored the trip as we thought it important to show the flag at the AGM when it was so near. There was a demonstration before lunch by Geoff Anderson on the bowlsaver, then the AGM after lunch followed by a demonstration by Trevor Gillbank. Trevor had the great philosophy that ‘nothing has been made that can’t be modified’! And Trevor showed us a host of thing to prove his point.

We seemed to be provided with food every two hours! The Tauranga members and helpers put on a fantastic event and deserve a great vote of thanks. We also won four draws from the raffle!

A major concern from the AGM is the rising cost of producing the NAW magazine ‘Creative Wood’ which has got to go up. A key point made was that if you enjoy reading the magazine, then you cannot refuse to join the NAW. If we don’t get any more NAW members, then there won’t be a NAW. So do something about joining now! The fee our Guild pays to the NAW will have to go up from $5/member to $6. This is built into your fee for our club.

WAIKATO HOMESHOW
This event is definitely on again and will be held in the new buildings, but the committee has decided after hearing the views of interested members NOT to take part this year.

We couldn't get a definite cost from the organiser, but the main reasons is that the work involved in relation to the financial benefits to the Guild from the event, has become too much for the members who inevitably always end up with the hard yakka.

Other options are being investigated, and we have made a firm decision to open our own Hall for a pre-Christmas Sale & Demonstration on Saturday November 27. This will need advertising and promotion and be prepared to help with the work involved.

DUST MASKS
There has been some good comment from members after the session we had on what dust masks were being used. There was certainly plenty of variety in types, and many members were using models that hadn’t had their filters renewed in 20 years!

WEBSITES
Clive Dyson has a new website <>

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Number 226 – July 2010

2010-07-07T21:26:00.005+12:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.
Address for correspondence: 8 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake, Hamilton 3200
Guild Blog: http://waikatowood.blogspot.com

JULY TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 20 July, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo None
Meeting speaker Ian Brown – Tasmanian Blackwood
Project Display item: Your latest work and challenges.
Class nights Tuesday 13 and 27 (7-9pm).
Practice Fridays (9-Noon) Contact Clive Dalton for information.

COMING EVENTS

July 10 (Sat). Treeworkx Open Shed day. Contact Jim Kyle for a minibus seat. They are filling fast.
July 31 (Sat). NAW Annual General meeting and demonstrations. Tauranga 8.30am to 4pm. Contact Jim Kyle for a mini bus seat.
September 24-26: Participation 2010. Camp Adair in Hunua ranges. Limit to 90 participants. Contact Terry Scott, 320 Hunua Road, Papakura. $130.
October. Waikato Home Show. 30th Sept to 3 Oct.
December 6-17. ‘Beginning in cabinet making’. Centre for Fine Woodworking, Box 1452 Nelson. Phone (03) 545-2674

Check the NAW website for details HYPERLINK "http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm" http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

NAW AGM & DEMOS
This an event which we should support. The AGM will never be nearer and the demos through the day will be top class. We are taking a mini bus paid for by the Guild, and will leave the Hall at 7.45am. Phone Jim Kyle to book a seat ASAP.

TURNING CLASSES FOR 2010
The second block of classes are drawing to a close this month and the next block will start on Tuesday August 10. If you know of anyone who would like to join this course, then let Clive Dalton know.
Dates are: August 10 & 24, September 14 & 28 and October 12 & 26.

FRIDAY PRACTICE SESSIONS (9-noon)
These are going well and we are considering running a session on a Thursday each week. If interested, then contact Clive Dalton. Call around and join us for morning tea at 10.15am. Bring some food!

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
Lacquer from Richard Graney - $12/bottle.
From Paul Dangerfield: Live centre with 4 attachments. $50. Phone (07) 843-5494.
Richard Graney wants a Pro Mount adjustable holder for holding items on the chuck.
From Dave Reece: Dyco combination 8 inch saw, 4 inch planer and borer with odds and ends of accessories. $350 ONO. Phone (07) 829-9787.
From Clive Dyson: Ryobi bandsaw and sander. $100.
From Jim Kyle:

(1).Tail stock washers to make it easier to slide tail stock on and off - $20.
(2). Rexon band saw – 3 wheels. Cuts wood 15 inch wide and six inches high. BUT, also has a tricky device on its circular shape so you can fit a sanding disk! Worth the price of $400 ONO.
(3). Ryobi grinder and Teknatool grinding jig $120.
(4). Chuck insert 30x 3.5 $20.

For the classes and Friday practice sessions, we need some nice bits of wood to make small bowls.
From Alan Lees, TL 1000. Motor and rests. No faceplates. $500. Phone (07) 847-9036, Email HYPERLINK "mailto:alanlees@xtra.co.nz" alanlees@xtra.co.nz
Bill van den Berg still has his Wadkin lathe and chucks for sale. Phone (07) 854-5637.

NEW PRODUCT
‘Re-grip” – helps to remove (or tighten) all types of screws. Peter Renner says it’s magic for removing old rusty screws in wood. Put a bit on your screwdriver and Bingo – the screw, which was stuck now moves. Don’t know how it works! Available from PAYKELS in Kilarny road.

WAIKATO HOMESHOW
This event is definitely on but the organizers, although keen to have us attend, have not been able to tell us how much it would cost for a stall – or how big such a stall would be. We await the news! They have told us that the option is ‘a nice spot where there’s a lot of foot traffic’ – but we can predict from that, that it won’t be for free and it won’t be big, as they’ll be keen to offer space to others if it’s that good.

In the meantime, YOU have to decide if you are willing to get involved in the organization, the setting up and pulling down, and the servicing of the Guild stand – up to 10pm on some nights. If you want to sell items, then you are committed to do this. Don’t expect the committee to do it all. As Jim Pope reminds us, ‘the regulars’ are now 20 years older than when we first starred at the event!

WEBSITES
Clive Dyson has a new website <>

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Number 225 – June 2010

2010-06-03T19:38:00.003+12:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc
Address for correspondence: 8 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake, Hamilton, 3200

JUNE TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 15 June, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo: None this month
Meeting speaker: Members discussing their own dusk masks.
Project Display item: Your latest work and challenges.
Class nights: Tuesday 8 and 22 (7-9pm).
Friday practices: June 4, 11, 18, 26 (9-noon)

DUST MASKS
Note that at the next meeting we are discussing dust masks and we want you to bring along whatever you use (if anything) and be prepared to discuss its merits or defects.

COMING EVENTS

June 16-19. National Fieldays, Mystery Creek, Hamilton. King Arthur Tools will be on the Stihl stand.
July 10 (Sat). Treeworkx Open Shed day. Contact Jim Kyle for a minibus seat. They are filling fast.
July 31 (Sat). NAW Annual General meeting and demonstrations. Tauranga 8.30am to 4pm. Contact Jim Kyle for a mini bus seat.
September 24-26: Participation 2010. Camp Adair in Hunua ranges. Limit to 90 participants. Contact Terry Scott, 320 Hunua Road, Papakura. $130.
October. Waikato Home Show. 30th Sept to 3 Oct.
December 6-17. ‘Beginning in cabinet making’. Centre for Fine Woodworking, Box 1452 Nelson. Phone (03) 545-2674
Check the NAW website for details (www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm)

TURNING CLASSES FOR 2010
The second block of classes are going well with enthusiastic students –and now club members. This series is full, but if you meet anyone interested in learning, get their contact for the third and final course of the year starting in August. Students are appreciating the close one-to-one help provided, as turning is a craft where you can get into trouble fast (sometimes in excess of 2000 rpm) if you are not sure what’s likely to happen.

May 11 & 25
June 8 & 22
July 13 & 27

FRIDAY PRACTICE SESSIONS (9-noon)
The idea is to provide the workshop and one-on-one help to let folk who want to try a bit of turning to have a go with one-on-one guidance. It’s for folk who lack practice and hence confidence, before they sign up for a further course – either with the Guild or with Fred Irvine’s course. The session are also good for folk who have been to courses and need more practice.

We’ve had four sessions and we’ll keep them going through June and then review the exercise, and if the people who have so willingly helped with mentoring can carry on. If the students want to carry on, then we may be looking for fresh mentors so think about offering your help.

A highlight has been the yakking and morning tea! But we’ve done some serious turning too, which has been great. Currently all four lathes are in action so have a full house. But keep a lookout for anyone who simply wants to have a go at turning under a helpful eye. Get them to phone Clive Dalton (07) 847-9367.

Call around and join us for morning tea at 10.15am. Bring some food!

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items.

Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
Lacquer from Richard Graney - $12/bottle.
Metal locker ex Hall workshop - Offers at next meeting or before
Electric heaters – ex Woodturners’ Hall and workshop. Offers at next meeting or before.
From Paul Dangerfield: Live centre with 4 attachments. $50. Phone (07) 843-5494.
Richard Graney wants a Pro Mount adjustable holder for holding items on the chuck.
From Dave Reece: Dyco combination 8 inch saw, 4 inch planer and borer with odds and ends of accessories. $350 ONO. Phone (07) 829-9787.
From Clive Dyson: One set of Cole jaws - offers.
From Warwick Halse: Complete Dremel unit. Handpiece, flexible tube and drill press stand. In case with many sanding/grinding accessories. Hardly used – as new. $199 all up. Phone (07) 847-2004
From Jim Kyle: Tail stock washers to make it easier to slide tail stock on and off - $20 each. Extension for 3000 or early DVR $200.
From Jim Kyle: Grinder in good order. GME brand, 259W. Two 6 inch alum oxide wheels. $100. Also has sharpening jig.
Rexon band saw – 3 wheels. Cuts wood 15 inch wide and six inches high. BUT, also has a tricky device on its circular shape so you can fit a sanding disk! Worth the price of $400. Contact Jim Kyle. (07) 854 -1992.
If you have any old chisels not being used, donate them to the club for grinding practice. None have been donated yet – we are still waiting!
For the classes and Friday practice sessions, we need some nice bits of wood to make small bowls.
From Alan Lees, TL 1000. Motor and rests. No faceplates. $500. Phone (07) 847-9036,
Bill van den Berg still has his Wadkin lathe and chucks for sale. Phone (07) 854-5637.

BAND SAW BLADES
We are now using wide blades on the workshop bandsaw, so don’t try to cut around corners with them. If you want a round blank, just keep cutting the corners off and you’ll get there eventually! They cost around $30 each so double check for nails.
Also be aware of the amount of very fine dust created when cutting wood. You may not see it at the time but it covers everything when it settles after you have gone. Open the door and direct the fan towards you to blow it out.

WEBSITES
Clive Dyson has a new website (www.wood-n-toys.co.nz)

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Number 224 – May 2010

2010-05-05T23:24:00.005+12:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodturners
Address for correspondence: 8 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake, Hamilton 3200
Guild Blog: (waikatowood.blogspot.com)

COMING EVENTS

July 10 (Sat). Treeworkx Open Shed day.
September 24-26: Participation 2010. Camp Adair in Hunua ranges. Limit to 90 participants.
October. Waikato Home Show. Details not known yet.
December 6-17. ‘Beginning in cabinet making’. Centre for Fine Woodworking, Box 1452 Nelson. Phone (03) 545-2674
Check the NAW website for details. www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm"

TURNING CLASSES FOR 2010
The second block of classes will be held on the dates below. We have a full class of students but if you meet anyone who is interested in learning, get their contact for later courses. From the feedback we are hearing from students, what they are appreciating most is the close one-to-one help they get, and don’t have to waste time waiting for help in a larger busy class.

May 11 & 25
June 8 & 22
July 13 & 27

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything.

Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
Lacquer from Richard Graney - $12/bottle.
Richard Graney wants a Pro Mount adjustable holder for holding items on the chuck.
From Clive Dyson: One set of Cole jaws - offers.
From Jim Kyle: Tail stock washers to make it easier to slide tail stock on and off - $20 each. Nova Comet – a real sweetie $350. Extension for 3000 or early DVR $200.
If you have any old chisels not being used, donate them to the club for grinding practice.
From Alan Lees, TL 1000. Motor and rests. No faceplates. $500. Phone (07) 847-9036, Email (alanlees@xtra.co.nz)

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

2010-04-08T22:38:00.002+12:00

'WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS'

Number 223 – April 2010
Address for correspondence: 8 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake, Hamilton 3200
Guild Blog:

APRIL TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 20 April, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo None this month
Meeting speaker Jim Kyle – lathe and chuck maintenance
Project Display item: Your latest work and challenges.
Chat & Turn None this month

COMING EVENTS

April 1-5 (Thurs to Mon). Royal Easter Show, Auckland.
April 10 (Saturday): Demo by Jacques Vesery, S Auckland (see below)
April 13 and 27. Turning classes at club.
April 24 (Sat): Ian Fish Open Day at S Auckland club. See Below.
Check the NAW website for details HYPERLINK "http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm" http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

TURNING TOOLS OPEN DAY

Saturday 24 April 9am-4pm. Demos by Peter Oliver and John MacKinven. Take some of your latest work for ‘instant gallery’.
Silent auction.
Turning tools will have their shop as will Treeworkx. A good day out is guaranteed.
We are planning to take a minibus to the event so if you would like to go contact Jim Kyle straight away as seats are filling and numbers are limited at the event.
Entry fee is $10 so we need to let them know how many are going. We can pay on arrival.

TURNING CLASSES FOR 2010
The second block of classes (dates below) are now full – which is great!
Students should just turn up at the Woodworkers Hall in Storey Ave on the first night at 7pm, with work clothes and lace-up shoes. All materials will be supplied. Park outside the building.

May 11 & 25
June 8 & 22
July 13 & 27

If you meet anyone who wants to join a course, then let Paul Dangerfield know and we will put them on a list for later. There’s also the possibility of individual members offering private tuition for anyone who cannot get to a formal class.

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything.

Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
Lacquer from Richard Graney - $12/bottle.
Richard Graney wants a Pro Mount adjustable holder for holding items on the chuck.
Jim Kyle. Ryobi electric chainsaw. Good order. $80. Bowl saver $250, Barley twist lathe $220, Wet wheel grinder 10 inch $100.
Bill van den Berg wants to sell his Wadkin lathe, various tools and accessories. All in perfect order. Contact Bill on (07) 854-5637.
From Clive Dyson: One little Ryobi bandsaw $75.00, one 18" Dyco bandsaw $600.00. One set of Cole jaws - offers.
From Bill King (849-3862): Carbatec lathe, 200mm between centres, no morse taper - $250 Router lathe (router not included) $200, Carbatec Threadmaster $260, Woodcut Bowlsaver $200. Most prices are negotiable. Jim Kyle and Fred Irvine is in touch with Bill so have seen this gear.
If you have any old chisels not being used, donate them to the club for grinding practice.
From Alan Lees, TL 1000. Motor and rests. No faceplates. $500. Phone (07) 847-9036, Email HYPERLINK "mailto:alanlees@xtra.co.nz" alanlees@xtra.co.nz
A source of swamp kauri is being investigated north of Huntly. Wood will be available for a small charge to pay for club retrieval costs. Members who have shown an interest will be informed when more information is available.

CLUB LATHES
We how have four Teknatool lathes that will take the same gear so it’s a great asset for teaching, or if you want to go in and do something at any time. You can take your work in on your own chucks. Remember that if you want to use the Club workshop though that you need a buddy to go with for safety sake and wear lace up shoes., The workshop rules are posted on the wall inside the door. We don’t want OSH calling!

NEW POWER LINES
Thanks to Jim Kyle’s head for heights and ability to work one-handed hanging over the edge of the building roof, we now have a new bit of wood bolted on the end to anchor the power cables to. The old one rotted away and could have been a real hazard.

SHANE HEWITT
Shane’s visit was well attended by 25 enthusiasts from our Guild and the Cambridge, Te Kauwhata and Te Awamutu clubs. Shane started after 9am and went on till 4.45 so all got great value for money. The event was sponsored by the NAW and Shane was performing at a number of different clubs. A great idea and thanks to NAW. Hopefully there will be more of these.

SALE OF MEMBERS’ WORK
Below are the main points from the meeting on 27 March to discuss ‘where to from here’ regarding sales of our work, triggered by changes at the new Claudelands Events Centre.

Why do we need a sales venue?

To provide a regular outlet for members to sell their work.
To promote Woodturning and carving in the community, and attract new members to the Guild.
To provide an income for the club by way of a commission on work sold by members.

Seven options
It was decided that in order to protect the work on display that only indoor venues would be investigated further. Planning for outdoor venues with risks of rain and sun damage are too great.

1.The National Fieldays - either buying our own stall or sharing with a business and paying them a rent. This was discounted because of the difficulty of transport and access during the day, weather (in June) and possible cost. Would require negotiating an area within another exhibitor’s area.

2. Farmers’ Markets - or similar regular weekly or monthly markets. These were discounted because they were largely outdoor venues and it was considered that a monthly commitment would be too hard for Guild members to maintain. Interest would be lost over time. It was considered that individual members may have more success with this type of venue.

3. Hiring a vacant shop in a commercial area - No one was sure where the real commercial area is now. The availability and cost would be unpredictable and the venue would usually only be available at short notice.

4. Artspost. Agreed that the Guild should continue to hold exhibitions at the Artpost when the opportunity arises. These exhibitions should be in addition to any other proposals and was not seen as a substantial commercial outlet for members’ work.

5. Homeshow. Agreed that this is still a viable option but with the demolition of the old buildings, more information will be needed as to the size, location and cost of the space required. Agreed that the standard 3m x 3m unit would not be big enough to display our work, and we would probably need to purchase more than one unit.

6. Sale from our Hall. This has the advantage of no rent, but would need additional expense for advertising (which could be considerable) as it has very low foot traffic. Some members were concerned that we would be confused with the local “garage sales” in the area.

7. Sharing the hall in a joint display & sale with other clubs such as potters, weavers, quilt makers, glass workers or similar is worthy of further investigation

8. Annual or Biannual Craft Stalls. It was agreed that this could be the best alternative subject to the qualification stated above that only indoor venues be considered. It was thought that the Guild could consider one or two different events each year.

9. Competitions. A competition could be organised in conjunction with one of the above options to increase interest in a sale, and encourage support from other organizations and maybe sponsors.

Next Action
Members were asked to make inquiries about any “event’ day which could be attractive to the Guild, and also make contact with any other craft organization which may be interested in a joint venture of some kind with us.
This information should be given to any committee member. The committees will continue to obtain mores details concerning this year’s Homeshow and maintain contact with the Artspost.

Shane Hewitt visit. March 2010

2010-03-24T19:44:00.003+13:00

Woodturing specialist Shane Hewitt from Whangarei visited the Waikato Guild as part of a tour of clubs organised by the National Association of Woodturners. Twenty five members attended from the Waikato Guild and the groups that are operating at Tekauwhata, Te Awamutu and Cambridge. Shane covered a wide range of topics with some very interesting advice on decorating and embellishing finished work.

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc. Number 222 – March 2010

2010-03-10T12:34:00.002+13:00

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS
Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc
Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245
Guild Blog: waikatowood.blobspot.com

MARCH TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 16 March, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo Fred Irvine – long hole boring.
Meeting speaker from PPG Industries on Abrasives.
Project Display item: Your latest work and challenges.
Sat. 6 March Chat & Turn. Routers with Peter Renner

COMING EVENTS

March 12-14 (Fri to Sun). Taupo Jamboree (see below)
March 24 (Weds): Shane Hewitt demo. 9-4pm.
March 27 (Sat). Meeting re Homeshow 9am at hall.
March 27 (Sat). Scroll Saw Day. Tauranga. (See below)
April 1-5 (Thurs to Mon). Royal Easter Show, Auckland.
April 10 (Saturday): Demo by Jacques Vesery, S Auckland (see below)
April 24 (Sat): Ian Fish Open Day at Sth Auckland club. Demos.

Check the NAW website for details HYPERLINK "http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm" http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

MEETING RE HOMESHOW (Sat 27 March)
We have been invited to attend the Homeshow again, but at this stage we don’t know what the conditions are with their new building, charges, etc.

We need to discuss alternatives e.g. using our own hall or renting a shop down town. Anyone interested in this, and especially those who see the Homeshow as a selling venue for their work should come along to the Hall on Saturday 27, 9am to discuss all aspects of this.

TAURANGA SCROLL SAWING DAY
The Tauranga Woodcrafters Club is holding a full day scroll saw workshop with Jacob van Holzen and Barry Kenworthy on Sat 27 March. Cost is $15 per person which includes materials, morning and afternoon tea and lunch. Bring your own scroll saw if possible. For further information, contact Laureen Tubby, Phone (07) 572-0104. Email ltubby@xtra.co.nz
What a great opportunity to get some tuition from the very best in the business – and what value for money. Tell Paul Dangerfield if you want to go because we may be able to organise co-operative transport.

JACQUES VESERY
Jacques is an artistic woodturner with an international reputation. He will be demonstrating at the South Auckland Guild clubrooms on Saturday 10 April. $40 per person, lunch provided with tea and coffee available. Payment to David Jones, 180 Settlement Road, Papakura 2110.
More details from Dick Veitch

TURNING CLASSES FOR 2010
The course is going well with four enthusiastic students. The March classes are on Tuesday 9 and Tuesday 23rd. If you come across anyone, tell them to contact Paul Dangerfield to record their interest.

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything.

Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
Jim Kyle. Ryobi electric chainsaw. Good order. $80. Bowl saver $250, Barley twist lathe $220, Wet wheel grinder 10 inch $100.
Bill van den Berg wants to sell his Wadkin lathe, various tools and accessories. All in perfect order. Contact Bill on (07) 854-5637.
Clive Dyson: One little Ryobe bandsaw $75.00, one 18" Dyco bandsaw $600.00, One Ryobe 14" scroll saw $100.00. One set of Cole jaws - offers.
Adrian Koppens HYPERLINK "mailto:cakoppens@xtra.co.nz" cakoppens@xtra.co.nz 30 Peacockes Lane, Phone 843-7230 has cut down some ‘Italian Alders’. Contact him for details and to have a look at it.
Errol Udy, 80 Lorne Street, Morrinsville (former club member). Phone (07) 889-5309. Swamp Kauri – small blocks, 12 inches square x 4 inches thick, $20 each. Large blocks 12-24 inches square x 4 inches thick, price negotiable. He has some very nice pieces of flame Kauri he wishes to get rid of it

HAND TOOL HOUSE. 25 Somerset Street, Frankton
Ph 847-4994. Mark & Raewyn Wolfe 021-1880-336

New TE AWAMUTU store
Operating under the name of TE AWAMUTU ENGINEERING SUPPLIES, from 80 Market Street, TA. Phone (07) 871-4949.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS: Number 221 - February 2010

2010-02-03T22:10:00.004+13:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245
Guild Blog: http://waikatowood.blogspot.com

FEBRUARY TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 16 February, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers' Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo: Fred Irvine - long hole boring
Meeting speaker On abrasives
Project Display item: Your latest work and challenges.
Homeshow items: Keep making small items
Sat. Chat & Turn: None. Replaced by Hall Cleanup on Saturday 13 Feb.

SUBSCRIPTIONS - Now due

Full membership: - $50. Reduced to $45 if paid before end of February.
New members joining after 1 April 2010: - $25
Partners of members: - $12.50 Youth & students: - $25.

COMING EVENTS

March 12-14 (Fri to Sun). Taupo Jamboree (see below)
March 24 (Weds): Shane Hewitt demo. 9-4pm.
March 27 (Sat). Scroll Saw Day. Tauranga. (See below)
April 1-5 (Thurs to Mon). Royal Easter Show, Auckland.
April 24 (Sat): Ian Fish Open Day at S Auckland club. Demos.
July 10 (Sat): Treeworkx Open Day, Matamata 9am-2.30pm

Check the NAW website for details http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

HALL CLEANING DAY Sat 13th
Come along with some cleaning gear - (with long handles) to help give the hall a clean up. It's not a big job if we get a lot of support - the best part is the morning tea and chat. Don't miss that part.

LAKE TAUPO WOODTURNING JAMBOREE
To be held at the Spa Hotel, Taupo.
Contact Robbie Graham on (07) 377-0469 or email Robbie on Robbie@wildwoodgallery.co.nz. They have 50 people already registered and the cut off date of registrations is Friday 19 February.

TAURANGA SCROLL SAWING DAY
The Tauranga Woodcrafters Club is holding a full day scroll saw workshop with Jacob van Holzen and Barry Kenworthy on Sat 27 March. Cost is $15 per person which includes materials, morning and afternoon tea and lunch.

Bring your own scroll saw if possible. For further information, contact Laureen Tubby, Phone (07) 572-0104. Email ltubby@xtra.co.nz
What a great opportunity to get some tuition from the very best in the business - and what value for money. Tell Paul Dangerfield if you want to go because we may be able to organise co-operative transport.

TURNING CLASSES FOR 2010
The good news is that the course starting on Tuesday 9 Feb is full! So if you have come across anyone interested, in learning the basic skills, tell them to book in for the next course which will follow this one if we get enough interest.

WINTEC TURNING CLASSES
Fred Irvine has organised a group to help him carry on with his classes, so get details from Fred on (07) 849-9055.

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything.

Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
Jim Kyle. Ryobi electric chainsaw. Good order
Bill van den Berg wants to sell his Wadkin lathe, various tools and accessories. All in perfect order. Contact Bill on (07) 854-5637
From Clive Dyson: One little Ryobe bandsaw $75.00, one 18" Dyco bandsaw $600.00, One Ryobe 14" scroll saw $100.00. One set of Cole jaws - offers.
Loma Reid is looking for some nice swamp kauri 12 inches square and about 4-6 inches thick. No cracks.
Adrian Koppens (cakoppens@xtra.co.nz) 30 Peacockes Lane, Phone 843-7230 has cut down some 'Italian Alders'. Contact him for details and to have a look at it.
Errol Udy, 80 Lorne Street, Morrinsville (former club member). Phone (07) 889-5309. Swamp Kauri - small blocks, 12 inches square x 4 inches thick, $20 each. Large blocks 12-24 inches square x 4 inches thick, price negotiable. He has some very nice pieces of flame Kauri he wishes to get rid of it

SORBY TOOLS
Since the closure of The Woodturning Shop in Paraparuma there has been nowhere in New Zealand to purchase Robert Sorby tools. Turners can:

Buy online at www.thewoodsmith.com.au in Australia
Buy online from our sister company in the UK www.turners-retreat.co.uk

Barbed wire tree protection - Dairy farmer's bright idea

2010-01-13T22:56:00.005+13:00

By Clive Dalton

After helping a friend fell a large Sycamore on his farmlet, we started to cut through the trunk to get 350mm logs to then cut into slabs for turning. The tree from roughly counting the rings was over 40 years old.

With the first cut, we heard the familiar sound of the chain 'chattering' which usually means that there's something nasty inside - inevitably metal. Often this will throw the chain or worse maybe break it. Fortunately this didn't happen.

So moving along the log another 350mm we had another go with the blunt chain, and there it was again - more juddering. This time the chain emerged very blunt but thankfully still intact.

After a brief rub with the file, we went futher along the trunk and couldn't believe it when the same happened again. By this time our old brains had worked out that whatever it was must be going UP the tree! How could that be? Normally things like ingrown nails, staples and the like don't keep repeating.

On the cut surface of each log, there wasn't much to see - only two small wires close together in the middle of the tree about 8 rings out from the centre.

It wasn't until the logs were split and that central core dissected with the axe, that all was revealed. When the tree was not much more than a sapling, some bright farmer (we knew the land had been an old post-WWII dairy farm) must have got fed up with his cattle rubbing on the tree, and wrapped some barbed wire around the trunk to keep them off. That explained why the wire appeared at different places on each cut surface!

So I turned a rough plinth from the offending piece and would love to find some of his descendants for a presentation.

Barbed wire grown into tree 40 years ago

Preparing logs for turning

2010-01-04T20:20:00.000+13:00

By Clive Dalton

Once word gets around that you turn wood, offers of trees, both standing and cut up will appear regularly - often far too regularly in the opinion of family members. It's dangerous to befriend an arborist and turn them a few bowls in return for wood, as you'll come home to find monstrous heaps of wood on your front lawn needing to be 'dealt to'.

Points to consider
* Don't volunteer to cut down trees for friends or neighbours where they are large, or where there is any risk of them falling and causing damage. You will not be insured for any damage caused.

* Don't go near a chainsaw unless you have full protective gear for hands, head, face, legs and feet! If you do - then you are an idiot, and don't deserve the medical costs you will very soon cause the rest of us to pay for.

* Noise for neighbours. If you have to cut up a large heap of wood in your town section, in this day and age, the chances are high that you will get complaints from neighbours who may be on shift work or have small children that are trying to sleep.

* An electric chainsaw is ideal for low noise but hasn't enough power to cut large logs. So go to great lengths to process the wood where it has been cut down and leave all your noise and mess there.

* People regularly phone you after the arborists have been and have done a great job in cutting the tree up into small logs for easy splitting. This can have ruined some great timber - when you have a log of say 400+ mm diameter and it's been cut into 200mm long rings.

* You need to get to the arborists before the logs are cut and give them clear instructions. They are generally more than happy to co-operate.

* Seeing logs on the roadside or in a public park and planning to call later to pick up one or two. Don't! Ask permission and take some logs there and then as they'll be gone when you get back.

* Old trees in gardens. Chainsaws are good at finding pieces of metal of all descriptions in old trees. So when offered old trees in old gardens, ask the person if they can remember if there was ever a tree hut up it, or washing line attached. If the tenants are new, the tree may not be worth the risk unless you can borrow a metal detector and they may not be 100% reliable.

* Trees washed up on beaches are always scoured by sand into a grey colour so the wood is usually difficult to identify form pocket knife slivers. They are not a good prospect if you value your chainsaw. To move them off the beach for high-pressure hosing usually requires machinery - the minimum being a tractor and bucket or fork lift.

Cutting up a log
1. Lay the cut log on it's side on a solid piece of wood - not on the soil. Mark with chalk where you are going to cut it.

2. Block it so it doesn't rock and roll while cutting.

3. Put the first cut in down the length of the log - so it goes right through the pith (or the small central cracks that appear as soon as the log is cut).

4. Do not cut the log right through.

5. Then put a cut down the length of the log on either side of the central cut. The thickness depends on the size of the bowl or platter you wan to make. 100mm is a good size.

6. Do not cut the sides cuts right through.

7. When happy with the job, cut off the side slabs and leave the central cut till last.

8. You want these 'slabs' with the grain going along them, and not 'rings' cut across the log where you have to turn into end grain.

Further processing

Mark out a circle (using a template as it's quickest) making sure to mark the centre well.

Cut off the corners with chainsaw - taking care to hold the slab firmly and safely. Or you can use a bandsaw which is generally safer.

Wavy-edged bowls
Use the template to mark out the circle on the curved surface. Run the bandsaw blade around the template to produce a circle on the log slice.

Giving instructions over the phone
Giving the above instructions over the phone can be surprisingly difficult because most folk don't know what you mean by a 'slab' or a 'round'.
The best way out of this is to tell the people to leave the log in metre lengths for you to cut up.

Newsletter Number 220: January 2010

2010-01-04T20:12:00.003+13:00

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS
Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.
January 2010

JANUARY TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 19 January, 7pm
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers' Hall, Storey Avenue, Te Rapa, Hamilton
Monthly raffle: Prize of $50 voucher kindly donated by HAND TOOL HOUSE.
Pre-Meeting event: Chevpac machinery will have a stall of surplus tools. Bring cash.
Meeting speaker: Club members' chat. Richard Graney's Galapagos photos.
Project display: Your latest work/challenge
Saturday Chat & Turn: None this month

SUBCRIPTIONS - now due

Full annual membership: $50
New members joining after 1 April: $25
Partners of members: $12.50
Youth and student membership: $25

SPEAKERS FOR 2010
Think about this and let Paul Dangerfield have your suggestions. Keep your eyes and ears open in your travels for interesting subjects and speakers. Speakers don't just appear out of the air - somebody has to find them.

TURNERS WORTH A GOOGLE

Les Thorne (UK)
Jimmy Clews (UK)

CLASSES FOR 2010
Proposed next course - provided we (ie YOU) can find some students.
They run from 7pm to 9pm with a planned programme and cost a year's club membership.

Class 1 - Tuesday 9 Feb
Class 2 - Tuesday 23 Feb
Class 3 - Tuesday 9 March
Class 4 - Tuesday 23 March
Class 5 - Tuesday 3 April
Class 6 - Tuesday 27 April

FOR SALE, DISPOSAL, DONATION, AUCTION - OR WANTED

Sanding sealer - $6/bottle at club
Bill van den Berg. Complete dispersal of his two lathes and all gear. Contact Bill on (07) 854-5637.
Clive Dyson: One small Ryobi bandsaw - $75. One 18 inch Dyco bandsaw - $600. One Ryobi 14 inch scroll saw - $100. One set of Coles jaws - offers.
Wood? Anybody short of wood? Let Clive Dalton know.

Waikato Guild of Woodworkers' Inc. 2009 Annual Report.

2009-11-19T12:35:00.001+13:00

By President Barry Prior

Another year has gone and I have pleasure in presenting my second and final report on the activities of the guild for the year.

This is an active organisation, with very well attended monthly meetings entertained by a range of speakers and demonstrators on a variety of subjects, not only on 'woody' matters. Members will remember the night we learned from a blacksmith who brought his own gas powered portable furnace to help demonstrate his art.

Our membership continues, as it has for many years now, to maintain strength in the mid seventies (numbers not age!) but this year we record with sorrow the passing of two of our real old characters in Life Member Wilf Develin, and keen supporter Doug Herbison, both of whom contributed greatly in their own way to the success of the Guild.

The annual programme includes a popular pre-meeting demonstration on some aspect of woodcraft, guild-organized day trips to out-of-Hamilton functions, with transport arranged and operated by the very versatile Jim Kyle. We also have had Saturday morning 'Chat & Turn or Carve' sessions and a successful series of training classes for new entrants to the craft. These training classes provide an introduction to turning and carving and of course to continuing membership of the Guild.

Our members continue to produce some outstanding work, as evidenced by the various displays arranged during the year at the Hamilton Artspost, the National Woodskills Festival at Kawerau, the Waikato Home and Garden Show in Hamilton, and entries in the National Association of Woodworkers' magazine 'Creative Wood' for their quarterly competition.

Successes were achieved by Roger Dean with a Highly Commended carving at Kawerau, Clive Dalton and John Gibb winning the Treeworkx prize in Creative Wood with Arthur Bayliss having his entry featured on the cover of that magazine.

The National Association of Woodworkers is a growing influence and deserves our support for their excellent magazine, national group insurance, and country-wide tours by expert demonstrators. We were pleased to welcome at our last meeting Jeff Addison who is the NAW liaison officer for our district.

The NAW flow is not only one way, as our very active Patron, Fred Irvine has for the past two years conducted the National Ornamental Turning course , using our workshop facilities to extend the knowledge of the selected participants.

The now well- appointed workshop is well used for training classes, club projects on Saturday mornings, and regular carving nights.

Our hall is also an important community asset and a glance at the booking diary will show very few days not mrarke off for some activity, which also helps our financial state. This year we renewed part of the roof which chose to fail and allow a major leak on the first day of Fred's ornamental turning course.

Early in the year, after a review, we registered a new constitution to change our balance date to make the winding-up provisions acceptable to IRD so that we could be classified as a non-profit organisation.

Our Christmas luncheon last year was held at our home, rather than at the hall, and as it seemed successful, we have offered to provide the same again. Details are in the Newsletter.

Many thanks to our very willing and effective committee members who have made my job very easy. Ideas flow and action is volunteered willingly. Our newsletter, and Blog were well produced by Clive Dalton as a regular communication with all members, as are his frequent emails.

Secretary Paul Dangerfield and Treasurer Richard Graney have both carried out their important duties with pleasant efficiency, which is certainly appreciated. The annual accounts will show that we have had another good year, and here I extend thanks to our auditor Ian Henson for his prompt and willing service.

The Guild s also fortunate to have as generous sponsors, Hand Tool House (monthly raffle prizes) and Turning Tools Ltd and a welcome grant from Trust Waikato.

THE FUTURE: We need to recognise our involvement with the Home Show and investigate alternative ways to display our work to the public. The show has been a good and the management very helpful, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to set up and staff the unit for four full days.

Our committee must attract new members to maintain a flow of office holders. A two-year term has been established for President, and hopefully this will be continued to keep up the momentum in Guild activity.

I have enjoyed my time in office, 'doing my bit', as I believe strongly that membership of a voluntary organisation should also involve a willingness to take some part in the administration or conduct of the affairs and not leave it to the other 'somebody'. This particular group is a lot of fun when you do get involved, and I hope that my contribution, made with the welcome and necessary support of my wife Jan, has been of some value.

My very best wishes go to the incoming officers and committee for a memorable 2010.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

2009-11-03T22:14:00.004+13:00

Number 219 - November 2009
Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245

NOVEMBER TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: AGM: Tuesday, 17 November 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers' Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE.
Pre-meeting Demo: None.
Meeting speaker: Special "Mystery Speaker and Mystery Subject!
Project Display item: Your best work for the year.
Sat. Chat & Turn: Saturday 7 November, 9am-noon.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 17 November
This is the highlight of our year, and members are invited to bring their partners along with some of the art and crafts that they have been involved with during the year.
It's also time for the election of officers for 2010.
AGM supper: Can you bring a plate.

We also want to hear from anyone who has suggestions for future speakers.

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have any items. Get into your workshop and have that clean out that you have been planning for the last ten years! Who needs wood?

Sanding sealer at the club for $6/bottle.
Rob Grant has ash branches for disposal (Free). Phone (07) 856-2016.
Brett Anderson, 753B Gordonton Road, has slabs of Swamp kauri, Macrocarpa, Matai, Kauri, and Oak (very big bits). Presumably he wants to sell it. Phone (07) 824-2289.
Ray Irving has a dust extractor for sale. (07)828-5871
Dowelling in Hamilton is half the price at David's Emporium compared to other shops. It seems to be very similar quality.
Jim Kyle has an electric chainsaw (Ryobi) for $70. Bargain. Also two angle-poise lamps.
Liquid amber timber -large tree to be cut down in the next month. Contact Barry Prior (07) 849-2714.
Learned via disaster: Only use spirit-based polyurethane with spirit based stains and water based polyurethane with water-based stains.

DIGITAL CAMERAS (Clive Dalton)
Andy Clark and I had a session with his new camera and it's clear that one-to-one sessions are best, rather than in a group. We had coffee and apple turnovers at the Wild Bean, sorted out how the camera worked, took some pics of Club items, and then went to the Base to print them off on the fancy machine - at the cheapest price of course! He's off and running now. Let me know if you are stuck with your digital camera.

WOODTURNING CLASSES 2010
The 2009 classes have been very successful from the students' feedback and we will run one more series in 2010 at the dates below and then review developments. We are going to run a roster system as done for the Home Show, so we get a firm commitment from members willing to help, and so we don't overload the regulars. Many thanks to all those we helped out on 2009 and welcome to our new members who joined via the course.

Objective: To introduce students to the basic skills of the art and craft of woodturning
Course 1 2010
Class 1 - Tuesday 9 February
Class 2 - Tuesday 23 February
Class 3 - Tuesday 9 March
Class 4 - Tuesday 23 March
Class 5 - Tuesday 13 April
Class 6 - Tuesday 27 April

Finding students: If you know of anyone who would be interested in coming along, then let Paul Dangerfield know soon. If you think the classes are a good idea and should be saved, then volunteer to help.

WOOD MILLING. From Denis Hocking, Farm Forester. Country Wide Oct 09.

Logs are biological items and not homogeneous cylinders. Today's millers are experienced with soft woods (pine, macrocarpa and Douglas fir) and not with hardwoods (eucalypts, poplars, beech etc). Things vary greatly between the tree's central pith and the cambium (the live layer under the bark) where the wood and bark cells form. Macrocarpa and other cypresses are uniform across this radius but radiata varies greatly in density, stiffness and stability as you move from pith to 12th to 15th ring where properties tend to stabilize.

Most problematic is spiral grain where cells in these first growth rings are laid down in a spiral pattern, resulting in twisted boards and unstable timber from young trees. If you want stable pine, look at the growth rings on the end of the board to ensure it has not been cut from juvenile trees. Compression wood where cells have been squashed is the other problem with pine and other soft woods. It's usually darker in appearance and when drying shrinks longitudinally and is brittle and prone to fracture in use. Generally seen in leaning trees, it can also occur in very fast grown pines for unknown reasons.

Hardwoods, especially eucalypts have growth stresses too. In most hardwoods freshly formed wood cells shrink as they move from cambium into sapwood, so the outer wood of the trunk is under tension and to balance this the central pith area is under compression. Think of a pre-stressed concrete beam in reverse. The smaller the log diameter, the steeper this tension/compression gradient, and the more dramatic the consequences.

Cut through a small eucalypt log and the ends are likely to split in two ways and open up. Similarly when sawn longitudinally the two halves will pull back into bananas. Wood shrinks when it dries, but again hardwoods tend to shrink more than softwoods. It seems ironic but denser woods generally shrink more than lighter woods. This is because shrinkage only occurs after water in the cell cavities has been removed and the cell walls start to dry.

The thicker the cell wall, the denser the wood and greater propensity to shrink. Woods shrink more tangentially (parallel to the growth rings) than radially, and only compression wood shrinks longitudinally. So checking (cracking) tends to be more radially than tangentially. This means that you get more stable lumber when logs, especially hardwoods, are quarter sawn rather than flat sawn.

With quarter sawn, the face is at right angles to the growth rings. With flat sawn the face is parallel to the growth rings. Inevitably, many boards are intermediate. In drying you can also get collapse or 'washerboard' or corrugated surfaces, most commonly seen in certain eucalypts e.g. E. regnans and some softwoods. It's related to the fault of 'internal checking' where wood splits on the inside. So if you are milling logs, make sure the sawmiller know understands these issues as not all do, and if milling eucalypts, make sure you know the species.

Sycamore or Green maple

2009-10-05T22:05:00.011+13:00

Notes from H.L. Edlin. British woodland trees 3^rd edition 1949.

Sycamore or Green maple (Acer pseudo-platanus)

German - Bergahorn; French - Erable; Welsh - Mawarnwydd Mwaf; Scots - Plane; Irish - Siccoamoir; Norwegan - Platanlon; Swedish - Lonn; Maori - Mamangi.

Aceraceae or Maple family.

The name Sycamore arises from confusion with ‘Sycamorus’, an Eastern fig tree; in America it signifies a species of Plane.Remarkable for it’s erect growth in the most exposed positions, the sycamore develops a stout bole or large size, topped by an interlaced network of stout angular branches. The sap especially in spring contains much sugar and is sweet to taste. Maple sugar is obtained from allied species in Canada. The sycamore’s main centre as a wild tree is in the mountains of Europe.

The sharp angle between the two winged seeds distinguishes the sycamore from allied species of Maple. The seeds are spread by wind and are usually borne in abundance every year.

Sycamore requires deep and fertile soils for growth of good timber and thrives in limestone soils. Drainage must be good. It can stand a considerable amount of shade when young and becomes storm firm with age. It is frost resistant and has few natural enemies. It is highly tolerant of town smoke and pollution which other trees will not survive.

Sycamore will coppice but the produce is not of much value. It is usually grown to large dimensions either in the open or in mixed plantation reaching 75 feet in 80 years.

The timber is attractive in appearance, white or creamy yellow in colour without distinct heartwood. It is hard and strong but perishable out of doors. It’s texture and appearance render it most suitable for kitchen utensils such as bowls, boards and table tops. Selected straight logs yield first class rollers for mangles and larger machinery, as the wood does not stain textiles. Its hardness and even grain, enabling it to be worked to a durable smooth surface are turned to account in the flooring of dance halls.

The furniture maker finds its colour of advantage in so far as it may readily be stained chemically to a wide range of colours. Exceptional logs develop a beautiful figure of circular zones around numerous minute pin knots. This is the ‘birds-eye maple’ and to make the best use of it, such logs are peeled or sliced as veneers.

In smaller sizes sycamore may be used for turnery, and is the favourite material of Welsh spoon carvers. It is very good firewood. Girths up to 18 feet occur.

Sycamore in New Zealand (DC Dalton comments).

Sycamores are often suggested as good shade trees, especially for cattle on farms and small blocks, as they have a good leaf canopy in summer and are deciduous in winter.

However it’s not a good idea to plant them as their masses of winged seeds spread long distances and germinate rapidly, becoming a pest in paddocks and areas of native trees. Growth of their young seedlings is not deterred by shade from other trees.

Sycamore seedlings in native bush - thriving in the shade

Sycamore seed also remains viable for many years based on experience where parent trees have been cut down over 10 years ago and seedlings are still appearing.

The seedlings grow rapidly in paddocks out in the open, and unless stock are made to graze hard, the seedlings will be ignored leaving deep tap roots to develop even further. After this stage, chemical spraying is needed to kill them.

Young one-year seedlings growing in paddock near cut-down parent tree

As a wood for New Zealand turners, it’s not of great interest unless there’s a special demand for white wood to colour. Carvers may find it of value for spoons. The market for mangle rollers described by Edlin is very limited today! If you can remember them, tell your grandchildren about ‘washing day’!

Right - one-year seedlings

Left - two-year seedlings

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS. October 2009

2009-09-19T23:33:00.005+12:00

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS
Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc
Number 218 - October 2009
Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245
Guild blog: http://waikatowood.blogspot.com

OCTOBER TIMETABLE
Monthly meeting: Tuesday 20 October 2009
Meetings held at : The Woodworkers' Hall, Storey Avenue, Te Rapa, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from sponsor HAND TOOL HOUSE.
Pre-meeting demon: None as Ian Fish will have his stall there.
Meeting speaker: Ian Fish.
Project display item: Your latest work.
Saturday Chat and Turn: Saturday 3 October, 9am - Noon.

Tuition
Classes: Tuesday 13 October and Tuesday 27 October (final). 7pm-9pm.
Carving nights: First and third Wednesdays at 7pm.

TE KOWHAI FESTIVAL
Roger Dean is taking the pole lathe. The event is on the village green on Saturday 10 Ocotober, 8.15am to 1pm. It promises to be a nice morning out in a great country venue. Clive Dyson will also have a stall. Stallholders are allowed to sell their wares.

SAD EVENT
We were sad to hear of the sudden death of Aileen Grant, Rob's wife of many years. Our sincere condolences go to Rob and the family. Rob says that the day before Aileen died, she was out instructing an arborist what she wanted with some ash trees. Aileen was of farming stock and certainly knew her sheep. She will be sadly missed by her human and animal family.

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION OR AUCTION

Sanding sealer for sale at the club for $6/bottle
Three workshop radios from Jim Kyle (07) 854-1992
Ash branches from Rob Grant (07) 856-2016
Who wants any wood? Contact Clive Dalton with details for circulation.

CONGRATULATIONS
To John Gibb for winning the Treeworkx prize for his soccer ball. And to Arthur Bayliss for getting his vase on the cover of the magazine. This is great publicity for the Guild and recognises the skills of our members.

ROB GRANT REPORTS
Members may be interested to know what has happened ot Triton, the Australian tool manufacturer. I have invested significantly in Triton gear and when I discovered by accident that they were out of business (taken over by GMC which then failed), I immediately tried to find a source of a pre-filter for my Triton respirator.

No luck at Bunnings locally, but the tools' manager emailed all Bunnings stores to enquire but with no luck. Carbatec Auckland's manager explained that a new owner has started manufacturing again and is expecting a container of stuff in about 6 weeks time or so. The respirator sets are big sellers he says ans expects the necessary parts to become available over time.
There is more detailed stuff on search through Google. In the woodworkforum search menu type "Triton". Apparently someone in Perth is selling from a stock of spare parts that he has.

WEBSITES OF INTEREST

http://thechamfer.blogspot.com
Centre for fine woodworking

SAFETY WITH DREMMEL - from Hugh Jones
After a recent experience with flying parts that came loose, hit the floor then ricoched and hit my specs, make sure the screw that expands in the rubber inside the sanding sleeve is tight. And wear a facemask!

OLD FACEMASKS
We have replaced our old model facemasks at the club with the new models sold by Protector Safety. Everyone should do the same. We gave our old ones to the Men's Shed for general use.

PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR WORK
In our session on this subject at out last meeting we didn't have time to cover all aspects. If you have any questions at any time, then contact Clive Dalton and he can get the answers for you from his mates in the business.
If you still have a film camera, give it to a grandchild as an heirloom or use it as a sinker. Buy a digital - you can get all you want and more for $200-$300. If confused, contact Clive before you spend any money.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS September 2009

2009-08-20T21:38:00.005+12:00

WOODCHIPS and SHAVINGS

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc

Number 217 - September 20009

Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245
Blog: (http://waikatowood.blogspot.com)

SEPTEMBER TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 15 September 2009

Meetings held at: The Woodworkers' Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton

Monthly raffle: Bring $2 for prize of $50 donated by HAND TOOL HOUSE

Pre-meeting demo: TBA

Meeting speaker: Barry Wylde - Photographing your work

Homeshow items: NOTE - there's only one month left so keep working.

Sat Chat and Turn: Saturday 5 September, 9-Noon.

Tuition classes: Tuesday 8 Sept and Tuesday 22 September. 7pm - 9pm.

WAIKATO HOME SHOW

You'll see from the diary that we are performing at this event again. It's a very important event for us and we rely on everyone helping. The regular workers are a year older so can you check the roster and make a contribution. This is your opportunity to repay the club for the benefits you get during the year - AND sell some of your work.

ROGER DEAN'S PIMPLE DEMO

At the August meeting, Roger showed how to make pimples on a turned vessel. Derek Kerwood was the first to show this years ago on a vessel he entered in the Putaruru Wood Festival. It blew us all away. It's a very interesting trick - you bask a hole in the wood with a bolt or large nail, turn a bit more wood off the surface and then dunk the piece in water for a while. The bashed wood expands and comes out as pimples. If you want even pimples you need to make the holes all the same depth.

SEPTEMBER MEETING

Don't miss this as photographer Barry Wylde is coming to talk on how to photograph your work. This is a good idea for many reasons. A key part of his talk will be to make sure you know what the buttons are on your digital camera and what they do. SO bring your camera, and if your partner takes pics, then bring them along too.

TUITION

Classes are going well but we could do with some support. We have a full class so come along and help with some one-to-one support for the students. Also always keep your ears open for anyone who may be interested in working with wood and tell them about the Guild and the classes.

RICHARD RAFFAN'S TALK

We have a minibus going so if you want to go - contact Paul Dangerfield this week as the money has to be in for the session. It's labour weekend.

INVITATION

Jerry Bolton who amazed us at the August meeting with his models of aerobatic aircraft and furniture for dolls houses has invited anyone interested to visit him at Morrinsville. His dolls house was too big to bring. Jerry has been a regular competitor at Kawerau.

ITEMS WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION

Richard Graney will organise a supply of Lacquer if there is sufficient interest. This is a clear, very hard lacquer - quick to apply and easy to use. We will sell it in 500ml bottles. The manufacturer says it has a shelf life of 12 months. Please ring Richard (07 8299907) or email rdg@xtra.co.nz if you are interested.
Rob Gilroy has a supply of Apricot and Camellia wood for removal- ph 07 823-3271
Jim Kyle has 3 workshop radios for sale. Prices that would thrill a Scotsman! Phone 854-1992

RADIO INTERFERENCE
Ian Fish reports that the old model DVRs don't have a suppressor built in. The new DVR XP has a built in suppressor. Suppressors are very hard to get hold of Ian says.

TURN IN DAY
We want to have another club day like the one we had last year when we made the wee chairs. If you have any suggestions for such a day, then let Barry Prior know.

2009-07-29T17:43:00.003+12:00

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS
Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.
Number 216 – August 2009
Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245
Guild Blog:

AUGUST TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 18 August, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE.
Pre-meeting Demo TBA
Meeting speaker Barry Wylde – Photographing your work.
Project Display item: Your latest work.
Homeshow items: It’s time you got working seriously on items for this.
Sat Chat & Turn Saturday 1 August, 9am-noon.

Workshop/Tuition

Saturday 4 July Turn small items for Homeshow
Classes: NEW SESSION: Tuesday 11 Aug & Tuesday 18 at 7-9pm.
Carving nights: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 7pm.

SAD LOSS – WILF DEVELIN
We were all very sad to hear of Wilf’s passing on 28 July. But after a severe stroke it was nice that he didn’t have to suffer what is often a traumatic experience of trying to achieve some kind of recovery.
The Waikato Guild owes Wilf and Edna a huge debt, because without their combined efforts, we would not have the hall and the great facilities we enjoy today. Our sincere condolences go to Edna and the family. Here’s a profile I did some years ago. (Clive Dalton).
Seven members attended Wilf's funeral on Friday 31 July in Auckland to show respect for what both he and Edna did for the Guild.

Wilf Develin
Wilf was born in 1922 a small mining village on the borders of Nottingham and Derbyshire when coal was king and before Maggie Thatcher killed the industry. He went to a Church school and was a keen soccer player as a lad. These were the days before TV, videos and play stations and foreigners with weird names playing for British soccer clubs! There were always plenty of local lads with potential like Wilf to keep an eye on, as they spent all their spare time kicking an old ball around.
On leaving school Wilf started an apprenticeship in a joinery shop and then moved to a small country firm to get more experience with hand tools and furniture making. He covered all aspects of the trade, spending time in each section of the business and developing a very wide range of skills. It was the days before specialists and automation.
Wilf joined the regular army in 1941 in the Grenadier Guards landing in Normandy on D-Day + 4. He was at the disaster of Arnhem – the bridge too far, and did service in Germany before ending up in Belgium on security duties
After collecting his demob suit and trilby hat, and the King’s grateful thanks, he returned to the building trade as foreman on various building projects. He wisely married Edna in 1948 and they came to NZ in 1962 with two daughters.
Soon after this he used to proudly tell us that ‘he went to prison’ to become a Trade Instructor, first at Mount Eden and then at Waikeria where he set up a workshop making furniture and furnishings for government departments.
He “retired” in 1982 to Whangamata and came to Hamilton in 1988 and was one of the Guild’s foundation members. He served as President during the challenging years of getting the Hall fixed up and then helped the Guild consolidate in the Vice President’s role for many following years. We all missed his wide experience and offers of help for anyone with a woodworking problem when he and Edna moved to Auckland to be near family.

AUGUST MEETING
Bring your camera – find out what all the buttons are and how to use it. DON’T MISS THIS!

TUITION
The first class of the third and final session for the year starts on 11 August. Numbers look good but still tell anyone interested about them. They can come to the first session as a taster at no charge.

KAWERAU FESTIVAL
Roger Dean is going over to Kawerau and he has kindly offered to take any items members may plan to enter. He will also bring them back for you. Contact Roger on (07) 827-0606.

RICHARD RAFFAN
There is clearly enough interest in this event to run a minibus, so let Paul Dangerfield know as soon as possible as he is taking names and collecting the money. Remember it’s Labour Weekend. Richard Raffan’s new book – is now in the Hamilton City Library. It’s superb!

WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything to get rid of. Get into your workshop and have that clean-out that you have been planning for the last ten years!
• Chevpac has a new load of genuine quality tools etc., that is well worth your inspection. Thanks to John, you won’t find anything anywhere better priced. He’s almost giving them away!
• Sanding sealer: There is plenty in the cupboard at $6/bottle.
• John Moody has some rewarewa planks on offer. Make cash offer to Club.

WATCH OUT FOR FLYING GOUGE TIPS
Fred Guyot reports that he nearly had a nasty accident when heating an old worm tip on a gauge to fit a new one. After heating for a while the end took off like a bullet and fortunately Fred was not in the direct firing line. Seems as if the heat affects the glue which then vapourises and the result gas blows the end off. The message is to heat the tip slowly and once you see it easing, then don't heat it any more. Be Warned!

WEBSITES
Seen any interesting woodworking sites you have come across.

TURN-IN DAY
We want to have another day like we had last year with a project (like the chairs). Has anyone got any ideas for this? Let Barry Prior know.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS: July 2009

2009-06-30T13:40:00.006+12:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

Number 215 – July 2009

Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245
Guild Blog:

JULY TIMETABLE
Monthly meeting: Tuesday 21 July, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo Clive Dyson on scoops and spurtles
Meeting speaker TBA. Probably speaker from St Johns
Project Display item: Item for Lounge or your latest work
Homeshow items: Key rings and keyring holders
Sat Chat & Turn Saturday 4 July, 9am-noon.
Workshop/Tuition
Saturday 4 July Turn small items for Homeshow (Keyrings)
Classes: Tuesday 14 July & Tuesday 28 at 7-9pm.
Carving nights: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 7pm.

TREEWORKX
We have a minibus going to this event, as well as some private cars. If you decide to go, then contact Jim Kyle, Paul Dangerfield or Barry Prior who may know who has spare seats in their car. Despite the risk of a wet cold day, this event is always a great day out and the hot soup and great company warms the cockles of your heart.

KAWERAU
Roger Dean is going over to Kawerau and he has kindly offered to take any items members may plan to enter. He will also bring them back for you. Contact Roger on (07) 827-0606.

ORNAMENTAL TURNERS’ VISIT

(L to R) Fred Irvine with Mac Dunane and Len Bacon

It was great to have Mac Duane and Len Bacon, both from the South Auckland club, to talk at our last meeting. They were the 2009 Ornamental Turning students on the NAW course held in our workshop and taught by Fred Irvine. Mac demonstrated his grinding jig he’s spent a few sleepless nights designing for easy use by club members. It was a large sanding disk with some simple wooden blocks to poke the tool through at the right angle to run on the disk. Len showed us his Rose Engine which was one of half a dozen a group on the SA club had made from plans in a magazine. It looked a bit ‘Heath Robinson” but had cost little and did the job perfectly. Mac and Len said anyone could contact the SA club for the plans and help to make one.

WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything to get rid of. Get into your workshop and have that clean-out that you have been planning for the last ten years!

Silver birch. Roy Thatcher has some logs, about 18 inches diameter from a tree just cut down. It has some dark heart wood in it and is not all pale white like birch usually is. Contact Clive Dalton.
Chevpac Machinery has a new load of genuine quality tools etc., that is well worth your inspection. Thanks to John, you won’t find anything anywhere better priced. He’s almost giving them away!
Sanding sealer: There is plenty in the cupboard at $6/bottle.
Bill van den Berg wants to sell his Wadkin lathe with all its accessories. This is wonderful opportunity for anyone who wants to start-up or upgrade. Contact Bill for further information. (07) 854-5637. As we all know, Bill is a perfectionist so all his gear is in excellent condition.

WEBSITES
Seen any interesting woodworking sites you have come across.

WAIKATO GUILD BLOG http://waikatowood.blogspot.com
Make sure you keep up to date with pieces that I keep adding to the gallery. Open it by double clicking on the picture at top left and keep scrolling down. If you have problems, let me know. (Clive Dalton)

BEST WISHES
Best wishes to Bill van den Berg, Dave Reece, Keith and Isobel Harry for rapid and positive recoveries.

TURN-OUT DAY
We want to have another day like we had last year with a project (like the chairs). Has anyone got any ideas for this? Let Barry Prior know.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc. Number 214 – June 2009

2009-06-02T22:20:00.002+12:00

Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245
Guild Blog:

JUNE TIMETABLE
    Monthly meeting:         Tuesday 16 June, 7 pm.
    Meetings held at:          The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
    Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
    Pre-meeting Demo        Clive Dyson on scoops and spurtles
    Meeting speaker           Gadgets & two visiting Ornamental Turners.
    Project Display item:    Item for bedroom!
    Homeshow items:       Christmas trees.
    Sat Chat & Turn           Saturday 6 June, 9am-noon.

Workshop/Tuition
    Saturday 6 June        Turn small items for Homeshow
    Classes:                    Tuesday 9 June & Tuesday 23 at 7-9pm.
    Carving nights:        1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 7pm.

GADGET EVENING
Bring any gadgets along that you use, and let us all see how they work. This has been a great success in past years, as we all learn something.

NEW CLASS STARTED
The second turning course has started and there are still two places left. So can you ask around to see if you know anyone who would like to have a go.

CONSTITUTION
The changes to our Constitution have now been finally approved.

WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything to get rid of. Get into your workshop and have a clean out! If you don’t somebody else will when you pass on and you may not be pleased with the result!

Thanks to Jim Kyle and Clive Dyson, Joy Hebison has got Doug’s gear disposed of, and she was very grateful for their help.

SHOPPING AROUND
Seen anything of interest lately? Tell Clive Dalton for the newsletter.

Superglue- I’m back to the $2 shop. I started off buying it from the $2 shop and got fed up as there seemed to be so little in each tube (when you got three for $2) as it started to dry up so fast once opened. Then I started buying bigger more expensive containers from other sources for about $20. This seemed great for a while, but then it too started to thicken and dry up after it was half used and air got into the container, even when kept in the frig.

So, I am back again buying from the $2 shop where you now get 6 tubes for $2, and I use the whole tube up on a job, not worrying if some is wasted. In winter it will keep in the shed, and you’ll get another squeeze from a tube. But always keep it in the frig.

Superglue stains in dark wood. Pouring superglue into cracks will inevitably overflow and stain dark woods (e.g. swamp kauri) and these are hard to sand out later when dry. After you have run excess glue into a crack, turn the lathe on straight away and sand it so some fine dust goes into the crack too, and there’s less chance of an ugly stain. BUT don’t stand in line of the rotating piece, and wear your mask as you don’t want any surplus glue in the face.

One club member tells me they buy the tubes and squeeze them into a larger container to get better value from the tubes. They tell me that the air in the tube is critical - you need air to stop the glue going hard. Once surfaces meet with no air present, then it will bond. Everybody says keeping it in the frig is essential.

Face masks. I continue to be delighted by the new face masks that Bruce Brody from Protector Safety showed us on his last visit. The bent shape of the visor is great, and I rarely have to clean dust off. So if you have an old mask, give it away and go and see Bruce with your membership card to get discount on the new model.
(Clive Dalton)

Sanding sealer: There is plenty in the cupboard at $6/bottle

WEBSITES
Seen any interesting woodworking sites you have come across.
Sanding tools

Guy Saddleton - Sales & Marketing Manager
guy@tandtdesign.com.au ph: 612 6655 0800 or mobile 61 0411 229 300
T&T Design Pty Ltd www.tandtdesign.com.au
PO Box 489 Bellingen NSW Australia 2454

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc. Number 213 – May 2009

2009-04-30T22:37:00.003+12:00

MAY TIMETABLE
Monthly meeting: Tuesday 19 May, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo Rex Hall - dremmel.
Meeting speaker John Vermeren – repairing clocks
Project Display item: Item for dining room
Homeshow items: Scoops & spurtles
Workshop/Tuition
Saturday 2 May Chat and fossick.
Classes: Tuesday 12 May & Tuesday 26 at 7-9pm
Carving nights: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 7pm.

SPECIAL NOTE
On Saturday morning (2nd May) we have assembled at the club things from the estate of the late Doug Herbison. Here’s a list of what there is.

Miscellaneous spanners
Allen keys
Drill bits
Files
Hitachi small drill
Measuring tapes – old
Truegrind sharpening jig (not used)
Work mate bench
Set squares and rulers
Dust masks
Oil stones
Grinding wheels
Nova chuck jaws
Wood vice
Hole saw
Orbital sander
Screwdrivers
Woodturning chisels/gauges
Screws, nuts and bolts
Jig saw
Mitre box and saw
Angle grinder
Fuller drill set
Teknatool 3000 lathe + chuck

NEW CLASS STARTING
The second turning course starts on 12 May.

Do some promotion for this by telling people what we do and sounding out anyone who may have an interest in wood. The cost is $45 which entitles them to a year’s membership of the club too.
Course 2
Class 1 - Tuesday 12 May
Class 2 – Tuesday 26 May
Class 3 – Tuesday 9 June
Class 4 – Tuesday 23 June
Class 5 – Tuesday 14 July
Class 6 – Tuesday 28 July

WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything to get rid of. Get into your workshop and have a clean out!
• Wanted by Kevin Ladbrook – Triton bevel ripping guide (Code BRA 200).
Phone (07) 843-5904

SHOPPING AROUND
Seen anything of interest lately? Tell Clive Dalton for the newsletter.

WEBSITES
Seen any interesting woodworking sites you have come across.

WAIKATO GUILD BLOG http://waikatowood.blogspot.com
Make sure you keep up to date with pieces that I keep adding to the gallery. Open it by double clicking on the picture at top left and keep scrolling down. If you have problems, let me know. (Clive Dalton)

OBITUARY
Members who remember Bob McCaughan will be sad to hear that he has just passed away. He was a Guild member for many years. He had just had a stroke but had recovered well, his son Tom tells me. But he had to go back into hospital and passed away there. Bob was wonderful company – and we always enjoyed his Irish sense of humour. He was an expert at building and restoring furniture.

I once showed him a picture of a 16th Century sideboard – a wonderful rugged and simple bit of furniture made with no nails. Before long I got a call from him – he had made a perfect replica of it! It was a wonderful piece. Our condolences go to his family which he brought from the Emerald Isle to farm in New Zealand.

Book Review by Ray Buckmaster

2009-03-28T19:43:00.007+13:00

BOOK REVIEW:
MAKE YOUR OWN WOODWORKING TOOLS
By Mike Burton
Fox Chapel Publications

ISBN: 13:978-156523-306-5
Cost: $19.95 US.

If you have the Kiwi No. 8 wire approach to life this could be the book for you. Mike Burton has been making his own turning and carving tools for fifty years. He explains how in an easy to understand manner and with a gentle humour. The text is richly illustrated with “how to” pictures.

Turning and carving tools can approach, and sometimes exceed, $100/item. Just to get a taste of carving can involve a major expenditure. Cheap tools are available but they are unsatisfactory and do not bring a feeling of satisfaction.

How do you manage to experience this important area of wood skills without a major outlay, using high quality tools and without feeling that you are committed for a period regardless of whether you enjoy the experience or not?

This book could answer this question and consequently increase the number of individuals following this ancient and uniquely creative craft. My experience could be of interest. I am a carver and I intended to be overseas for a couple of months. I didn’t want to be away from carving for that long.

However I was also reluctant to see my precious tools disappear into the limbo of some foreign airports baggage system! I needed an inexpensive but good second set. Second hand tools are of good quality but now there is keen competition for them. They are sought by artisans and also antique dealers and are consequently expensive.

This book turned a problem into a challenge. It was a challenge that resulted in a big reward in both experience and end product. I now have a second set of good quality tools that take and hold a keen edge. There are some in patterns that I needed but could not afford before. Some I use in preference to my more expensive set. These tools are not perfect and I will do better next time as a result of my experiences. However the quality is there.

There are a number of metal stocks that you can source. The drill rod mentioned seems to be what we would know as silver steel. It is available locally but must be pre ordered. I have used spade end bits as stock. They have the advantage of being pre flattened. You do need to cut the end off below the hanging hole before working on them. The shaft is also well shaped to fit into a handle without twisting under use.

I suspect that they are high speed steel of some kind but you can buy a set in different sizes for less than $1.00 an item. As for cost, I had to buy a few tools and an M.A.P.P. gas burner and, of course this book. Setting that aside, and including the cost of gas each carving tool cost around $2.00. Then, of course, there is the joy of turning handles!

For the wood turner there is much of value. Turning tools are more robust and the metal stock requires more heat than the MAPP burner can produce. Mr. Burton tells us how to make a simple forge using everyday items like old woks and plumbing fittings. You will then be able to make a good range of turning gouges.

Much of the publication is related to working metal by blacksmithing and non- blacksmithing means. The topics covered include, raw materials, appropriate equipment, safety, heat treatment, tempering, handle turning and a number of step by step projects. A more comprehensive account of chapter contents is available on the Amazon website.

There is more however than the working of metal. Turners need face shields and there is an excellent guide to their manufacture. A small warning here. There is a requirement for the use of a domestic oven over a fair period just as there is for one of the tempering processes. Some prior negotiations may be required before attempting this at home! Also shown is a simple stropping machine, various modifications for routers and a few other gadgets.

As a person with short arms and long pockets I can recommend this book. It will pay for itself time and again.

Waikato Woodworkers' Guild: Homeshow ideas

2009-03-28T16:01:00.006+13:00

Recycle your old coffee jars

Idea for $2 stall at Homeshow

Many of us find it a waste throwing out those nice little coffee jars for recycling. I'm sure may folk would find a use for them, if it wasn't for that stopper with the plastic lining to ensure a tight fit. It's deliberately hard to open and close to keep it airtight.

Why not turn a wooden stopper and we could sell them on our $2 stall at the Homeshow. They are very simple to make and if done in some nice figured wood could be very attractive. Could be useful for a range of things like tea bags - and loose change!

Clive Dalton

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS - Number 212 – April 2009

2009-03-25T23:13:00.005+13:00

Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245
Guild blog:

APRIL TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 21 April, 7 pm.

Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.

Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE

Pre-meeting Demo Clive Dalton’s finishing tool.

Meeting speaker Darby West on artistic blacksmithing (plus demo)

Project Display item: More eggs & egg cups for Easter

Homeshow items: Tops Tops Tops

Workshop/Tuition
Saturday 4 April Chat & Turn (Grinding tools) – bring some along
Classes: Tuesday 14 April & Tuesday 28 at 7-9pm
Carving nights: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 7pm.

CHANGES TO CONSTITUTION
The first item on the agenda at the next monthly meeting will be a ‘Special General Meeting’ to deal with changes to the Constitution.

WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything to get rid of. Get into your workshop and have a clean out!

SHOPPING AROUND
Seen anything of interest lately? Tell Clive Dalton for the newsletter.

WEBSITES
Let Clive Dalton know of any interesting sites you have come across lately - on woodworking!

WAIKATO GUILD BLOG
Make sure you keep up to date with pieces that I keep adding to the Gallery. Open it by double clicking on the vase at top left and keep scrolling down. If you have problems, let me know.
(Clive Dalton)

SPONSORS
Please make sure you support out sponsors

WGW Newsletter No 211. March 2009

2009-03-05T21:25:00.004+13:00

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS
Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.

Number 211 – March 2009

Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245
Guild blog:

MARCH TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 17 March, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Guest speaker TBA
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo Tool sharpening by Jim Kyle
Project Display item: Easter eggs, all shapes, sizes and woods
$1/$2 Homeshow table Eggs from the Monthly project

Note: To get items to sell at the Homeshow, we will start early this year, like right now, to make items each month. So make plenty of eggs for the Project Display as it’s Easter, and donate some or all for the Table. The Lucky Dip was a dead duck, but the Table was a roaring success. So give this your support.

CHANGES TO CONSTITUTION
Paul Dangerfield has led a subgroup of the committee to look at the Constitution and it’s looking pretty tidy. There will be a “Special General Meeting” on April 21 (before the normal monthly meeting) to ratify the changes. These will be fully explained at that meeting.

ARTSPOST SUCCESS
Seven items were sold, some going overseas which is great. Members in the money are Warwick Halse, Adrian van Rijen, Paul Dangerfield, Leen Lokum, Jim Kyle, Rex Hall and Clive Dalton. The commission will pay the rent so we owe them nothing. We will plan to repeat the exercise again next year at the same time. Thanks to Marion Manson and staff at Artspost for all their work on our behalf. The way things are displayed is critical.

TUITION PROGRAMME
This has started and is going well. We are having “Course Directors” for each course, and Paul Dangerfield is doing the first one. The job is to make sure things happen and get members to contribute their particular skills for certain classes. This will spread the work load. So be prepared to be asked to help at individual classes.

Keep an ear/eye open for anyone interested in wood and who may want to start turning. They can sign up for the next courses.
• Course 2 starts on Tuesday 12 May for six sessions ending on 28 July
• Course 3 starts on Tuesday 11 August for six sessions ending on 27 September
The Cost is $45 which entitles the student to be a fully paid up member of the club

VISIT TO TURNING TOOLS OPEN DAY
Eleven of us went up to this on February 28 and it was a very worthwhile trip. There were two good demonstrators (Robbie Graham an artistic turner from Taupo, and Shane Hewitt from Whangarei), along with heaps of great hospitality from the South Auckland team. Ian Fish had a great stall with all his goodies and Woodcut was also there. We will get the new owner of Woodcut down to the Guild sometime after July.
Don’t miss any future events like this, and support the bus going up. Thanks to Jim Kyle for organising transport and safe conveyance there and back.

SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2009
If you have not paid, then it’s now $50.

WORKSHOP ROOF
We are now watertight in the workshop - the recent heavy rain proved this. So the grant we got of $1000 has been well spent and has covered most of the cost.

GIFTS FOR SPEAKERS
Could make a thank-you gift for the speakers this coming year. Give it to Barry Prior for safekeeping.

SUGGESTED SPEAKERS
Can you put your thinking caps on and let Barry Prior or Paul Dangerfield know if you have any special interests for speakers or subjects to cover in the coming year. Subjects can be wide ranging, as long as they have some association with our members or general activities. Don’t leave it all to the committee – they would appreciate your input.

SHOPPING AROUND
Seen anything of interest lately? Tell Clive Dalton for the newsletter.
1. Chevpac
John has made another raid on the Company’s Auckland store room and has brought back a bench full of gear. Joiners chisels galore for $25, Big Bertha skew chisels and scrapers for $40, very handy wood rasps for $13, Stanley planes for $125, a chuck set – and so much I couldn’t get all the details down. Get along for a browse. Oh, and I see among the stuff not priced is a long boring tool.
Contact: John Welsford, Chevpac Machinery, King Street, Frankton.(07) 8473559

2. GP Sawdoctors Ltd, East Tamaki, Auckland. Barry Harding.
21A Andromeda Crescent, East Tamaki, Auckland, Phone (09)274-1700
Email is
Of special interest to woodturners is our ‘extra-set’ blades which have proved to give better results on cutting large blanks in either wet or dry wood. We also have an extensive range of bimetal blades which outlast traditional carbon blading by up to ten times and are recommended for hard woods or swamp kauri or other abrasive woods.

3. Jim Kyle says Mega Mitre 10 have those rechargeable air pumps which are handy for blowing dust off your bench or lathe. $20

4. Roy Thatcher says Placemakers have halogen lamps which are useful for the workshop. Roy says to make sure there’s a bulb in the pack! Around $30. They give off a lot of heat so would be ideal for winter. Maybe a bit hot for summer.

FOR SALE

Bill van den Berg is interested in selling his Watkin lathe and accessories. Contact Bill on (07) 854-5367.

WEBSITES & BLOGS
Let Clive Dalton know of any interesting sites you have come across lately on woodworking!
• Google ‘World of Woodturners’ It’s the American website.

TURN-IN DAY
The committee are keen to have another Turn-In day where we all contribute to a joint project like the chairs. We are seeking ideas for such a project so can you come up with some suggestions.

Workshop Safety: New face mask is excellent buy

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New Protector Safety face shield. Get one now!

Don't delay in getting along to Protector Safety in Te Rapa to buy this new model face protection. Bruce Brody of Protector Safety in his talk to us on "Workshop Safety" at our last meeting brought one along. Face shields have different grades for impact - and this is the highest.

What's improved about this model, is the curved shield which brings it down more on to your chest to prevent shavings finding their way up behind it, as regularly happens with the straight shield.

As Bruce says - anyone who turns wood and doesn't wear face protection is a fool! Eye protection is not enough - your nose and teeth are very vulnerable too, and we have Guild members to prove this!

So replace your old one with one of these - they are only about $30. Show your membership card and ask about discount.

Waikato Woodworkers' Guild - Newsletter February 2009

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WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS
Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.
Number 210 – February 2009
Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245
Guild blog:

FEBRUARY TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 17 February, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo: Tool sharpening
Speaker: Safety in your workshop. Bruce Brody from Protector Safety
Project Display item: More best work from over the Festive Season
Ongoing: Small items for sales table at Homeshow

VERY SAD NEWS
All members will be very sad to hear of Doug Herbison’s death, and our deepest sympathy goes out to the Herbison family. Doug was a stalwart of the Guild, and made an enormous contribution to where we are today. He was always there to help, and his dedication to being on duty for four solid days at all the Homeshow’s the Guild attended was a legend. We all took it for granted, Doug would always be there. We will all miss him greatly. For those who didn’t know Doug, I’ve reprinted his profile I did some years ago.
Clive Dalton

NEW TUITION PROGRAMME
This is now organised so look at the programme. Members will be asked to contribute their particular skills to certain classes to spread the work load.

VISIT TO TURNING TOOLS OPEN DAY
We are taking a minibus to this event. It will be a great day out, meeting mates and learning a lot. If you want to go, then act smartly and phone JIM KYLE now on (07) 854-1992. The bus takes 10, and the usual in-flight entertainment comes with no extra charge. Cost will probably be around $25, but Jim will work this out after we find out the numbers.

HALL CLEAN UP
Thanks to those who came to scrub the decks and polish the rigging. It’s always a worthwhile exercise and appreciated by our very happy tenants. Patron Fred Irvine is as good with a wet mop as he is with a skew!

SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2009
The subs remain the same as last year. These are $50 reduced to $45 if paid before the end of February. This includes a $5 fee to the NAW. The fee is $12.50 for partners and $25 for students. If you cannot attend the Jan & Feb meetings, then mail your cheque to the Guild Postal Box 8061.

WORKSHOP ROOF
We have received a grant of $1000 from Trust Waikato to renew the workshop roof. If you have been in there on a wet day you’ll realise how bad it is.

GIFTS FOR SPEAKERS
Could make a thankyou gift for the speakers this coming year. Give it to Barry Prior for safekeeping.

SUGGESTED SPEAKERS
Can you put your thinking caps on and let Barry Prior or Paul Dangerfield know if you have any special interests for speakers or subjects to cover in the coming year. Subjects can be wide ranging as long as they some association with our general activities. Don’t leave it all to the committee – they would appreciate your input.

SHOPPING AROUND
Seen anything of interest lately? Tell Clive Dalton for the newsletter.

WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION

From the Club: Sanding sealer. $6 per 350 ml bottle. New batch in stock.
From Lucy Thorpe, 7 Corsair Place, Hamilton. Phone 843-7455. Band saw & drill press. Phone for details. Deceased former owner. Machines are four years old.
From Jim Pope. Pool fencing. 12m x 600mm. White colour steel. 8 posts 50mm x 50 mm. Filter motor suit para pool plus pool odds & ends. Price by negotiation. Phone Jim on (07) 856-9368.
Through David Reece. While we were away visiting Levin I managed to source some Black Marie and Matai 100x 25 RS $15 per metre ex Levin.
From David Reece. Ryobi router New mounted in table $100 ONO PH 078299787

Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything to get rid of or trade. Get into your workshop and have a clean out!

SPECIAL LATE ENTRY
From John Benge - I am moving to Australia and have woodturning equipment I would like to sell. All of the equipment is in good condition and has not been used for 8 years due to my moving around several locations and not having a suitable workspace in the rented accommodation. I am unsure of some current pricing on the equipment and am open to offers but have given some indication of price.

Teknatool TL1500 Lathe - $850
Bandsaw - $150
Bench drill press - $100
Dust Extractor - $150
Various Nova Chucks and woodturning chisels $400 - $500 combined value (these can be sold together or individually)

I also have sanding equipment and a high speed electric drill and other accessories that I have accumulated. Sorry for the lack of detail on this but it is all boxed up in my garage and I probably have forgotten exactly what I actually have, I will open it up and have a good look over the weekend, I can take some photos if anyone is interested but it is probably better to come and have a look.

I am currently living in Cambridge, my home phone is 07 823 9133 and home email is dejoe@kinect.co.nz my mobile number is 027 274 1853, this is probably the best point of contact for anyone interested.

CHEVPAC
John is going up to Auckland again soon to fossick in the store for old stock woodworking gear. Call in now and see what he’s got from his last trip. There are certainly some good bargains among the woodturning chisels.
Contact: John Welsford, Chevpac Machinery, King Street, Frankton.(07) 8473559

WEBSITES & BLOGS
Let Clive Dalton know of any interesting sites you have come across lately – on woodworking!
• King Arthur’s Tools www.katools.co.nz
• www.rarefind.co.nz

We are being watched!
Our Blog is being watched! For December 2008 we had 121 visits at the rate of 3mins/person. Readers were from 14 countries with NZ, Australia and the US our main clients. But we had one reader from Serbia and one from Egypt. Welcome to them all.

Waikato Woodworkers' Guild

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WAIKATO GUILD OF WOODOWORKERS Inc.
Tuition Programme 2009
Objective: To introduce students to the basic skills of the art and caft of woodturning

Course 1
Class 1 - Tuesday 10 February
Class 2 – Tuesday 24 February
Class 3 – Tuesday 10 March
Class 4 – Tuesday 24 March
Class 5 – Tuesday 14 April
Class 6 – Tuesday 28 April

Course 2
Class 1 - Tuesday 12 May
Class 2 – Tuesday 26 May
Class 3 – Tuesday 9 June
Class 4 – Tuesday 23 June
Class 5 – Tuesday 14 July
Class 6 – Tuesday 28 July

Course 3
Class 1 - Tuesday 11 August
Class 2 – Tuesday 25 August
Class 3 – Tuesday 8 September
Class 4 – Tuesday 22 September
Class 5 – Tuesday 13 October
Class 6 – Tuesday 27 October

Student numbers: 4 students per course

Timetable each Night
7.00 pm - 7.15 pm: Meet Greet discuss weeks progrees
7.15 pm – 800. pm: Session One
8.00 pm - 8.45 pm: Session Two
8.45 pm – 9.00 pm: Clean Up -set home tasks for students; Close.
Location of classes
Classes will be held at the Woodworker’s Hall in Storey Avenue, Te Rapa
There is adequate parking outside the building.

Programme 2009
Class 1
Part One
• What is woodturning & what can be achieved.
• Sources of information – library.
• Importance of safety
• Workshop equipment
• The lathe – parts & their function
• Tools & their function
• Mounting wood between centres
• Use of appropriate tools to make a round
• Making a spigot
• Mounting spigot on chuck
Part Two
Practice with gouge
• Make Spinning top or bag holder or mushroom
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Class 2
Part One
• Discussion on woods and their qualities for turning.
• Use of chuck and screw chuck
Part Two
• Make small bowl
• Sanding and finishing of Bowl
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Class 3
Part One
• The grinder
• The grinding jig & its use
• Sharpening tools
Part Two
• More discussion of all commonly used chisels
• Use of Skew.
• Make foot roller or Spurtle
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Class 4
Part One
• The bandsaw – function
• Use & safety requirements
• Practical exercise with bandsaw
Part Two
• Wood carving – what can be achieved
• Carving demonstration
• Adding decoration to woodturning projects
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Class 5
Part 1
• Design of projects. View and discuss photos of members’ work
• Wood finishes
Part 2
• Design item
• Choice and select wood
• Start project
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Class 6
Part 1
• Complete Item of choice
Part 2
• Retrieving, storing & drying wood
• Supper & Course critique
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Woodchips & Shavings: January 2009 (Number 209)

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Club members enjoy the end of year barbecue at Barry and Jan Priors

JANUARY TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 20 January, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2):Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo: No demo planned
Project Display item: Your best work from over the Festive Season.

Workshop/Tuition

Open workshops: Starting in February - details in next newsletter
Carving nights: Starting in February - details in next newsletter.

CALENDAR 2009

Friday 6 Feb to Monday 2 March 2009. Artspost Show: This will be in the the Margo Phillips gallery similar to past years. Get working on items suitable for exhibition and remember they must be for sale. We will have an opening on Thursday 5 Feb – again similar to past years.
March. Friday 13-Sunday 15. “Lake Taupo Woodturning Jamboree 2009”. Spa Hotel. You are invited talk, swap ideas, demonstrate, or take your own lathe an do your own thing. More information and registration details from Robbie (07) 377-0469 or email robbie@wildwoodgallery.co.nz
Thursday 9 to Monday 13 April 2009. Auckland Easter Show Details from Gaylene Ashton, Phone (09) 638-9969. Mail to 217 Green Lane West, Box 26-014, Epsom, Auckland. Website www.asbshowgrounds.co.nz

Let Clive Dalton know of any events. Check the NAW website for details of events in other areas on http://www.naw.org.nz/whatson.htm

END OF YEAR BBQ
Many thanks to Barry & Jan Prior for their hospitality for the end-of-year BBQ. There was a great turnout of members and partners, and it was lovely weather, with great company. An excellent feature was the old Citrus tree in their garden which we could all fit under for shade, but a disappointing feature was that Barry’s garden peas needed about another week to be ready for eating.

HALL CLEAN UP – Saturday January 31st
Bring your own gear. Start at 9am and we’ll be finished by noon. This includes an hour for morning tea! It makes such a difference to the place to give it a smarten up.

SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2009
The subs remain the same as last year. These are $50 reduced to $45 if paid before the end of February. This includes a $5 fee to the NAW. The fee is $12.50 for partners and $25 for students. If you cannot attend the Jan & Feb meetings, then mail your cheque to the Guild Postal Box 8061.

WORKSHOP ROOF
We have received a grant of $1000 from Trust Waikato to renew the workshop roof. If you have been in there on a wet day you’ll realise how bad it is.

GIFTS FOR SPEAKERS
It would be appreciated if you could make a thankyou gift for the speakers this coming year. Give it to Barry Prior for safekeeping.

SUGGESTIONS FOR SPEAKERS
Can you put your thinking caps on and let Barry Prior or Paul Dangerfield (see contact details at left) know if you have any special interests for speakers or subjects to cover in the coming year. Subjects can be wide ranging as long as they some association with our general activities. Don’t leave it all to the committee – they would appreciate your input.

CLASSES FOR 2009
We are planning to start some introductory classes early in the year, but this time with a more formal approach. Students will be expected to complete a documented programme, for which they will pay $45. It might be called something like “An introduction to basic woodturning” and will not compete with Fred Irvine’s Wintec more comprehensive course.

This will entitle them to tuition and membership of the Guild. The number of classes to complete the course is being worked on but it will be no more than six we think.

Those members of the Guild with special skills will be asked to take a session. So if you know of anyone who could benefit from such a very basic course, then get them to come along. We can take four people at a time.

WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION

From the Club: Sanding sealer. $6 per 350 ml bottle.

From Jim Kyle (854-1992):

SOLD OUT: Wood end-grain sealer. 5 x 2Litre containers $11 each. If you missed out and are interested then contact Jim and he could consider a re-order.
Two swing lamps – ideal for lathe. $10 each.
Workshop radio: $12. Very good order.

From Paul Dangerfield. Bench drill press, Old American model. Throat 180mm, travel 90mm, motor 1/3 HP. Chuck half inch. Price $120. Contact Paul on 843-5494.

Your junk could be others’ treasures! Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything to get rid of or trade. Get into your workshop and have a clean out!

SHOPPING AROUND
Seen anything of interest lately? Tell Clive Dalton for the newsletter.

Bandsaw blades: I’m sick of band saw blades not lasting! I’ve been getting them sharpened and finding they don’t last five minutes. Matt at Waikato Sawdoctors says they are not meant to be sharpened, as the sharpening heats the tips and stuffs up the hardening. So the message seems to be to save your money on sharpening, and spend a wee bit more on a new one. Leave your old blades at the sawdoctors for recycling.

I now never cut wet wood with a band saw these days as they are stuffed after one round! They seem to blunt even going around a bend on dry wood so I only use mine for straight cutting now, regardless of the teeth size etc. Seems to me that something has happened to the quality of the steel, as years ago blades lasted much longer on both wet and dry wood. I see Carba Tec list separate blades for wet and dry, and cutting rounds. Does anyone know what this is all about? Let Dalton Clive have your comments for the newsletter.

Steel Toolz Ltd. New woodworking accessories for the NZ market. These are sculpting and carving “weapons” that will shift wood fast! Get a catalogue from sole importer “King Arthur’s TOOLS”, 32B Bayly Road, New Plymouth 4310. Phone 021 1038844 , email steelgi@hotmail.com Garry Steel is the man to talk to.

Velcro-backed sandpaper. Remember the club used to sell sheets of it and it became too difficult to find. If you can find it, it’s sold in large sheets for big commercial users and hence expensive. Even where Velcro sandpaper is sold in small pieces it’s still expensive. Roy Thatcher sticks sandpaper of any grade on the top of his power sander pad with spray-on adhesive, and to remove it, you just use a heat gun.

Jim Kyle has seen digital vernier calipers at Mega Mitre 10 for $20. Good value for sure.

SALE OF WOODWORKING TOOLS
Quite a few of our members know John at Chevpac machinery in King St Frankton as a keen woodworker. We’ll forgive him for being a boat builder which to misquote Captain Kirk is 'woodworking, but not as we know it'.

He has been snooping around the company’s huge old warehouse up in Auckland and has found a considerable amount of reputable brand woodworking hand tool stock languishing for lack of sales staff with an interest in wood.

He’s brought a boot load back with him, and will be bringing more as that moves on, he’s priced it at less than half retail so if you are looking to give yourself a Christmas present this is a good place to go.

There are woodturning and hand chisels, hand planes, squares and mortice gauges, a brand new Record bowl turning attachment, hammers, woodcarving chisel sets, and a heap more. Still to come is spindle moulder tooling, carving mallets, tool sharpening equipment, and more.

He says that if you want to buy several items at once he could be open to having his arm twisted.
The specials will be available until the end of January and the shop is open between Christmas and New Year but its very much first up best dressed as the range is not complete.

Contact: John Welsford, Chevpac Machinery, King Street, Frankton.(07) 8473559

PS. Clive Dalton and Roy Thatcher have been along and reckon the chisels are very good value. They actually made some purchases!

WEBSITES
Let Clive Dalton know of any interesting sites you have come across lately – on woodworking!
• King Arthur’s Tools www.katools.co.nz
• www.rarefind.co.nz

PHOTOS OF MEMBERS’ WORK
We have sent in the photos of members’ work taken at the AGM for the Treeworkx competition, so keep a look out in the next Creative Wood for this. We should do this on a regular basis so keep bringing your pieces along to the meetings so they can by photographed. It’s also a useful opportunity for you to get prints of them for your own records.

GUILD SPONSOR: HAND TOOL HOUSE. 26 King Street, Frankton.
Ph 847-4994
Please show your Guild ID card to claim discount on purchases.
Hand Tool House has a full range of hand and power tools and an excellent service. Give them your support for their support for the Guild.
Talk to Mark Wolf, Manager.

IAN FISH - TURNING TOOLS Ltd.
Ian Fish is the Teknatool preferred supplier to the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers’ for our woodturning needs. Your goods will be sent by courier and arrive the next day. So please pay him by return. Contact Ian to discuss discounts for both Guild members and the Club
Phone (09) 418-1312.
Mobile 027-284-8815.
Website: http://www.turningtools.co.nz/
Ian also has a regular Newsletter. Get it by Email ipfish@xtra.co.nz 18c Roseberry Avenue, Birkenhead, Auckland 0626.

HAMMER HARDWARE, Dinsdale
Ten percent off purchases. Show your current membership card to Warren.
They are the nearest stockists of waxes and polishes, and can order what you want.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS November 2008

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Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc.
Number 208: November 2008

Address for correspondence: PO Box 8061, Hamilton 3245

NOVEMBER TIMETABLE
Monthly meeting: Tuesday 18 November, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworkers’ Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo No demo as it’s the AGM.
Project Display item: Your best work of the year

Workshop/Tuition
Saturday 1 Nov Demo at Hammer Hardware, Dinsdale
Open workshops: Tuesday 11 Nov & Tuesday 25 Nov at 7-9pm
Carving nights: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 7pm.

CALENDAR 2008
• November 18 (Tuesday): AGM and exhibition of your best work (for photo record and Treeworkx competition).
• December 6 (Saturday): BBQ lunch.
Let Clive Dalton know of any events. Check the NAW website for details of events in other areas on

AGM
This is an important event so make sure you attend. The Agenda includes:
1. President’s report. This is attached so make sure you read it so it can be approved at the meeting.
2. Presentation of the audited accounts by the Treasurer.
3. Election of officers. If we don’t have these we cannot operate as a legal organisation so make sure you volunteer to help. Nomination forms will be available.
4. Bring along your best work for a display.

Ladies night: Ask your wife, partner, friend to bring along some of their craft work for display and a chat about what they do.
MEN BRING A PLATE; Please note for a social chat after the meeting.

WANTED, FOR SALE, DONATION or AUCTION
• From the Club: Sanding sealer. $6 per 350 ml bottle.
• Lloyd Downing (lloyd.olwyn@farmside.co.nz) has a Teknatool 1000,on metal stand, plus motor and reverse switch, two rests, face plate, chuck. All in good order and a snip for a starter. If you don’t have email contact Clive Dalton and he’ll contact Lloyd for you.
Let Clive Dalton know if you have anything to get rid of. Get into your workshop and have a clean out!

SHOPPING AROUND
Seen anything of interest lately? Tell Clive Dalton for the newsletter.

WEBSITES
Let Clive Dalton know of any interesting sites you have come across lately - on woodworking!

WAIKATO GUILD BLOG
We now have a blog where you will find the newsletter and other information. Google http://waikatowood.blogspot.com and put it in your favourites.

ANNUAL REPORT
By Barry Prior, President, Waikato Guild of Woodworkers- 31 October 2008

It has been another good year for the guild and I have enjoyed my experience as your president. We have maintained our membership, the meetings have been well supported with those attending providing plenty of good humour and the guest speakers have been interesting and informative.

The pre-meeting demonstrations by some of our talented members were popular as it is always possible to learn a little bit more. Our Tuesday tuition nights for those wanting to try our craft had mixed success, so we are looking at a more structured offering for next year, which will also require some promotion to ensure a worthwhile attendance.

These nights, together with our stand at the Homeshow, are our best chance to interest new members. We have been encouraged by the interest shown at the show and the reception accorded our new brochures, which have been placed in a selection of shops as well as on the show stand.

The member support for the Homeshow was satisfactory, with several turning up to provide casual help which was much appreciated as the stand requires a large staff for sales and security.We hope the stand will be available again next year.

In March, we hosted our only outside demonstrator for the year, Alan Sanson who showed us the abilities of the scroll saw-- an entertaining and instructive session.

Our own project activities included making Drop Spindles, Wig Stands and three kiddies’ chairs.
The wig stands, originally, were a charitable project, with fifty given away to mainly cancer sufferers, but a continuing demand on a commercial basis has meant an arrangement which has already produced income for the club and may continue to be profitable.

The three chairs were made during a Saturday "Woodies Day"when the chance was given to try turning chair parts, carve the decoration,have a go at the scroll saw and cut parts for an intarsia piece. It was an opportunity to experience the variety of work done by our members and appreciate the range of talent within our group.

The chairs were raffled at the Home Show with modest financial result, but I am sure have given great pleasure to the lucky winners.

Our Patron, Fred Irvine, achieved national recognition by taking over as tutor for the Ornamental Turning Scholarship awarded by the National Association of Woodworkers. This is to be an annual event and is only one of the many activities of the NAW which deserves the support of members, if only to receive your own copy of the excellent quarterly book, Creative Wood.

Our hall building was painted this year and we record with thanks, a grant of $1500 from Trust Waikato towards the cost of this work. There was no Artspost display this year, but we have made application for early next year, so a collection of "best items" will be needed.
Thanks go to our sponsors, Hand Tool House for our monthly raffle prize and general support and to Ian Fish of Turning Tools Ltd for his willing assistance with all matters relative to our craft.

Communication is essential and in this we are very well served by Newsletter Editor Clive Dalton, who does not stop at that, but is active in every aspect of our club life as well.
A feature of the guild is the willingness of many to accept the chance to contribute and so I pay tribute and give thanks to Secretary Paul Dangerfield, Treasurer Richard Graney, and to all members of the committee for their help and encouragement during the year. Special thanks must go to committee member Jim Kyle for workshop supervision and all the improvements he has come up with during the year to make the workshop safer and more productive. Thanks also to Clive Dyson for standing in for me while I was away.

Taking “a turn” to help run the Guild is not onerous, and really a lot of fun so it should be the aim of most members to give it a go and share in the experience. Think about it and put your name forward--new ideas will be needed soon!!

IAN FISH - TURNING TOOLS Ltd.
Ian Fish is the Teknatool preferred supplier to the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers’ for our woodturning needs. Your goods will be sent by courier and arrive the next day. So please pay him by return. Contact Ian to discuss discounts for both Guild members and the Club Phone (09) 418-1312. Mobile 027-284-8815. Ian also has a regular Newsletter. Get it by Email 18c Roseberry Avenue, Birkenhead, Auckland 0626.

Newsletter - October 2008
The biggest problem seems to be rising prices and a major concern for me is the fall of the NZ dollar. I buy from Teknatool in US dollars. Back in May NZ$50,000 would have bought US$38,500, today it will only buy US$27,000. Or to put it another way, US$38,500 today would cost me NZ$71,300. That’s an increase of about 40%. My buy price out of China is now substantially greater than my sell price to resellers.

So, my prices went up in early October, my margins have come down and so have the margins of the resellers. Some resellers don’t like it and have told me so, but when they see the numbers, none have disagreed with my actions. I do expect some to fall out though, or at least not hold stock.

Just after I’d set new prices, Teknatool advised me they were increasing prices – a double whammy! Mind you, this is their first price increase for about 3 years so I guess it’s well overdue.
So, to the future:

I think it’s inevitable that prices of all imported goods, or NZ manufactured goods with imported content, will rise in price quite substantially. Probably importers will try to hold off till Christmas.

I think that in the new year we’ll see lots of sales where companies are desperate to reduce stock, and soon after that big increases in prices and probably lots of liquidations or receiverships. As for Turning Tools Ltd, I’m working with Teknatool to try to minimize increases but they will happen I’m sure, just when and by how much, I’m not yet sure.

More positive things:
Next year is getting organized with my Open Day at South Auckland Woodturners on February 28, Taupo Jamboree in March, Taranaki in May and Manawatu Open Day also in May.

Club Events:
Next year I’m planning a more organized tour around the clubs – both North Island and South Island. I’m quite determined to keep any price increases to a minimum, and I can do that better than most due to lower overheads. This means more direct selling though and more club visits. Where there is a local retailer I’ll work with them, but price moderation will be a key.

New Products:
The Teknatool Swing Away. This is a hinge, very solid, that fits between your DVR XP or Nova 1624 lathe and the lathe extension bed accessory. It enables the extension bed to be swung out of the way, with the tail stock, if you choose. Go to www.turningtools.co.nz , click on the Teknatool logo, select their catalogue and scroll down till you find it. It retails at $199.00

Woodcut have a new mini hollower, called the Flexi, it has the same design of cutter as the longer Pro Forme (but smaller), but it is articulated like the Munro Hollower. I’ve tried it and it works magic. Don’t ask me if it’s better than the Munro, I sell both and I frankly, don’t know. I’m not an expert on hollowing but have used them both successfully.

Turners can get very “one eyed” about some specialty tools like hollowers or bowl savers. The fact is they both work and do the job well. Christmas is not far away now. If you want a pressy that comes from Turning Tools you could drop a few hints to the giver or you could phone me, and I could phone the giftor with a promise that you’ll be good forever if he/she buys this particular goody for you. That’s what mates are for, isn’t it?

For Sale
Teknatool TL1500 - $500. Phone Julie Gannaway on 09 4453420. This is a very tidy lathe, Julie has moved up to a DVR.

GUILD SPONSOR: HAND TOOL HOUSE. 26 King Street, Frankton.
Ph 847-4994
Please show your Guild ID card to claim discount on purchases.
Hand Tool House has a full range of hand and power tools and an excellent service. Give them your support for their support for the Guild.
Our Guild Member and staffer ALAN LEES will give you special help. Mark Wolf, Manager.

HAMMMER HARDWARE, Dinsdale
Ten percent off purchases. Show your current membership card to Warren.
They are the nearest stockists of waxes and polishes, and can order what you want.

WOODCHIPS & SHAVINGS Newsletter of the Waikato Guild of Woodworkers Inc. Number 207 – October 2008

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OCTOBER TIMETABLE

Monthly meeting: Tuesday 21 October, 7 pm.
Meetings held at: The Woodworker's Hall, Storey Avenue, Hamilton.
Monthly raffle ($2): Prize of $50 voucher from HAND TOOL HOUSE
Pre-meeting Demo Clive Dyson – paper weights/worry stones.
Project Display item: What you fancy
October Speaker John Welsford, Chevpac Frankton
November: AGM and Ladies Night.
Workshop/Tuition

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Walnut hollow form - three legs
2008
Richard Graney

Waikato Woodworkers' Gallery

2008-10-01T20:39:00.000+13:00

Richard Graney in Guild workshop
2008