Suncoast Woodcrafters Guild General Membership Meeting November 20, :00 PM

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1 Suncoast Woodcrafters Guild General Membership Meeting November 20, :00 PM November 20 th, 2012 Suncoast Woodcrafters Guild general membership meeting was held at Chatelech Secondary School, Sechelt, attended by 30 members, no guests were present. The meeting was called to order by the Club President who welcomed everyone in attendance. Treasurers Report: Barb Bell, Treasurer, reported the financial statement of income and expenses for the period January 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012: Summary of financial report: Total Income $2, Total Expenses 1, Total income for the year Total Assets 5, Membership: Tom Hourigan reported there were no changes to the membership over the summer, currently there are 60 paid up members, new members are always welcome, if someone knows of a friend interested in woodworking, bring them to a meeting. Toys for Kids Program: Ken Walker reminded the members of the Christmas Toys for Kids program is drawing near. Ken requested members bring some toys to the Guild's Christmas party on December 8th. A special table will be set-up to display a representation of this year's Christmas toys being presented and other projects that members may want to display. Ken has been trying to contact Sunshine Coast Community Services Society to arrange the toy presentation date. (Ken advised after the meeting, the toy presentation to Community Services will be December 11, 12:30 PM at their offices in Sechelt, more details will follow). Ken Karaloff requested help to make some furniture type pieces for a dollhouse, those that could help, please contact Ken K. Shop Crawls: President Dave on behalf of Eldy Gandy, committee chair, mentioned there currently are no shop crawls in the immediate plans. More shop crawls will be planned in the future, these are always great events to attend. Anyone wishing to host a shop crawl can contact Dave to make arrangements. Christmas Party: This year's Woodcrafters Christmas Party, pot-luck dinner is being arranged by John Lockwood, Wayne Carlson, & Don Holding. Wayne reviewed some of the details of the party that it is being hosted for Guild members and their spouses. - Party will be on Saturday, December 8, 2012, 6 to 10 PM Page 1 of 5

2 - Sparling Pavilion at the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden, Sechelt, 5941 Mason Road. - The Guild will cover the cost of the pavilion, provide a main meat entry (ham), wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages, dishes, cutlery, and linens. - This function being at a public venue, a liquor license will be required, so no one is to bring any alcoholic beverages due to the license requirements. - The pavilion will be decorated for the holiday season. - Cost will be $10.00 per person, or $20.00 for a couple. Each attending individual or couple will be asked to bring a potluck dish to share. Wayne & Maureen Carlson offered to coordinate the potluck food portion for the party. Please reply by November 30 th with the potluck dish you are planning to bring, please or wcarlson@telus.net or phone (604) Tickets for this event are available by contacting Don Holding at bear354@dccnet.com or (604) A woodcraft project table will be made available for members to display their "Christmas Toys for Kids" projects before they are donated to Sunshine Community Services. Other woodworking projects are invited for display for that evening also. Programming: Dec. 8, Guild's Christmas social event- pot-luck dinner at the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden pavilion, (typical format as last year, potluck dinner). Jan. 15, 2013, Annual General Meeting (AGM). Old Business: No items were raised. New Business: Election of Officers for 2013: Brian Lucas, nominating committee chairman and acting returning officer for the election of Suncoast Woodcrafters Guild officers at the 2013 Annual General Meeting (AGM) reported the following members are letting their name stand for office. President - Peter Bogardus Past President - Dave Beauchesne Vice President - Don Kernan Treasurer - Chuck Lenfesty Secretary - Dave Bell Directors : - Tom Hourigan - Bob Milton - Norm Ross - Heinz Tigges - Ken Walker Page 2 of 5

3 Brian requested additional nominations from the floor for any of the positions of office, no new names were brought forward. As per our guild's protocol, additional nominations will be called from the floor again at the up-coming December & January meetings. If anyone would like to have their name stand for office, they can have their name nominated by another member at the next two meetings, or contact Brian Lucas at or Dave Beauchesne at to let their name stand. Show & Tell: Tom Hourigan built five (5) wilderness style log cabin kits, consisting of 95 milled interlocking pieces as his project for "Toys for Kids". Albert Edge hand-crafted and expertly finished a wooden toy "Rascal" rabbit that has a hippetyhop motion when pulled along the floor, a sure Christmas toy hit for any child. Gose Vlasblom turned several platters and bowls with pleasing lines and well finished for functional use. Bowls were made from rosewood,& yew wood, platters from cedar & pine. Heinz Tigges showed a beautifully crafted and finished, realistic precision detailed replica scale model of an antique classic car, 1931 Cadillac convertible roadster c/w rumble seat. Page 3 0f 5

4 Don Holding and Steve Willgoose each brought a Disston rip-saw a Dual-Grip or thumbhole handled saw designed for laborious rip cuts, both saws were in very good condition. These saws were made by Disston from about 1880 until about Most of us in the club have never seem such a saw with the unique interesting handle design and this evening there were two such saws being shown. The handle is gripped normally with the lead hand and the thumb of the second hand is put through the thumbhole. The fingers of the hand are then wrapped across the top of the saw handle. (This paragraph was copied from the "online reference of Disston saws"). Don also showed some exotic wood pieces that were his father's collection. Steve also showed an antique back saw. Don Holding's Dual-Grip Thumbhole Rip Saw Steve Willgoose's Dual-Grip Thumbhole Rip Saw Lars Larsson showed a folding carpenters ruler he received as a gift from a family member in Sweden. The ruler was in real good condition, the markings & numbers were hand carved, it was determined that was probably made in the late 1800's. Marianne Webb displayed a vintage hand plane (a nickle plated Craftsman made by Sargent in the style of a Stanley #45) metal rebate plane that was in exceptionally good condition, it was used by her husband's great grandfather. Allan Levinsohn brought a Stanley #4-1/2 handplane he purchased at a yard sale in almost new condition. Keith Stevens showed architectural, exotic high-end real wood veneer samples with a paper backing. Chuck Lenfesty mentioned the Sechelt Seniors Center is planning for their bus a trip into Vancouver, stopping at KMS Tools, Princes Auto, Lee Valley Tools and IKEA, $20 per person. To take advantage of this service one has to be a member of the Seniors Center. For more details about this trip contact the Sechelt Seniors Center. Page 4 of 5

5 Ken Rogers brought a Busy Bee sharpening honing guide that he uses to sharpen plane irons and bench chisels with good results. Speaker: Dave B. did a hands-on presentation about sharpening woodworking plane irons and chisels. Dave explained the free-hand method taught at some woodworking schools where the students with some practice develop their skills and speeds the re-sharpening process to about a minute with good results. Dave had numerous samples of different styles of sharpening guides and spoke about different types of steel used for plane irons and chisels. Dave demonstrated by sharpening a new plane iron from Lee Valley Tools made from PM-V11. PM-V11 is a powder-metal (PM) steel, according to Lee Valley they found this alloy steel is tough, wear resistant that retains its edge longer when used on dense, abrasive woods, takes on a keen edge and is easy to sharpen without switching your sharpening stones. Powder metals have become an important part of industry during the last 40 years or so. Dave started by producing a hollow grind to the beveled face using a hand cranked grinder to minimize the risk of over heating the steel and losing it's mechanical properties. Dave shortly produce an keen edge on a plane iron on ceramic on glass stones that he was able to easily shave the hair off his arm. Dave generally followed the tutorial found on the web produced by Stuart Tierny of Japan, his website is When the website opens, click onto"home" upper left corner, click onto "Sigma Power ceramic special set" scroll down to the two hand sharpening videos. Door Prize: Don Holding won a door prize, two, 18" long drill bits donated by Steve Willgoose. Roy Mitton won a Lee Valley Tools brass marking gauge donated by Dave Beauchesne. Dave Bell won a plunge router bit donated by Steve Willgoose Meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM Ken Karaloff Secretary- Suncoast Woodcrafters Guild Page 5 of 5