Monthly newsletter for the Orange County Scroll Saw Association November 2014 Holiday Ornament Exchange Can you believe it is that time of year again when we ALL need to start making our Christmas Ornaments to be exchanged at our Christmas party in December? Last year we had good participation, so let s keep up the good work this year. The ornament exchange is an entertaining way to give and receive a handmade project from our members and the fun increases as more folks participate. This is not a contest and there are no rules. Here is how it works. We ask that everyone make an ornament and bring it to the dinner. If you are bringing your wife, husband, child, friend, etc. then please bring an ornament for each of them as well so they can participate. We ask that you either wrap your ornaments individually or put them in a bag, box, tissue paper or whatever you have so that no one can see the ornament. Please do not put your name on the bag. When you arrive, the ornaments will be placed on a table in the front of the room, and the names of the participants will be entered in the drawing. A name will be drawn and that person will have their pick of all of the ornaments. They will open the ornament at the front of the room and show everyone what they selected. We will then ask who made the ornament. (I apologize for saying there were no rules, because there are a few.) The next person that is pulled can choose from the ornaments on the table or steal the ornament from the person who made the first selection. This goes on to the end, when the last person can take the last ornament or steal an ornament from someone else. After the last ornament is selected, the first person to choose, has the option of stealing any of the other ornaments. The person whose ornament was stolen, gets the first person s ornament and the exchange is over. The last rule that I can think of is that once an ornament has been stolen twice, it can no longer be stolen. We look forward to seeing what everyone has made for the ornament exchange. If you have any questions or if you need a pattern, please let Chuck know. The December meeting time is 6:00 instead of 7:00 pm. The dinner at this party is a potluck. The sign-up sheet will be at the November meeting and is in the newsletter on page 5. There were over 40 people at the dinner last year, so please keep that in mind when planning the size of what you bring. If you are not going to be at the meetings you can email me or call me with your selection at lavaunski@pacbell.net or 714-283-4828 and leave a message. We will need a volunteer to step forward and help coordinate this event, There are lots of members willing to help with the details, but we could use a lead person.
Pictures from last month s meeting Jack van Wingerden Jerry Poole Don Borchardt LaVaun Ward There are many more pictures from the last meeting. The website is http://ocssa.shutterfly.com/. 2
Pictures from last month s meeting Charles Stevenson Jerry Franich October Meeting Thanks to all who brought Halloween projects to the October meeting show and tell. You can see the pictures on the previous pages. Thanks to Mike Morand and LaVaun Ward for bringing ideas for Thanksgiving projects. We hope to see some finished examples at the November meeting. Larry Olson was our presenter at the October meeting. He demonstrated how to make 6 veneered coasters. He did an excellent job explaining the process from beginning to end. Jim Graham did a great job assisting in the process. He also had patterns and veneers available to take home to create your coaster set. We would like you to bring your coasters to our November meeting to show all of us what you did. 3
Toy Program Update Thanks Mike for hosting the Toy Party and for all the effort you put into making toys. We had a good showing of the usual toy makers, including Jim Graham, Don Borchardt, Jim Stramer, Patrick Heilman, Dan Cornwell, Mike Morand and Jack Bloomfield. We have over 1700 completed toys with many more close to being finished. There is one more workshop this year. That will be at Don Borchardt s shop at 8:00 on FRIDAY NOV 21st. The workshop will be the 3rd Friday of the month because of Thanksgiving. We will place a little more effort into in completing the final stages of toy production so we can make delivery in December. Please finish up any toys you may be working on at home so they can be distributed to our charities in December. There will not be a workshop in December. Instead we will package up and deliver the completed toys we have worked so hard on this year. We will meet at Larry Olson s on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th. Please mark this date on your calendar and plan to attend. You will have a chance to see the variety of toys we have completed this year. We have had over 2 dozen people involved in toy making this year producing quality toys. There are more painted puzzles this year, more complicated toys, and a greater variety of toys. The better toys did take extra time and effort. Thanks for the extra effort from everyone involved in the program. There will be many happy kids this year because of your effort. THANKS, Toy Program Committee Jack Bloomfield and Jim Stramer 4
Appetizers Relish Tray Veggie Tray Stuffed Eggs Stuffed Eggs Christmas Party Thursday, December 11, 2014 6:00 # Attending Main Dish Ham Turkey Meatballs Side Dishes Au Gratin Potatoes Yams / Sweet Potatoes Corn Casserole Veggie dish - Mashed potatoes Veggie dish - Veggie dish - Salad - Salad - Salad - Salad - Salad - Rolls & Butter Dessert Dessert - Dessert - Dessert - Dessert - Dessert - Beverages Coffee Sodas Water Miscellaneous Table Decorations Tablecloths Utensils/plates/cups/napkins Barb Schmit Larry Olson John Bakker Jack Bloomfield 5
Article printed in the Holiday 2014 issue of Scrollsaw Woodworking & Crafts on page 72. Great job Don. Whether you are interested in Fretwork, Marquetry, or Intarsia; whether you work in wood, or other mediums; whether you design your own patterns or use available patterns; no matter what brand of scroll saw you use; no matter where in the world you are located, the Scrollsaw Association of the World is for YOU! If you are not already a member, please consider joining this great organization. We are provided with certificates of insurance because of our affiliation with SAW. We need 30% of our members participation to receive this benefit. www.saw-online.com. FOR SALE DeWalt 788 Scroll Saw. $250.00. Contact Gabe Zucker at gabrielzucker@yahoo.com. This is the young man I mentored 2 years ago and he ended up taking home 6 awards from the Orange County Fair. The saw has very little use and is the used saw I would buy, if I were in the market. If our club has the money, this is the saw I would recommend that we buy to use at the various shows. From Chuck Collins 6
Upcoming Events Dear Friends of Orange County Woodcraft Meet Chuck Collins - our Scrollsaw and Intarsia instructor: Chuck has been scrolling for about 12 years and has won numerous awards for his work at the Orange County Fair, San Diego Fair and at The Woodworking Shows. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Scroll Saw Association of the World and is a past President of the Orange County Scroll Saw Association. While he enjoys all forms of scroll sawing, he has really excelled at Intarsia and compound cutting. Chuck teaches our Basic Scroll Saw class where attendees learn all of the different types of cuts. The skills they learn in the class can be used in their future projects. Chuck s style of teaching is relaxed and informative and is the reason so many of his students take his intermediate classes. Projects he selects for the classes assure the students that they will leave the class with completed projects and new skills. Come join Chuck for the Intarsia Christmas ornament class Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 9 AM to 5 PM and learn the basics of Intarsia. November Meeting We ask you to bring in your Thanksgiving projects and your coasters from the October presentation to show and tell. If you have ideas for Christmas projects, bring them along to share with the members. Chuck Collins will demonstrate how to make Inlay Ornaments and will have copies of 10 different Inlay patterns that you can have to make your own ornaments. A side benefit to making these inlay ornaments is that you cut one project and end up with three completed projects. Don t worry if this does not make sense now, just come to the November meeting and find out how this is done. This may be a great idea for you to make something for the ornament exchange at our Christmas party in December. 7
OCSSA 2014-15 CALENDAR OF EVENTS November 13 Monthly Meeting - Chuck Collins - Inlay Ornaments Bring completed Thanksgiving project and Christmas ideas December 11 Annual Christmas party and Ornament exchange - Bring completed Christmas projects January 8 Monthly Meeting - Bring Valentine project ideas and patterns February 12 March 12 April 9 May 14 Monthly Meeting - Bring completed Valentine projects, bring patterns and ideas for St. Patrick s Day Monthly Meeting - Bring completed St. Patrick s Day projects, bring patterns and ideas for Easter Monthly Meeting - Bring completed Easter projects, bring patterns and ideas for Memorial Day Monthly Meeting - Bring Completed Memorial Day projects June 7 Tustin Chili Cook-off June 11 July 9 Monthly Meeting and Election of Officers - Bring patterns and ideas for Fourth of July projects Monthly Meeting - Bring completed Fourth of July projects August 13 Monthly Meeting - Bring patterns and ideas for Labor Day projects Southern California Wood Working Show Thanks to LaVaun, Larry and Chuck for all of their preparation to have our booth at this year s Woodworking Show in Costa Mesa. A big thank you also goes to all of our members who signed up to work the booth. Unfortunately, we did not have a booth at this year s show. The day before the show started, LaVaun received a phone call stating that there was no room for any of the Guilds or Clubs to have a booth inside, at the show. If, however, we wanted to provide our own pop up shade and our own generator, we could set up outside the show each morning and would have to tear down each evening. The decision was made not to do this, therefore, we did not have a booth at this year s show. They did offer free admission to the people signed up to work in the booth. As a side note, Chuck Collins won the People s Choice award in the Project Showcase at the show for his Black Rhino Intarsia. Congratulations Chuck. 8
OCSSA OFFICERS President: Norm Copping 714-742-2798 ncopping@sbcglobal.net Vice President/Programs: Mike Morand 714-771-7788 morands@cox.net Secretary: Don Borchardt 714-962-6254 drborchardt01@gmail.com Treasurer: LaVaun Ward 714-283-4828 lavaunward@gmail.com COMMITTEES Events Coordinator: Open Position Welcome/Badges/Membership: Barb Schmit 714-328-7973 bschmit@ca.rr.com Toy Program Jack Bloomfield 714-846-3509 Uncle-jack@earthlink.net Jim Stramer 714-840-0676 jimshmoo@verizon.net Newsletter: LaVaun Ward : See Above Refreshments: Lindlee Sims 714-838-6851 Lindlee1@cox.net Mentor Chairman Larry Olson 714-633-4714 elliemay241@sbcglobal.net Webmaster: Larry Vierstra 714-310-8608 levcons@yahoo.com Photographers: Jerry Poole: 714-955-1698 scrollman@dslextreme.com Barb Schmit: See Above Mentor s Corner Be sure to come to the meeting one hour early and visit Chuck Collins (standing in for Larry) in our Mentor s Corner. He will be happy to answer any questions you may have and help you with solving any cutting issues you may be experiencing. He will be set up and ready for you by 6 PM the night of our meeting. Be sure to use this valuable resource to help you improve the quality of your cutting. Friends of OCSSA - Support Our Sponsors Anderson International Trading 800-454-6270 Rockler Woodworking & Hardwoods 714-685-9184 Austin Hardwood & Hardware 714-953-4000 Woodcraft Supply 714-963-9663 Mike s Workshop 605-582-6732 Reel Lumber 714-632-1988 Paragon Plastics, Inc. 714-835-8181 Industrial Blades 714-557-4131 BLOXYGEN www.bloxygen.com/clubs Jerry Carter www.jerycarterairtool.com 760-868-1904 9
Next Meeting: Thursday, November 13th Tustin Community Center 200 S. C Street Tustin 6:00 pm Mentor s Corner 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Regular Meeting The Orange County Scroll Saw Association is a local chapter of the Scroll Saw Association of the World (SAW). We meet every second Thursday of the month. Our purpose is to promote, teach and share in the fun and fellowship of scroll sawing. Our club is open to all who have an interest in scroll sawing and at all skill levels from beginner to expert. 4142 N Sunset Street Orange, CA 92865 Monthly Newsletter of the Orange County Scroll Saw Association. Visit us on the Web at www.ocssa.us 10