Last Meeting “Plane Talk”

Western Piedmont Woodcrafters

The ONE club for ALL woodworkers

Meeting Calendar

· December 5, 2009

· 10:oo AM at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop

· Topic — Shop Tips and Stuff

· Presenters:  Art Carney, WPW member and programs director.  The program will cover all kinds of Shop Tips.

· Show and Tell— Bring anything you have made.

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· January 23, 2010

· 9:30 AM at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop

· Topic — Bandsaw Boxes: Demonstration of how to make Bandsaw Boxes.    

· Presenters:  Donald Wright of Conover, NC

· Show and Tell— Bring anything boxes of any type you have made.

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Club meetings are normally scheduled on the fourth Saturday of each month. Exceptions to this will most commonly occur during the months of October, November and December due to holidays and other events.   Occasionally a meeting can be held at a location other than Kingspor’s Woodworking Shop.  Please check the list of scheduled meetings below for the exact date, time, and location.

· February 27, 2010

· 9:30 AM at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop

· Topic — Making Wooden Toys: Toy making and sell items you have made.    

· Presenters:  Herman Dellinger of  Conover, NC  and  Woodcrafters member - Chuck Doherty of Lenoir, NC

Show and Tell— Bring any toys or anything else you have you have made. 

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· March 27, 2010

· 9:30 AM at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop

· Topic — Chair caning and repairs:  Multiple types of caning will be demonstrated.

· Presenters:  WPW Vice-President Dick Knotts.

· Show and Tell— Bring anything you have made.   You can also bring in photos of items too large to carry in.

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· April 24, 2010

· 9:30 AM at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop

· Topic — Wooden Clocks—The presentation and demonstration will cover the construction of wooden clocks..

· Presenters:  Ted Schaeffer

· Show and Tell— Bring anything you have made.  You can also bring in photos of items too large to carry in.

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· May 22, 2010

· 9:30 AM at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop

· Topic — Pyrography—is the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. It is also known as pokerwork or wood burning.. 

· Presenters:  Dean Wright.

· Show and Tell— Bring anything you have made.

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· June 26, 2010

· 9:30 AM at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop

· Topic — Sanding (Tools and Techniques) 

· Presenters:  Art Caney— Woodcrafters Programs director from Conover , NC

· Show and Tell— Bring anything you have made.

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· July 24, 2010

· 9:30 AM at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop

· Topic — Making guitars - Issac will talk about woods, tools and methods used in the construction of a guitar.

· Presenters:  Isacc Stewart of Conover, NC

· Show and Tell— Bring anything you have made.

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· August 28, 2010

· 9:30 AM at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop

· Topic — Sanding papers and finishes.

· Presenters:  Woodcrafters members Theron Carman and Art Caney. 

· Show and Tell— Bring anything you have made.

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· October  30 & 31, 2009

Klingspor Tool Show at the

Hickory Metro Convention Center

We will have a booth at the show to show our work and recruit new members .

Members are encouraged to display their work and

spend some time staffing the booth or at least come by to see us.

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