Plane News

Volume 30, Issue 4
Plane News
September 8, 2012
September
2012 — From the President
Here we go again;
another woodworking
season is upon us.
Sharpen your chisels,
your drills and your
skills. Support your
club and learn
something new.
To those of you, who
think smart phones are
not a hand tool, guess
again! Add the free
iHandy Level APP and
you instantly have a
digital level right in
your pocket at all
times. Add the iHandy
Carpenter and you can
add a protractor, ruler,
plumb bob, surface
level and level bar to
your phone. Check
ShopNotes issue 120
for other woodworking
Apps.
Stick around and you
might learn about glue
I want to start off with or tape and other
a big thank you to
adhesives. What
Steve Sattler and Mary about our last
Kay Marsh who
program, in May, of
organized another
the Festool
successful summer
demonstration? Wow,
picnic. They even
what great tools.
succeeded in baiting a These are some of the
phenomenon called
benefits of being part
rain that we have seen of a club, learning
so little of. It was
about woodworking
great!
tools and techniques
and being able to ask
questions of the
builders and
demonstrators of
projects and
techniques.
We also have secured
purchasing benefits for
our members.
Woodhaven offers a
10% discount on
router tables and
accessories, Klingspor
will give our members
15% off of sanding
products and Hartville
Tool offers 15% off of
your tool purchases.
Anyone who thinks our
club is only for those
who use chisels and
planes, think again, we
have a growing
number of members
who use CNC routers
to make projects from
toys, to signs to
carving and more.
We too have a
fantastic group of
Uploading Pictures to new web site
If members want to upload pictures to the new website, send them to Jim
Stein at jcs5166@columbus.rr.com.
He will place them on the website.
members who have
outstanding cabinet
making, hand tool,
carving, scroll sawing
and a wealth of
practical experience
that you cannot get
from any magazine or
video. I have found
our members are
often the best
resources.
Even though we might
be upstaged by Ohio
State Football in the
afternoon, come to
our first meeting of the
2012-2013 season on
September 8th and
see Steve Coup of
Coup Restoration.
Learn about
refinishing and
restoring historic
furniture pieces. Even
if you don’t have a
century old piece, you
might discover a tip
that saves you time
and money. If you are
not interested in the
main program, bring a
project and tell us
what you have been
making over the hot
summer. We all enjoy
the projects our
members share with
us.
Ed Robold
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Wanted – Activities Chairman
Our current Activities Chairman, Jim Walters, who has been past president and a long time active
supporter of the club, has asked to be replaced in his current position. Thus the club is looking for
a member who would like to assume the duties of the activities chairman. The activities chairman
is a part of the steering committee and would meet with them at the scheduled meetings. Per our
club constitution, the activities chairman would oversee the following items;
Holiday Party – Plan, organize and host a Holiday Party for the membership. Include presentation
of toys as part of the program.
Picnic – Plan, organize and host a summer picnic for the membership. Determine suitable location, publicize the event, and arrange enjoyable activities for members and their families.
Shop Tours – Each year arrange for members to tour home workshops of several members. Publicize dates and locations. Solicit members to open their shops to fellow woodworkers. Document
the activities with photos.
Field Trips – Arrange several field trips for the membership each year to locations of interest. Such
locations could be a suppliers factory, sawmill, educational institution, magazine shop, etc. Publicize trip to the membership, document with pictures and report.
Workshops/Seminars – Provide educational opportunities for the membership throughout the
year on particular woodworking topics. Past activities have included classes at Ron Hermann’s
shop.
Booth at Woodworking Show – Organize, plan, set up, staff, dismantle a booth at the January
Woodworking Show to showcase and promote WOCO. Work with new member recruitment team
to sign up new members at the Show. Provide demonstrations of woodworking techniques. Design
and construct a more up to date booth for use by the Club.
Ohio State Fair – Communicate and coordinate with Club members to participate in the Creative
Arts Competition for Woodworking annually at the Ohio State Fair. Organize, plan set up, staff and
dismantle a booth at the Fair highlighting activities of WOCO, especially Service activities. Use as
an opportunity for recruitment of new members.
The chairman is not expected to accomplish these duties by him/her self alone. The activities
chairman would enlist other members and work as a team to make these various projects occur.
Interested members should contact Ed Robold or Mike Quinn. Jim Walters and others can provide guidance, expertise and advise in carrying out all these duties. Some of the projects are already underway and have members willing to support a new chairperson in their completion.
Sincerely,
Ed Robold - President
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September Speaker
September 8, 2012 Steve Coup, Owner of Coup Restorations in
Columbus. Restoring and refinishing historic
furniture pieces.
Future Speaker
November 10, 2012 Mike Herrel of the Colonial Chair Company
Designing and building Windsor Chairs.
Special Thanks to WoodWerks
I personally want to thank our vendors for supporting our club. In this article, I
want to acknowledge WoodWerks Supply for not only the gifts they have given us for our Christmas/Holiday Toy Party but also for supporting the club by
donating receipts gained from old magazine sales directly to the club treasury.
They have donated $57.00 to date. This may not seem like much, but it really
helps to defray the operating costs the club incurs in its operation. WoodWerks would not have had
to donate this money to the club but did it voluntarily. These funds will be put to good use.. I am
sure many of you have been helped by the great WoodWerks staff who takes an interest in each
customer. Support the local vendors. A customer who was not from the area came to me and said,
“you have no idea how lucky you are to have a great woodworking store like this so close to you.”
He said “I drove over 100 miles to come to this store.” The Woodworkers of Central Ohio thanks
Ron Damon and WoodWerks!
Sincerely,
Ed Robold
President
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OHIO STATE FAIR
For the fourth consecutive year WOCO displayed at the Ohio State Fair.
This year we were at the Fair on Wednesday, Aug.1 and Thursday, Aug. 2. The
purpose of our booth was to create more awareness for WOCO in the local community and to highlight our Community Service activities. Toward this end we
showed examples of some of the toys which we make throughout the year for our
Holiday Toy Program, demonstrated the use and effectiveness of our Chair Risers
and exhibited one of the dressers which we make weekly at the Furniture Bank.
As a fun activity for the kids and to introduce them to woodworking we once again had them
drill holes in a Tic-Tac-Toe game which they then kept as a souvenir of the Fair. This has proven to
be a very popular activity with the children and their parents. After completing his game one little boy
said to his mother, “We can play this in the car on the way home and we won’t have to worry about
the batteries going dead!” During the two days we went through 270 game blanks. This year we also attached a sticker with the name of our Club and our website address to each game.
Many thanks to those WOCO members who volunteered their time and talents to help make
this year’s booth a success: Chuck Murray, Dan Strohecker, Tom Barr, Fred Ball, Leon Gage, Dick
Dorritty, Mary Kay Marsh, Joe Dible, Mike Ware, Jerry Seabaugh, Les Brinkley, Kevin Condon, Harry
Surwald, Lou Gatch, John Herrel, Jim Walters, Ivan Dangler, Tom Quertinmont, Dan McIver, Ed
Razler, Mike Totsch, Dave Chenault.
Mike Quin
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Committee Chairs
Selected
We are interested in
providing value for our club
members in the form of
presentations,
demonstrations, field trips,
guest speakers, programs,
discounts, education, and
participation in various
community service projects
such as chair risers, the
Furniture Bank and the
Christmas Toy Project.
To further these goals, the
following WOCO members
have agreed to serve as
committee chairmen. If you
have questions, ideas or
concerns, please contact the
respective chairperson or one
of the officers.
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Holiday Toy Program
I hope you have all been busy over the
summer making toys for our annual Holiday Toy
Program. Let’s make this years result the best ever!
If you are interested in joining one of the several
groups which are making toys, contact Mike Quinn
and I will get you set up. Also, we still have a supply
of wheels available so if you need them you may
contact Dan Strohecker to obtain your requirements.
You may recall I mentioned earlier in the year about a toy making
competition with the Dayton area club. I’ve had some initial contact with
them to try to figure out how to determine a winner. Lately I can’t seem
to get a response from their representative so I’m not sure where this is
going. Hopefully I will have more information at the September meeting.
But, contest or not, we need to maintain the high standards we’ve set
over the last 25 years and make a lot of children happy during the
Holiday season.
Mike Quinn
You can assist these
individuals by letting them
know your thoughts and
ideas. Please share them –
your feedback helps mold our
club to be the best it can be.
We look forward to hearing
from you!
Ed Robold, President
Committee Chairmen
Meeting and Program – Mike
Totsch, (614) 876-4604
Furniture Bank of Central Ohio
Our furniture building efforts continue at the Furniture Bank with
groups working on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. As of this writing we
have produced more than 700 dressers since the first of this year and
over 1450 since the beginning of the program. This is a result of which
we can all be proud.
Communications – Joe
Zagula, (740) 392-6744
Member Services – Steve
Sattler, (740) 363-8018
Community Service – Mike
Quinn, (614) 319-4718
Activities – Jim Walters, (614)
861-5808
Lately our volunteers have been trained in making bed frames and
tables so that we can help out in these areas when the need arises. It is
always amazing how quickly the furniture we build goes out the door to
needy folks.
New volunteers are always welcome. Just show up at the Furniture Bank, 118 S. Yale Ave., Columbus on any Tuesday or Wednesday
about 9 AM or contact Lou Gatch or Mike Quinn for further information.
Mike Quin
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Arthritis Chair Riser status 2011-2012
No new Changes for this month
Today I met with Chris Parson, Program Director Great Lakes Region of the Arthritis Foundation.
Great group and they really appreciate the work WOCO has done for them.
Ohio is part of the Great Lakes Region which is comprised of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia and part of Pennsylvania. Columbus is the main office so the message about the chair risers
can be spread across a wide area.
Currently they have inventory in excess of 100 sets of chair risers. He has actively contacted all the
divisions to promote this and wants us to put together a small brochure showing the chair risers and
how they are used. He will send this to their physical mailing list of approximately 11,000 which includes those people afflicted plus care givers.
They requested chair risers made from 2 boards only. For those people of shorter stature, the tall
risers are a bit much.
Chris will also add the risers into their quarterly newsletter which will go out shortly.
So far they have shared the chair risers with all the Great Lakes Region affiliates and handed out
dozens of sets during a regional meeting.
Chris has contacts at OSU Orthopedic Center and will contact them and explain they have the chair
risers. For this the brochure would be a benefit.
Chris also said they have partnered with the Flying Horse Farm which provides an extended camp
opportunity for children with varies ailments. He thought there may be some opportunities to provide
some toys that the children could use at camp. I said I would send photos of the types of toys our
group has made so he could get some ideas.
Actions:
Madison - Send photos of various toys to Chris. I will send the link to our web page but if you
have more toy photos, please let me know.
Madison and Joe Zagula - Make chair riser brochure showing basic chair risers
PDF for easy distribution
Include both short and tall versions?
Thanks to all for supporting this program!
David Madison
NOTE:
Starting with this year, we will be sending out the newsletter two weeks before each meeting.
We’re on the web!
http://www.wocoweb.org
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Delaware Group
Nearly every week we gather (usually on Thursday afternoons) at a member's shop to continue our
efforts to plan, plane, cut, sand and finish the 400 or more items for this season's array of gifts. This
year we are building the following (so far):
Log trucks
Airplanes
Block trucks
Doll cradles with dolls and linen for each
Stacking puzzles
Pounding benches
Pickup trucks
Tug boats
Puzzle shape games
Race cars
Bimonthly we have a group gathering at a members home. On Saturday, August the 11th we met at
the Sunbury home of member Marion Ackerman where we discussed the toy work currently in progress and checked to try to ensure all pieces were either made, being made or finished or waiting for
finishing.
Last Thursday, August the 9th, we met at Dan Martin's garage where he had made preparations to
enable us to spray lacquer the majority of toys which are ready to be finished. A good turnout enabled a long and laborious task to be done in just a couple of hours. The finished toys were repackaged and will be brought to Don Wenzlik's shop Thursday the 16th where we will finish putting them
together and adding necessary finishing touches.
In the past we have discussed trying to organize Termite member trips to visit Ohio woodworking
points of interests. Tom Quertinmont was elected the "organizer" for this and participation will be
open to all WOCO members. Suggestions to date include:
Keim Lumber
Hartville Tool
The flea market in Troy (good grade wood shorts are said to be sold there)
Wagon wheel maker near Baltic.
Warther Model Train Museum in Dover.
Baseball bat maker and wooden boat manufacturer in Plain City.
The Delaware Group (Termites) are an authorized sub-chapter of WOCO. Membership is open
to any WOCO member whose dues are current and who wish to experience more hands-on
woodworking and fellowship with other WOCO members.
For more information the Termites just call the group coordinator Steve Sattler, at 740.363.8018
Steve Sattler
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I-70 Woodworkers Group
No new Changes for this month
The I-70 Group met at the home of Dave Goll. Members talked about their shops and what kind of
projects they enjoy making. Group members brought plans and fine examples of toys they
have built. It was decided that for our first toy build, our group is going to focus on the fabulous Carousel that Jim Walters shared with us. Part assignments were made and we have hit the ground running.
Saturday May 5th at 9:30
Members will be meeting at Ron Grady's shop for carousel assembly.
Saturday June 16th at 9:30 The next I-70 Group meeting will be held at the home of Mary Kay
Marsh
( 6449 Red Fox Ct. Reynoldsburg 43068 )
If there are any other individuals interested in participating in the I-70 Group Please contact Mary
Kay Marsh @ 614-751-6649
Mary Kay Marsh and Steve Sattler
Library Update
WOCO Librarian John Herrel is working to update and maintain WOCO’s
lending library – a wealth of resources for WOCO members. This is an
enormous task.
If you have any books out or if you would like to donate items for the library,
please see John at the next meeting so all book records can be verified.
Thanks!
Looking for American-made products? Visit http://www.stillmadeinusa.com/tools.html.
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WOCO website http://www.wocoweb.org/
Visit these retailers who support our club
WOCO and OTHER meetings
Woodcraft
Woodworkers of Central Ohio
1077 Bethel Rd.
Corner of Bethel & Kenny Roads.
Columbus
(614) 273-0488
Sept. 8, 2011 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
At Spring Road Church of Christ
74 S. Spring Rd.
Westerville, OH
Woodwerks & Rockler
Central Ohio Woodturners
1181 Claycraft Rd.
Columbus
(614)-575-2400
Call Chuck Kemp — (614) 771-7861
Nancy Kerns — (614) 920-1184
For location and times
Woodline USA
Columbus Chippers Carving Club
Router Bits
(800) 472-6950
Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each
month at 7:00pm
Plane news is a publication of the
Woodworkers of Central Ohio
PO Box 3114 Westerville OH 43086
Meetings are held the second Saturday of
September, November, January March and May
8:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m. at Spring Road Church of
Christ at 74 S. Spring Road, Westerville Ohio.
President:
Edward Robold (614) 871-3171
Vice President:
Mike Quinn (614) 319-4718
Treasurer:
Michael Ware (614) 523-1887
5693 Piermont Court
Westerville OH 43082
Librarian:
John Herrel (614) 263-4832
Editor:
Joe Zagula (740) 392-6744
Send your feedback and ideas about what you would
like to see in this newsletter to Joe Zagula at
jzagula@hotmail.com.
The deadline for newsletter
articles is the 15th of the month
before the next meeting.
Send newsletter articles to :
Joe Zagula, Editor
jzagula@hotmail.com
(740) 392-6744
Annual dues are $25.00 per year
which includes digital copy of the
newsletter.