A Publication of the Berrien County Woodworkers Guild
March 2008
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FEBRUARY MEETING

"RECAP"

The 2/18/08 meeting was held at Andrews University architecture shop and hosted by Bob Bender. Bob demo'd the process involved in creating the tooling for a large domino set he made for his grandparents. His grandma was losing her eyesight so Bob made the dominos large and needed to figure out a way to put the hole pattern in the dominos accurately and quickly. Bob made fixtures and used an end mill to create the dominos. Bob is very talented when it comes to developing tooling and processes for production.

Bob also gave a demo on how he cuts "lumber" to scale for the architecture student's projects. Technique is the key in this process and Bob has developed it to a science over the years. He also showed how he drills and taps holes for his zero clearance plate for the table saw. This is much easier and effective than using tape.

Thanks to Bob and the architecture department at Andrews and a special thanks to students Chris (who showed is collection of unique, small boxes. Great Work!!) and Jane for helping

MARCH MEETING

Tues. Mar. 18, 2008

7:00 pm

Ring Lardner Middle School

NEXT MONTH"S MEETING:   The Guild's March 18 meeting will be held at the Ring Lardner Middle School, 801 N. 17th Street, Niles with Tom Hurst hosting this event. Circle your calendars and bring your spouse/significant other because this is one meeting you don't want to miss!!!!

Ron Nelson will be bringing his hand made dog sled AND some of his sled dogs for what should prove to be a great and fun meeting!! 7:00 is the time to be in Niles for a meeting that you don't want to miss!! Don't forget your camera and dress appropriately as I'm sure if weather permits Ron will hitch 'em up!!!!

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MEMBER SHARE

Mike Snyder brought in some blades, bits and other goodies that customers have failed to pick up. Feel free to visit Mike at The Toolwright Shop of Red Bud trail if you weren't able to pick up these items at the last meeting.

PROJECT OF THE MONTH

Project of the month was a box. Jim Neuman, John DeLapa, Bob Bender, Wayne Rendell and Jeff Starke all brought boxes. John Delapa won the "Sawdust in the Hat" $25 gift certificate to Johnson’s with a cedar salmon box. Thanks to all who brought in projects!!!! John DeLapa also brought in a grate to cover a hot air vent that was inlaid and obviously took many hours to create.

Andrews has their annual bird house auction coming up to raise money for mission work in South America. Those who make bird houses are encouraged to donate their projects to Andrews to help raise money for this good work. Bob Bender has shown the Guild what great simple things the group does on this trip so let's get busy and make the sawdust fly!!!

MAR. PROJECT….A BIRDHOUSE or BIRD FEEDER.

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Guest Appearances

Warren Snyder brought guest Roger Bredeweg to last months meeting. Welcome Roger!!! We hope to see you regularly!!!!!