Diablo WoodworkersACTIVITIES. Club meetings at PHEC are the 2nd Wednesday of the month, 7-9pm and Shop Tours or Sawdust Sessions are the 3rd Saturday of the month, 9am-Noon.
Meeting Schedule
Aug 16
Metal SIG, Bill Hund's Shop Oakland
Aug 18
Shop Tour, Berkeley Mills, Berkeley
Sept 6
Turning SIG
Sept 10
Router/Shop Tips SIG 2nd Monday because of holiday on 1st Monday.
SEPTEMBER 12th, 7-9 PM AT PHEC, ROOM 112 KEVIN DRAKE, JOINERY/SPECIALTY TOOLS
Kevin Glen Drake started the Glen-Drake Toolworks in 2001 after graduating from the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program. His first tool, the Tite-Mark marking gauge was named one of the "12 Best Tools Ever" by Popular Woodworking and selected as the "Best Overall" by Taunton Press. Kevin continues to develop new tools and techniques at his Fort Bragg shop and will be demonstrating his new offset-layout tools, along with his new "Wild West Joinery Saw" at our September meeting. He will also be offering a 10% discount along with free shipping on purchases made during the meeting.
OCTOBER 10th, 7-9 PM AT PHEC, ROOM 112 ROBERT BEAUCHAMP, FURNITURE MAKER/URBAN LOGGER
Robert Beauchamp is from Davis, California and has been making commissioned furniture for 19 years. He logs and mills his own lumber but tries to concentrate on dead or diseased trees consistent with his philosophy of keeping trees alive as long as possible. You can read more about Robert and view his portfolio of work at www.robertbeauchamp.com.
NEXT SHOP TOURS/SAWDUST SESSIONS
August 18th, SHOP TOUR, 10:00 AM - NOON Berkeley Mills, 2830 7th Street, Berkeley, CA. 94710, 510-549-2854
Berkeley Mills has been a favorite Shop Tour for the Diablo Woodworkers. Each piece of furniture is constructed by a team of craftsmen who take the piece from start to finish. All of the team members are responsible for the outcome of their particular project. This results in a very high quality piece. This is a chance to see some finely crafted furniture made with beautiful woods. Arts and Crafts Furniture is one of several styles they specialize in.
Directions: From the Diablo Valley take Hwy 24 through the tunnel to I-580 West bound to I-80 East bound to the Ashby off ramp. Turn left at the first light on Ashby which is 7th street. Drive 2 blocks to 2830 7th Street on your left.
DW MEMBERS CAN HELP THE ADULT ED WOODSHOP
Each December a Crafts Fair/Sale is held at the Mt Diablo Adult Education facility in Pleasant Hill to raise awareness of the great classes held all year. The woodworking class has a booth at the event and the proceeds help provide tools for the woodshop tool crib. These tools are essential to help woodworker students with their many projects. You may not even be aware that the Diablo Woodworkers was originally formed from a group of Adult Ed Woodshop participants!
You can help by donating wood projects which would be sold at the fair. Some of you have completed projects, but don't have someone to give them to. Or, you could be looking for some new and
different projects. Maybe you have tested some new techniques and don't have a use for your prototypes. Please consider a donation. Some ideas are: decorative boxes, toys of all kinds, notepad clipboards, puzzles, trivets, bird houses, bread boards, Christmas ornaments, and the list goes on.
Our inventory was depleted at last year's sale so our goal is to acquire about 100 items to put on sale at next December's fair. For convenience, bring your donations to the DW meetings held the second Wednesday of each month.
Want to know more? Contact Gordon Fry at 925-685-1676 or email, .
Show and Tell Photos From The 2007 Summer Social.
A Big Thanks goes to the vendors and members that donated this years Door Prizes.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
TOY Special Interest Group: Bring your finished toys to the meetings.
The Toy Makers are Diablo Woodworker volunteers. They participate in two ways.
As individuals making toys in their home work shops.
Build from your own plans or use plans available from the Toy Group
Use your own materials or we provide the materials
As members of the Toy Group in weekly sessions.
A group of about 12 volunteers
Usually meets at the Mount Diablo Adult Education School
Build toys on a production basis.
What happens to the toys? All donated to charitable organizations. We are currently building for:
Monument Crisis Center
Christmas for Everyone
To volunteer or for additional information contact: Ronald Kersey, , 925 944-5471
Router/Shop Tips Special Interest Group - Meetings at John Summers' Shop, 1672 Clayton Way, Concord, 925-681-1407, the first Monday of each month except for Sept. 10 instead of Sept. 3.
Don't forget your hearing protection!
TURNING Special Interest Group: - Meetings in the Woodshop at Pleasant Hill Adult Ed. at 7pm the first Thursday of each month. To join in the Turning SIG call George Lucido at 925-254-3659. The meetings schedule is as follows:
Sept. 2007 - Jim Rodgers will continue with the necessary steps on how to do the assembly and finish turning of a segmented vessel.
Oct. 2007 - Sharpening your lathe tools including spindle gouges, scrapers, skews, and bowl gouges. TBD
Nov. 2007 - Bowl enhancement including how to fill cracks, use of color mixed with epoxy, use of Turquoise, etc. TBD
Dec. 2007 - Bill Tarleton will demonstrate how to turn a bowl which is bigger than the swing on the lathe. This is done off the end of the lathe using an auxiliary tool rest. This can't be done on all lathes but is a good method to learn for those of us that want to make a 24" Cesar salad bowl.
Jan. 2008 - Andrew Baxter will demonstrate how to do "off-center" turning. Using this method some very interesting shapes will evolve.
Metal Special Interest Group (Metalheads): The Metal SIG meetings are being planned for 2007. The meetings will be held at the Ygnacio High School Metal Shop the 3rd Thursday of each month, 7-9 pm. Except during the 2007 Summer months when the school is closed for renovation. August meeting will be in Oakland at Bill Hund's shop. Anyone interested in adding metal work to their hobbies and join the Metal SIG needs to contact George Hawks, 510-222-1408, or email .
Memorial Flag Case Project
We have Memorial Flag Cases, for a donation of $35 to the club, to families that have received a Military or Public Service Memorial Flag after the passing of a loved one. These cases will also be given out free to any local Fire or Police family member that is lost in the line of duty. Plans for these cases are on our club web site. Gordon Fry, 925-685-1676 is the Chairperson for this project. Call him if you know of someone that would like a Flag Case or would like some help building them.
Flag Cases were given to several local police and fire fighting families in the last couple of years. It is our honor to help in memories of these men who lost their lives in their community's service.
Sign Up for Wooden Name Badges and Reminder: If you don't have a Name Badge, contact John Stout 925-676-7271 and get one. They will be very important in getting discounts at local lumber yards and other stores in the area. While we are on the subject of discounts, if you can, the next time you find a convenient supplier ask if the club can get a club discount. We will gladly add them to our Favorite Supplier's list and mail them a Newsletter. Wooden Name Badges sign up is ongoing. Contact the John Stout to get on the list. The Wooden Name Badges will cost $4 each.
John has several Wooden Name Badges that need to be picked up. Some are paid for and some not. Please contact John at 925-676-7271.
TOOLS FOR SALE/SWAP, JOBS, WANTED: - Here is a place to advertise a job or your need to get rid of that little used but beautiful tool or supply or ask for something. Call Bill Tarleton 925-939-8052 or email to get it in the Newsletter.
Woodturning Class offered at PHEC: Part I Spindle Turning, September 11 - October 16. Class registration fee is only $58.00 for six weeks - almost 20 class hours! Instructor, Jim Rodgers. Register for Course Number: 95744034. Call Pleasant Hill Adult Education Center to register, (925) 685-7340, Room 210, One Santa Barbara Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Black Walnut Lumber ¾" x 4" needed for the next batch of DW made Flag Cases. Lengths of 20", 28", up to 72". If you have some extra boards you can spare, contact Gordon Fry at or call 925-685-1676.
NEEDED: PHEC CRAFTS FAIR project needs redwood and clear pine!
Redwood will be used to make a display unit for the fair. 10 pieces of 3/4" x 8" x 48" (minimum size)
Clear Pine will be used to make items for sale. 3/4" x 8" x 48" (minimum size), clean, no paint!
Items for Sale: Donate your projects to benefit the adult education workshop
How to Donate: Contact Gordon Fry at or call 925-685-1676 or bring your items to a DWW meeting.
Diablo Woodworkers Library - See Andrew Baxter before or after the meeting. No videos will be given out during the meeting unless there are break periods. There is a $1 charge for borrowing a video or book. The videos and books must be returned at the following meeting.
FOR MORE ABOUT THE DIABLO WOODWORKERS Phone Bill Tarleton at 925-939-8052 or email . Please let us know if you move out of the area, or are no longer interested in the club activities so we can take you off the mailing list.
The Toy Makers are Diablo Woodworker volunteers. They participate in two ways.
