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.
JANUARY 9th, 7-9 PM AT PHEC, ROOM 112 AL STEUNENBERG THOUGHTS ON WINDSOR CHAIR BUILDING
Al Steunenberg helped start the Diablo Woodworkers back in late 1996. The early meetings were held in his garage shop. Those early members got to see Al's work with knotty alder for picture frames and his unique inlays mimicking bear tracks and snake skins. Over the years Al has built exquisite furniture, boxes and accessories to fill more than one house. Now he is specializing on versions of Windsor Chairs after taking classes in New England and researching the chair designs from books to trips to Europe. Al plans to tell us about these chairs as a preliminary "shot in the arm" to, hopefully, a class at PHEC building Windsor Chairs.
FEBRUARY 13th, 7-9 PM AT PHEC, ROOM 112 MILES KARPILOW
Miles Karpilow spent his early years carving antique reproduction picture frames in New York and San Francisco. His career began in 1953, almost half a century ago, when he was fresh out of college, and has continued uninterrupted to the present. Karpilow studied painting, drawing, woodcut, and lithography in school, and earned a degree in art history. Following school, he became employed as a carver by Kulicke Frames in New York City, carving by hand ornate frames for fine paintings. He held this position from 1953 to 1957 before moving west to San Francisco, where, in 1957, he took another job as a frame carver. With his new employer, Ruckert's Picture Framing, he did some of the design and gilding of frames, as well as the carving. He held this job four years, and it was to be his last stint of formal employment. In 1961 he started making furniture and cabinets in his first shop on Potrero Hill in San Francisco before moving to Oakland in 1966. He works alone helped by a succession of apprentices. As a child, he had been fond of whittling and carving with his penknife, and drew the ire of his grandmother by carving on her porch posts, so the move to carving for a living was natural. You can find more about Miles at http://users.lmi.net/karpilow/
NEXT SHOP TOURS/SAWDUST SESSIONS
January 19th, SHOP TOUR, 9:00 AM - NOON TOM HOWARD'S SHOP, 1550 HOMESTEAD AVE, WALNUT CREEK, 925-933-6011
The first Shop Tour of 2008 is being hosted by Tom Howard. Tom is mainly a Turner and his shop reflects his passion. Among the more unusual things about this shop is that it is located on the second floor of the house. Every thing that enters the shop must be carried up stairs or hoisted through a trap door in the shop floor. The trap door has been used frequently as Tom has as many lathes as most of us have clamps. He also has at least two of most every other tool. This tour is a must for Turners as Tom will show off some of the equipment and techniques he uses to do decorative turning. The Metalheads will be interested in the metal working equipment.
Directions: From I-680 take the Treat Blvd. off ramp and take Treat Blvd. East one short block and turn right onto Oak Rd. Turn left onto Walden Rd. Turn left at Cherry Ln. Turn right onto Seven Hills Ranch Rd. Turn right at Homestead Ave. It may be posted as a private Rd. 1550 Homestead Ave is up a long driveway to the left. Park along Homestead Ave and walk up the drive.
Show and Tell Photos From December Meeting.
Al Steunenberg showed a marvelous sleigh made for a grandson. Julian Hanson, did the wonderful "Rose mulling" painting on the sleigh.
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 Monday before DW meeting each month. Don't forget your hearing protection!
TURNING Special Interest Group: - Meetings in room 207 of 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.
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. Some very interesting shapes will evolve using this method.
Metal Special Interest Group (Metalheads): The meetings will be held at the Ygnacio High School Metal Shop the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7-9 pm. 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 $5 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.
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.
Al Steunenberg
Alex McCormick
Andrew Armstrong
Andrew Baxter
Andy Anderson
Andy Ferguson
Bill Tarleton
Bruce Thom
Gene Wagg
Bruce Woods
Chuck Cottril
Dave Greenhill
Dave Wittenbrock
Ivan Lee
Dennis Boehme
Dick Ellis
Dick Hallford
Ed Steffinger
Frank Stratton
Gary Seybold
Gordon Fry
Heather Stewart
Herb Goss
Gerald Perry
Jim Wharry
John Lawson
John Rodriquez
John Stout
Julie Cohen
Laura Lee Gillespie
Lloyd Gowen
Lou Parada
Rich Schwerin
Robert Simpson
Ross Dileo
Russ Monroe
Tim Killen
Tom Howard
Jerry Lambden
The Toy Makers are Diablo Woodworker volunteers. They participate in two ways.
