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.
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. 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. 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. You can find more about Miles at http://users.lmi.net/karpilow/
NEXT SHOP TOURS/SAWDUST SESSIONS
FEBRUARY 16th, SHOP TOUR, 9:00 AM - NOON DAN SALTER'S SHOP, 275 APPALACHIAN DR. PLEASANT HILL, 925-935-0861
Dan Salter's shop has recently been completed after about a year of construction. The shop is attached to the house with entry from the house and a couple entries from the yard and driveway. The square footage is about 500 square feet of hardwood flooring and very high ceilings. Dan is still arranging his equipment and benches to find what works best for him. He is looking for input on ways to store tools and materials. The center pieces of this shop is his Powermatic Cabinet Saw, The Maple Workbench he made at PHAE, and his Powermatic Lathe. This is a very beautiful shop.
Directions: From I-680 take the Willow Pass off ramp. Go West on Willow Pass Rd. past Sun Valley Mall. Willow Pass becomes Taylor Blvd. at Contra Costa Blvd. Continue on Taylor Blvd. to Pleasant Hill Rd.Turn Right onto Pleasant Hill Rd. to Virginia Hills Dr.Turn left onto Virginia Hills Dr. and go about five blocks to Appalachian Dr.Turn left onto Appalachian Dr. and drive a couple blocks to #275 on the left.
MARCH 15th, SHOP TOUR, 9:00 AM - NOON ROBERT BEAUCHAMP'S SHOP, 36343 COUNTY ROAD 13, WOODLAND, 530-662-6520
Robert Beauchamp, the speaker at the October, 2007 meeting will host the March Shop Tour at his shop and lumber mill at Woodland. Robert will have a log on the mill and will give us a short milling session. A tour of his wood storage barn will also be on the menu. Bring some money along as Robert has lots of wood that is dried and up for sale.
Directions: Take I-680 North until it merges with I-80 East towards Sacramento. At Vacaville take I-505 North until you get to Country Road 14. Go right at the end of the off ramp and stay on Country Road 14 over I-5 (the road will have changed to Country Road 13 on it's own) continue 2.25 miles East over I-5. The shop is on the right (South) side of the road, 1/4 mile East of County Road 96. The drive takes about forty minutes from Vacaville.
Show and Tell Photos From January Meeting.
Al Steunenberg showed a couple of Windsor Chairs and gave a wonderful presentation on their history and how they are made.
Andrew Baxter showed a turned tray with decorative design at the center.
Frank Stratton showed a couple of lathe tools he made from planer blades with turned handles.
David Lipscomb showed a fly fishing tackle box with marquetry top and a blanket chest.
Larry Damman showed a clever rubber band gun with all enclosed moving parts.
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. 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.
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 John Stout to get on the list. The Wooden Name Badges will cost $5 each. Please contact John Stout 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
Andrew Baxter
Frank Stratton
David Lipscomb
Dennis/Detief Boehme
George Schiller
Harold Mantle
John Rodriquez
Julie Cohen
Lloyd Gowen
Rich Schwerin
Larry Damman
The Toy Makers are Diablo Woodworker volunteers. They participate in two ways.
