Members were privileged to have Andrew Pearce speak to us on his experience restoring an Albatros D.Va for the Australian War Memorial, and his current career as an objects and metal conservator with Endangered Heritage.

 

Andrew spoke to us on the trepidation he had on working on an irreplaceable part of world history, and we had the privilege of seeing the internal structure of the fuselage and wings of the Albatros as it was being restored.

 

For members interested in the camouflage pattern used for the Albatros, check out the Wikipedia article on Lozenge camouflage. There’s also a link to more information on the Albatros.

Andrew’s current work makes use of Liberon products, and he showed us some of the products he uses and examples of their application. A lot of his work uses Black Bison Wax, and members are able to order this and other Liberon supplies from Endangered Heritage.

After Andrew’s talk there was quite a response from members. In answer to one question Andrew suggested, for large furniture items, members might be interested in the work of Greg Peters at nearby Patinations.

Thank you Andrew – it was a fascinating night!
 

On a sadder note, members said a final farewell to a long standing and much loved member of the club.
Bon Voyage Gavin, and Happy Landings

Peter gave us an addendum to his excellent series on wood dust – looking at actual workplace requirements, and finished with some excellent practical tips.

 

And these are the informative videos Peter found for us.

Improve dust control at circular saw benches

Sweeping up

 

Chris then showed us how to make and use templates with the Triton router. Let him know if you’d like to learn a new skill, and help out with the Communities@Work project at the same time!
 

 

And here is the video Chris mentioned with a great alternative to double sided tape – especially for templates.

Another enjoyable night!

Members were thrilled to have Evan Dunstone back as our guest presenter at our July meeting.

 
Evan gave a presentation on the Lie Nielsen Workbench as part of our theme on workshops – a marvelous design. If you missed out on the presentation, you may be interested in the following presentation.

 

By the way, Thomas Lie Nielsen will be one of the presenters at Wood Dust.

And it’s coming up soon – Saturday 13th to Sunday 21st October 2018 in Queanbeyan & Bungendore – don’t miss out!

Members were riveted by Peter’s final presentation on dust control – amazing!

After a quick review of last month’s flow chart, Peter looked at dust particle sizes and properties of different wood species. Members may be interested in the following articles – the 2nd is a thesis that looks at the properties of Australian wood. Just click on the pictures to view the original articles on-line.

 
Peter then gave us a demonstration of his HPM Series Particle Sensor linked up to to Raspberry Pi – click on the pictures to learn more about these marvelous tools.

 
Thanks to Peter for a fascinating demonstration!

Last, but not least, Brian then gave us a demonstration on saw sharpening – what can and can’t be, jigs, sets and files.

Sadly his beautiful little saw guide is no longer available – but Brian did show us some alternatives that members may find helpful. Click on the pictures below to learn more.

 

And finally, as a follow-up to Brian’s presentation Chris found this great article on
Understanding Saw Tooth Geometry

A great night – great company!

Sadly our invited guest speakers couldn’t make it on the night, so we discussed one of the major issues found in the workshop – dust control.

We started with general discussion on the difference between a vacuum cleaner and dust extractor, followed by different systems used by members and their pros and cons.

After a cup of tea (and lovely chocolate chip and ginger biscuits), Chris dusted off an old presentation he had given on dust masks, and the pros and cons of the wide variety available

From the cheap fog-your-glasses type

To the middle range

And finishing with full protection