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

Another great evening at our 2017 annual barbeque and competition – thank you to our great chefs Tom & Mike and to Carolan for all her hard work (and for the delightful Christmas cakes).

After a steak sandwich, Christmas cake and ginger beer, members had a good chat and discussed options for next year’s meetings on Workshops while our judges made their determinations.

 
(If you didn’t fill your form in on the night, it can be downloaded from Workshop Topic questionnaire and emailed to Chris – or bring it along to the next meeting!)

There was a wide selection of entries in this year’s competition –

 

And the Winners were:

Workshop

1st – Chris – Mortise Jig

2nd – Chris – Panel Clamps

3rd – Hugh – Push Block

Indoor Furniture

1st – Scott – Butler’s Unit

2nd – Peter – Hall Table

3rd – John – Side Table

Boxes & Ornamentals

1st – Scott – Cheese Board

2nd – Mick – Redgum Boards (with a lovely commentary attached)

3rd – John – Document Box

Toys

1st – Craig – Llama Rocker

2nd – Bruce – Stegasaurus

3rd – Bruce – Cradle

 
Many thanks to our judges – Dan Steiner, Phil Coleman and Carol-Anne Karas for their time, expert opinion and constructive feedback – we’re always learning!