After a warm welcome by Ron, and a welcome back to Mike, Chris and Brian continued last month’s session on building a router storage cabinet with a discussion on design.

 
Brian continued the evening with a demonstration of the Triton Finger Jointer. For members who missed the demonstration, the following is a vintage video on the topic by Triton’s founder George Lewin.

After a tea break and the raffle draw, Simon demonstrated some woodworking equipment from Temu.

Chris then gave a comprehensive talk on DIY box joint jigs for the router.

At our regular meeting for July members looked at all aspects of drawer design and construction as we returned to our current theme of Make a Table.

Members were given an excerpt from “Chest of Drawers” by Bill Hylton, an excellent overview of the subject, as well as a comprehensive range of videos and handouts.

We held our delayed December woodwork competition at our regular meeting in May.

This year members undertook judging in lieu of external judges.
Scoring was based on a simple allocation of points according to the number of entries in a category.

The categories were as follows:

• Indoor, including furniture, ornamental items and toys – excluding tables, desks & boxes
• Workshop and outdoor items
• Tables and desks
• Boxes

Prizes awarded were $50 (1st), $35 (2nd), and $20 (3rd) in each category.

And here are the entries!

Chris’s Cutting Board – 1st prize

Hugh’s Clock

Peter’s Montessori Shapes

John’s Learning Tower – 2nd prize

Mick’s Puzzle

Trevor’s Learning Tower – 3rd prize

Chris’s Drum Sander – 1st prize

John’s Garden Bench – 2nd prize

Chris’s Glass Top Table – 1st prize

John’s Table – 2nd prize

Ron’s Table – 3rd prize

Chris’s Swing Lid Box – 1st prize

Ron’s Box #1

Ron’s Box #3 – 3rd prize

Chris’s Box Open

Ron’s Box #3 Open

Mick’s Box

Hugh’s 16 Sided Box – 2nd prize

Ron’s Box #2

Well done everyone!

Our March meeting covered hardware connectors, pocket hole joinery, curved aprons and a whole lot more.

We began the evening with discussions by Chris and Bob on the March edition of the Australian Woodworker and a visit to the Railway Museum.

Brian then introduced members to a whole range of hardware connectors.

Trevor followed with a great presentation on Pocket Hole Joinery. Click on the picture below for a bit more information.

 
After tea break and the raffle draw Chris continued our theme of Tables with an introduction to Curved Aprons.