Kitchen Cabinets & Triton Jigsaw Attachment – 4th Mar 2015

Mar 272015
 

At our March meeting, Jimmy kindly gave us some insights into building kitchen cabinets, with discussions on hardware, materials and cutting laminated boards with the Triton WorkCentre.

Jimmy's Cabinet

 Ready to Cut

Jimmy also showed some of the Hafele hardware he uses for the drawer slides. Brian has an old copy of the Hafele catalogue in the library, but you can also download the latest catalogue.
 
Brian demonstrated the Triton Jigsaw Attachment – easily cutting out our rocking horse head from 35mm pine. The following video further demonstrates setting up and features of the Jigsaw.

 
 
Craig dry assembled the rocking horse body, cut from the 2 metres planks demonstrated at our February meeting.

Bottom Middle Top  Neck  Final

All ready to shape – see what it looks like at our next meeting!

Circles with Triton Router & Pyrography – 4th Feb 2015

Mar 132015
 

At our first meeting in 2015 Brian showed us how to cut circles with the Triton Router.
routacircle-1
The technique Brian demonstrated can be found towards the end of this showcase of the TRA001.
Members may also be interested in Stuart Lees’ site on cutting larger circles with the Triton Router.

Bruce then gave us some hints on pyrography – with some amazing samples of his work!

Bruce's Pyrography

And Craig finished up by showing us one of the 2m planks of 190mm by 35mm radiata pine that he will use for the body of his rocking horse.
Horse 1

Christmas Barbeque and Competition – 3rd Dec 2014

Dec 092014
 

Club members enjoyed a great Christmas Barbeque this year – despite a few drops of rain!

2014 Christmas BBQ

Judging for our yearly competition took some time – with the high quality and variety of entries – including a special category for this year’s theme of boxes.
A big thank you to our great judges – Dan, Mary Anne, Kim and Alison – for all their hard work and positive feedback.

2014 Competition

The club’s toymakers also showed general members a fraction of the great toys they have made for charity – lovely!

2014 Toys for Charity

TOCACT Raffle 2014 – Laptop / Writing Desk

Nov 052014
 

The Club held a raffle for this beautiful laptop / writing desk made from New Guinea Rosewood, which was drawn on Wednesday 5th November 2014, at the Stromlo Forest Scout Hall in Duffy.

The lucky winner was Marilyn Wallace, ticket number 48. Congratulations Marilyn!

 
Table dimensions are 1090mm long, 975mm high and 475mm deep.

The desk, made by one of our members as part of our 2013 project, is valued at $1,000.

Tickets were $5 each, and limited to 250 tickets only.

ACT Raffle Permit No. R 14/00223.

Hugh’s Bowl Jig – 1st Oct 2014

Oct 062014
 

Our AGM for 2014 saw the re-election of the 2013 committee, with the addition of Webmaster as a formal position on the committee.

A big thank you to all the committee members over the last year for all their hard work.

 

After the AGM, members were given a fascinating demonstration of Hugh’s bowl making jig

Pattern Routing – 3rd Sep 2014

Aug 282014
 

Brian gave us a great demonstration on pattern routing, using both guide bushes and bearing bits.

 

Brian first used a spiral bit with a bush from his Triton Router Template Guide Kit, then finished up with a CMT flush trim bit with a bottom bearing.

 

Brian recommended using a lubricant like Empire Router Bit Lubricant, to keep bearings clean.

A similar process to Brian’s – of bush and spiral bit first, followed by cleaning up with a trim bit, is demonstrated in this video.

Brian also demonstrated using the router table to cut biscuit slots for mitred corners, using a slotting cutter bit – cutting near the heel of the mitre to ensure enough space for the biscuit.

Chris gave us a presentation by Frank Klausz on dovetails, showing his method of leaving the waste to support the work until the final cut is made. Please see Chris if you wish to borrow the DVD – meanwhile this trailer covers some of the process.

John’s Jarrah Bookcase

Jun 102014
 

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Raffles

Jun 092014
 

Don’t forget our monthly door prize and major raffles – some great prizes!!

See Bruce as soon as you come in in case you forget later!

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