Our March meeting centred around Compound Angles – what they look like and how to cut them on the Workcentre.
The Triton Bird Feeder is a great project to illustrate the use of compound angles – click on the image below to download the project from the Triton website.
The first meeting for the 2024 was a sharpening workshop. Brian and Chris brought their wet stone grinders and other sharpening paraphernalia, and other members brought water-stones and honing guides. Members were also asked to bring their plane blades, chisels, knives and other blades that needed sharpening.
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.
Chris and Brian introduced this month’s session on Profile Routing with a project to create a useful (and beautiful) router storage cabinet.
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.
There were some great entries at our June woodwork photo competition.
The photo competition is intended for large or fixed items which could not be brought to the May competition, including items from our distance members.
Contributors were invited to present their items with a Powerpoint presentation, so further details are available for any member who could not attend on the day.
Here are the entries!
 Graham’s Range Trailer – 2nd Prize |
 Graham’s Ute Fitout |
 Ron’s Bed No.1 |
 Mick’s Desk – side view |
 Mick’s Desk – front |
 Ron’s Bed No.2 |
 Mike’s Queen Bed – 3rd Prize |
 Grant’s Lattice |
 Ian’s Workbench – 1st Prize |
 Peter’s Welding Bench – closed |
 Peter’s Welding Bench – open |
 Peter’s Workbench |
Well done everyone!
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:
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!
Members had a very busy night at our regular meeting for April, looking at all aspects of veneering.
The evening began with a warm welcome by John, discussion on the May Competition, and an overview of the latest edition of the Australian Woodworker Magazine by Chris.
We then got straight into our first session on basic veneering.
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.
We began our first meeting of 2023 with a remembrance and farewell of former member Peter Croker.
John then mentioned the club’s two page spread in the February issue of Australian Woodworker – grab a copy from your newsagent if you can.
Bob then showed members how to preserve the scales on Workcentre arms, and Chris showed us how to make a drill powered drum sander – there’s always something new to learn!
Chris continued with the main subject for the evening – Glue – truly a sticky subject!