Brian started our first ‘joints’ meeting with a quick session on the importance of keeping our circular saw blades clean by wire brush, Dremel attachment, or a cleaning fluid such as CMT Blade and Bit Cleaner
Chris then gave us some important safety tips when buying a new blade. The Triton Workcentre’s riving knife is 2mm, and many blades currently on the market have kerfs too thin to work safely with the knife. Chris kindly provided a current list of blades with kerfs over 2.5mm which would be suitable for the Workcentre.
Brian then demonstrated basic butt and miter joints, and how these may be strengthened by housing the joint, splines and the mitered halving (or lap) joint.
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Chris and Brian finished up by showing members their jigs for extending the basic ripping fence on the Workcentre to accommodate longer pieces of wood, including the use of a dry lubricant such as Ezy-Glide to allow the jig to slide smoothly along the fence.
The evening finished with a farewell to a dear friend and longstanding member of the club, Dave Veness.
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The club wishes Dave and his wife many happy years to come – and he will always be welcome back if he’s in town (or needs the use of a Workcentre!)