The Newsletter of the Lehigh Valley Woodworkers’ Guild

April  2005

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Thanks to:

Ron Wiley who volunteered his time and energy to help run the Guild.  He attended this first meeting on May 5 at Bob Tinsman’s house and he was up to speed in no time at all. 

 Allen Powell who volunteered to take over the “Blocks for Kids” program.  Allen will be looking for members to step up and give some of their time and energy to this good cause.  For those of you who might not know, the Guild has access to Bally Block’s scrap pile.  We turn this “scrap” into sets of blocks for kids in many of the Lehigh Valley childcare programs.

Speaking of Wood:

 Before the meeting got started we invited the members to visit the parking lot where Russ Reinhard had a truck full of wood from Bally’s scrap pile.  It did not take long for all of the  “scrap” to end up in member’s vehicles.  We will probably repeat this in the future as material becomes available.  The Turners were particularly happy to get free turning blanks…as usual.

April Drag-in & Brag-on:

The question has often been asked;  “Does Grumbine’s lathe ever stop”?  If it does, it cannot be for long because Bill just keeps bringin’ it on.  He was again first up with this beautiful piece in Cherry.

He followed with a large bowl of Wormy Maple.

 Gerry Chiusano, much to his credit, told us all the mistakes he made while making this Jewelry Box of Maple and Walnut.  He was able to correct them, and this fine work is the result.  After Gerry applies the finish he will give the box to his son. 

All of us in the audience who understand Italian had no trouble following Gerry’s hands.

 April Highlights:

We are fortunate to have some amazingly talented people in our Guild, but no one is more amazing than Adolph Schneider.  In previous presentations covering Veneering,  Marquetry and Inlay work Adolph demonstrated how these specialties were done.