Come join us on June 4th as we continue work on the lingerie chest.  This month we will be covering different aspects of carcase construction, focusing on various current techniques such as sliding dovetails, mortise and tenon, floating tenon (domino), stopped dado, and dowel joints.  Additionall discussion may involve overall carcase construction, the materials used (plywood vs. solid wood), the use of floating panels and how these choices affect construction techniques such as drawer mounts.

Update 2: Site is updated, please let me know if anyone has any issues accessing the site or logging in.

Update: The admin server for our site is not responding, I will have to push oof the site updates to tomorrow night.

The website will be down tomorrow night around 9pm for upgrades.  Everything should be back within an hour or two.

Last month we saw how two pieces of furniture were designed, created and delivered to the cabinet room.

This month we will learn how two different style cabinets are made.  In this case European and Face Frame cabinets.

Charlie will share his knowledge on the the different style of cabinets and present the different types of hinges that can be used.

See you Thursday evening at 7.

Members,
In our last meeting we discussed Paul Sellers’ and Frank Strazza’s (et. al). ultimate commission for two sideboards that now in the permanent collection at the White House.  Yes, the White House.  Frank and his apprentice Jonathon plan to visit us Thursday for our monthly meeting and present the work they created followed by a demonstration or two (time permitting).

Tell your woodworking friends.  This will be a special presentation.

P.S. Take a look at the current Fine Woodworking magazine for a photo of Frank’s piece that was entered in the Texas Furniture Show.

As discussed at the last meeting, we can not have our regular monthly meeting due to the holiday.  However, we will have a informal meeting a week later on January 8th at the Ruiz Public Library Branch,  This will be a meeting not to miss.  Here is why.

John Economaki, president and founder of Bridge City Tool Works,  will be in from Portland, Oregon for the Lie Nielsen Tools show event.  John will present furniture design.

January 8 2009 - 7pm
Ruiz Public Library

(512) 974-7500
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This is just down the street from the Riverside ACC campus where the Lie Nielsen Hand Tool Event will take place Jan 9-10. Representatives from Lie Nielsen will also be at our informal meeting!

See you next week and Happy New Year!

Woodworkers of all abilities will have a chance to try new tools and learn new skills at a special Hand Tool Event in Austin. The free event offers fans of woodworking a chance to use a wide array of hand tools and learn techniques such as simple honing methods for razor sharp blades, and tuning a hand plane for optimal performance. The event will be held Friday, January 9th and Saturday, January 10th at the Austin Community College’s Riverside Campus, and is sponsored by Lie-Nielsen Toolworks. The event will feature guest demonstrators including Paul Sellers and Frank Strazza of the Heritage School of Woodworking and Bridge City Tool Works founder John Economaki.
For more information visit: www.lie-nielsen.com or call 800-327-2520.

Frank Strazza will be our guest for our December meeting this Thursday.  Frank has had several winning pieces at the Texas Furniture Makers Show including this year’s writing desk entry.  Frank will detail the construction of his pieces and demonstrate some of the finer details that we might choose to include in our project.

By the way.  The Texas Furniture Makers Show ends Saturday afternoon.  Don’t miss it!

History of the project:

3D rendering of the Lingerie Chest

After debating the choice of wood, the club chose to build it from contrasting woods, such as maple and walnut, but at that meeting left open the options about construction techniques and what part would be which wood… for example if the sides were rail and stile from walnut, the panel might be an exotic veneer such as a highly figured maple (birds eye, curly, etc) or might be a solid raised panel.  The drawer fronts might be a solid wood with or without a veneer.

The project has continued through a number of meetings, addressing issues related to building this piece.

In the June 2009 meeting carcase construction options were explored, with the final choice for this project deferred to the July 2009 meeting.

Scott Phillips’ Opinion of Our Project’s Value

Television personality and noted woodworking author was impressed with our plans, and commented on the project:

The mailing list for members has been re-created and everyone should have received a notification to confirm.  If there is anyone that was missed or would like to be subscribed with a different email address let me know (webmaster@finewoodworkersofaustin.org)