The January Fine Woodworkers of Austin will be moved to Fine Lumber where Lie-Nielsen will be presenting to the club.

Peter Clark gave a presentation on carving a ball and claw foot for a cabriolet leg. the tutorial is available here. The book mentioned by Peter, Fine Furniture for the Amateur Cabinetmaker by A. W. Marlo can be found here (Amazon).

Frank Lynn talked to the club about different finishes and his methods for applying the different finishes. Frank Lynn mentioned using baralon pads and the em6000 finish from Target Coatings.

Bob Dennison talked about tapering jigs for the table saw and a method for using he jointer to taper a leg.

During Show-and-Tell Mark Wells showed his toy tugboat and plane he made.

John Parkinson presented his experiences during his apprenticeship in the U.K. The presentation from the meeting is available here.

Charlie Plesums then explained the apprenticeship program that David Petersen has set up. Charlie and Terry Hall then asked for additional volunteers to assist with the Decemember meeting program on legs. Peter Clarke will already be presenting on ball and claw feet. Anyone interested should contact Terry Hall.

Mark Wells then presented his favorite cordless drill, the brace and bit. He mentioned that additional information on old tools can be obtained from the Old Tools List.

Curtis Turner gave a review of the Lie Nielson show that he assisted with in Houston. Curtis also showed off several pieces of wood that he picked up at the lunber store where the event took place. For those interested, and in the Houston area, the place was Tru Timber (713-688-0066).

The meeting was wrapped up wit Bob Brown showing several pieces of live edge slabs and various finishes used on them. This was followed by another generous door prize giveaway by Bob from Mesquite Burl.

Bill McCaffrey presented “Pictures in Wood” discussing the history and different types of Intarsia and Inlay techniques.

Peter Clarke gave a tutorial on creating inlay banding in various sizes and designs. Peter also wrote an in-depth tutorial on creating banding for inlays which is available on the Tutorials webpage.

John Parkinson agreed to put off his discussion of his English internship until next months meeting.

Rob Harris brought the three tools he made at the Homestead Heritage school. This included a marking knife, spokeshave and a bowsaw.

Bob Brown from Mesquite Burl brought several examples of mesquite burls and showed the work he has been doing on making knives with mesquite burl handles. Bob was also gracious enough to bring several pieces of mesquite to give away as door prizes, congratulations to those that won them.

No new members or visitors in attendance.

Bill Mccaffery mentioned that he had a tablesaw for sale (with a sled and casters), Charlie Plesums mentioned that he had a RAS saw for sale. Please contact them for availability and pricing.

Rob Harris gave a presentation of the history and evolution of handplanes. A copy of this is available on the Documents Page.

Charlie Plesums brought a quilters cabinet for Show-and -Tell. This consisted of a small end table sized cabinet with removable drawers which were stackable for eas transport of sewing materials. The quilters cabinet also had an inventive set of partial doors that would lock the drawers in but do not cover the entirety of the front of the cabinet.

Following this a lengthy and lively discussion about the clubs lingerie chest project consumed the remaining of the meeting. Several aspects of the design were covered including overall design, carcase construction, and materials.

• The club discussed which type of panel to use in the sides of the case, rasied panel vs. flat panel. It was decided to use a flat panel.
• It was also decided that the back would finished like the sides, flat panel, instead of a simply dadoing in a piece of plywood.
• A review of previous discussions reminded everyone that we were going to have seven graduated drawers in the lingerie chest.
• A long discussion ensued on how to attach the top to the carcase and how to attach the carcase to the legs/bottom. The consensus was to use a chest-on-table style of design instead of a chest-on-chest design.
• The use of dust panels was discussed along with methods of attaching the dust panels to the carcase. A decision started to form around using sliding dovetails for attaching the dust panels to the sides, but this was not confirmed as it was not decided upon if the dust panels would show or if the drawer fronts would cover them.
• Bill McCaffery mentioned a great video that discussed elements of design, Unlocking the Secrets of Traditional Design

Bill McCaffery discussed trying to put together a bulk wood order by the club to hopefully get a good deal on wood.

New members Richard Salmon, Jim Perry, Wally Kornejey (?) were introduced and welcomed.

Kenneth Blum of Brenham announced a sale of interesting wood at bargain prices.  Charlie promised to distribute the list to the members by email.

Peter Clarke, who did a show and tell about segmented turning last meeting, demonstrated (and donated) a table saw jig to enable the cutting of segments for segmented bowl turning, and a brief tutorial on the techniques. Peter also gave the club tutorials with commentary and photographs on how to make the jig and the turnings and suggested that the club could set up a library which could be used for future access by members.  Several commented that it would be a good addition to the web site.

Club vice president and program director Terry Hall asked members for ideas and suggestions on future programs for the club.

The members were informed that Curtis Turner will present a class on hand planes on Friday June 5 2009 at the Woodcraft Store from 1:00-4:00 p.m. and a class on turning a mallet on Tuesday June 9th at the same location. Curtis has also volunteered to present a class to the members on wood turning at some future date.

Continuing the program of the last year on the building of a lingerie chest, presentations and demos were made on carcase construction techniques.

• Jerry Davis - The Festool Domino and loose tenon joinery
• Michael Mall - Sliding dovetails>
• John Parkinson - Full-blind multiple spline joint
• Susan Morgan - Stopped dado>
• Terry Hall - Pocket screw hole jig

Bill McCaffrey discussed the pros and cons of various sharpening stones, techniques and jigs that can be used to hone that perfect edge, and offered to share the notes from his inlay and box making class.

Show and tell -

Lee Laird -  brought in a Japanese hammer that he’d made a new birds eye maple shaft for.

Brandon Berdoll - presented a slide show chronicling the conversion of a very large pecan tree into workable lumber, including the building a chain saw mill to handle cuts up to 8 feet wide (the chain saw bar is 96 inches long).