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Guild of Oregon Woodworkers Volume #27, Issue #10 October 2010 OREGON WOOD WORKS W HAT’ S IN YOUR SHOP TODAY BOB OSWALD, PRESIDENT t’s been a long dry summer, and I all projects we do, once don’t mean the weather. The shop we look beyond the un- has been too idle. The exciting part desirable things that did- is that each time I enter it these n’t go quite according to Idays I’m getting more excited to get back plan, there’s a great to work on some furniture projects. pride in having joined a number of pieces of There’s this sofa table started months wood, using many tech- ago. It’s waiting for a steam bend on the niques, into something front apron, an upcoming newsletter arti- functional and attractive. cle I suspect. That said, we’re approaching that Tool of the Month This summer saw a back to hammer- time of year in the Guild, election of offi- and-nails project, a storage building for cers. I’m happy to be able to say that a Inside this Issue: lawn tools, etc. We’ve not been able to number of new faces are taking an active agree on its location in the yard for years, role in the Guild. It’s only hollow words Prez: In Your Shop 1 relegating my truck to often be parked unless you experience them, that we are outside while the lawnmower stayed each better in many ways for involve- In the Beginning 2 warm and dry. The new location blends ment. You meet people, friends and unobtrusively into the surrounding forest. valuable contacts, develop skills in many LM: Windsor Chair 3 I’ve learned an important lesson on this different areas, and help a very worthy woodworking project. That is that I’ll cause, the promotion of woodworking. Cadillac Crosscut Sled 4 likely never build another one. It’s hard work driving sixteen-penny nails and It didn't dawn on me until the end of Dainty Inlays 5 climbing on ladders. Much more de- the October meeting and Brian's com- manding than running a jointer. But, like (Continued on page 2) The Can is Full 6 N EXT MEETING—NOVEMBER 17, 2009 7:00PM 7 Stress of Stress M ULTI-ROUTER: THE ULTIMATE Very Bad Climb Cut 7 Franklin High School, 5405 SE Woodward Portland, OR Join master craftsman Ariel Enriquez, a long time member and long standing contribu- Saw Stop Story 8 tor to the Guild, in learning what the high tech equivalent of a router can do. Ariel will 9 build a small table in 30 minutes using mortise and tenon joinery, upper aprons for the Intra-Guild New Show top and lower aprons for a shelf. They say it can’t be done—we’ll see !! 501(c)(3) Update 9 Learn from Ariel how you can turn your plunge router and a simple jig into a make-do Multi-router. Social time begins at 6:30. General meeting at 7:00. Board meeting at 5:30pm. Members are welcome to at- tend. ~Time Critical~ Roger is ordering Guild Directions: Crossing the Ross Island Bridge eastbound, take SE logo shirts for the Wood- Powell to 52nd, turn North to SE Woodward, then right on working Show. See Page Woodward; the shop is on the corner on the left. xx for details Page 2 Volume #27, Issue #10 P RESIDENT (CONTINUED) A TIME FOR PRAYERS BOB OSWALD ment "So this was your last meeting wearing the big A number of you have heard by now about our hat" that it was. I’ll be out of town in November. It felt friend Lee Johnson’s plight. Lee was on a vacation to lonely (briefly) but it's time to pass the hat. I can't be- Massachusetts, headed overseas. He started having lieve it's been 2 1/2 years in the role. I looked back some disorientation, through the records to be sure. Like all new jobs, I was some falling episodes, uncertain and it was new back then. It feels different and some loss (and now, more mature, funny for an older guy to say. Any- mysterious return) of way it's been a good season and I have to thank all of motor skills. So instead you for making that possible. You are a great team to of taking their trip to work with and I totally love the new faces joining this Europe, they decided to take a trip to Mass Gen- N THE EGINNING eral. In subsequent I B ... days it has been deter- BOB OSWALD mined that he has a ast month I posed some ‘where did we come from” ques- couple of masses in tions. I didn’t get any responses, so I guess no one re- the brain that have L members. I find that hard to believe with a few past been determined to be presidents on our roster. Perhaps they don’t read my newslet- cancerous. He’s start- ter? (Sad face here). ing a seven-week treat- ment at Boston Gen- BUT, we had an enjoyable guest speaker at this month’s eral, internationally recognized for its Cancer and Neu- meeting (see recap elsewhere in the newsletter). Ed Mattson, who served as president in the late 80’s, mentioned that one rology work. You can follow progress on a blog his fam- thing they used to do at meetings is bring a project where the ily has created. The link is other members would critique it. They were a smaller group http://fronkshealth.blogspot.com/ then. It struck me about how great that could be. I’m not sure how to implement it in our larger environment but I’ll bring it As it says on the blog, quoted from Lee, “We can't up at the next steering meeting and we’ll kick the idea around. choose the stuff that happens to us, but we can choose What a nice piece of history to hear about. how to react to it.” Another bit of Guild history is a list of past presidents. I He would like phone calls at 971-219-0839. His see the join date for most of them is 2000. I doubt they all email address is [email protected] joined at the same time. Was that when the database was born? It would be nice to know the correct order. It would be nice to Lee has always had a great and practical sense of hear from each of these people, a couple of comments they re- humor. We all wish him through this to a fast recovery. member about the ‘old Guild’. There have to be some treasures to pass on. Our known past presidents, not in chronological order, are: to problem solve every issue. Bill Fox Alan Hernried Gail Haskett took the board off site and used her organiza- Jim Boesel Ed Mattson tional skills to ultimately create the five committees we use to- Sam Bush (deceased) Lee Radtke day. Each committee was invested with enough independence to Mark Coleman George DuBois (deceased) do their job, with approval but not excessive help from the Doug Courtney John DuBay board. Steve Grove Lee Johnson All the committees today play a very active role in Guild To my delight, Ed Mattson of course, was our presenter at operations, acting quite autonomously and productively. The this month’s meeting. And I met Steve Grove at the August Meetings Committee brings your monthly guest speakers and meeting, and he’s helping out at the Woodworking show. programs. Membership handles all new members and renewals, Thank you very much Steve, for being around. address changes and member communications. Education has produced many seminars and also oversees the library. Commu- I joined when George was president and have the impres- nications produces the newsletter and maintains the website. sion that it was about then, shortly before 2003, that the struc- Shows used to orchestrate the various art shows in which we ture changed to be more open to the public. It changed from a participate. Lacking a chair for several years, it’s continued in samll group meeting in their homes to an organization for begin- operation by a champion for each show carrying that particular ners also, meeting at Franklin High School. one forward. It was in 2004 that the current board structure came to be. I sat in on many board meetings where there was little accom- I would love to know more about the early days of the plished because the whole board would debate, analyze and try Guild. Please contact me. Page 3 Volume #27, Issue #10 L AST MEETING: TRADITION OF THE WINDSOR CHAIR BOB OSWALD e had the great pleasure There was talk of the old Bodgers who would stake out a of a visit from a past plot of forest, fell the trees and make chair parts there in the W president of the Guild, field. Ed pointed out the incredible accuracy and repeatabil- Ed Mattson. Ed held this position ity, done with no measuring tools. in the late 80’s, he wasn’t totally As the chair migrated to the new world with the colonies, sure and our records don’t go back and particularly after independence had been declared and that far. That would make it 20 fought for, American variations took hold and included: years ago. I am so delighted with the contact with the past. Ed was ♦ Rejection of colonialist and royal connections with Eng- visiting Portland, an annual trip lish Windsor design.