Sept 2008 Volume 20 No. 1 The Great Sharpening Debate drafting for woodturning U IL D E G OF TH W IRE OO SH D P W O M R A K H The E R W E S N • • Founded 1990 www.gnhw.org The Newsletter of the Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers surface preparation • book reviews • tool review fantastic flip stop • going pro • inlay a simple box Sept 13 Period Furniture curly maple Sept 14 Luthiers - New Date cedar of lebanon bottom panel Sept 20 Annual Meeting Sept 27 GSWT Oct 4 BIG Oct 11 Hand Tools Oct 18 Small Meetings photo by Dean Powell Nov 8 Period Furniture Nov 15 Guild Meeting Nov 16 Luthiers Nov 22 GSWT Dec 6 BIG Jan 10 Period Furniture Jan 18 Luthiers Jan 24 GSWT Feb 7 BIG Feb 21 Guild Meeting Mar 14 Period Furniture Mar 15 Luthiers Mar 21 Guild Small Meetings Mar 28 GSWT Apr 4 BIG Apr 18 Guild Meeting Jere Osgood May 9 Period Furniture May 16 Symposium - Tentative May 17 Luthiers Blanket Chest president’s message by Dave Anderson The Guild Experience t has been traditional for guild Frankly, it can’t be done without might be your Ipresidents to take their last Old Saw errors and omissions, so I’m going to ticket. column and give thanks to the many take the easy and cowardly way out. I Elsewhere in this issue you will see officers, Steering Committee members, would like to thank each and every a report of our success at Sunapee this and others who have made meaningful one of you who have contributed time, year. The money raised by the raffle will contributions during their term of auction and raffle items, and your skills keep our scholarship strong and support office. to make us a successful organization our efforts. The level of participation Following this tradition has become these past two years. Your hundreds of this year exceeded all previous years and more difficult for each president as the days of volunteerism make us what we at one point on the last Saturday we had years have passed and the guild has are. I truly appreciate the assistance nine simultaneous demonstrations going. grown. We are no longer a group of and support you have given me. I’ve With all this activity, we are reaching the 100-150 meeting in a member’s shop thoroughly enjoyed my time as president point where our 20 foot x 40 foot tent five times per years and perhaps running and yet I am looking forward to passing is becoming very crowded. May such a single symposium or other event. We the job along to someone else. happy problems continue for years. have been over 500 strong for more As many of you know, I have wanted The annual meeting this year will than two years now and with Sunapee, for a long time to start a hand tools feature a Guild first. As part of the our special interest group meetings, special interest group in the guild day, we will have a cookout run by the symposia, the reintroduction of Wood devoted to choosing, using , maintaining, YMCA for us at the bargain rate of $7 Days at Dave Emerson’s, and the regular making, and collecting human powered per person. The annual auction as always, meetings, there are now over 38 days tools. This fall, as someone else takes over is your chance to recycle. Donate your each year when we are active. Each the responsibilities of president, I will unused items and spare lumber and of these events requires at least one have time to realize that goal. Elsewhere replace it with something new at a organizer and a number of volunteers to in this issue of The Old Saw you will see bargain price. take on various other tasks. How does the notice for an organizational meeting I look forward to seeing you all on one thank this great group of people of the hand tools group. If you have an Saturday, September 20 at YMCA without slighting someone by leaving interest in any aspect of hand tools such Camp Lincoln. their name out of the list? as rehabilitation, use, or collecting, this Steering Committee President Dave Anderson 603-887-6267 [email protected] SubGroups Vice President David Frechette 802-633-2561 [email protected] BIG Bob LaCivita 603-942-1240 [email protected] Secretary Caleb Dietrich 603-556-1629 [email protected] Granite State Woodturners Jon Siegel 603-768-5882 [email protected] Treasurer Peter James 603-435-8133 [email protected] Luthier John Whiteside 603-679-5443 [email protected] At Large Peter Breu 603-647-2327 [email protected] Period Furniture Mike Noel 603-744-3821 [email protected] At Large Jon Siegel 603-768-5882 [email protected] Period Furniture John Faro 603-968-9800 [email protected] At Large Bob LaCivita 603-942-1240 [email protected] At Large John Whiteside 603-679-5443 [email protected] At Large Ed Orecchio 603-542-0322 [email protected] Volunteer Positions At Large Mike Noel 603-744-3821 [email protected] Books Tony Immorlica 603-673-9629 [email protected] At Large John Faro 603-968-9800 [email protected] Membership DJ Delorie 603-463-5996 [email protected] Old Saw Editor Jim Seroskie 603-673-2123 [email protected] Old Saw Mailing Syd Lorandeau 603-542-5295 slorandeau@verizon. net Past President Roger Myers 603-773-9634 [email protected] Shirts/Hats Peter James 603-435-8133 [email protected] Programs Sal Morgani 603-772-1006 [email protected] Small Meetings Ed Orecchio 603-542-0322 [email protected] Sunapee Co-Coordinator Mike Noel 603-744-3821 [email protected] Scholarship Committee Sunapee Co-Coordinator John Faro 603-968-9800 [email protected] Chairman Peter Breu 603-647-2327 [email protected] Video Librarian John Pitrone 603-894-5893 [email protected] Member David Frechette 802-633-2561 [email protected] Video Recording Peter Bloch 603-526-6152 [email protected] Member Ed Bartlett 603-364-5242 [email protected] Web Master DJ Delorie 603-463-5996 [email protected] — Please send all applications to Peter Breu, Selection Committee Chair In addition, Peter Bloch and Bob Jarrett are non-voting members The Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers – Bringing together the diverse interests of the New Hampshire woodworking community. “The Old Saw” is published five times per year. To join the Guild, go towww.gnhw.org and click on “Membership “ to download an application form. 2 The Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers announcements th Let’s start by getting there early so Sept 20 , 2008 we can setup auction items so people Directions can look them over. YMCA Camp Lincoln Auction – We all have some of those Annual Meeting tools we were always going to need • From I-93 to 101 East to Rt 125 South. • Head south on Rt 125 for 6.7 miles. Garrett Hack to give featured talk… but never do. Why not turn these into cash for the Guild Scholarship Fund. As At traffic lights turn right onto Main “How to Work Effectively and Efficiently” usual, the main man will be Jon Siegel Street. whose only request is, “No firearms or • Go 0.8 mile, turn right onto SPC 4 hazardous waste” and I will take it from David Bunker Street. t is that time of year again. The Annual there! • At stop sign, go straight across to IMeeting this year is in Kingston, NH Seating – There is plenty of picnic Rockrimmon Road at the YMCA Camp Lincoln. This is a tables for all to have a seat but if you • Go 0.9 mile and turn left onto Ball great site for a meeting and worth the need a back rest, please bring your own Street for 0.6 mile. trip just to look around. chair. • Turn left onto the road that leads to We will try to hold to the following You will notice as you walk in, there Camp Lincoln YMCA Camp – There is a schedule: is a chair we could all fit into but it is large Camp Lincoln sign. • 9:00 - 11:00 Auction in the hot sun, and it is going to be a • The drop off area for auction items • 11:00 - 12:00 Business Meeting Sunny day. If not, we got it covered so and people who have trouble walking • 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch show up rain or shine. is in front of the Office Building. There • 1:00 - 3:00 Demonstration Parking – Please do not park in front is a large parking area off to the left of the office building. Parking is off to before reaching the area in front of the left prior to the office area, plenty of the Office Building. room. Fire laws! • Custom directions at Lunch – You can bring your own www.ymcacamplincoln.org lunch or for $7.00 the camp staff will be cooking hot dogs and burgers, chips, the country, Canada and beyond, and veggies, cookies and soda. I can handle is former chairman of The Furniture that! Help out the YMCA. Masters. Garrett has also been a regular contributor to The Old Saw. Demonstration – The gods were with us and we have the good luck of having “How to Work Effectively and Efficiently” – Garrett Hack doing the demo. Garrett’s talk will look at some ideas Garrett Hack is a furnituremaker, and ways to improve your work habits to author, and woodworking teacher do better work, probably more quickly from Thetford Center, Vermont, where and enjoyably, and certainly make fewer he also runs a small homestead farm.