The official, by-the-calendar start of summer is still more than a week away (though our heat and humidity say otherwise), but the Summer of Sawdust as St. James is underway!
If you didn’t see the post of member projects from early 2020 take a look. Here are what other members have been up to of late. The are presented here in no particular order . . .
John Matter built this guitar from a photo online with no plans and relates it plays great.
Like the guitar, John Matter built this without plans from an online photo. And like the guitar, it plays great too!
Joe Raiti’s 8-year-old grandson, AJ, is big into sports, a huge New York Yankees fan and also loves hockey and follows the NJ Devils. He has a small collection of baseballs and a couple of hockey pucks that needed a way to put on display. Joe fashioned a baseball display in the exact size of home plate with some cross pieces to hold 13 baseballs. (He says the top ‘shelf’ can hold 5 more … room for expansion. He also made him a hockey puck display; the collection clearly has room to grow. While Joe says the projects are admittedly not exotic, they were fun to make. And that’s what woodworking is about.
Joe Raiti’s baseball and hockey puck display cases finished.
Warren Cox make this incredibly intricate chair from many, many individual pieces. It was designed to fit well and be comfortable.
Race car by Warren Cox.
Toy boat by Warren Cox.
Closeup detail of Warren Cox’s wooden boat.
Ron Collier built this sliding/barn door for his stepson. He used 1″ x 6″ pine and put a bevel on the boards to give some definition to the joints. He glued the pine boards to a 7′ x 4′ piece of 1/4″ plywood. The identical pattern is on the back side but reversed to give it more rigidity. He then added a 3/4″ x 1-3/4″ border around the outside. The finish is three coats of satin polyurethane.
This 30″ clock was made by Ron Collier. He used 1″ x 4″ poplar. The long hand is 17-1/2″ long. He purchased all of the clock parts from Amazon. The finish is three coats of satin polyurethane. He purchased the numbers from A Sign of Distinction at 1625 N. Howe Street. They were very reasonably priced at $10 and had them ready in a couple of hours.
Dick Meyer made this birdhouse for bluebirds.Dick Meyer’s bluebird birdhouse can be seen mounted outside.
Decorative box by Dick Meyer.
Picasso had his “blue period” . . . Gary Mlynek is in his seahorse period.
Seahorses by Gary Mlynek.
End-grain cutting board, maple and walnut, by Fred Walters.
Share what you’ve been working on; send photos with a few words describing the project so we can share with other members to fredcwalters@gmail.com.
The official, by-the-calendar start of summer is still more than a week away (though our heat and humidity say otherwise), but the Summer of Sawdust as St. James is underway!
