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Often referred to as the “Tupperware of the 1800s,” Shaker Oval Boxes were essential storage containers in Shaker communities.
Often referred to as the “Tupperware of the 1800s,” Shaker Oval Boxes were essential storage containers in Shaker communities.
We have Mike Schneier with a presentation on his life of woodworking. Jim Cox will also be discussing the alteration of a steel cart to add drawers and other features for supporting a heavy Bench Top Milling machine. And Mark Ackley has been working on making custom Quilter‘s Clappers. You‘ll have to come see the presentation to understand what these Clappers are all about!
Enter westernmost driveway of St. John Fisher and go to Parking Lot D. Go into Joseph Wilson School
Note: Meeting is at St. John Fisher in the Gateway Midlevel room (see instructions in the details).
Social hour.
Club updates.
National Speaker - Chuck Bender
Charles (Chuck) Bender is one of the most highly regarded furniture makers in the country and the founder of the Acanthus Workshop. He began woodworking (seriously) at the age of 12 in his parents’ basement, making pieces of furniture for friends and family. Chuck studied under Werner Duerr at the Central Chester County Vocational Technical School (now called the Center for the Arts and Technology) in Pennsylvania. Werner taught his high school program exactly like his apprenticeship in Germany. The students were instructed to blend hand tool use with power tools. Chuck teaches that same philosophy today.
Shell carving is a motif meant to look like sea shells. A popular adonnment on eighteenth-century antiques, the scallop shell, remains an attractive adornment on period furniture produced today.
RWS’ Furniture SIG will be most interested in the opportunity to practice this technique, Chuck Bender will be our guest National Workshop instructor this event.
Sulfer Inlay?
The technique, also known as, “poor man’s inlay,” uses elemental sulfur as inlay material. The vast majority of period examples hail not far here Lancaster PA. This workshop will also include a presentation about this little known inlay technique.
Preparatory considerations note from Chuck Bdnder:
For the carving class, I suggest folks bring a “V” tool (whatever size they might already have) and one or two (one large and one small, if they have two) gouges similar in shape to a Swiss Made #9 (sold at Woodcraft). The more tools they bring, the more problems we can solve. They do not need to go buy a bunch of expensive tools. Bring what they already have and we’ll make it work for their shell. I’ll also bring a handful of gouges along to share…temporarily, as I need to take them home for my school. No matter what they bring, we can make it work (I hope).
This workshop is an opportunity to learn the basic skills required to incorporate turnings into your flatwork in the form of columns, legs, finials, and the like.
Build a tenor uke from a kit supplied by the Luthier SIG. Great opportunity to build something with your child or grandchild 12 and up. Being held in one weekend at the Perinton Community Center (PCC). The price is per ukulele, not per person.
REGISTRATON IS NOW OPEN!
NOTE: A user account on Perinton‘s website is required to register on-line (WebTrac). You can also register with a paper form in-person at PCC. The workshop class number is 145955.