Elmer Nahum, one of our new Program Directors, has suggested a series of programs on basic skills that all woodworkers need and various ways to achieve them. We’re going to start this series with the mortise and tenon joint, a basic building block necessary for many woodworking projects. Through lecture and demonstration we will describe three ways to cut this classic joint in both the simple 90 degree version as well as angled mortise and tenon joints.
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For the December 2016 meeting, we would like to have multiple WPW members participate in a presentation for a favorite woodworking tip. The tip can be about any woodworking topic and should be presented in a time frame of 1 to 7 minutes with a few minutes allowance for questions.
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Our speaker for our special Friday evening meeting will be woodworker, teacher, and author Alan Turner, the founder of the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop. Alan is in Pittsburgh to teach a two-day class on how to dovetail a drawer, and more importantly, how to properly fit it into a carcass for a piston-like fit.
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Eric Stacey has developed a router jig to carve columns.
Quirk Beads For Doors & Face Frames — Joinery Methods For Butt Joints
Quirk beads are a common design element used to create a nice shadow line detail around the inside edges of door rails and stiles, or face frame openings. These beads are often found in “traditional”
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Jonathan Shapiro is going to do a presentation on sculpture. Jonathan is a well known Pittsburgh and national sculpture (wood) mostly.
Our speaker will be Jonathan Shapiro, a Pittsburgh-based artist in many mediums, including wood sculpture. Jonathan likes to think of himself as being a “lifelong artist,” having been exposed to art in many forms by his mother,
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