WPW member Paul Ray is a hand-tool enthusiast who has a fondness for hand saws, among many other tools. Through discussion and demonstration, his program will take us through a basic primer on handsaws (Western style, sorry you Japanese-saw enthusiasts), and how to properly use them for some of the most common cuts in the shop.
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WPW member, and Program Director, Bill James, has often mentioned that he thinks that if you can only have one woodworking magazine subscription, Fine Woodworking should be the one. Much of what Bill knows about woodworking has been gleaned from working with talented colleagues, learning by doing (and making the inevitable mistakes that always occur,
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Thirty four years ago WPW member Ken Bayer made a promise to build a unique cradle for every nephew and niece on the occasion of the birth of their first child; to date he has built fourteen. Along the way he has taught himself to do bent laminations. For his presentation,
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Our speaker will be James Kapusta, of Hermitage, PA, who will be presenting a program on Shaker boxes and carriers. Jim will talk about the history of Shaker boxes and demonstrate the steps he uses to make the beautiful nesting boxes, including the bending of the heated (in boiling water) box sides into the classic oval shape of the boxes.
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