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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
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WHAT KIND
OF WOODWORKING
DO YOU DO?
Whenever I take a
friend or acquaintance
downstairs to show them
my workshop they usually
ask “what kind of
woodworking do you
do?” That question got
me wondering how many
different kinds of
woodworking there are. I
came up with quite a few.
There’s furniture making
(period furniture, fine
furniture, casual furniture,
outdoor furniture),
cabinetmaking, carpentry
(home building, rough
carpentry, finish
carpentry, historical
restoration), lutherie
(making guitars, violins,
cellos, other stringed
instruments),
woodcarving,
woodturning, crafting
decorative and artistic
pieces, toy making. I’m
sure you can think of
many more.
Just as interesting
as the many different
kinds of woodworking are
the tools and methods
used by the woodworker.
Some use hand tools with
origins 300 or 400 years
ago while others use table
saws which shut down in
nanoseconds when they
sense a finger near the
blade. Some
woodworkers
meticulously cut
elaborate pieces by hand
on a band saw or scroll
saw while others program
their computers to do the
work. Some
woodworkers fasten their
work with nails and
screws while others craft
intricate joinery.
And yet all these
many disparate activities
and methods fall under
the broad canopy of
woodworking. What
links them together? It is
the medium in which we
work – wood. I think
most woodworkers get
involved because they
genuinely like wood. Holding
a piece of wood is oftentimes a
mystical, Zen-like experience.
Looking at the color, texture,
grain pattern, pore structure
and figure of a board we are
about to use creates a sense of
inner calm. Planing a piece of
rough sawn lumber and
discovering the beauty hidden
within is an experience of joy.
And who of us can resist the
urge to run our hand up and
down the freshly planed
board?
Wood is a material
which was once alive and will
live on in the articles we
produce. When we go on to
that great woodshop in the sky
the things we have made will
remain in our families for
generations and give our
descendants a tangible link to
ourselves. How cool is that!
For the record, I make
furniture and lots of toys.
What kind of woodworking
do you do?
Mike Quinn
September 2014
From the President
Volume 32, Issue 4
September 13, 2014
Plane NewsPlane News
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WOCO
2104 – 2015 Meetings and Programs
I’ve made every effort to respond to the majority of WOCO members who have repeatedly asked that most of our
meeting programs be of a specific nature. Members have asked that the meetings feature more of our own mem-bers, who are highly skilled and experienced in many aspects of woodworking. They would like to see meeting
topics that are not only educational and informative, but are also very practical and useful to most woodworkers in the workshop.
Consequently and after a little arm twisting, I am happy to report that I have been able to get six WOCO members
and three outside members to agree to do a presentation on eleven different woodworking topics for the upcoming 2014-2015 series of meetings. Some of these will be live talks where the presenter is actually able to bring in their
tools or equipment to demonstrate a particular woodworking skill or technique. Others, because of the topic and need to have an outfitted shop, I have arranged to go to their shop (or in some cases, use the well-equipped shop of
Dan Martin) and make a video (Cecil B. Demille...move aside) with them discussing in full detail plans, measure-ments, specific related tools and various techniques used to build a specific project and technologically visually il-
lustrate their presentation. Needless to say, the presenters will make themselves available at the meeting for any question and answers that may follow. So, in light of having a complete woodworking shop and every tool or piece
of equipment in our meeting hall that one might need to adequately demonstrate or use for their presentation, I hope you would agree that for all practical purposes, recording them in their own shop and using the necessary
tools will prove to be a good alternative. Further, and even more importantly – making a video in the comfort of one's own or familiar shop and use of your own tools is a lot less stressful and makes for a better use of time. It is
certainly my hope that you will all agree.
Finally, I also want to extend my sincere appreciation to Dan Martin for the countless hours of time he has spent editing the various videos on his computer as well as his help selecting and assembling the presentations:
2014
September 13:
“Helpful Jigs and Tips for your Leigh Dovetail Jig” – Dan Martin
Dan will share some of the tips he has devised to compliment and use in conjunction with the Leigh Dovetail Jig in
making drawers. Join Dan in his shop (via DVD video) as he explains how to lay out and cut precise dovetails for the front/back and sides of drawers and assemble them with ease – utilizing his homemade jigs, illustrated plans
and techniques. In addition, Dan will present a live presentation demonstrating the rationale behind the need to use grease on the inside of a router collet. Also, he will have available for those interested – small cups of light-
weight grease for sale at $1.00 each with proceeds donated to the club.
“Working with Varnish”- Bob Cole
Join Bob in his shop (via DVD video) where he will demonstrate and explain the step by step procedure and tech-niques he uses for finishing his furniture and other projects utilizing varnish. Bob will also bring in his sample story
boards to show the results of his end product.
“Table Saw Set-up”- Tom Quertinmont
Come watch Tom along with Dan Martin (via DVD video) set up and calibrate a typical contractors table saw us-
ing both simple and precision tools for consistent and accurate cuts.
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September 13:
CNC Machine attached to Scroll Saw”- Mark Pohm
Watch and listen (via video camera) to Mark Pohm as he explains how he built his own CNC machine, attached a scroll saw and programed it to do production cuts of toy parts for the WOCO Toy Program.
November 8:
“Demonstration of Festool Domino Tool”- Craig Blight
Craig will do a demo of this new tool and how it is used for making loose tenons for various types of joinery appli-
cations along with other uses around the shop.
“Shop Drawers”- Don Wenzlik
Don will show us (via DVD video) how he utilized the large unoccupied space beneath his work bench to con-struct strong easy sliding wooden drawers to hold an assortment of tools.
2015
January 10:
“Band Saw Set Up”- Ron Damon
Ron will bring in a band saw and demonstrate the proper set up, how to fine tune the saw and discuss the use of various blades for the different types of cutting.
“Standard Twist Drills and Two Methods of Sharpening”- Mark Pohm
Mark will discuss the different types of steel used for making twist drill each has its own unique characteristics and use. He will also bring in and demonstrate how to use both the General Drill Sharpener and the Drill Doctor to
sharpen dull drills. Members are encouraged to bring in a dull drill bit (1/2” or smaller) to try their hand at sharp-ening and with Marks helpful guidance.
March 14:
“Different Fasteners for Various Uses” – Mike Reckers, GM and Marketing Director, McFeelys
Mike has agreed to come and talk about the huge selection of screws and fasteners available today by a variety of manufacturers and discuss their intended use and benefits in wood and other materials.
“Marquetry Basics”- Donna Hill
Learn how to embellish your woodworking projects by learning the techniques of marquetry.
May 9:
“What’s New in Woodworking” – Scott Phillips
Thanks to the good efforts and persuasion of John Herrel, long time TV host of The American Woodworker, Scott
Phillips has agreed to share with us the tools and methods he uses in making his woodworking projects.
Gary Warchock
Uploading Pictures to New Web Site
If members want to upload pictures to the new web site, send them to John Herrel at
[email protected]. He will place them on the web site.
Plane News 4
SPREAD THE WORD!
It is likely that most of us who have gone to either Wood Werks or Woodcraft this summer noticed the WOCO
display of our new membership brochures and a stack of WOCO Member Services business cards. These are
placed there in hopes of reaching other woodworkers who may not be aware of WOCO, our website, and our ser-
vice to the community and to our members.
There are other means of reaching out to non-members as well. If one considers the enormous amount of wood
related items for sale in those stores, to say nothing of what is offered on the internet, it becomes obvious there are
a lot more men and women woodworkers in this area than there are members of WOCO. In fact, I bet every
WOCO member reading this article knows of several themselves.
This year WOCO is increasing the value of membership in a number of ways (as you will learn during our Sep-
tember 13th meeting). You can help get the word out to others by talking about WOCO to friends and encourag-
ing them to pass the word to woodworkers they know. Carry a couple of our WOCO Member Services business
cards and give them out so others can contact us for more information about what is happening.
Cards are available at the treasurer's desk and at the coffee counter at all WOCO meetings. And remember, the
more WOCO grows the more it can do to enhance your WOCO experience!
Steve Sattler
WOCO TO PRODUCE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
Under the direction of Gary Warchock, we are planning to produce a short video highlighting the activities of
WOCO. The video will be used to promote our Club at events like the Woodworking Show and State Fair, among
others. Gary has been recording raw footage over the last several months and will continue to do so during this
Club year. We are targeting to have the video finished by the end of June.
Volunteers with experience in video production, storyboard planning, script writing and narration are needed to work on this project. If you have any of these skills and can help out please contact Gary (216-316-2122, gwar-
BEGINER AND INTERMEDIATGE WOODWORKERS (BIG)
DEATH, TAXES, SHARPENING - THE DREAD OF THE WOODWORKER Calling beginner and intermediate woodworkers (BIG) to the first hands-on member presented educational fo-
rum at my home workshop 1215 Brittany Lane, Columbus on Saturday October 4, 2014 from 10AM - 1 PM. The
topic of this new WOCO concept will be sharpening plane and chisel blades. This will include a discussion of the principles of sharpening, available methods of sharpening, what works and what doesnt and finally "hands-on". I
cant do much about death and taxes but if sharpening has been a problem for you perhaps I can improve your abil-ities. Class size is limited to twelve. Reservations will be on a first come-served basis with a waiting list. Attendees
are asked to bring a flat blade in need of sharpening and bring whatever stones, guides, or devices etc. you current-ly use. Email me at [email protected] to reserve a spot or with questions. My shop is located in the
center of Upper Arlington. Since this is the first venture into member presentations please help us by providing the club with suggestions for future BIG topics.
Chuck Caranna
Plane News 5
2013-2014 WOCO Activities
State Fair – Our booth at this year’s Fair was cancelled. There were not enough volunteers to work the booth for
two days. The preparation required is too much for a one-day appearance. I have asked the coordinator to keep
WOCO on the list for 2015 and we will see if there is enough interest to try again.
Picnic – The 2014 WOCO picnic was a great success. Thank you to Mary Kay Marsh and Steve Sattler for their
leadership. The 2015 picnic will be next July at Hannah Park in Gahanna.
Shop Tours – Four shops were open for tours on July 26. Thanks to Dan Martin, Don Wenzlik, Marc Pohm, and
Bob Cole for volunteering their shops and time for the tours. We will plan more tours this winter but will schedule
only one or two at a time. Please let me know if you will open your shop for our members.
Christmas Party – Scheduled for Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Berwick Manor starting at 6:00PM. Details are
forthcoming. Thanks to Chuck Caranna for coordinating the event.
Woodworking Show -- The next show in Columbus is scheduled for January 23-25, 2015. We would like to plan
more skill demonstrations as a way to increase our club’s exposure to attendees and bring in more booth traffic. Please consider conducting a demo during the show. We will have the tic-tac-toe game activity for kids again this
year and plan to give it more “publicity” to increase participation.
Field Trips – Set up day trips in the area to manufacturers, sawmills, lumber companies and dealers. Overnight
trips can be planned on a pay-as-you-go basis. Would like more suggestions from the membership.
Education – Coordinating with Gary Warchock to provide learning/sharing opportunities. One idea is to have
activities planned in conjunction with shop tours. Conduct demos of techniques, tools, and processes by members
in their shops. Suggestions are encouraged and welcome.
Karl Hans
CNC SMALL GROUP
Marc Pohm has expressed interest in starting a small group focused on CNC. If interested in participating, contact
Marc directly – 740-745-1486, [email protected]
WOCO FUND RAISER
Dan Martin will be bringing some grease cups with lids for people to put in their router bit drawer to lubricate their
router collets. A lot of people have asked what kind of grease do I use. So I thought I would package some up and
offer it to members for a $1.00 contribution to the club treasure.
Plane News 6
Woodworkers Around the World
By Ed Robold
Have you ever wondered what woodworkers in other countries around the world do and how they do it? Have
you wondered if they might have ideas and methods that might help you? Have you ever made contact with any
of them? I thought I’d write this short article about a couple of personal experiences of my own, working with
wood workers in different countries.
The Internet has made the world much smaller by allowing us to communicate with people all over the world.
YouTube has made it possible to see and learn about things as if we were right there.
One day I was surfing the Internet for band saw jigs and fixtures. I found some videos by Steve Maskery, a wood-
worker in the United Kingdom. I checked out his website http://www.workshopessentials.com/shop/ and was
really intrigued. He has produced a number of videos on woodworking topics. He sells DVD versions that will
play on U.S. players and computers. I purchased his Workshop Essentials 4&5 disks titled The Complete Band-
saw and his Workshop Essentials: Jigs and Accessories disks. I found the information very interesting and helpful.
These disks contained ideas for jigs, fixtures and techniques that I had not found in material available here in the
U.S. I would encourage you to visit his website and review the information he has posted there. He has previews
of a number of his videos which you can view before purchasing anything.
I found his humorous presentations very informative and helpful. You may find something of interest that will
help your woodworking endeavors. Hidden gems of knowledge can be found anywhere, you just have to look.
The second woodworker which I’ve been in contact is Alex Shpetniy, an 18 year old student, who had an idea for
a business making a high-tech rubber band machine guns who lives in eastern Ukraine. He started out by posting
his project on Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/) and asking for $5000. His design was so impressive,
when the funding period ended, the backers had pledged $147,396.00 for his venture! Being a rubber band gun
collector and designer myself, I too became one of his backers because I had to have one of his creations. I waited
six months for the masterpiece to arrive. It was well worth the wait!
Alex and his crew were working in the middle of an active war zone and through all the issues of securing materi-
als, equipment, manufacturing, and shipping, he still sends out regular updates on the project. The updates include
still and video imagery of his production and details about what is going on with the project and the area where he
lives. He had only 48 hours to relocate all of his shop and crew approximately 300 miles from his native location
and is continuing to manufacture the rubber band guns. The separatists took over his old home and shop. His sto-
ries would make any issues we might have with our shops or woodworking seem rather trivial. It really makes a
person thankful to live in the U.S. and be able enjoy our woodworking hobby without worrying about being killed.
Keep those chips flying!
Ed Robold
Holiday Party - Save the date
Please plan to join your fellow club members for a fun evening at the Berwick Party House on Thursday December 11, 2014. Details will follow. A tradition with WOCO members and guests for over twenty years!!!
Plane News 7
I-70 Woodworkers Group
I-70 Toy Group at 300 and counting . . .
It’s another record year for the I-70 toy makers. We have 303 wooden toys & games completed or in some stage
of completion, and we’ve just started some new ones including a genuine spy-master periscopes that kids are go-
ing to love.
The I-70 toy makers meet on Saturday mornings so that younger still-working woodworkers can join our retired
men and women. Almost nobody (except of course Mary Kay) makes it to her workshop in Reynoldsburg every
Saturday. Our host supports her woodworking addiction by creating and marketing stained glass. Her biggest
market is the Circleville Pumpkin Festival, and even with that October deadline looming, she still donates time
and shop space to WOCO’s I-70 toy makers--that’s how generous Mary Kay is.
We’re a fun group of a dozen or so men and women whose talents vary from novice to master and whose ages
run from 18 to 80. If you have even a few Saturday mornings open, we'd certainly welcome your help. To join
the fun just call or email Mary Kay and she’ll put you on the notification list. [email protected] (614
751-6649)
Don Davis
Library Update
The WOCO library list, with the newest updates, is now on our new web site. The new list can be sorted by Media Name, Author Name or Media Type. The Club has over 100 DVDs,
165 books and 60 VHS tapes. There are 50 items checked out at this time, many of which will be returned at the next meeting. So take a look the Library on our web site
www.wocoweb.org. We have several new additions to the library, including “Google Sketch-
Up Guide for Woodworkers.”
See you at the September Meeting.
John Herrel
The Club Librarian
We’re on the web!
www.wocoweb.org
Plane News 8
Furniture Bank of Central Ohio
WOCO volunteers continue to work at the Furniture Bank each Tuesday and Wednesday producing dressers and
bedframes. We’ve made over 3600 dressers and more than 2500 bedframes since we got started about 3 ½ years
ago. But the need continues to grow. Furniture Bank is on track to serve about 4500 families this year, a 10%
increase from a year ago. On this past Wednesday the dressers were taken from the workshop floor to delivery
trucks as soon as we could produce them.
If you’d like to get involved in this worthwhile (and fun) activity contact Lou Gatch ([email protected]) or
Mike Quinn ([email protected]) for more information or just come to the Furniture Bank (118 S.
Yale Ave., Columbus) any Tuesday or Wednesday around 9AM. Due to illness, injury and retirement – not re-
lated to FB activities – we especially need volunteers on Wednesdays.
WOCO WINS NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY AWARD
In the last issue of Plane News it was mentioned that WOCO had been nominated by the Furniture Bank for an
award given annually by the Association of Fundraising Professionals in Columbus. In mid-June we were noti-
fied that WOCO had won the award – the National Philanthropy Day Award for Volunteerism. Details of the
award are listed in the “News” section of our website.
WOCO was recognized for its many long-term community service programs and the dedication which WOCO
volunteers have towards those programs. Specifically cited were the Holiday Toy Program, Chair Riser Program,
furniture building at the Furniture Bank and the cutouts program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Letters of
support for WOCO’s nomination were received from Arthritis Foundation, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and
Gladden Community House.
The award will be presented at a luncheon at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Columbus on Tuesday, Novem-
ber 25, 2014.
I know most WOCO members who have participated in our Community Service activities don’t really consider
what they do as “philanthropy.” We don’t try to put a monetary value on our contributions and we volunteer for
these activities to support our Club and because helping those in need is the right thing to do. But receiving this
award has caused me to look closer at what we’ve done over the years and maybe try to put a value on our contri-
butions.
Using historical data since 1996 and estimating prior to that I think over the years we’ve donated more than
30,000 toys at Christmastime. We’ve made more than 7500 sets of Chair Risers since about 1990. Our relatively
new cutouts program at Children’s Hospital has yielded more than 5000 pieces. Furniture Bank, using generally
accepted figures in the non-profit sector, values our contributions in terms of volunteer hours and inventory value
at more than $500,000. Then add in the projects over the years which aren’t well- documented – Festival of Trees,
Balance Beam, St Vincent’s, woodshop at Gladden , and on and on.
Using conservative figures I think the monetary value of WOCO’s contributions since the founding of the Club is
more than $1,000,000! Certainly no one can get an accurate number and putting a number on our contributions
shouldn’t change our focus or attitudes towards community service. But, we should all be proud of what our Club
has done through the years of its existence.
Plane News 9
DELAWARE GROUP
TERMITES MAKING SAWDUST
The Delaware Termites have enjoyed a busy summer working and traveling together. In addition to our two day
May trip to Amish Country to tour Keim Lumber and a number of other wood-oriented locations up there we
also attended the WOCO Picnic in July and held our own little Termite Picnic here in Delaware in August. A lot
of us also took advantage of the recent WOCO Shop Tour weekend and traveled to Newark to visit the
shop of member Marc Pohm. Marc is a very creative person and we all enjoyed viewing his shop(s). Of special
interest was his homemade CNC machine which uses a heavy duty scroll saw to do the cutting. Most
interesting about that though was the fact the table holding the wood being cut moved the blank into the saw blade
rather than moving the cutter into the wood! And all of his own design!
Almost every week we have been meeting in member's shops to continue our quest to contribute 2,000 toys at the
Christmas party this year in support of WOCO's efforts to help underprivileged children in Central
Ohio and to provide chair risers to the Arthritis Foundation and other area locations.
Participation in WOCO small groups provides a wonderful opportunity to learn woodworking, to help others, and
to enjoy the fellowship of like-minded individuals. If you are interested in learning more please feel free to call me
at 740/363-8018.
Steve Sattler
NATIONWIDE HOSPITAL
The cutout program for Children’s Hospital is gaining momentum with the addition of a few more volunteers. Each month we are able to deliver about 200 cutouts for the patients to decorate and display. The people at the Hospital are always very appreciative of receiving each month’s delivery. For information on how you can partici-
pate, contact Mike Quinn ([email protected]).
CHAIR RISERS
The Arthritis Society has found homes for every set WOCO has provided and is extremely grateful for our help.
They now have a waiting list and would appreciate any sets we can provide. Please make up any you can of both
the tall and short sets and bring them to the September meeting where they will be collected. There seems to be
preference for the taller sets from those in need but also there remains a consistent request for the short sets from
people of shorter stature. New members can find the plans for chair risers on the WOCO Website. Tall sets are
three boards high and short are two. We have been using a 3 1/2" dia. forstner bit to make the recess on the top. If
anyone can complete the glue up but doesn't have the forstner bit, you can bring your glued up block sets to the
meeting and I will drill the recess. Please put each complete set of 4 into a plastic bag so they can be easily handed
out to those in need.
David Madison 614-208-2664
Plane News 10
Profile
Christopher Amatos
Long-time member and former WOCO President Chris Amatos has had an interest in woodworking since an ear-
ly age, but wasn’t able to really get involved in his hobby until later in life. His first real exposure to woodworking
was in a junior-high shop class, where his primary project was a night stand made from solid oak. “I remember my
shop teacher saw me cutting the best part out of the middle of a wide oak board. He asked me what I was doing. I
said, ‘I want this piece in the middle.’ He gave me kind of a disgusted look and said, ‘Remind me to charge you
double.’ I was happy to pay the additional price – I think oak was going for about 40 cents a board foot.”
A lack of access to tools at home, along with a detour into photography and the pursuit of more academic classes,
led to a three-year hiatus in woodworking. His next foray was as a senior at Upper Arlington High School, when
he took Wood Shop II. During the second semester, he remembers that a retired U.S. Army colonel was beginning
a second career in education. “I was never fond of student teachers,” he recalls. “I always felt that they weren’t as
a good at teaching as my regular teachers and that I was being used as some sort of practice student.”
After receiving a degree in journalism from The Ohio State University, Chris was a reporter for newspapers in
Rome, Italy; Youngstown, Ohio; and Albuquerque, New Mexico. His last reporting jobs were with Columbus Citi-
zen-Journal and as Assistant Business Editor of the Columbus Dispatch. Following an 18-year career in newspapers,
he switched to corporate communications and worked 17 years at AEP as Manager of Policy Communications.
He resumed his interest in woodworking in about 1986 after purchasing his first house in Columbus. His first tool
was a Craftsman radial arm saw, which he still uses. He joined WOCO in 1990 or 1991, after stopping by the
club’s booth at the annual woodworking show. He was editor of Plane News for several years and club president
from 1997-1999. He relates that he was a member for several years before he realized that his senior-year student
teacher was none other than Walt Betley.
Chris is interested in all types of woodworking. His furniture projects include bunk beds, tables, a fireplace mantle,
foyer shelf and several odds and ends. He has also built mantel clocks, jewelry boxes and hand mirrors for various
family members. His latest project was a wall-hung tool chest to better organize his workshop.
Plane News 11
Profile
Walt Betley
Walt is the founding member of WOCO. Now aged 93 Walt finished high school in 1938 and went to work as a
draftsman for the next 5 years. Early 1943 he enlisted in the Army “Corps of Engineers” training to become a
Combat Engineer. He served in three wars WWII (Europe), Korea and Vietnam as a Combat Engineer. He re-
mained in the Army for 28 years serving in various assignments with troops and as a staff officer. These assign-
ments took him to various parts of the world serving in Military Construction, Mapping, teaching at the Engineer
School and other staff positions, retiring as a Colonel in 1971. After retiring he attended OSU under the GI Bill
and received two degrees in Industrial Education. Walt taught “Engineering Graphics (Mechanical Drawing) for
20 years retiring the second time at age 70 (1991).
Walt’s love of woodworking started in 7th grade when he took manual arts program. Students had to build a
small single mast sailing vessel to scale. They used their model sailing vessel on a pond near the Charles River in
competition with other Boston area schools.
Walt was enrolled in Mechanic Arts High School. Students in Mechanic Arts HS took 4 years of College Prep for
Engineering Schools plus shop classes such as woodworking, wood turning, pattern making, drafting, machine
shop and forging. Walt majored in drafting. The shop classes were full fledge classes not just introductory cours-
es. This further enhanced Walt’s love of woodworking and woodturning.
During Walt’s military career he spent many hours in the Hobby Shop at each post. Hobby shops were set up at
each military post with area for military personnel to work on their cars, area with ceramics and other hobbies for
wives and wood shop. In hobby shops at duty stations around the world Walt built tables, four poster beds man-
tel and tall clocks and other items.
Walt’s last posting as staff Colonel was at Fort Monmouth NJ. Walt was able with his military budget and some
funds from his commanding office to build a new hobby shop for all military personnel at Fort Monmouth.
In the late 70s or early 80s, Walt and some friends joined Western Ohio Wood Club in Dayton. During one of
the trips to Dayton, Walt and his friends decided to start their own wood club in Columbus. WOCO held its first
meeting in 1983 at Hastings Middle School. Walt was president and did everything and anything that needed to
be done for the club. After a few months the club seemed to be having organizational difficulties at that time em-
ployees at Western Electric who were also interested in woodworking joined the club. Lou Gatch who was with
the Western Electric members took over as president (1989 – 1991) and helped stabilize the club. During one
meeting of WOCO Walt suggested that they have a wood turning section. Walt started the Central Ohio Wood
Turners.
While interviewing Walt, I was able to view many items that he has built ranging from tables, mantle clocks,
grandfather clock, built-in book cases, fireplace mantel, four poster beds with legs turned on his lathe, and beauti-
ful wood and acrylic pens. Currently Walt concentrates on wood turning.
Walt told me that he is most proud of the club’s community services and to be associated with so many talented
and new found friends.
Plane News 12
Profile
John Herrel
John was introduced to woodworking in high school in the Industrial Arts Program. After high school John at-
tended GM Training Center to become an auto mechanic and worked as a GM auto mechanic for 30 years.
About 15 years ago when John’s son started an interior trim business, his son convinced John to work for him do-
ing interior trim on upscale homes specializing in stairs and hand rails. He didn’t consider it work because he
loved to work with wood and now he was getting paid for it.
As a hobby John started working with Plexiglas out of high school making a variety of projects including lamps.
To encase the Plexiglas John used wood. Wood soon took over as his passion.
John does not specialize in any one type of woodworking. He has done furniture, jewelry boxes, toys and many
other items and he likes to design an item as much as he does building the item. He said the first item is fun be-
cause he has to figure out all of the angles, cuts and size of the boards but after the first one is made the next ones
are more like work.
John makes Christmas gifts for his large family including 12 grandchildren and 14 adults. He enjoys coming up
with a new gift every year for his family. One year he gave items that were turned on the lathe and this year the
gifts will be veneered items.
John has always had an interest in computers from the time of the Atari. Eight years ago John designed and built
his own CNC machine by researching CNC machines on the internet and purchased the software, router and oth-
er items to make his CNC router. John currently has three CNC routers (two routers he has built himself) and a
9x21 lathe he converted to CNC.
John belongs to many woodworking organization, Western Ohio Woodworkers, Central Ohio Woodturners, So-
ciety of American Period Furniture Makers, and John volunteers one day a week (Tuesday) at the Furniture Bank
of Central Ohio. John also is a member of the Columbus Idea Foundry (CIF). CIF has classes in Laser cutting,
CNC router table, blacksmithing, welding, glass working, and more. CIF has many tools that members can use.
As a member of CIF, he is able to use tools including laser cutters to cut out items that he has designed.
John is also our club Librarian and Web Administrator.
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Holiday Toy Program
I hope you’ve all been busy in your shops this summer making toys, either by
yourself or working in one of the several toy making groups which are active. If not, now is the time to get started. As I’ve mentioned before, even though we’ve
increased our output of toys significantly over the last few years, our participation rate hovers at around 40%. If you haven’t been involved in making toys before, or
if you are a new WOCO member, this would be a good time to start and become more involved in your Club. There are plenty of books on toy making in the library
and many members have toy plans they will share as well. If you need wheels contact Dan Strohecker (740-965-1415, [email protected]) or see him at
the September meeting.
This year we will donate our toys to 15 different agencies. We’ll give to those
organizations we’ve given to for a few years – St. Vincent Family Center, Gladden
Community House, Alpha Athletic Club, Big Walnut Friends Who Share, Fisher
House at W.P.A.F.B., Nationwide Children’s Hospital. We will continue our
support for two organizations to which we donated for the first time last year –
Westerville Area Resource Ministry (W.A.R.M.) and Ronald McDonald House.
This year we’ll add several new agencies – Joint Organization for Inner City Needs
(J.O.I.N.), Lancaster/Fairfield County Community Action Agency, Breathing
Association and Furniture Bank of Central Ohio. Our members from the Granville
Group donate a portion of their toys each year to three local Licking County
agencies – Salvation Army of Licking County, House of New Hope, and New
Beginnings.
Thanks to a generous offer from Jim Stein at the Furniture Bank we’ll be able to
sort and distribute the toys in an enclosed warehouse this year rather than working
in the cold in Dan McIver’s driveway. More details on collection and distribution
to come later in the year.
Of course, we once again have our Toy making Challenge with our friends from the
Western Ohio Woodworking Club. We won pretty handily last year and I know
they will try their best to regain the title. We’ll have to do much better than our
record setting pace of last year if we are to come out on top once again. I have every
confidence we’ll succeed.
Committee Chairs
Selected
We are interested in providing value for our club members in
the form of presentations,
demonstrations, field trips, guest speakers, programs,
discounts, education, and
participation in various
community service projects such as Chair Risers, the
Furniture Bank and the
Christmas Toy Project.
To further these goals, the
following WOCO members
have agreed to serve as
committee chairperson. If you have questions, ideas or
concerns, please contact the
respective chairperson or one of the officers.
You can assist these
individuals by letting them
know your thoughts and ideas. Please share them – your
feedback helps mold our club
to be the best it can be.
We look forward to hearing
from you!
Committee Chairs
Meeting and Program – Gary
Warchock (216) 316-2122
Communications – Joe Zagula
(740) 392-6744
Member Services – Steve Sattler
(740) 363-8018
Community Service – Mike
Quinn (614) 319-4718
Activities – Karl Hans (614)
771-0390
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RON HERMAN’S SCHOOL OF WOODWORKING
Woodworking with Ron – 2014 Fall Schedule
Aug. 9: Basic Joinery - 8 hours
Aug. 10: Joinery Challenge by Hand - 8 hours
Aug. 30: Introduction to Molding - 8 hours
Sept. 6&7: Understanding Wood (with Sawmill Sunday) - 13 hours
Nov. 8: Basic Dovetails by Hand - 8 hours
- With Chuck Bender from The Acanthus Workshop!
Nov. 9: Advanced Dovetails by Hand - 8 hours
- With Chuck Bender from The Acanthus Workshop!
Dec. 12: Hand-Saw Basics - 8 hours
Dec. 13: Hand-Saw Sharpening - A Focus - 8 hours
Dec. 14: Hand-Saw Smithing (PRE-REQ: Hand-Saw Basics or equivalent) - 8 hours
Check out our website for more details and to register:
www.woodworkingwithron.com
or contact us at [email protected] or (614) 262-4792
Thanks, WOCO friends, for your support!
We also sharpen and fettle tools and provide tool appraisal services.
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PLEASE JOIN US FOR
SAWMILL DAY
WITH
TYLER HILLYARD
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
9AM – 4PM
DO YOU HAVE A LOG THAT NEEDS MILLING?
IF SO, JOIN TYLER WITH HIS WOODMIZER LT15 AT THE WOODCRAFT FRONT PARKING LOT
AND HAVE THOSE UNUSEABLE LOGS MILLED INTO USEABLE LUMBER.
LOGS UP TO 28” DIAMETER AND 12’ LONG CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.
LOGS MUST BE AT LEAST 12” DIAMETER AND 3’ LONG.
$1.OO PER MINUTE WILL BE CHARGED FOR CUTTING AND HANDLING.
PLEASE JOIN US, EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE A LOG TO MILL SINCE THIS WILL BE A FUN
ACTIVITY TO WATCH.
ONLY AT YOUR COLUMBUS WOODCRAFT STORE
WOODCRAFT
1077 BETHEL ROAD
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43220
614-273-0488
JIM, RUTH & OUR WOODCRAFT STAFF
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WOCO web site http://www.wocoweb.org/
Visit these retailers who support our club:
Woodcraft 1077 Bethel Rd.
Corner of Bethel & Kenny Roads Columbus
(614) 273-0488
Woodwerks & Rockler 1181 Claycraft Rd.
Columbus (614) 575-2400
Woodline USA Router Bits
(800) 472-6950
WOCO and other meetings: Woodworkers of Central Ohio
Sept. 10, 2014 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
At Spring Road Church of Christ 74 S. Spring Rd.
Westerville
Central Ohio Woodturners Call Paul Courtwright (740) 363-6042
Nancy Kerns — (614) 920-1184
For location and times www.centralohiowoodturners.org
Columbus Chippers Carving
Club Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each
month at 7:00pm
The deadline for newsletter
articles is the 15th of the
month before the next meeting.
Send newsletter articles to :
Joe Zagula, Editor
[email protected] (740) 392-6744
Annual dues are $25 per year, which
includes digital copies of the newsletter.
Send your feedback and ideas about what you would
like to see in the WOCO newsletter to Joe Zagula at [email protected].
Plane News is a publication of the
Woodworkers of Central Ohio
5693 Piermont Court
Westerville OH 43082
Meetings are held on the second Saturday of
September, November, January, March and May
8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at Spring Road Church of
Christ, at 74 S. Spring Road, Westerville
President: Mike Quinn (614) 319-4718
Vice President: Dan Martin (740) 965-3897
Treasurer: Michael Ware (614) 523-1887
5693 Piermont Court
Westerville OH 43082
Librarian: John Herrel (614) 263-4832
Editor: Joe Zagula (740) 392-6744
