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January Meeting 2008NEWSLETTER

WEB SITE-http://www.diablowoodworkers.com

Phone 925-939-8052Pleasant Hill Education Center (PHEC)

One Santa Barbara Rd, Pleasant Hill CA 94523

Diablo Woodworkers ACTIVITIES. Club Meetings at PHEC are the 2nd Wednesday of the month, 7-9pm andShop Tours or Sawdust Sessions are the 3rd Saturday of the month, 9am-Noon.

February 4, Router/Shop Tips SIGFebruary 7, Turning SIG, Handle Making, SteffingerFebruary 13, Miles Karpilow, Carver/Furniture MakerFebruary 14, Metal SIGFebruary 16, Shop Tour, Dan Salter, Pleasant HillMarch 3, Router/Shop Tips SIGMarch 6, Turning SIG, Decorative Finishes, LucidoMarch 12, Chris Hunt, Wooden KayaksMarch 13, Metal SIGMarch 15, Shop Tour, Robert Beauchamp, WoodlandApril 3, Turning SIG, Lathe Accessories/Mounts

April 7, Router/Shop Tips SIGApril 9, Ron Mennings, Craft art conceptsApril 10, Metal SIGApril 19, Shop Tour, Stan Armstrong, Pleasant HillMay 1, Turning SIG, Bowl Turning, RodgersMay 5, Router/Shop Tips SIGMay 8, Metal SIGMay 14, High School Woodworking MeetingMay 17, Shop Tour, Chuck Cottril, Walnut Creek

FEBRUARY 13TH MEETING, 7-9 PM AT PHEC, ROOM 112MILES KARPILOW, CARVER/FURNITURE MAKER

Miles Karpilow spent his early years carving antique reproduction picture frames in New York and San Francisco.His career began in 1953, almost half a century ago, when he was fresh out of college, and has continueduninterrupted to the present. Karpilow studied painting, drawing, woodcut, and lithography in school, andearned a degree in art history. Following school, he became employed as a carver by Kulicke Frames in NewYork City, carving by hand ornate frames for fine paintings. In 1961 he started making furniture and cabinets inhis first shop on Potrero Hill in San Francisco before moving to Oakland in 1966. He works alone helped by asuccession of apprentices. As a child, he had been fond of whittling and carving with his penknife, and drew theire of his grandmother by carving on her porch posts, so the move to carving for a living was natural. He heldthis position from 1953 to 1957 before moving west to San Francisco, where, in 1957, he took another job as aframe carver. With his new employer, Ruckert’s Picture Framing, he did some of the design and gilding offrames, as well as the carving. He held this job four years, and it was to be his last stint of formal employment.You can find more about Miles at http://users.lmi.net/karpilow/

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FEBRUARY 16TH SHOP TOUR, 9 AM –NOONDAN SALTER’S SHOP, 275 APPALACHIAN DR. PLEASANT HILL, 925-935-0861

Dan Salter's shop has recently been completed after about a year of construction. The shop is attached to thehouse with entry from the house and a couple entries from the yard and driveway. The square footage is about 500square feet of hardwood flooring and very high ceilings. Dan is still arranging his equipment and benches to findwhat works best for him. He is looking for input on ways to store tools and materials. The center pieces of this shopis his Powermatic Cabinet Saw, The Maple Workbench he made at PHAE, and his Powermatic Lathe. This is a verybeautiful shop.

Directions: From I-680 take the Willow Pass off ramp. Go West on Willow Pass Rd. past Sun Valley Mall. WillowPass becomes Taylor Blvd. at Contra Costa Blvd. Continue on Taylor Blvd. to Pleasant Hill Rd.Turn Right ontoPleasant Hill Rd. to Virginia Hills Dr.Turn left onto Virginia Hills Dr. and go about five blocks to Appalachian Dr.Turnleft onto Appalachian Dr. and drive a couple blocks to #275 on the left.

Diablo WoodworkersA Club For All Woodworkers

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MARCH 15TH SHOP TOUR, 9 AM –NOONROBERT BEAUCHAMP’S SHOP, 36343 COUNTY ROAD 13, WOODLAND, 530-662-6520

Robert Beauchamp, the speaker at the October, 2007 meeting will host the March Shop Tour at his shop andlumber mill in Woodland. Robert will have a log on the mill and will give us a short milling session. A tour of his woodstorage barn will also be on the menu. Bring some money along as Robert has lots of wood that is dried and up forsale.

Directions: Take I-680 North until it merges with I-80 East towards Sacramento. At Vacaville take I-505 North untilyou get to Country Road 14. Go right at the end of the off ramp and stay on Country Road 14 over I-5 (the road willhave changed to Country Road 13 on it's own) continue 2.25 miles East over I-5. The shop is on the right (South)side of the road, 1/4 mile East of County Road 96. The drive takes about forty minutes from Vacaville.

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Show and Tell Photos From January Meeting

Al Steunenberg showed a couple of WindsorChairs and gave a wonderful presentation on their

history and how they are made.

Andrew Baxter showed a turned tray with decorativedesign at the center.

Frank Stratton showeda couple of lathe toolshe made from planer

blades with turnedhandles

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David Lipscomb showed afly fishing tackle box with

marquetry top and ablanket chest.

Detief Boehmeshowed a turned

lamp with a naturaledge base

George Schillershowed a jewelry

box with asegmented

laminated top

Harold Mantle showed a very cutecarved back child’s rocker

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John Rodriquez showed a couple of Jewelry Boxeswith contour sides.

Julie Cohen showed a large Squirrel Feeder

Lloyd Gowen showed a 3D effect Marquetry panel

Rich Schwerin showed a couple ofcreative boxes

Terry Brambletshowed a beautifulsegmented vase

Larry Dammanshowed a cleverrubber band gunwith all enclosed

moving parts

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Toy Special Interest Group: Bring your finished toys to the meetings,

The Toy Makers are Diablo Woodworker volunteers. They participate in two ways.1. As individuals making toys in their home work shops.

o Build from your own plans or use plans available from the Toy Groupo Use your own materials or we provide the materials

2. As members of the Toy Group in weekly sessions.o A group of about 12 volunteerso Usually meets at the Mount Diablo Adult Education Schoolo Build toys on a production basis.

What happens to the toys? All donated to charitable organizations. We are currently building for: Monument Crisis Center, Christmas for Everyone, and Foster a Dream

To volunteer or for additional information contact: Ronald Kersey, rkersey@sbcglobal.net, 925 944-5471

Router/Shop Tips Special Interest Group – Meetings at John Summers’ Shop, 1672 Clayton Way,Concord, 925-681-1407, the first Monday of each month. Don't forget your hearing protection!

Turning Special Interest Group – Meetings in Room 207 at PHEC, 7pm the first Thursday of each month.To join in the Turning SIG call George Lucido at 925-254-3659.

Metal Special Interest Group (Metalheads): The meetings will be held at the Ygnacio High School MetalShop the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7-9 pm. Anyone interested in adding metal work to their hobbies and join theMetal SIG needs to contact George Hawks, 510-222-1408, or email GBHawks@comcast.net.

MEMORIAL FLAG CASE PROJECT

We have Memorial Flag Cases, for a donation of $35 to theclub, to families that have received a Military or Public ServiceMemorial Flag after the passing of a loved one. These caseswill also be given out free to any local Fire or Police familymember that is lost in the line of duty. Plans for these casesare on our club web site. Gordon Fry, 925-685-1676 is theChairperson for this project. Call him if you know of someonethat would like a Flag Case or would like some help buildingthem.

Flag Cases were given to several local police and firefighting families in the last couple of years. It is our honorto help in memories of these men who lost their lives in their community’s service.

Sign Up for Wooden Name Badges and Reminder: If you don’t have a Name Badge, contact JohnStout 925-676-7271 and get one. They will be very important in getting discounts at local lumber yards and otherstores in the area. While we are on the subject of discounts, if you can, the next time you find a convenient supplierask if the club can get a club discount. We will gladly add them to our Favorite Supplier’s list and mail them aNewsletter. Wooden Name Badges sign up is ongoing. Contact John Stout to get on the list. The Wooden NameBadges will cost $5 each. Please contact John at 925-676-7271.

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Tools For Sale/Swap, Jobs, Wanted: -Here is a place to advertise a job or your need to get rid of that little used but beautiful tool or supply or ask forsomething. Call Bill Tarleton 925-939-8052 or email btarl@comcast.net to get it in the Newsletter.

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Diablo Woodworkers FAVORITE SUPPLIERS:

Standard Saw Works, Inc., 181 10 th St., Oakland, CA 94607,510-832-0856.

Bay Area Carbide, 1843 East St., Concord CA 94520, 925-687-7543. Sharpening of saw blades and router bits. Good stock ofbandsaw blades, circular saw blades and router bits. Discount forclub members on supplies.

Hastings Saws, 888-223-7016, in Rohnert Park CA for thesmooth cutting Atlanta Blade.

Hardwood Resources, 988 Howe Rd., Martinez CA 94553, 925-372-8171. Truxton Hildner and Aldon Cook, owners, will give a10% discount on all stock items except sale or special order. Cashor Check only for discount.

Hardwoods Unlimited, 2395 Monument Blvd, Concord CA, 925-969-0064. Members will receive a 10% discount on lumber andplywood.

MacBeath Hardwoods, 930 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, CA, 510-843-4390. Members receive discount pricing.

The Woodsman, Custom Milling/Drying, 2701-A North AlpineRd., Stockton, 209-931-3293. Figured hardwoods from the "urbanforest" milled and kiln dried on site. Exotics also available. 10%discount to members.

Dolan’s Lumber, 2231 Monument Blvd., Concord, 925-686-1734.Contractor’s discount for club members for all stock items.

Big B Lumber, 6600 Brentwood Blvd., Brentwood 925-634-2442.Contractor’s discount for all items for cash or check sales if theCustomer Account Number 5077 and Diablo WoodworkersNametag is presented at time of purchase.

Earth Source Forest Products, 1618 28th St., Oakland, 510-208-7257. A division of Plywood and Lumber Sales

Moulding Masters, 1070 Detroit Avenue, Unit E, Concord, CA94518, 925-689-7322, www.mouldingmasters.com

Rockler Woodworking and Hardware, 541 Contra Costa Blvd.,Pleasant Hill CA 94523, 925-521-1800, www.rockler.com. 10%discount on non-power tool items for club members.Woodcraft, 6044 Dougherty Rd., Dublin CA, 925-875-9988,www.woodcraft.com.

Global Wood Source, 1698 Rogers Ave, San Jose CA 95112,408-392-0573.

Kitchens Unlimited, 1459 Newell Ave., Walnut Creek, 925-934-4700, Creative Designs for Kitchens and Bath.

Apple Blossom Moulding and Millworks, 2411-L Old CrowCanyon Rd, San Ramon CA 94583, 925-820-2345 has a greatselection of Moulding for sale.

Eames Hardware & Supply, for the hard to find items. 10%discount with Diablo Woodworkers Nametag at time of purchase.2665 Pleasant Hill Rd., Pleasant Hill CA 94523, 925-975-0515

Chandler's Complete Tree Care, Concord, 925-674-8778.

California Tree Service, Pleasant Hill, 925-932-1648

Devil’s Mountain Awards and Recognition,3513 Clayton Rd. Concord CA 94519, 925-682-8233.www.devilsmountainawards.com

Harbor Freight Tools, 535 CONTRA COSTA BLVD., PleasantHill CA, 925-689-7235, www.Harborfreight.com

Moose Metals, 1038 Shary Cir. #7, Concord CA94518, 925-676-6667. Metal Sales, Welding, Repair, Fabrication.

CB Tools, 90 Karina Ct., San Jose, 408-436-0707 or 800-662-9858, www.cbtoolgroup.com

Woodline USA, for router bits and shaper cutters, 111 WheelerSt. LaVergne, TN 37086, 800-472-6950. www.woodline.com

Diablo Woodworkers3115 Del Oceano Dr.Lafayette, CA 94549