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Vol. 15 No. 5 The Official Newsletter of the Long Island Woodworkers’ Club www.liwoodworkers.org

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Clark Pell“Best In Show”

The single most asked question posed to me by patrons during theShow was, "Where can I learn how to do woodworking?" I thinkto myself and wonder if what the club provides is enough for

beginning woodworkers to be encouraged and confident in starting out inthe craft. I'd like to believe it is, but sometimes even the most basic ofskills can be trying to the newcomer, and may need more attention thana seminar or demonstration can provide. Gabe Jaen, our former presi-dent, was always seeking club members to mentor to others, and I feel thesupport of our more learned of members to meet up with eager newbiesis quite evident.

If you are one of those newbies who are at a loss as to where to start out,please feel free to ask. There's no stigma attached to your skill level here.Ask anyone you feel comfortable to approach. The one thing I love mostabout this group is that you can learn from anyone, and we are happy tooblige. I would also encourage any member to take advantage of ourunique website forums, where you'll get answers from every side.

Unfortunately, the island's resources for woodworking classes are nonex-istent (or completely hidden from us). You can take classes with MarioRodriguez at FIT in the city, at the Woodcraft in Manchester, CT. One ofmy dreams for the club is to start a woodworking school, in our own club-house. The reality of this occurring before several years pass is, of course,the obstacle.

I'm not sure if a "suggestion box" appeared at the past meeting, as I wasaway (see the Secretary's Report), but after the constant influx of interestfor hands-on learning, I see the need to provide more outlets in basictraining is an issue the club should address with great scrutiny. In otherwords, let us know what you want to learn.

Thanks to all at the Show for making the club shine yet again!

Editor’s note: No one brought in a suggestion box, but we did manage to cover every-thing there was to about toy aviation at the meeting.

LONG ISLAND WOODWORKERS’ CLUB

President’s Message

Mike Daum

In this issue...Features:

Columns:

President’s MessageSecretary’s Report

Notes From the EditorProgram Committee

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Next meeting:

Wednesday May 5th 7 PMBrush Barn - Smithtown

LIWLIWCC BoarBoard ofd of DirDirectorectorssPresident Mike DaumVice President Bob UrsoSecretary Brian HintemanTreasurer Brian HaywardTrustees Joe Pascucci

John SeipleMembership Joe BottigliereNewsletter Editor Daryl RosenblattWeb Site Harry Hinteman

Show Co-Chairs Mike DaumBob Urso

Library Leo MeilakJames Macallum

Raffles Ed SchnepfRefreshments Neal FergensonVideo Barry DutchenVideo Library Steve GazesClub Historian Brian HaywardPhotographer James Macallum

About the cover...

Clark Pell and his wife, proudly displaying his Best In Showfishing box. Clark is a member of both our club and the NWA,

where his box also won a ribbon.


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Our April meeting began differently thanusual, with vice president Bob Ursospeaking promptly at 7:09 pm, in the

absence if President Mike Daum, away on hiatusin Jamaica, reportedly spending the balance ofthe club's money after leasing his new Hummerand gassing up the new corporate jet. Mikeclaims to be visiting Jamaica to dive the reefs, butwe know him better than that. He was probablychopping down some exotic trees and trying tosneak them back past customs. The promptstart was a bit of a drag though, as it almost did-n't allow me time to get a donut before the meet-ing began.

I missed the first few things Bob discussed, blah,blah, blah...probably not too important anyway,because there was still a line for donuts. I DIDsay almost. Steve Costello was speaking when Ireturned from the donut line. He requested thatsomeone volunteer to head up the next year'sbus trip to Saratoga Springs. He is retiring theposition after "mistakenly" leaving Owen Bradyat a rest stop on the Thruway two years in a row.Mike sent the corporate jet to pick him up.Volunteers please contact Steve Costello.Candidates should be able to pack a mean cool-er of beer and vegetable crudite.

There were two new paid members at the Aprilmeeting: Joseph Marsh from Massapequa Parkand Al Borneman from Smithtown. Welcome.We hope you'll get involved in the myriad of vol-unteer tasks.

The 100 Toy Gang announced they will be start-ing again after the show and are looking for vol-unteers to donate both time and or materials.6/4 maple is especially needed for Steve's per-sonal stash. Brian Hayward gave his treasuryreport: "I don't really know right now, around$5,100 something" (with as English an accent asI can type).

For Show and Tell Richard Weil demonstratedthat the toy plane the 100 Toy Gang was build-ing needed a little engineering help. Apparentlythe engineer who designed the toy didn't subjectit to Grumman's "drop test". Rich had several

examples of failures and suggested improve-ments in the design, Richard Zimmermanshowed off a scrolled cherry clock which lookedextremely intricate adding "it only took me 13months to complete, and another member dis-played a cherry pedestal table finished with wipeon poly. He reminded all to check your plansoften as his were wrong several times. SteveEckers expressed his dislike of engineers byadding that his plane made from the same 100Toy Gang plan flew just fine. Roger Schroederbrought in a "Folk Art Woodworker's Chest"filled with 37 "real antique wooden tools". Theattention to detail impressed all, another mem-ber displayed a horse and wagon, while EdDillon gave a nice example of what the woodenrockers could look like painted by hand, andanother new member) played a few Native-American bamboo flutes which he made by trialand error.

The program committee announced the club'swrite up in Newsday on April 15th. Make copiesand give them out to your friends. DarylRosenblatt was interviewed by CBS radio whichaired April 17th.This month's meeting topic was "Drawing in the Workshop". Itwas presented by fellow club members GabeJean, Daryl Rosenblatt, and Kurt Deitrich. Thepresentation was well thought out and profes-sionally presented to the group.Some of you may be wondering by now why thepicture above this column is ever changing. I willexplain now. I am illegal in this country. If theCIA ever located me I would be deported backto New Jersey, so I choose not to be pho-tographed at this time. I will, however, requestthat a decoy picture be run as not to alert theauthorities. I chose a picture of a man who in myopinion defines morality and ethics in Americatoday. You couldn't find a more ideal role modelthan this man. Homer J Simpson and I quote "Itdoesn't matter how you play just as long as youwin...."

Until next month, let's go make some shavings.

Secretary’sReport

Brian Hinteman


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Show Biz

Mike Daum

The Show was indeed a great success. I hope itproves the point that we are not limited to ourimagination. This "little club that could," did. We

should all be proud.

All day Friday, the eve of the Show, I kept in the back ofmy mind that I needed to drive home to retrieve a pack-age arriving this day at my home, which contained a showexhibit from a member who couldn't get it to me in per-son before the judging entry deadline Friday night. Noproblem, I'm thinking. Easy. I've got all the exhibit entriesin the computer, ready to print cards to lay out. Little didI know that over 100 more entries would appear allthroughout the day and night, and before I knew it, thetime read 4 a.m. when Brian and Harry Hinteman and Ilay out the last card beside their respective projects.

Yet I still had one card in my hand. The project at home- 45 minutes away. I was counseled to "fogetabowdit," butI figured I couldn't sleep much before the 6 a.m. alarmwould sound anyway, so off I went. At home I found asmall, seemingly insignificant package. I drove back toHofstra, with an hour's wait before the arena openedagain at 7 a.m. I stopped at a diner for a quick breakfast.I never bothered to open the package until I got in to thefacility. As I carefully unpacked the contents, I realized itwas a good thing I went home for it. The project, unbe-knownst to me, turned out to win "Best In Show."Congratulations to all the Show winners and exhibitors. Itwas an impressive display of work. I best get some restnow.

Editor’s Notes

Daryl Rosenblatt

As exhibits manager for the show, I am gratified; asnewsletter editor, frustrated. There were so manyimages and memories of the show. I simply cannot

begin to print them all. I've done my best to give everyonea feel for some of the show.Everyone envies the job Karl Blessing and I have at theshow: Exhibit and judging coordinators. Feel free to stopthe envy anytime. Like all other jobs at the show, this wasmore work and less glory. After our experience last year,Karl and I sat down and devised some rules that wethought would move things along a bit more speedily. Likeall battle plans, they fail once the firing actually starts. Dueto Aime Fraser's last minute scratch (she became very ill theday before the show) we had four judges, all of whom knewwhat they were doing: Garrett Hack, Strother Purdy, MarioRodriguez and Ernie Conover.

The first part of the dream job: getting the judges to signall the certificates. This was no problem, but the ever vigi-lant Ernie Conover made sure all blank checks wereremoved from the stack.

The second part: keeping people out of the exhibit areauntil they finished their job. I can say the task of choosingBest in Show took the longest, and they pored over everysingle project. Clark Pell's fishing lure box was a unanimouschoice. That meant something, since the judges did notalways agree, and went back for more discussion until theywere satisfied. If you want to know what they look for, seethe next issue of The Woodrack. Strother Purdy has kindlywritten up a page on what he considers important designcriteria. Anyone who saw that Swiss Pearwood, copper andglass writing desk he brought will understand he knowswhereof he speaks.

My thank yous will have to be brief, because I will run outof room otherwise. Also, if I name everyone, I willinevitably miss someone, and have to spend the next meet-ing apologizing instead of getting some of Neal’s coffeeand doughnuts, before Brian beats me to them.So thanks to Bernie Hunt, for the most thankless andinsane job at the show: getting the vendors in and out fromearly Friday until late (very late indeed) Sunday night; PaulGerner, for basically taking over the exhibit arrangementafter Karl and I had to deal with other problems off the

exhibit floor, and displaying all of the many many projectsyou all brought. Thanks to Karl Blessing for his simple andelegant idea to put the wall at an angle near the entrance,which let the entire exhibit flow. I also want to thank SophiaHall of CBS Radio, for airing my normally hard to listen tovoice all day long on Saturday, to Elaine, for showing myson Noah a great time, and to every member who workedthe show, because getting this show right is as rewarding asit is fun.


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SETTING UPBEFORE THE SHOW...

Bernie Hunt striking a familiarpose: Ready to draw his six guns totake of some problem. Bernie pulledtwo 12 hour days, making sure everyvendor got in and out with as fewproblems as possible.


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All of the great pictures of every pro-ject brought in (with the winners pho-tos going to the magazines) is theresult of Jim Macallum, with the help

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It was a big space to fill, and Paul Gerner,Karl Blessing and Daryl Rosenblattarranged everything just right (then MikeDaum had to fill out a new card for everysingle project on the floor).


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SHOW2004

WINNERS’GALLERY


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BEST IN SHOWCLARK PELL-FISHING BOX


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FURNITURE 1 - TABLES 1ST PLACEJOHN KEANE - CHESS TABLE


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FURNITURE 1 - TABLES 2ND PLACE

BRIAN & HARRY HINTEMAN

DINING TABLE


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FURNITURE 1 - TABLES 3ND PLACE

DARYL ROSENBLATT

DEMI LUNE TABLE


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FURNITURE 2 - CASEWORK, DESKS, CABINETS

1ST PLACE - RICH MACRAE

CHEST ON CHEST


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2ND PLACE - JIM CLANCY

BEDSIDE CHEST


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3RD PLACE - GABE JAEN

PENNSYLVANIA SPICE CABINET


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FURNITURE 3 - CHAIRS

1ST PLACE - PETER PROFETA

MISSION ROCKER


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2ND PLACE - ELAINE DEAZLEY

LAWN CHAIR


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3RD PLACE - L. G. SCHULTZ

SWIVEL WINDSOR CHAIR


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ACCESSORIES

1ST PLACE - BRIAN & HARRY HINTEMAN

FOOTSTOOL


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ACCESSORIES

2ND PLACE - ALAIN TIERCY

SWISS WALL CLOCK

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ACCESSORIES

3RD PLACE - DAN JACKSON

HUMIDOR


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TOYS; MINIATURES; MODELS

1ST PLACE - FRANK MORMON

CLEVELAND “US” CAVALRY ROCKING HORSE


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2ND PLACE - THOMAS RIZZO

TRAIN MODULES


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3RD PLACE - HAROLD ORR

CHESSBOARD WITH STORAGE


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SCROLLWORK; INLAY; INTARSIA

1ST PLACE - ED & FLO LEITGEB

CATHEDRAL CLOCK


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2ND PLACE - RICHARD ZIMMERMAN

DOME CLOCK

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3RD PLACE - STEVE GAZES

CUCKOO CLOCK


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TURNING

1ST PLACE - JOEL RAKOWER

BOWL


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TURNING

2ND PLACE - MARTIN ROST

TIERED CANDY DISH


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TURNING

2ND PLACE - PETER SCHULTHEISS

SEGMENTED BOWL


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UNIQUE

1ST PLACE - ROGER SCHROEDER

FOLK ART CARVERS’ CHEST


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UNIQUE

2ND PLACE - KEVIN MORGAN

DOBSONIAN TELESCOPE


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UNIQUE

3RD PLACE - RICHARD WEIL

BONSAI WALL HANGING


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NOVICE

1ST PLACE - JOE POST

ROUND SHAKER TABLE


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NOVICE

2ND PLACE - RACHAEL BUSH

GOLFERS’ TABLE


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NOVICE

3RD PLACE - CHARLES GUNDERSON

DELFT RACK


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JUDGES COMMENDATION

CHARLIE MOREHOUSE

TABLE


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JUDGES COMMENDATION

STEVE COSTELLO & HARRY DIAZ

TABLE


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JUDGES COMMENDATION

ADAM FISHER

HANGING JEWELRY CHEST


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EXHIBITION SHOWCASESOME OF THE MANY PROJECTS

OUR MEMBERS BROUGHT


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EXHIBITION SHOWCASESOME OF THE MANY PROJECTS

OUR MEMBERS BROUGHT


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MEMBERS WORKING AT THE SHOW


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AT THE SHOW

The Exhibit Judges:Garrett Hack; Ernie Conover;

Mario Rodriguez; Strother Purdy

The line to get in


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VENDORS AT THE SHOW


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VENDORS AT THE SHOW

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