The 2009-2010 Toy Program and Holiday Party were a great success. At last count WOCO made and distributed 1905 toys. If I am correct this is the larg-est number of toys in our history. On behalf of the hundreds of needy children I would like to thank each of you for your generous donations of time and tal-ents. A special thank you to our co-chairmen Mike Quinn and Dan Strohecker and the overwhelming contributions from the Delaware and Granville sub-chapters. Lastly I want to thank all members of the club who individually or in small groups contributed to this grand effort.

The Holiday Party was a rousing success. The food was great and the camaraderie even better. Thanks to Ron Damon of Wood Werks and Jim Baumgartner of Woodcraft for the their generous donations of gift cer-tificates. Special thanks to Jim and Ann Walters for arranging the entertainment. The Capital City Showcase Singers provided a great after dinner show. For any of you who missed the gala make it a point to join us next year. January 2010 will be busy for WOCO. January 15-17 will be the Woodworkers Show at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. Jim Bossen0broek is coordinating our club involvement at this event. Contact Jim (jim@bossenbroekfam.com) to volunteer your time with WOCO that weekend. The sustainability of our club depends on enrolling new members (and retaining them) - This event always generates the most new member applications. Let’s work together to make this years recruitment successful. The WOCO general meeting will be held the following week at the Spring Road Church of Christ at 8:30 a.m. January 23, 2010. Our featured presenter will be nationally known Glen Huey author and woodworker who has been featured in all major woodworking magazines. I would like to keep the "business" section of the meeting to a minimum to allow more time for Glen’s presentation and will send out a reminder including Glens bio prior to the meeting. More information will be coming in January regarding the revisions in the WOCO constitution and by laws. It has been over nineteen years since the constitution has been addressed and it is time for us to reevalu-ate and make the necessary changes to maintain the success of our club. Lastly and on a sad note the club was informed of the death of fellow member Tudor Hall on December 8, 2009 from complications following a stroke in October. Our condolences to his widow Kathy and to his fam-ily. There were no calling hours. We have contacted the family to advise us as to a charity that a club dona-tion could be made in his name.

Keep warm, stay safe and healthy - see you in January. Chuck Caranna

Woodworkers of Central Ohio

From The President – Chuck Caranna

Plane News Plane News

Volume 18, Issue 2 January 23,2010

2009/2010 ARTHRITIS CHAIR RISER PROGRAM FINAL COUNT

Delaware Group Including : Marion Ackerman, Joe Goodwin, Mike McIntee, Dan McIver Tom Quertinmont, Steve Sattler. Dan Strohecker & Don Wenzlik ----------------75 Sets Ivan Dangler ----------------32 “ Jim Walters ------------------11 “ Robert Engle ------------------8 “ Leon Gage -------------------12 “ George Whited ---------------3 “ John Fair ----------------------1 “ Lou Gatch -------------------- 5 “ Larry Smith --------------------2 " Ben Bennett ------------------- 2 " Ed Razler ---------------------- 4 " John Rushmeyer -------------- 3 " Henry Fisher ------------------ 2 " North Side Dusters ? --------12" -------------------------------------------- Total to date (11/14/09)-----172 "

Page 2 Plane News CHAIR RISERS & TOYS

Hi Chuck, Sorry it took so long to get back to you about the newsletter. Been busy making doll cradles for the Salvation Army for Christmas (see photo). You can send your newsletters to me at this email ad-dress. I'll pass it along to our club members. Thanks,

Dan Pleska Secretary & Newsletter Editor Valley Woodworkers of West Virginia, Inc.

Great start for the new year. Please fill out the tally sheet at the entrance of the mtg. room to insure credit for your effort. Continue to pack and TIE each set of four in a plastic grocery bag to in-sure each sets integrity.

PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED DRAWING ON THE WEB SITE. The construction drawing can be found on (www.wocoweb.com/) sign in, and go to resources, then project plans. Use design (A).

Please contact me if I omitted, have an error or failed to give tickets to each supporter. Please bring your surplus 2 x 6 pine cutoffs to the mtg. for others. Thanks for your community concern and support. Lou Gatch

MARK YOUR CALENDER Meetings begin at 8:30 a.m. January 15—17— Woodworking Show at The Ohio State Fair Grounds January 23 – Building Fine Furniture with Glen D. Huey, a professional Ohio furniture maker. (Note 3rd Sat)

March 13 – Tools and Trends. Our own Ron Damon will provide his unique commentary on tools, trends and tips for woodwork-ing. Put this presentation by a woodworker and owner of Wood Werks at the top of your list.

May 8 – Lathe Techniques and Demonstrations. Don’t miss Walt Betley and the Central Ohio Woodturners demonstrating tools and techniques for turning wood.

WIN A $750 BUYING SPREE FROM ROCKLER

From now until January 31st, you can enter daily for a chance to win a $750 Buying Spree from Rockler. To enter, visit popwood.com/rockler, read some informa-tion about Rockler, answer a few questions and submit your contact information. And this contest is open to our Canadian readers, too.

To enter, just read about Rockler Woodworking and Hardware, answer the questions and enter your information to register. Hurry, the contest ends January 31, 2010.

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WELCOME TO POPULAR WOODWORKING'S WEEKLY WOOD NEWS After Black & Decker gobbled up Porter-Cable and Delta, I didn't think things could get weirder. Yesterday's news changed my definition of weird. Stanley Works is acquiring Black & Decker in a multi-billion dollar deal. While it's too early to tell what this merger will mean for tool-users, it is time to look around and take stock of what is happening around us.

After a bit of thought, I concluded that this news about Stanley isn't actually weird at all. Any student of the company's history could tell you that Stanley has grown through aggressive acquisitions since its founding in 1843.

Companies that competed with Stanley in the 19th century usually ended up getting bought and absorbed by Stanley. But here's the good news: There has been and always will be competition in the tool market. When Stanley stopped paying close attention to the high-end woodworking market, competitors such as Veritas and Lie-Nielsen flourished.

So I'm not particularly worried about the future of tool manufacturing. In fact I won't worry until Home De-pot renames the tool crib in its stores to the "Stanley crib." Christopher Schwarz

Editor, Popular Woodworking (chris.schwarz@fwmedia.com)

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Page 4 Plane News More WOCO News Today we're launching a new, fast and better way for you to find the exact project plan or article you're looking for. It's called WoodworkingNow, and here's how it works in a nutshell. WoodworkingNow is a huge collection of hand-picked articles from Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine from the last 10 years. You can browse the collection by looking in the sections on "Hand Tool Essentials," "Storage & Shelving" or "Arts & Crafts Furniture." Or you can search the entire site by keyword to find any article on any topic by any author.

Then you just click the articles you want -they're $1.99 each -and check out. All those articles will be delivered instantly to your computer. They're in a high-resolution PDF format and can be read on screen or printed so you can take them to the shop. Now you have even more flexibility when it comes to getting the information you need. You can buy issues on CD, download a back issue and -thanks to "WoodworkingNow" -download only the articles you need. Sincerely,

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projects, finishes, joinery, wood types, games and other features.

www.owwm.com Web site is devoted to information on the history, res-toration and use of vintage woodworking ma-chinery.

www.sawdustmaking.com Sawdust Making 101 www.hardtofindtools.com hard to find tools www.michiganwoodworkersguild.org/ Michigan Woodworkers' Guild www.cincinnatiwoodworkingclub.org The Cincinnati Woodworking Club www.co.franklin.oh.us/fc/ Franklin County WEB SITE http://ci.columbus.oh.us/ City of Columbus web site www.oplates.com/index.asp Renew Your Car Tags online www.fancast.com/ Watch Full TV Shows and Movies Free

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More WOCO News

Delilah Hetterscheid - From State Fair. She discussed the upcoming fair displays and contest

Mike Quinn & Dan talked about Christmas toys.

Jim Brossenbroek - Wood-workers Show Update

Keith Rogers, Jim Walters, & Ron Grady gave a great presentation on creating layout cutting as-

sembly and finishing of your projects.

JUST SOME OF THE FOOD AND DECORATIONS AT OUR CHRISTMAS

Page 6 Plane News Pictures from Ed Robold

Rosie Wendt - Scroll sawn puzzle

John Herrel - CNC carved Jewelry box

Ed Robold - catapults toys

Chuck Murray - Turned Bells & wood watches and turned circuit board pen

Bob Huddle - carved bookends

Rosie Wendt - Scroll sawn toys - Scroll sawn puzzle

Wayne Kleiber - hold down jig

Pictures from Ed Robold Plane News Page 7

Greg Moore - Pre Separator for dust collector

Google Sketchup Plans

Jim Walters - Jewelry Box & Puzzle

John Herrel - Flocked Jewelry box

Bill Stauffer - custom shelving

Henry Fisher - building blocks

Larry Smith - Christmas Toys

Rosie Wendt - Scroll sawn toys Christmas Toys

HOLIDAY TOY PROGRAM What an outstanding display of toys at the Christmas Party on De-cember 10 at Berwick Manor! Keepsake Boxes, Duck Walkers, Mirrors, Doll Cradles, Puzzles, Stepstools, Desk & Chair Sets, Trikes, Crayon Holders, Golf Clubs, Catapults, Boats, Airplanes, Cars and Trucks of all descriptions and many more items were

there for all to see and admire. Of course, we all enjoy the chance to show off our skills and creativity but even more importantly our efforts help put smiles on the faces of chil-dren who oftentimes don’t have a lot to smile about in their lives. Representatives from four of the five agencies we support attended the Christmas Party and they were effusive in their praise for the efforts of our group. Capt. Laro from the Salvation Army mentioned how the durability of the toys we donate makes them spe-cial to the recipients. Stan Smith from Alpha Athletic Club said that people who have been helped still come up to him years later to express their thanks for the wooden toys. Ms. Susan Brehm is new in her job as Director of St. Vincent Family Center and was as-tounded at the quantity and quality of our donation to her organization. Kim Ward from Gladden Community House talked about the current economic situation forcing people who have not needed help in the past to now seek out assistance from their agency. Most of us live relatively comfortable lives and it is both humbling and rewarding to help others in their time of need. We had excellent participation from the membership this year in the Toy Program. Of special note is the number of people who worked together in groups to make toys. There were at least seven groups active that I am aware of and probably a few more that I’m not. Working in groups not only helps to increase the total number of toys that we can donate but also strengthens bonds of friendship between our members, resulting in a stronger and more energetic Club. At the Party, I announced the number of toys contributed as 1,898. Remember, I also said the number was subject to audit. It appears that there may have been some dou-ble counting due to one of the groups completing duplicate cards. Also, there have been a few members who have contributed toys since the Party. We continue to try to arrive at an accurate count but a best estimate at this time is about 1,700. I’ll have a final tally at the January meeting. Whatever the number it was an extremely successful effort this year. Thanks very much to all who participated for your generosity. It’s not too early to start thinking about next year! Dan will begin taking orders for wheels at the January meeting. Mike Quinn

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Delaware area sub-chapter News Page 9 Plane News

WOCO Delaware sub-chapter NEWS!

Last Saturday morning about 10 of us met with WOCO President Chuck Caranna here in Delaware to go over a number of items with him and to give him the opportunity to get to know the Delaware area sub-chapter members first hand. If you missed it you missed a great get-together!

Chuck told us that he would like to get the WOCO web site "cleaned up" and easier to use. Several members com-mented on difficulties experienced in finding things on the site as well as suggesting things which would further en-hance it's value.

We reviewed the proposed new Resource Directory. I had been furnished a copy of the old edition (1993) by Chris Amatos and it was passed around for review. The author of that 16 year old100+ page masterpiece was none other than Chuck Caranna! We all agreed that the new web version of the Directory does not need to be as extensive as the original thanks to today's access to the Internet for current nformation. Chuck complimented us on our efforts to compile information to be included in the new directory and gave us the go ahead to get with Santanu Lahiri and get it added to the web site as soon as possible. We will also make certain that information is added to the next WOCO Newsletter to let all members know of its availability and to ask them to send additions and suggestions to Joe Kunzman for handling. Some of the suggestions made for additions to the new Resource Directory were: (1) In-clude the website addresses of other wood oriented clubs (carvers, turners, other WOCO type organizations), (2) Discounts offered by suppliers to WOCO members, (3) Alphabetical listing of all businesses or organizations listed in the Directory, (4) Woodworking plans, and (5) Finishing materials sources and methods of application. These can be added to the new on-line directory at some point in the future.

Dan Strohecker talked about our sub chapter's united efforts to make chair risers and toys this year. Chuck com-mented that WOCO's contributions of both will undoubtedly be considerably increased thanks to our efforts. For curiosity sake Dan is going to try to determine exactly how many toys we, both through our group efforts and our individual efforts, have made this year. Gotta be quite the number! Before the meeting ended Don Wenzlik sug-gested we take a couple of minutes and decide what toys we wanted to work on together for next year! The list we came up with includes mirrors, jewelry boxes, rocking horses, cars, dump trucks (lots of pieces), race cars and great lake freighters. Boy, what a slave driver Don is!

Dan commented that we have finished making 85 sets of chair risers and would have had more except we ran out of sources for lengths of 2x6 and 2x8's. Chuck told us he would get in touch with the president of the Columbus BIA and ask him to help us in our quest to locate more wood for this project. Dan agreed to be the contact with job sites and to pick up available wood. Good news!

Chuck informed us that WOCO does have an insurance policy providing us all with limited liability coverage for certain activities. He is uncertain if this protects us as individuals against someone being injured by a toy distributed through WOCO. Mike Quinn will help determine this through his son the lawyer. Another option would be to in-corporate as a not-for-profit 501C organization. Mike's son has agreed to do that for us no charge.

Dan informed us he has heard from Pat Tiberi regarding pending legislation requiring toys to be tested and certified as meeting legislative standards for safety and having lab certifications not to contain lead. According to Tiberi's response neither one of those rules will apply to wooden toys made by WOCO for free distribution. Dan will fur-nish Mike Quinn with a copy of that letter for review and filing by Mike's son. Thanks for doing that, Dan!

This is also an invitation for anyone who would like to participate in the WOCO Delaware sub-chapter activities, to call me at 740.363.8018. Everyone is welcome!

Thanks! Steve Sattler 740.363.8018

Christmas Pictures from Ed Robold Page 10 Plane News

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WOODCRAFT ACTIVITIES We hope everyone had a great Christmas & New Years and

that your 2010 year will be wonderful !!! We also wish to thank all of you for your support in 2009 as well as to praise club members for the phenomenal number and quality of Christmas toys you created to make Christmas special for many children in the area. All is fine with us at WOODCRAFT and we have certainly enjoyed our now 1 year plus at our new location at 1077 Bethel Road. There's certainly nothing better than having new, brighter and spacier digs to work in! Some things going on here at WOODCRAFT this January and that many of you may be inter-ested in are:

JANUARY 9, 10AM - 4PM: FREE FESTOOL DEMONSTRATION WITH FESTOOL REPRESENTIVE LARRY SMITH COME AND DISCOVER ALL THE NEWEST AND LATEST INFORMATION ON FESTOOL PRODUCTS.

JANUARY 9, 1PM - 2PM: FREE ROUTER DEMONSTRATION WITH TYLER HILLYARD. TYLER WILL DEMONSTRATE THE TRITON ROUTER AND THE LEIGH SUPER FRAME MORTISE & TENON JIG.

OTHER JANUARY ACTIVITIES/CLASSES

THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO CLUB MEMBERS ARE:

JANUARY 16, 10AM - 4PM INTRODUCTION TO FURNITURE DESIGN WITH BRIAN REDWINE $90.00

JANUARY 24, 9AM - 4PM CARVING VOLUTES WITH BROOKE SMITH $85.00

PLEASE SEE FULL DESCRPITIONS FOR THESE TWO CLASSES ON OUR WEBSITE: WWW.WOODCRAFT.COM GO TO STORES/CLASSES/DETAILS. YOU WILL ALSO SEE THESE LISTED ON PAGE 5 OF OUR JANUARY FLYER. THANKS! JIM, RUTH & OUR WOODCRAFT STAFF

Plane News Page 13 For Sale / Trade / Wanted

Air Dried Lumber For Sale.

Cherry 5/4 $3.50 bdft Walnut 4/4 $3.20 bdft Oak 5/4 $2.00 bdft

Brian Neeley 561 Snoke Hill Rd.

Lancaster, Ohio 43130 Home 740-653-0185 after 8 pm

Cell- 740-407-0920 any time

For Sale, Lumber at low prices Various Hard Woods. Call for info

16973 Kandel Road Marysville, Ohio 43040

937-642-5428

Gene King

For Sale

Porter Cable Router Table $75

Craftsman Lathe $75

Craftsman 8" Table Saw $50

108 issues of Fine Woodworking $195

Brian Neeley 740-407-0920

For sale

Excalibur router table insert, $75.00

Charles Murray 614-837-6168

THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR YOUR AD.

FOR SALE, WANTED, OR TRADE.

Send it in an e-mail to me Chuck Grimes

cgrimes@columbus.rr.com

For sale Delta/Rockwell 14" band saw. This saw is the multispeed model for wood or metal. Runs great but I would suggest a larger motor. $550.00

Call Charles Murray 614-837-6168

Did you recognize the wood in the Plane News headline on the front page? Had to go back and look. Didn’t you?

It’s ASH.

See something new in the newsletter you would like to be in each month. Let me know

EVEN MORE TOYS FOR THE KIDS

Visit these retailers who support our club Woodcraft 1077 Bethel Rd. Corner of

Bethel & Kenny Rds. Cols. 614 273-0488

Wood werks 1181 Claycraft Rd. Columbus & Rockler 614 575-2400

Woodline USA Router Bits 1-800-472-6950

WOCO web site http://www.wocoweb.com/

WOCO & Other Meetings

WOCO meets January. 23, 2010. Spring Rd Church of Christ, 74 Spring Rd Westerville, Oh 8:30am – 12:00pm

Wood turners The Ohio State University Industrial Technology Bldg.

1100 Kinnear Road 7-9pm Chuck Kemp 614-771-7861 Nancy Kerns 614-920-1184

Columbus Chippers Carving Club, meet 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month, meetings start at 7:00 p.m.

Plane News is a publication of the Woodworkers of Central Ohio

PO Box 3114 Westerville, Ohio 43086

Meetings are held the second Saturday of September, November, January, March, and May.

8:30 am – 12:00 pm at Spring Road Church of Christ at 74 Spring Road, Westerville, Oh

President: Chuck Caranna (614) 457-3704

Vice President: : Edward Robold (614) 871-3171 Treasurer: Michael Ware (614) 523-1887

5693 Piermont Court Westerville, Ohio 43082

Deadline for newsletter articles is the 15th of the month before the next meeting. Send newsletter articles to the editor.

cgrimes@columbus.rr.com Chuck Grimes 159 Morse Rd.

Columbus, OH 43214 Phone: 614 268-8821

Cell 614 325-3350 If you would like to change the way you receive this newsletter, email or hard copy mailed, please contact me and I will make the change. Each mailed hard copy of the Newsletter costs the club about a $3.00.

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