Del-Val Spring Meeting

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Del Val Chapter SAPFM Meeting



SAPFM Members;



Our spring meeting will be held on May 19, 2012 in Alpha, NJ, with a rain date of June 2, 2012. It was decided to expand to the north for this meeting in an effort to locate meetings for those SAPFM members who live in the surrounding Counties in PA and western NJ. This meeting is free.



The meeting will be hosted by Tyler Emerick at his business warehouse at Huntington Oil Co., 625 Hawk Ave., Alpha, NJ 08865 where he has his workshop.

Directions - Tyler suggests using the company name in a map search or GPS rather than the address to get to the correct location. See map link below for detail directions.



We invite all attendees to bring any piece, chair, table, box, chest or whatever you?d like to display for show & tell, we will set aside time for each to discuss your piece. Or if you working on developing plans for a particular piece and want to discuss. 



The agenda for the meeting;   



9:30 to 10AM- Coffee, Donuts



10:00 AM to 11:30 AM - Tyler Emerick: Sawing logs on a Wood Mizer and discussing various woods and their methods of cutting.



10:30 AM to 12 Noon - Rich Nimetz: Will discuss our proposed group project of building a spice box, plans & drawings, materials and schedule of meetings throughout the process



12 Noon to 1:00 PM ? Lunch (we will provide either pizza or sandwiches and beverages, as we have done in the past we?ll ask all to contribute a few dollars to cover the cost)



We will also use the lunch hour for the show and tell



1:00 PM to 2:20 PM - William Duffield: Shaping Cabriolet Legs with Rasps, Files and Scrapers, and Work Holding Strategies. William is a retired telecommunications engineer, has worked for 5 years in a custom furniture shop mostly building and restoring period furniture. He builds mostly Queen Anne and Chippendale styles and also in interested in Federal period furniture. William has taught woodworking skills in hand tools, power tools, tool sharpening and turning while employed for 7 years at Woodcraft. William has written articles in the past that can be found on WoodCentral. 



2:20 PM to 2:30 PM - Break



2:30 PM to 4 PM - Bob Rozaieski: Bob will be demonstrating the traditional hand tool methods used for constructing molded raised panel doors. Bob has been an amateur woodworker for over 20 years. His interest in American period furniture began about 10 years ago after a trip to Colonial Williamsburg. Bob became very interested in using traditional hand tools and techniques to build his furniture. For the last 10 years, Bob has been studying American period furniture and the methods used by early craftsmen to build it. Today, he only uses traditional hand tools and construction methods to build his furniture and works out of a small shop attached to his home in Swedesboro, NJ. Bob has written articles for Popular Woodworking Magazine, demonstrated traditional hand tool methods for the Central Jersey Woodworkers Association, and he'll also be volunteering as an historic craft interpreter at the Pennsbury Manor and Moland House museums. For the May meeting of the Delaware Valley Chapter of SAPFM, Bob will be demonstrating the traditional hand tool methods used for constructing molded raised panel doors.



Please call or email Jim Chesterton at 908-537-2710 or [email protected] to register so we can have a head count.



For directions to Tyler?s shop use the link below, enter you location for detailed directions,





http://binged.it/J3dReq

 
The Del-Val Chapter meeting scheduled for May 19th has been canceled. There were some unfortunate schedule complications and it was decided to reschedule. The date will be Jun 2nd at the same location.

There will be some changes in the agenda and details will be forth coming.

Thanks for your understanding.
 
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