Mark Maleski
Administrator
On Saturday 27 August, we will meet at Bert and Kathy Bleckwenn’s workshop for the third meeting of the Molding Plane Working Group (sponsored by the Chesapeake Chapter and open to any SAPFM member). This session will be focused on the design, layout and execution of actual molding profiles with participants bringing their own molding planes to try out. Several shooting boards will be available for participants to try techniques and develop basic skills and knowledge in sticking their own moldings.
Fred Walker will be our workshop leader. Fred previously established and led our Benjamin Randolph Chair working group from his home shop; he demonstrated and taught eleven of us the techniques and procedures to build an elegant chair with ball & claw feet, pierced and carved back splat, and custom-molded elements on the rails and shoe. We’re excited to have him leading this session of our molding working group
What you should bring:
· $20 to cover costs of food.
· Any functioning molding planes from your collection
· 3 hardwood boards for sticking (3’ to 4’ long, at least 1” square)
· (optional) Plane hammer (if you have one)
· (desired/optional) Sharpening stones & slips, strop
Make sure to mark and label any tools or supplies that you bring.
Instructions for joining us on 27 August:
1) You must be a current member of SAPFM
2) You must register by sending an email to: [email protected] and [email protected]
We're limited to about 15 participants, due to space constraints. Members in our region should have already received an email with detailed instructions for registering (including address and start/stop times).
We're anticipating that by this point everyone has planes that are ready for these exercises, but we'll maintain a secondary focus on the continued restoration of our user planes.
Hope to see you there!
Mark Maleski & Charlie Driggs
Fred Walker will be our workshop leader. Fred previously established and led our Benjamin Randolph Chair working group from his home shop; he demonstrated and taught eleven of us the techniques and procedures to build an elegant chair with ball & claw feet, pierced and carved back splat, and custom-molded elements on the rails and shoe. We’re excited to have him leading this session of our molding working group
What you should bring:
· $20 to cover costs of food.
· Any functioning molding planes from your collection
· 3 hardwood boards for sticking (3’ to 4’ long, at least 1” square)
· (optional) Plane hammer (if you have one)
· (desired/optional) Sharpening stones & slips, strop
Make sure to mark and label any tools or supplies that you bring.
Instructions for joining us on 27 August:
1) You must be a current member of SAPFM
2) You must register by sending an email to: [email protected] and [email protected]
We're limited to about 15 participants, due to space constraints. Members in our region should have already received an email with detailed instructions for registering (including address and start/stop times).
We're anticipating that by this point everyone has planes that are ready for these exercises, but we'll maintain a secondary focus on the continued restoration of our user planes.
Hope to see you there!
Mark Maleski & Charlie Driggs