Welcome
Welcome to the Western NC Woodworkers Association Web site! We are a group of area woodworkers who enjoy getting together once each month to share our knowledge of woodworking tools, techniques and project experiences.
Hi folks,
Hopefully the frost is over, the strawberries are ready for picking and youre all ready for another good meeting! We are pleased that one of our members will share his talents with us on the 12th Bill Johnson from Cullowhee will give us a talk on Chip Carving, a great method of adding decoration to a project. Bill has provided an outline which Ill repeat here to show how thorough his talk will be:
Introduction to Chip Carving
1. The Basics
- Background
Wood Used
Tools Needed
Sharpening
Forms and Layout
Borders
Fields
Rosettes
Free Form
Lettering
2. Technique
Holding the Knife
Basic Border Cuts
Twelve Point Rosette
Free-Form Designs
Lettering
3. Cleanup and Finishing
Removing Pencils Lines
Cutting
Sanding?
Erasing
Finishing
Staining (optional)
Clear Finish
Liquid Wax
He will be demonstrating techniques and will show pictures of some of his projects as well.
This meeting will be held at Mountain Sawyers, beginning at 9:30 AM be sure to bring a chair for seating and, if youd like to show off some of your own recent accomplishments, bring an item (or pictures on a USB memory stick/cruiser disk) to show others. Guests are welcome to attend.
Well have refreshments and time for open discussion.
I look forward to seeing you at Mountain Sawyers on the 14th! Check under the Events > Maps tags for directions to Mountain Sawyers.
Robert R. Payne, President
Western NC Woodworkers Association
rrpayne@bellsouth.net
Picture below: For those of you that missed our January 2012 meeting, member Paul Patterson (left) gave a great presentation on Refurbishing a Bench Plane. He was assisted by Dick Cook who brought a nice old Sargent plane for some needed love and attention.
We look forward to seeing you all at our meeting -- In the interim, enjoy making sawdust, but please do it safely!
Rob Payne, President
