Three Colour Coded Peg Boards for Hand Tools were installed several months ago. The tools have also been colour coded to make it easy to identify which tool board that the tool goes to when you replace it. Lee’s and Peter’s efforts to get this done seems to have paid off since fewer tools are left out on tables and fewer out-of-place tools are found on the wrong colour coded boards. Thanks to everyone for your help here in replacing tools to the locations provided. Please share our system with new members if necessary. |
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Winter coats in the closets should be taken home now that warmer weather is here for a few months. We can use the space. Thanks for your help.
The City of Kitchener invited K-WWCC Volunteers to build birdhouses for them at the New Kitchener Market Building. For this first time event a contingent of 14
K-WWCC Volunteers showed up to help the youngsters build 48 birdhouses. Congratulations to the City of Kitchener on this first time event, and we look forward to assisting in another successful “Build a Birdhouse Day” in 2011. Many thanks to our Volunteers for their strong community support. Our Volunteer group will be helping build birdhouses again on July 21st and on August 18th at the Breithaupt Centre at 350 Margaret Ave., Kitchener. The event is in support of the Children’s Summer Program at the Breithaupt Centre. Another vote of thanks for Steve and his corps of Volunteers. This also gives us the opportunity to show Breithaupt Centre and the City of Kitchener our thanks for their support.
A good variety of cold soft drink cans in the fridge are 75 cents and then the cans can be recycled. It is still the honour system for payment where you initial the sheet for your purchase and pay later, or pay the cash box as you go. Please don’t forget because we need the money to replace the drinks for you.
Waterloo Earth Day Birdhouse building event was held on May 8 at Laurel Creek. From past experience we anticipated another huge turnout of young people. To accommodate this large event 242 birdhouses were taken and 16 K-WWCC Volunteers showed up to help. Sometimes the weatherman just makes poor choices in what weather conditions to send where, and this was one of those times! Instead of sun and warm breezes he sent wind driven cold rain. Only 51of the birdhouses got built before the complete event had to be called off by the organizers. Everyone felt badly that such a popular event had to be called off. The unused kits will be used in similar events in the future. Thanks again to our Volunteers for their full support of this event.
Special thanks go to the Breithaupt Community Centre Senior Advisory Board for financing the full cost of the lumber used for the above birdhouse kits. This assistance is greatly appreciated.
Our Executive is to be congratulated for their success in obtaining some well needed woodworking machine replacements and up-grades. Due to Dave Peirson’s hard work we received a grant from New Horizons so we were able to buy a new Oneway 24”swing x 36”bed 3 HP lathe and the necessary accessories. This lathe will be put to good use in making the larger solid and segmented wooden bowls that are growing in both number and size as our members continue to improve their wood turning skills. Our investment in new tooling expanded the usefulness of both lathes. To complement the new lathe and the making of those attractive multi segmented bowls, a dedicated precision chop saw has been added to the lathe department. If you haven’t seen our new set up come take a look and have a coffee with the group at 10:00A.M., we’d like to see you.
The new Lathe Turning Group classes on Thursday nights have been quite popular. Evidence of just how popular, is seen in the frequency of those segmented blanks that are glued and drying on the tables overnight getting ready for the next step. It may seem like a labour of love but the beauty of the segmented bowls is truly something else! To our Teaching Volunteers, we say “A JOB WELL DONE”. These classes will be suspended for the summer and will return in the fall.
“Marquetry” woodworking, otherwise known as “Inlay Wood” can now be learned at the club, thanks to the materials being donated by one of our members in order to get interested club members started. To see an excellent example of Marquetry, take a close look at the clock body on the end wall at the lathe department. If you need help getting started check with Wally Peeling.
We are now offering guided tours for ladies’ groups that want to know more about KWWCC, and to see first hand what all the buzz is about that is hidden behind that blue dust collector outside of 173B Roger Street, Waterloo. All that is asked is that they phone 519: 513–9782, to establish a date and time with the on-duty supervisor for the visit and guided tour. Ladies with men that have recently retired or are looking for a new hobby have asked us what we do. Needless to say a tour is worth ten thousand words. Pass on the opportunity to any ladies’ group that may be interested. It may turn out that when they see what our lady members are doing with wood, they too may want to become members. If you know of a ladies’ group that may be interested just let Gladys Grant know on Wednesday when she is in the office, or talk to one of the volunteers.
To you ladies in our club, the rest of us are impressed with the tenacious vigour you put into your projects, be they big or be they small. The learning curve is sometimes steep and not always rewarding, but you stick with it to get that inner satisfaction of accomplishment. To our ladies, we tip our hats for JOBS WELL DONE.
Our Annual BBQ has passed the final stage of planning for another fun get together on June 24 at the Wing 404/Rotary Centre, Dutton Dr. Waterloo, starting with a social time and punch at 11:30A.M. This is one of the best times to treat that special someone to a casual social event where like minded people go just to enjoy some stress free fun and relaxation along with some of the best BBQ you may have this summer. This is one of those events for which vacations get postponed. Please sign up on the sheet of paper in the lunch room so we don’t run short of food, because a good party never runs out of food. I’ll see you at the punch table.
Member$hip $pecial for the balance of the year is now only $ 55.00 from July 1, so why not mention this fact to a friend that would like to test the waters before taking on a full year membership. If your friend likes the smell of freshly cut hay, they will love the aromas of freshly dressed wood. Bring your friend for a coffee at 10:A.M. and the special aroma of freshly worked wood. Make a friend for life.
While showing your friend around before coffee, don’t neglect to show them our new Stroke Sander on the left wall. It makes K-WWCC the envy of every woodworking club in the country. As soon as the editor of your newsletter gets to see it in operation it will be described in greater detail. Today we know it will sand a tabletop or a door face smooth! Without those #!~]# ridges and valleys left during hand sanding. Now that’s some machine to be added to our arsenal of woodworking machines.
Shop hours are being revised again for the summer and extended hours will return in September. Starting on July 1 we will return to Five Days per week from 9A.M. to 3P.M., and no nights nor Saturdays. If you have an urgent need to use the shop outside of normal operating hours, you may contact a supervising volunteer to try to arrange a convenient date and time to open the shop and they will stay with you. Please give them 24 hours notice. More if you can. Once you have made an appointment please be sure to keep it or let us know if you have to cancel.
YES –YES! The rumour is true! The flowing long black hair and distinctive salt and pepper beard proudly sported by Steve Moores for as long as most of us have known him is doomed. Steve has decided to put them both to the best use possible and has decided to support the Cancer Society in two ways; firstly by donating the hair to make wigs for those that have lost their hair to chemotherapy treatments, secondly, by gathering donations for a cash contribution to the Cancer Society. You can support Steve with this project, and sign up on the sheet posted on the back bulletin board. Your generous support will be appreciated. The Cancer Society will issue tax receipts for amounts over $10.00. If you donate an amount for less than $10.00 a receipt will be given if you request it from the local Cancer Society office.
The ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE AND SALE will take place this year on Saturday October 16th from 10A.M. to 2 P.M. The date has been moved back from prior years to accommodate our members returning from vacation and wanting to support this club fundraiser. It is the only fundraiser we have during the year therefore your help with an item that you make for the sale will be truly appreciated. The revenue and donations received from the event go to providing shop supplies, with such items as new tool bits, saw blade sharpening, glue, screws etc. We urge you to decide early on your participation so it can be worked into your shop time without a major interruption. Your volunteers, executive, and other members will appreciate your efforts to support our club. The people who come to our open house are looking to buy locally made, hand crafted wood items that Do Not state that they were made in a distant country. They want to buy locally. We can help satisfy their needs.
Come often and work safely.
Editor:
Grant Greenfield
519-884-2888