There is a remembrance gathering for Gene Vasquez at 8:00am on Tuesday (3/11) morning at Dan’s on Ben White.
Memorial Breakfast
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March 2014 Meeting
Show and Tell items and Presentation for the March 2014 meeting:
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Gene Vasquez passed away on Tuesday, February 11th
Gene was a generous and kind hearted friend to woodworkers from all over Central Texas. He treated his woodworking buddies as his family. When asked for help he would drop whatever he was working on to help his friends. His shop was the focal point of many hours spent with his friends teaching and making a large array of projects. Some of the items were for “Safe Place” here in Austin. Some of those projects for children were cars, picnic tables, play house, wooden kitchen appliances and chairs. The Georgetown rescue shelter for animals benefited from the use of his shop and expertise. Owl boxes have been made for another animal shelter “Wildlife Rescue” in Austin. Gene’s quick wit and sunny disposition will be missed by one and all.
Feb 2014 Meeting Show and Tell items
This month we had a work day results to show (drawers) and Bob brought in some wonderful items he made this month:
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January 2014 Meeting
Lots of great show and tell items for the January meeting. This month we had items brough by Ron and a new member Randy.
December 2013 Show and Tell
Another wonderful month of show and tell items at this months meeting:
Wine Bottle Holder by Randy Blackstock
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Tutorial: Building a Bandsaw box with a Hidden Drawer
Our Member Box Nix put together a series of photos as a tutorial as to how to create a Bandsaw Box which incorporates a Hidden Drawer!
Step 1: Remove the Back of your block
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August meeting – Show and Tell
For our August meeting we had a new member show up, Randy Blackstock. Randy is a local woodworker and box builder, and he brought a number of his creations to share with the group:
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June Meeting – Show and Tell
For the June 2013 meeting, we had a few items being shown. Bob brought along his lathe tool holder:
Lathe tool holder
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May meeting – Show and Tell
At this months meeting we had a few show a tell items which we have photos of to share with all. These were for two separate projects:
1) Knock-down Cradle:
The cradle was made by Ron Spradley for his first grandchild/granddaughter, Farren. The cradle knocks down with the removal of diagonal pegs at each end and the feet are removed via wingnuts through bolts. The cradle then can be packed into a custom carrying case, and taken whenever needed. It then easily is put back together by adding the feet back to the base, adding an end and the two sides, which fit through mortise and tenon joints and affixed via the pegs. The plans came for the cradle came from the September 2007 issue #178 of Wood Magazine
2) Coffee table made from turn of the century toolbox:
The coffee table was a custom commissioned project which required welding up of a metal stand… and while not TECHNICALLY a “wood project” it was for a very interesting and very old wooden toolbox. Matt Schreiner welded up the custom stand to fit the toolbox with a MIG welder out of 1″ square tube, diagonally braced for each leg, with small feet attached. The metal was then ground and painted with flat black professional acrylic rustolium and delivered to the client in South Austin.
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