вЂњDedicated to advancing the art and understanding of fine woodworking. . . .вЂќ of Georgia May 2014 www.woodworkersguildofga.org Learn How To Get Started In Wood Turning We have all seen a wooden bowl, a wooden vase, or an ornament as light as a feather. Have you ever wondered how they were made? Or wanted to make one yourself? All you have to do is mention to your local woodworking retailer that youвЂ™re interested in taking up wood turning and you Guild Learns All About Dust At Mini-Symposium Lew Janezic and Nuance Neeley, both members of the WoodworkersвЂ™ Guild of Georgia board of directors, presented a mini -symposium on small shop dust collection in lieu of the April meeting. As they have for several years, Keith Hogan and his fine team at Peach State Lumber again hosted the event. They did a great job making us feel welcome, providing coffee, donuts, lunch, and some great discounts on their fine selection of wood. Lew and NuaneвЂ™s information was a compilation of information they learned through researching both their own dust collection systems and for the symposium. They reviewed the health risks of fine particle dust. YES, wood dust is a known human carcinogen (Continued on page 3) can see the dollar signs start to glow in his eyes. While wood turning is woodworking, it is a whole separate set of equipment, tools, and knowledge. Even the tasks that turning shares with flat woodworking are often done differently. As such, turning can be a slippery slope that can be daunting, confusing, and possibly expensive. In the main meeting for May, weвЂ™ll take a look at how to get started in wood turning without jumping into the deep end over your head. The meeting will be (Continued on page 4) Annual Business Meeting Is May 12 The annual business meeting of the WoodworkersвЂ™ Guild of Georgia will be Monday, May 12, at 6:30 pm at Woodcraft in Roswell. See page 5 for information on the proposed slate of officers and proposed bylaw changes. See page 5 for details. Neeley, Janezic Discuss Dust Collection Nuane Neeley (L) and Lew Janezic presented AprilвЂ™s minisymposium on dust collection. Here the two flank a table loaded with different dust collection options. 1 The Guild Board Paul Fussell 678-431-1130 H Open Gary Fader President Vice President Secretary Treasurer 770-977-7271 H Tom Risoli 678-513-0887 H Jim Milam 404-255-2314 H Ken Gregg 770-396-4468 H Jim Wright 770-973-4692 H Roger Moister 404-355-5033 H Nick Zicchino 770-237-2280 H Lew Janezic 770-855-4704 H Bill Sanders 678-240-9316 H John Nielsen 770-434-3812 H Bill Kitchens 770-596-7447 H Nuane Neely 770-992-1933 H Immediate Past President Symposium Show and Tell Membership Newsletter Publicity Audiovisual Librarian Community Projects Main Meeting Programs Pre-Meeting Programs Patron Sponsors Scholarships Woodworking Show The Newsletter is published monthly and is free to all Guild members. If you are interested in contributing an article or wish to place a want ad, please send it to: Martha Holt, Editor WWG of Georgia Newsletter 1813 Danforth Drive Marietta, GA 30062 You may also e-mail articles and want ads to MarthaSHolt@gmail.com. The WoodworkersвЂ™ Guild of Georgia welcomes everyone who is interested in fine woodworking to join. Annual membership fee is $45, which can be paid at the monthly meeting or mailed to: WoodworkersвЂ™ Guild of Georgia P.O. Box 80750 Atlanta, GA 30366 You may also join and pay dues online using Pay Pal at www.woodworkersguildofga.org. PresidentвЂ™s Notes By PAUL FUSSELL As we move into May, we have accomplished a number of events already this year. This month is no different. May is the month that our business meeting is held. We will be having a vote at our regular meeting this month to install our new officers for the next year. We will also be voting to change our regular yearly business meeting to January from May. This change will be in line with our change last year to move the fiscal budget to match the actual budget. It will make accounting easier for our treasurer. Any way that we can make board membersвЂ™ jobs easier, we should facilitate. I would like to thank those board members who served this year and will be stepping down. Ken Gregg, who has taken over the newsletter, and who has been in charge of membership will be stepping down after three years on the board. Both Lew Janezic and Bill Paul Fussell Sanders will be stepping down at the meeting presenters position. They stepped up last year to fill this team position and have done a superb job. I would like to thank all three gentlemen for their hard work and dedication to the Guild this past year. TheyвЂ™ve collectively made my time as president simpler, and they will be missed on the board. I would again like to thank past members of the board this year who had to step down early due to job restrictions. Both Kim Muthersbough and Joseph Breckinridge were on the board and had to step down. Joseph did an amazing job as newsletter coordinator during his time at that position. Kim served on the board for seven years and held several positions. Thank you for the time you were able to put in. I would also like to thank Tom Risoli. He has been on the board for the past year as immediate past president. He has been invaluable as a source of information and direction. He will still be involved with the board in a minor capacity, but he will not hold an official title on the board. Thank you, Tom, for your service to the board and the Guild for all of these years. We will welcome three new board members officially in May. Kate and Strachen Small will be taking over the meeting presenters position for Lew and Bill. Marvin Miller will be taking over the membership position for Ken Gregg. I would like to welcome them to the board for this year. There are still a couple of open positions on the board that will need to be filled for this year. We need someone to take over the newsletter position. We all enjoy reading the newsletter, which is the reason we need someone to coordinate the articles for it. We will also need someone for the scholarship position. Bill Kitchens, who is charge of scholarships this year, will be moving to the position of vice president of the board. I thank him for his enthusiasm in the vision of moving the Guild forward. If you are willing to help out with either of these two positions, please call me. I would like to have all of the positions filled by the time of our meeting in May. Thank you. 2 Proper Dust Collection Mini-Symposium Topic (Continued from page 1) from studies in woodworking industriesвЂ”cancer risks come primarily in the form of nasal and sinus cancers. Other adverse health effects due to exposure include dermatitis, allergic respiratory effects, mucosal and nonallergic respiratory effects. Both the skin and respiratory system can become sensitized to wood dust from repeated exposures, leading to severe allergic reactions such as asthma or dermatitis. More common symptoms associated with wood dust exposure include skin and eye irritation; nasal dryness and obstruction; and prolonged coldsвЂ”I think we have all experienced these. And remember, if you can smell the wood, you are breathing the dust, even though you can't see it. Airborne dust is primarily made up of particles 30 micron and smaller. The dust in your shop stays airborne for quite some time, as it takes a 1 micron particle approximately 12 hours to settle 5 feet in still air, and a .5 micron particle approximately 41 hours to settle 5 feet in still air. DonвЂ™t sweep debris; it just creates airborne dust. At a minimum, use a shop vac with a filter upgraded to a HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filter. When purchasing a dust collector or cyclone, its important to obtain a filter that is MERV (minimum efficiency reporting value) rated. MERV, developed by ASHRAE for standardization, is the efficiency rating of the filter when first used вЂњout of the boxвЂќвЂ” the higher the number the better. The highest MERV rating is 16. When buying a new filter, try to obtain one that is MERV rated 15 or 16 or possibly better, as long as it references that it was tested standard There is a lot of misinformation in the industry with unsubstantiated claims of 1 micron, 2 micron, etc. ratings on filters with no test standard or data referencedвЂ” these claims may just be marketing hype that ends up playing games with our health. A MERV rating provides you an industry standard the filter material was tested to, and gets rid of all the marketing hype. Filters have come a long way in the last five years, and cleanable HEPA filters should be available soonвЂ”these filters are above the MERV 16 rating and are again tested to a different standard. The more surface area in your filter, the better. Nuane and Lew recommend avoiding filter bags, as they usually contain a fraction of the area of a filter, and have no real rating or standard the material was tested to. A bag filter usually creates a вЂњdust pump,вЂќ giving you a false feeling that the air is being cleaned while continually circulating fine dust. If you have a dust collector and you are continually plagued by fine dust accumulation on surfaces, chances are you either have leaks on the pressure side of your system, or you need to upgrade your filter. Lew and Nuane reviewed OSHA standards as well as the recommended exposure limits of NIOSH and the AGCIH, which recommend much lower exposure limits than OSHA. Approximately 1/20th of the kerf removed while cutting wood ends up being fine dust particles, 30 micron and below. Consider installing a trash can separator or cyclone to keep the majority of debris out of your filter (Continued on page 4) Guild Honors Peach State Lumber Keith Hogan of Peach State Lumber accepts a plaque from former Guild President Tom Risoli. Peach State Lumber hosted AprilвЂ™s mini -symposum. 3 Muthersbough To Present Turning Basics (Continued from page 1) held Monday, May 12, at 7:30 pm at Woodcraft in Roswell. Presenter Kim Muthersbough will cover tools and equipment for beginners, starting from a perspective of projects that are good entry points and skill builders. And for those of you who already do a little turning and would like to try something different, he promises to show a couple of unique tools and techniques that you probably haven't seen before. In between, heвЂ™ll touch on options for lathes, sharpening, and holding work (centers and chucks). When asked about his woodworking background, Kim replied that he has to admit that his inspiration was Norm Abram. вЂњI didnвЂ™t grow up as a second or third generation woodworker, using my dadвЂ™s tools to make projects under his watchful guidance,вЂќ he said. вЂњWorking with wood was one of the different crafts that I tried as a youth in Boy Scouting, and later as a model airplane builder. I watched Norm on the вЂ�New Yankee WorkshopвЂ™ at every opportunity, and used that to start building my knowledge of woodworking.вЂќ That approach evolved into reading multiple woodworking magazines, watching вЂњThis Old House,вЂќ becoming an active member of the WoodworkersвЂ™ Guild of Georgia, and taking the occasional hands-on course. The plan was for wood turning to be a future endeavor. So much for plans. After reading an article about William H. Macy taking up wood turning, and in the Nike spirit of вЂњJust do it,вЂќ the plan changed, and wood turning was moved to the earlier rather than later term. Kim looks forward to sharing his adventure in turning with the group. Dust Collection Technology Constantly Improving (Continued from page 3) and the time between filter cleanings will be greatly increased. Prior to purchasing a dust collector or cyclone, design your system, calculate the static pressure drop, and then buy an appropriately sized collector or cyclone. If you can afford it, a cyclone dust collector (single unit) is well worth the investment and is far superior to a separate dust collector and separator setup. After the discussions regarding the importance of having a decent dust collection system, the presentation moved on to reviewing how one might accomplish dust control and removal. Woodworkers have several options: do nothing (a poor choice for your lungs); move the work outside; use a box fan in a window to suck dust from sanding out the window; dilute the dust in the air with an air filtration device hanging in the room; use a shop -vac on small dust generating equipment; use personal protective equipment (respirators, filtered hoods, etc.); install a dust collection system. The discussion then moved on to the components of a dust collection system, which include: intake hood or enclosure, ducting, cyclone separator, fan, and a final filter. Each of the system components was discussed in detail. For the hood, Nuane and Lew emphasized the importance of the Nuane Neeley hood location being as close to the dust source as possible. For the system ductwork, the discussion focused on the type of material that can be used to fabricate the duct system and the importance of sizing to maintain the proper transport velocity within the duct. The presenters reminded the audience about the very high (3 times) pressure loss in flexible ducting when compared to smooth pipe. Then the presentation moved to the option of fabricating the duct from PVC piping. This option is for the home workshop only, not for commercial application. The audience heard about the importance of grounding and bonding the duct system with all other components of the system (saws, fan, cyclone separator, filter, etc.). Discussion moved to the cyclone separators and how effective they are 4 Lew Janezic at extending filter life and reducing the frequency at which one must clean his or her filters. Lew and Nuane discussed the different types of fans used in the blower/filter units and emphasized the importance of also grounding and bonding these units. They included data on some typical fan curves for several types of blower/filter units and the methodology for calculating a dust collection system curve. It was then shown how one can overlay the blower curves with the calculated system curves to determine the actual airflow at various saws and other dust generating equipment. Numerous WOOD Magazine and Fine Woodworking articles were referencedвЂ”both of these magazines have provide woodworkers with a tremendous amount of information on dust collection over the last five years. Woodworking Tips Good Source of Veneer In follow-up to the Marc Adams symposium, I recalled from a previous course that I had a reference from the instructor to a company that sold a marquetry veneer package. The company is Certainly Wood (http:// certainlywood.com/) and they sell a box of 100 feet of assorted veneer for $40, plus $10 handling and postage. I ordered two boxes and the postage was $19. The veneer pieces are mostly 30 X 15 inches and there is a large variety of assorted woods/colors, some even striped or burled. I did not investigate other sources. so this may not be the best deal, but I'm pleased with the product. Gary Fader Easy Way to Harden CA Glue I just learned that CA glue can be instantly hardened by sprinkling baking soda on it! Wow, it turns rock hard in a micro-second. To experiment, I dumped a small tube of CA on a piece of cardboard forming a large puddle. I dumped baking soda on the puddle and it instantly became very hard. It also was hot to the touch. When I used CA to fill a bunch of small dings on my granddaughterвЂ™s guitar before I learned of this method, the stuff took forever to get hard. I sprayed accelerator on the CA and it turned white (bummer). It took forever to scrape it out and refill it and I had to wait overnight to sand it. The baking soda will stick to the CA and has to be scraped or sanded off. I will warn you that it will turn rock hard and is very brittle. But it works better than anything else that I have used for filling small dings in finished stuff. Works like nothing else for repairing minor dents on very hard finishes. I learned the trick from a friend who owns a music store. He repairs guitars and uses this method to repair the nut slots for correcting guitar action (good playability without buzzing). Ken Gregg (as heard from Frank LaRoque in Groop, a wood finisherвЂ™s internet symposium) Proposed Slate of Officers Guild Sets Annual Meeting The WoodworkersвЂ™ Guild of Georgia will hold its annual business meeting on Monday, May 12, at Woodcraft in Roswell. Members will be asked to vote in the new Board and approve the new yearly budget. The annual meeting will be held in place of the pre-meeting. In addition, the Board will recommend that the bylaws be changed to bring the board term and budget in line with most of the GuildвЂ™s regular business. Under the proposal, the annual meeting would move from May to January. Board terms would run from Feb. 1 to Jan. 31. This will help bring all reporting to calendar year. The Board encourages all of the membership to attend and participate in the annual business meeting. 5 Paul Fussell President Bill Kitchens Vice President,Secretary Gary Fader Treasurer Jim Milam Symposium, Show & Tell Marvin Miller Membership, Publicity Jim Wright Audiovisual Roger Moister Librarian Nick Zicchino Community Projects Kate and Strachan Meeting Programs John Nielsen Patron Sponsors Nuane Neely Woodworking Show Open Newsletter Coordinator Open Scholarships Free Demonstrations We welcome Rockler back as a Guild sponsor. As you can see below, Rockler offers many Saturday demonstrations. If you purchase anything at Rockler, please donвЂ™t forget to mention that you are a Guild member. Rockler Demonstrations Woodcraft Demonstrations Woodcraft, located at 8560 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, has demonstrations on most Saturdays. For more details, see woodcraft.com/stores/store.aspx?id=503&page=demos Rockler schedules demonstrations most Saturdays. Rockler is located at 6235B Roswell Road in Sandy Springs. To see more details, check rockler.com/retail/index.cfm?store=29 May 3 Gun stock refinishing and checkering May 10 Power tool accessories May 3 May 17 Using the Kreg deck jig May 24 Using the Beall Buffing system May 31 Butcher block cutting boards and more June 7 Accurate and easy finger joints June 14 Pen turning June 21 Fundamentals of turning June 28 Saw Stop features and safety demo May 10 May 17 May 24 Joinery Made Easy Rockler Doweling Jigs - 9 am Kreg K5 Pocket Hole System - 11am Beadlock Pro - 1 pm Work Smart Day GRR-Ripper - 9 am Soy-Gel Paint Stripper - 11 am Rockler HVLP - 1 pm 21st Century Woodworking Day CNC Shark - 10 am Rockler Innovation Day Silicon Glue Tools - 9 am Shutter System - 11 am T-Track Table - 1 pm The WoodworkersвЂ™ Guild of Georgia meets the second May 31 WhatвЂ™s Turning Day Rockler Pizza Cutter - 9 am Rockler Turning Tools - 11 am Bottle Stoppers - 1 pm Monday of most months at Woodcraft, 8560 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell. The store is east of Georgia 400 near the intersection of Holcomb Bridge Road and Nesbit Ferry Road. Pre-meetings start at 6:30 p.m. The regular meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. June 7 Rockler Innovation Day Interlock SignmakerвЂ™s Templates - 9 am Self-Centering & Countersink Bit Set 11 am Rockler HVLP - 1 pm June 14 Upcoming Events Monday, May 12 Woodcraft, Roswell Annual Business Meeting Meeting: Kim Muthersbough on Turning Joinery Made Easy Kreg K5 Pocket Hole System - 9 am Rockler Doweling Jigs - 1 pm Plug Into Power Tools Day Festool Carvex - 11 am June 21 Rockler Innovation Day Dovetail Jig - 11 am June 28 Table Saw Safety GRR-Ripper - 9 am Rockler Crosscut Sled - 1 pm Plug Into Power Tools Day SawStop - 11 am Monday, June 9 Woodcraft, Roswell Pre-meeting: Price Williams on Making Wooden Bowls Meeting: Fred Wilson on Working with Scroll Sawing Monday, July 14 Woodcraft, Roswell Pre-meeting/Main Meeting Paul Fussell and Jim Milam on Accuracy in Woodworking 6 WoodworkersвЂ™ Guild of Georgia Patrons to stop by to visit our location in Newnan. We stock machinery, accessories, and supplies from top-name manufacturers such as: SawStop, Delta, Porter Cable, DeWalt, FesTool, Powermatic, Jet, Kreg, Steel City, Mirka & Norton abrasives, Olson bandsaw blades, Forrest saw blades, Freud Tooling, and Titebond glues. Bargain hunters, check out our large inventory of used and scratch and dent machinery and accessories. We are a source for older American made Powermatic and Delta parts. Since 1943, our family has had the pleasure of serving woodworking professionals, vocational schools and industry around Atlanta and throughout the Southeast. You will find a wide array of services such as: tailgate deliveries to your home or business, set-up and instruction of your machinery, consulting on вЂњwhatвЂ™s best for your needs and application,вЂќ and technical assistance. For more information and directions, please check out our NEW website and ecommerce store at www.redmondmachinery.com. Our goal is to create a friendly atmosphere and a pleasurable experience that will keep you coming back and telling others. We are located at 59 Weldon Rd., Palmetto, GA 30268. Please feel free to call or visit our website for directions. (770) 683-7297, (800) 428-9898, Fax: (770) 683-7141 The following patrons of the Guild are all excellent suppliers of products and services in the local area. They support the Guild by giving us money and allowing us to use their various facilities from time to time. Hardwoods Incorporated вЂ“ A division of Atlanta Hardwood Corporation, Hardwoods Inc. has grown over 60 years to become one of the largest hardwood distributors and kiln operators in the Eastern United States. Hardwoods Inc. specializes in domestic and imported hardwood lumber, plywood, veneer, hardwood mouldings, custom flooring, melamine and Arborite laminate and related products. We stock over 80 species of wood and are direct importers of numerous exotic species. When you think of wood, think of us. Visit our architectural showroom or browse our extensive inventory of woods from around the world. Open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. вЂ“ 12 p.m. Saturday. Located at 5400 Riverview Road, Mableton, 30126.404.792.0910 or 404.214.4745 www.hardwoodweb.com Highland Woodworking вЂ” Defines itself as a learning community that fosters the joy of craftsmanship. The southвЂ™s leading supplier of fine woodworking tools for more than a quarter century, the store has attracted to Atlanta nationallyknown teachers and authors including Tage Frid, Sam Maloof, Michael Dunbar, Rude Osolnik, Toshio Odate, Dale Nish, Mark Duginske and many others who have inspired and taught thousands of woodworkers in HighlandвЂ™s ongoing program of seminars and workshops. Information on its education schedule and catalog of fine woodworking tools is available at highlandwoodworking.com, or visit its fullystocked store at 1045 N. Highland Avenue in Atlanta, tel. 404-872-4466. Rockler Woodworking and Hardware вЂ” In 1954 Nordy Rockler started a mail order woodworking supply company in Minneapolis. Today, our retail chain stretches across the United States and includes over 30 Rockler stores and over 60 partner store locations. Our magazine, WoodworkerвЂ™s Journal, is a leading publication dedicated to offering plans, techniques, product reviews and tips to woodworkers. Whether youвЂ™re a seasoned pro, a home-improvement enthusiast or a craftsperson, we believe you will enjoy browsing our online catalog at www.Rockler.com, getting interesting tips through our email newsletter, and being the first to find out about some exciting new products. We invite you to visit our location at 6235B Roswell Road in Sandy Springs. Store hours are MondayвЂ”Friday 9 am to 6 pm, Saturday 9 am to 5 pm, and Sunday 11 am to 4 pm. Stop in on Saturdays for our free demos 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Phone:404-460-1000. Peach State Lumber Products -- A dealer of high grade hardwoods (domestic and import), millwork quality softwoods such as ponderosa pine, select cypress and C & Btr southern yellow pine. We also carry a full line of cabinet grade plywood. We welcome small quantity orders and have a retail sales area open to the public. We also carry Hettich brand hinges and drawer slides. We have hardware screws and pocket hole screws as well as live edge slabs in multiple species, great for bar tops, mantels, etc. 4000 Moon Station Road, Kennesaw, 30144. www.peachstatelumber.com (770) 428-3622, FAX (770) 428-4517. Suwanee Lumber Company вЂ“ Celebrating their 50th anniversary, 1961 to 2011, Suwanee features hardwood lumber with matching plywood. Please show your Guild membership card when shopping their location at 450 Highway 23 in Suwanee, GA. (770) 945-2102 or (800) 330-8087. Mailing address is P.O. Box 248, Suwanee, GA 30024. Directions available on their website, www.suwaneelumber.com. Peachtree Woodworking Supply has been producing and selling high quality woodworking products for over ten years. They stock over 6,000 different woodworking items. Those items include a wide selection of abrasives, books, DVDвЂ™s, clamps, router bits, glue, t-track, dust collection, and much more. Peachtree also carries major brands like Carter, Freud, Bessy, Kreg, Dewalt, and Delta, just to name a few. The store is located at 6684 Jimmy Carter Blvd. Suite 100; Norcross, GA 30071; (770) 458-5539. Store Hours: Mon вЂ“ Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Closed Sun. www.ptreeusa.com Woodcraft -- Since 1928 Woodcraft has been a woodworker's favorite source for quality hand and power tools, equipment and supplies (including wood). Cabinet makers, wood turners, carvers and woodworkers in general rely on our friendly, experienced staff that is always available to help with the selection of tools and supplies as well as to provide helpful advice on individual projects. We offer a wide variety of woodworking and woodturning classes for a range of skills in our new, modern, fully equipped classroom facilities. Stop by our store at 8560 Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell, GA. (Note: While we are physically located in Roswell, our mailing address is Alpharetta, GA 30022) Phone: 770-587-3372, Fax: 770-587-9068 . Wm. J. Redmond & Son, Inc. вЂ“ Redmond Machinery is the SoutheastвЂ™s largest destination for woodworking machinery, accessories and supplies. Guild members are welcome 7