ONE WOODWORKER'S DESIGN TOOLS

Serious furniture pieces require careful design and planning to make them both aesthetically pleasing and structurally strong. Some woodworkers have an eye for design and are at ease with figuring out proportions, curves and shapes when they put their ideas onto paper. I have to rely on a few traditional tools to bring out my project plans. Two of these tools are discussed here. Read the story...click here

Learn How to Carve an Eight Pointed Star

From our friends at TREELINE

Learning how to carve is incredibly fun! Quite often people ask what kind of project should someone start with to learn the basic carving techniques.  We have found that by learning how to carve this 8 pointed star you can learn the 3 basic cuts (stop cut, push cut, and pull cut) and you have the chance to practice over and over again. 

OPEN CARVING FOR ALL

December 18, 2019

"Open Carving"--

at Massapequa Meeting Place

Albany Avenue

Massapequa

(Take Sunrise to Broadway North

to Albany Avenue across from Fire House)

This is a meeting of the merger between 

Greater NY Woodcarvers Assn., Oceanside

 and 

Long Island Woodcarvers Assn., Massapequa

"Open Carving" the Third Wednesday of each month.

WHAT IS IT?

With any financial transaction, there must be a willing seller and a willing buyer who agree to an equitable figure to finalize said transaction. Along the bargaining path, there are checks and balances on both sides to establish a lasting relationship and test for accuracy and, most of all, truthfulness in the disclosure of information. Price structure can be greatly affected by inaccuracies. Within the commodities market, the bag system is used for grains and other smaller sized items sold in lesser portions by those who do not have the quantity requirement or the ability to transport massive amounts in one carrier. However, no matter the size or quantity, a fair transaction requires a reliable and traceable testing method.

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THE NONSENSE DOOR

Matthew Bruins in front of the wooden door that he created.

Coming up with the idea for a culminating woodworking project in his final semester at Algonquin College wasn't easy for Matthew Bruins. "I was set on doing a door, for some reason. I don't know why," the recent graduate of the Heritage Carpentry and Joinery Program recalled. "I've seen some cool doors and I enjoyed the first door project we did earlier in the semester."

The college's two-year program focuses on traditional carpentry and joinery such as timber framing, log building and architectural millwork, as well as restoration and preservation techniques. Instructor Jim Stinson described the final project as one that not only speaks to the students' interests, but also allows them to demonstrate the knowledge and skills acquired through the program's joinery component. After choosing a piece of existing architectural millwork to explore, the students record and document it, then reproduce it to scale.

"I had a really hard time actually finding this door, in particular," Matt said. "I was just [searching the Internet for] doors in Ottawa trying to find a … cathedral door or something like that." One of the images that popped up on Matt's screen caught his attention. He was captivated by an elaborately-carved door on the Macdonald-Harrington Building at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.

Initially, his instructors were less than enthusiastic about his choice. 

Long Island Wood Carvers Club

(Massapequa and Oceanside Merger)

NEWSLETTER

1)   In Massapequa November 12th, and Oceanside November 19th 

officers for the Long Island Wood Carvers Club

were elected unanimously:

  

President - Joe Passalacqua

Vice-President - Ken Wang

Treasurer - Ken Donovan

Secretary - Gene Sanders

2)   We are having a Christmas Party, at the Library, Tuesday, December 17th, from 1:00 to 4:00pm.

There will be food:  Sandwiches, coffee, beverages and cake.

Bring some of your carvings so we can have a nice Show and Tell.

3)   Saturday, February 1st at 11:00am we will have a guest speaker,

Frank Napoli, who will speak on his "Whimsical Carvings"

This event  will be open to the public and there will be 

fruit, coffee, beverages, crackers and cheese.

    Long Island Woodcarvers Assn.

North Massapequa Community Center

Albany Avenue (off Broadway)

Massapequa, NY

(Sunrise Hwy. to Broadway north to Albany west

1/2 block on south side across from Fire House)

President:  Joe Passalacqua

Treasurer:  Ken Donovan

Membership Director:  Ken Wang

Secretary:  Gene Sanders

Next Massapequa Meeting Tomorrow - 7:00-9:00pm

Tuesday,

December 10, 2019

(always the Second Tuesday of each month)

This is the first meeting of the merger between 

Greater NY Woodcarvers Assn. and Long Island Woodcarvers Assn.

"Open Carving" the Third Wednesday of each month.

Next "Open Carving"

December 18th, 2019