Got
Pictures?
Home Craftsmen Forum members have done
many fine projects through the years both as a group and individually. We would like to be able to show others what
you have done. The club is assembling
scrapbooks of member projects, club functions, club displays, toy distribution,
club meetings, and anything else you may have related to HCF. Please bring any pictures, newspaper articles,
etc to the April meeting and deliver them to Nan Schulte, newsletter editor.
Please include a year and the names of any people pictured, if possible.
The scrapbooks will become part of our booth displays at future events
and will also be available for members to look through at the club picnic in
June.
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- Club
Picnic in June –
We
are planning our annual picnic for June 18, 2003 at Camp Belzer located on Boy Scout Road in Indianapolis.
Please check your calendar and sign up at the April meeting. Spouses and signficant
others are invited. Catering will be by
Jugs Catering - - plenty of deep fried biscuits with apple butter and fried
chicken.
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- New
Members –
Welcome
to Paul Wahlstrom and Roger Muller. We hope you enjoy your time with us.
***
- Call for Judges –
We
are looking for judges for Project Focus 2003 – our annual club wood
competition. Do you know someone who
would be willing to judge the competition?
Please contact a club officer with their name.
***
“Saturday Hands On” for Spring
2003
Hand
Skill Techniques with Marc Adams
Saturday, March 22, sixteen club
members, including two of our officers, traveled a short distance to "Marc
Adams School of Woodworking". Located in near-by North Franklin, IN, it is a wonder why we have not
previously taken advantage of this tremendous opportunity.
The full day included several
demonstrations by Marc, followed by our hands-on efforts to improve our skills.
We began by learning sharpening techniques for our scrapers and chisels that
put a new definition on "razor-sharp"! We would then use these
chisels, and Japanese saws, on our next project, hand made (router-less)
dovetail joints. Many of us were proud of our first efforts to complete
"through" and "half-blind" dovetails.
For our final demo, Marc discussed uses
for marquetry, parquetry, and veneering. He showed us
how to create unique veneer patterns. We then made our own parquetry
veneer. Some were masterful in
appearance. Marc also explained the
veneer pressing process so we could all press the veneers we created at home.
Marc brings in many other world-class
instructors. Brochures are available: phone (3 17) 5356-4013, or visit Marc's
web site www.marcadams.com for listings of instructors and classes for this
year and next. The slots fill up quickly. You will not regret this experience
Write up and
pictures submitted by Bob Smith. For
more pictures from this event, see our website.
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- Club Election of Officers is Coming - - MAY meeting –
The
Nomination Committee is headed by Dick Brown.
Please contact him to express your wish to run or to nominate a fellow
member.
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- HCF Project Focus 2003 –
What is Project Focus? It is our annual club competition for
member-made projects. Judging will be at
our May meeting. Prizes are
awarded in six categories:
Œ
Inlayed Item (intarsia or marquetry)
Furniture
Ž
Scroll Saw Projects
Toys
Turnings
‘
Misc.
Rules are: Members may enter as many categories as they
wish. Projects must be built after June
1, 2002. Builder must be a member of the club.
Start on your projects now or pick from
your recently completed projects that item or two that will win the judges’
nod.
Pick up a flyer at the April meeting to
remind you to bring your project to the May meeting.
Winners are asked to display their
winning projects at the club picnic in June and at the club booth at the
Christmas Gift and Hobby Show in November.
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-
HCF Visit to the Door Store in Shirley, IN scheduled for April 26 -
HCF has a special invitation of visit
The Door Store on April 26 at 10:00. The Door Store is normally open only on
Tuesdays from 4:00 – 7:00. The owners (Steve, Tami, Scott, and Kim
Brown) have created a special tour and shopping time for HCF members to
introduce us to their store and are including lunch at a nearby restaurant. Any purchases made by HCF members that day
will receive a 10% discount. Please
sign up for this event at the April meeting so our hosts can plan for
lunch.
The Door Store has been in the door
business for over 15 years and have been located in Shirley, IN for 13
years.
They carry thousands of cabinet doors
in over 100 different sizes. Plus drawer fronts, lumber, hardware, shelving, moulding, stained glass insert panels, and lots more. To learn more about The Door Store, please
visit their website http://www.thedoorstore.net/index.html
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-
The Club Asset List –
Thank
you to all members that came forward in March to let our officers know what
club items you are
caretaker for. If you
couldn’t catch an officer at the March meeting to give them your list of club
items, please do so at the April meeting or contact Tom Meeker. Tom has accepted responsibility for creating
our asset list. Thank you, Tom, for
taking on this task. Tom can be reached
at tjmeeker@comcast.net or by phoning
317-578-8300.
***
-
Video Tape Library -
The
videotape library is available at all meetings. This is a free service to
members. You are encouraged to make use of this valuable service but please return
any tapes you have borrowed. All borrowed tapes are to be returned at the next
month's meeting. This will allow others
to enjoy this service too.
A
complete list of videotape titles is available on our website. A printed catalogue is available for review
at each meeting.
Do
you have videos that would be useful for the library? . . . . . Let us know.
If you have questions about the video library, contact Bob
at 253-8771 or at rbeckerich@iquest.net.
***
- The Club’s “Special Thanks to You”–
Harold Matthews. Darryll
McConnell, Bob Smith, Dick Harrold, and Don Melloy
– for back-breaking labor of assembling shelves, transporting and stacking
lumber in our new storage unit.
MAB Paints in Carmel – donation of sanding sealer for the
Christmas Toy Project.
Porter Paints (both the Westfield and the Carmel locations) – donation of sanding sealer for the
Christmas Toy Project
Sherwin-Williams Paints in Carmel – donation of sanding sealer for the
Christmas Toy Project.
***
- Christmas Toy Project – BOX PROJECTS sign up at May
meeting-
There are two aspects of toy production
for HCF’s Christmas Toy Project. One is the group toy shops where members get
together once a week and work on toys.
The toy shops have been hard at work since January. The other aspect is the individual efforts
done in your own workshop – whatever space that may be. For some this is a garage corner or the
basement or even a converted closet. In this areas, members work on wooden toys that they have
signed up to complete for the club.
These individual toy efforts are referred to as the Box Projects. Why Box Projects – because the club gives you
all the materials for building the toys except fasteners and finish in a box
and you return that box to the club in November with it filled with completed
toys.
The sign up for Box Projects this year
is at the May meeting. Patterns and
prototypes of toys will be available for inspection. After inspection, please sign up on the
appropriate sheets for what you are willing to make. As we all know, this is a tough financial
year for many and our beautifully made toys will be more needed this Christmas
than ever before. Please look at your
schedule and plan now to commit the time to do a Box Project. Your time can bring a smile to a child this
Christmas and beyond.
Toy Committee members: Darrell McConnell, and Bob Shaw.
***
- Looking ahead –
Saturday Hands-On Experiences – Opportunities for more in-depth
learning than the 2 hours of our Wednesday night meetings. The spring session was held in March at Marc
Adams School of Woodworking. Another
will be this fall at American Sycamore Woodworkers Retreat.
***
- Program Committee -
The Program Committee met on March
12, 2003. Programs were finalized for the April, May, and June
meetings. Tentative programming was set
for July and August. The fall “Saturday
Hands On” event was confirmed for Oct 25, 2003 at American Sycamore Woodworkers
Retreat. The topic will be routers. The instructor will be Mike Van Pelt.
Look for information on how to become a
new member of the program committee at upcoming club meetings as we work on perpetuating the line
of excellent club programming we have going.
The next meeting of the Program
Committee is set for May 14, 2003 at 7:00 at Gibraltar Design conference
room. 9102 N. Meridian Street, Suite 300, Indianapolis.
***
- Executive Committee Meeting –
The Executive Committee met on March
26, 2003 at
Tom Meeker’s house.
The next meeting is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on April 23, 2003.
Location to be determined.
***
Summary of March
19, 2003 Forum meeting – (submitted by Don Melloy)
Members in
Attendance: 43
Visitors: 10
Members of Home
Craftsmen Forum will demonstrate and share ideas on jigs they have used and how
they have used them in their shops.
Several members are committed to speak at this program and all members
are encouraged to bring their favorite jigs to share. 
Need to plane that
extra wide board that doesn’t fit in your planer? Don’t have room for a planer in your shop but
occasionally need one and you have a router?
Maybe this is the jig you are looking for? 
