Lee's Summit Woodworker's Guild

NEWS

The Woodworking Show coming to KC

The Woodworking Show will be held at the KCI Expo Center near KCI Airport on January 17-19, 2020.  Tickets are $14 ($12 in advance) and good for all three days.  Activity duty Military/Fire/Police free with ID (That may also apply to veterans, but website isn’t clear on that). More info at http://www.thewoodworkingshows.com/kansas-city.html 

Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Hand Tool Event at KC Guild

The Kansas City Woodworkers Guild will be hosting a Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Hand Tool event on January 17-18. It will be at 3189 Mercier St, Kansas City, MO  64111 and the hours will be Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-5pm.

PHIL’S FINDS

DIY Tall Featherboard – Member Joe Fuller shared his idea for a tall featherboard by combining two standard ones. Great idea Joe!

Buy at Harbor Freight

FREE book on organizing your shop and beyond – Ready to simplify and organize your woodshop, home and life for 2020?  Here’s a great resource from FastCap founder, Paul Akers.

Free download at PaulAkers.net

SHOW AND TELL

PROGRAM

Our guest this month was Canadian YouTube woodworker Colin Knecht.  There was a great turnout to hear Colin share his story and some favorite tools and jigs. Links to the tools he mentioned are below. Thanks Colin for sharing your time and expertise with us!

Tools that changed Colin’s Woodworking experience:

Left Hand Tape Measure

(Fastcap also has Lefty/Righty options on many of their tape measures)

Dowelmax Joint Maker

Setup blocks 

Osmo Finish

Analine stain – There are many companies that make this, Google search for others.

Find/follow Colin at www.woodworkweb.com and YouTube.

NEWS

2020 Dues are due by the end of December!

If you want to mail in your 2020 dues, send them to John Freeland. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope and he will mail your membership card. The dues are $20.00, $5.00 of which goes to Tools for Teens. Make out the check to LSWG.

Welcome to our new and returning Guild Board members

President – Roy Wall
Vice President – Greg Hull
Treasurer – Mel Bryan
Secretary – Bill Akers
Board Members – John Freeland, Randall Stone, Bob Pressly

PHIL’S FINDS

With the DeWalt demo this month, no Phil’s Finds for November.  More goodies coming in December!  There were several requests for links to the finds for September, so here you go.

JLAB AUDIO – JBuds Air True Wireless Earbuds – Long charge time, no wires and good hearing protection with correct size Eartips (included).

Buy at Best Buy

CATEYES Safety Glasses with reading magnifiers – because that print is getting smaller every year.

Buy at Fastcap.com

SHOW AND TELL

PROGRAM

DeWalt/Lowes tool rep Jacob Martin shared new offerings in cordless tools from Dewalt, especially the new 12V MAX XTREME line. He let us have some hands-on time trying out a variety of DeWalt Tools.  Christmas ideas??? Thanks Jacob!