We had three gatherings in February - one on March 3rd, one on March 9th, and one on March 17th.  Below are photos and descriptions of  the projects discussed during the Show & Tell portion of the meeting, if we received the photos.
Several members showed band saw boxes they made after the February 3rd demonstration.  They are gathered at the start of the Show & Tell summary.

Band Saw Boxes

Tom Lawlor produced this walnut box that also has a clock.  The clock measures 7” W x 3½” H x 3” D and is finished with Shellac and then a Coat of Waterlox.  To Create larger drawer front for the clock, he added step of cutting the entire center out the box with 2 entry cuts shown in bottom photo, cut off the front piece of this cutout section, then cut a bottom section off the remaining cutout to re-glue for a box bottom. He also added a ¼” strip of dyed ash, boiled & bent around bell front face.

Rick Kiehl created this cherry box that is 4" in diameter and 5" tall.  It has a Danish oil finish.

Bo Rinn found a piece of wood that he thinks is cherry in the shop and  made this box.  The pulls are mahogany that he added.  It has 5 coats of Danish Oil.

Bill Keller decided to experiment with his band saw.  He used glued up a 2x4 for this box which is 9½“ Long x 3¼” High x 2 ½” Deep and has a Tung oil finish.  The knobs are "turned" on a drill press using a file and sandpaper.

After completing the first box, Bill decided to build this spalted maple jewelry box that is 14” L x 5½” T x 3¼” D.  His band saw was not deep enough so Bill cut one side off to get the drawers.  Obviously, he has a bunch of sanding to complete before adding a finish plus he needs to make knobs for the drawers.

Bob Casey built these two band saw boxes and has another in the works.  Prior to learning how to make band saw boxes, he spent some time upgrading his band saw.  He also learned how to flock.

Steve Sabella created this cracked band saw box after creating a blank by gluing up scraps of cherry, oak, & mahogany.  The box is about 12" tall.  He finished it with Bush oil and then buffed it with the Beall system.

Dave Grant made this redwood and Baltic birch cat box for his granddaughter.  He finished it with Tung oil and Poly.

Dave Weir shared these three carvings he recently completed.  The two leprechauns are fashioned from articles in a recent issue of  Woodcarving Illustrated.  For the lumberjack, Dave used a pattern from renowned carver Harley Refsal.  

On the opposite end of the size spectrum, Jason Wrench presented this sculpted two person cherry stool which he built for a neighbor.  Prior to starting, Jason used SketchUp to create the diagram below to show the client.  He originally scoped it out to have a back but the client did not want that so it was removed from the diagram.

Mike Vecellio started out by showing his new lathe!

Well ... not exactly.  This is a unit Mike developed to add glitter to a pen blank before casting it.  Many of Mike's customers love the glitter look to pens.  Here is a photo of it in use and then the resulting pens and pen blanks.

Glitter Pen Blank After Casting Produced Great Pen!

"Ugly" Pen Blank of Purpleheart, Purple Acrylic Blank & a Dunkin Gift Card (for white). Produced Beautiful Pen

Rod Castle was asked to create a set of 20" tall mills.  The salt mill is ambrosia maple while the peppermill is cherry.  Both have the Crush Grind mechanism and are finished with Tung oil.

Larry Prunotto was asked by a cousin to create a few projects from birch logs cut down by a family member who has since passed away.  Larry created a variety of items from these logs that were about 5" in diameter and 20" long.  The logs aged outside for a year, the ends were cracked, the majority was punky, and a white algae coated the bark.

Sample of Log

Vase - 9" Tall

Candle Holders - 8 1/2" & 5" Tall

All pieces sanded to 400 Grit and finished with 3 coats of Osmo.
Inscriptions were burned into each.

Small Bowls - 6 1/2" & 5" Diameter

Pencil Cup - 4" Tall

Brad Rees completed his second mill using a piece of ash firewood - this one a salt mill.  Brad read about a method to make the ash grain to pop - baking it at 350 degrees.  For this one he baked it for 30 minutes.

Ed Siegel turned this bowl of spalted big leaf maple.  It is 7" in diameter and 3 1/2" deep.  He finished it with mineral oil and then Beall buffed it.

Dave Grant turned this ice cream scoop and mushroom from a spalted branch of an unknown wood.  He finished both with satin polyurethane.

Jim Yonkers produced these adorable multi-axis turnings using cedar, walnut, and pine.  Each has a spray lacquer finish.  The short birds are also small toothpick holders.

Bruce Trexler presented his jig for making the triangles for this backgammon board during the March session on  jigs.  This is the completed board which is a gift for his daughter.  The playing surface is maple and walnut veneer while the carcass is mahogany.  He used a combination of Odie's oil and wax for the finish.

Ted Kleege turned the peppermill using a blank he received as a door prize at one of the past holiday parties.  The blank was donated by Rod Castle.
​Ted was lucky to receive some Craft Supplies gift cards in the club raffles.  He used some to purchase carbide inserts and brass collars.  Then, he spent $7 on a 3 foot length of steel road and used some scrap wood for handles.  Some grinding, filing, & drilling and Ted now owns a nice set of carbide turning tools!  Cheap, huh?

Doug North has a daughter that loves to read, owns a bunch of books, and whose home office needed organizing.  What to do?  Build a proper place to store the books. This is just a small selection of her books.  Once Amy figures out the best way to organize the books, the rest will be loaded and the entire bookcase will be filled.
The bookcase is 76" wide, 92" tall, and 7" deep.  The two outside components were assembled in the shop and then moved into place.  Then, the middle shelves were added in her office.  The wood is poplar from Lakeshore Hardwoods supplemented by Charlie's Wood Store.  The finish is simply Bush Oil.  

Rolf Beuttenmuller, a visitor to the Scrolling SIG demo from the Long Island Woodworkers, showed his Intarsia recreation of a 1920 painting created by one of his wife June's relative.  A cousin found the painting in the village where they live.
Rolf designed the pattern, his first, and in order to recreate the sky he printed the sky on textured paper.   

Robert Ward presented a slew of finished pieces during Show & Tell.  In some cases, the pieces are commissioned like the portraits below.  In others, he is creating items to sell at future shows.

Bear Indian Catcher - 1/2" Black Walnut clear coated with a 1/4" plywood backer painted black

Bear Paw with Mountains - 1/2" Maple

Bear with Long Claws - 1/2" Oak clear coated

Bear Crescent Moon - 1/2" Pine clear coated with a 1/4" plywood backer painted black

Bear Paw with Trees - 1/2" Maple

Tribal Bear - 1/2" Spalted Maple clear coated with a 1/4" plywood backer painted black

Mama Bear - 1/2" Spalted Maple, clear coated

Owl in Crescent Moon - 1/2" Pine clear coated with a 1/4" plywood backer painted black

Plaques

Wolf in Crescent Moon - 1/2" Pine clear coated with a 1/4" plywood backer painted black

1/2" Black Walnut, clear coated, 1/4" plywood backer painted black

1/2" Maple

1/2" Black Walnut, clear coated with 1/4: plywood backer painted black

1/2" Black Walnut, clear coated with 1/4: plywood backer painted black

Charlie LaPrease showed a variety of pieces he completed during the month.  In addition to a variety of bowls, Charlie was asked to create a jig for a friend to use while laser engraving a bell that is dedicated to the Crouse Neurosciences Team.  
The video shows how well the jig worked as the bell turned perfectly.

14" Honey Locust Platter with an Osmo finish

4 1/2" Curly Maple Bowl - Osmo Finish

Blank of a similar size from which the bowl was turned

5" Sycamore Bowl with an Undercut - Osmo Finish

Barbara Raymond-LaPrease recently completed a variety of projects.  The most intriguing and possibly nerve-wracking was recreating a piece of molding that will be put in the stairway of a house in Oswego that being renovated.  She used 1 7/8" thick mahogany after creating a template.  After the cutting was complete, Charlie took the piece to the lathe to recreate the rounded end and then the piece was cut on the saw.  The contractor was delighted.

In preparation for the March demo on using a spiral blade, Barbara created two projects with a variety of spiral blades.  Most use spiral blades for pieces cut in plywood.  Barbara used a piece of Big Leaf Maple to create the Bear plaque and what she thinks is Elm for the Tiger plaque.  Charlie added a frame to the tiger plaque.  Both have a Tung Oil finish.

Pattern by Jim Blume

Pattern by Marilyn Carmin from "Artistic Wildlife Projects" book

Without Finish

With Finish

Barbara wanted to remind folks that applying a finish does change the look of a project.  Here, she shows a small hummingbird project cut from Big Leaf Maple before and after Tung Oil.