With the COVID-19 virus cancelling all events in April, members were encouraged to work on projects and send photos of those projects for display here and on the Facebook page.
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Sam Lupo creates stunning pieces whether they are his carved and painted canes, small figures, . This display of two butterflies [his 30th & 31st] - a Monarch and a Zebra - is just one of many displays. The butterflies are native to Jamaica. Sam carved the display and sent it to Jamaica for a woman who contacted Sam through his step daughter after seeing photos of others of his carvings on her Facebook page. There is quite a story about how this happened. You can watch a video of Sam discussing his extraordinary piece HERE. Sam starts speaking at about 34:38 in the video.
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Introducing the Rotary Club of Woodastan
To whittle away my down-time these days, Ward Vuillemot set about to carve out a new group of solid citizens to form the new Woodastan Rotary Club from the community of Basswood, USA. It is a fully inclusive club and all very upstanding citizens of 2 inches. They promised to subscribe to, and honor Rotary's basic plank of "Service Above Self" and all seem to share a common family tree. In addition, they are non-judgmental and let chips fall where they may.
From left to right are: Flo, Moe, Mac, Ling Wou (new), Dan, Abe, Sam, Joe, Ann, & Sly. Founding masked president Abe presided over the induction ceremony held at the open air Bass Grove Inn. The meeting was closed out with the traditional recitation of the Rotary 4-Way test. When Ling Wou joined, the club went international!
A special shout-out to friend Hal for providing the itty-bitty Rotary pins to all the new members.
From left to right are: Flo, Moe, Mac, Ling Wou (new), Dan, Abe, Sam, Joe, Ann, & Sly. Founding masked president Abe presided over the induction ceremony held at the open air Bass Grove Inn. The meeting was closed out with the traditional recitation of the Rotary 4-Way test. When Ling Wou joined, the club went international!
A special shout-out to friend Hal for providing the itty-bitty Rotary pins to all the new members.
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Charlie LaPrease completed another project for a contractor, Tony, restoring homes in Oswego. This time, Charlie was asked to turn 36 balusters for an outside porch. Tony wanted 3 inch final size on the square tops and bottoms so Charlie needed wood at least that size. Finding the lumber at a decent price was difficult. Once he had 12 Douglas fir 8 foot long pieces, he cut them into 3, joined two sides, resawed to the nearly final dimension the other two sides before planing those sides and turning the centers of all 36 pieces to size. On a separate piece of stock, he developed the shape, got contractor approval, and then built a set of fingers to assist with the turning. With the fingers, he did not need to constantly measure with calipers. Near the end of the project, Charlie was completing each one is about 14 minutes.
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The owner of Ophelia's Garden Inn, a Bed & Breakfast on Avery Avenue in Syracuse, asked Charlie to help with the restoration of a wooden arbor built in 1925 that provides cover for a back entrance to the house. He brought old-growth pine to be used as stock for the replacement.
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Through a member of the Beligum Cold Springs Fire Department where he volunteers as a firefighter, Charlie was contacted by the sister of a member to help recreate a missing leg for a family heirloom table. The family recently completed refinishing the table with the new leg installed.
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Cathy Kuepper recently finished two carving projects. The woodpecker is mounted on driftwood found by her grandson. She used a light stain on the basswood Mary & Child.
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Todd Reilly was working on this mouse for the 2020 Great Mouse Hunt in the Museum during the NYS Fair. Alas, the Fair cancellation benefitted a friend who was interested it the mouse. He’ll make a different one for the Hunt.
While on a recent family vacation, he carved the fox using a pattern from a carving book as a guide. The heart is from salted wood and the black line was natural in the wood. |
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Mike Bloomquist completed this great spirit carving! Sections are highlighted in the additional three photos to show more of the detail.
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Bill Keller completed two pieces of Shaker style furniture. On the left is his white oak hall table. It is 16 x 44” and 27” tall. On the right is the chess table using the top he veneered of curly maple and walnut with an ebony inlay and walnut edge. The finished height is 27 inches. In September, Bill created the white and red oak barbeque cart shown below. Bill recycled the wood from other projects. Bill sells his pieces through his website Keller Krafted. |
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Neal Johnson made some carpenter bee traps for some family members that don’t use chemicals to trap or kill the bees. He used these for two years. Scrap 4x4 pieces, mason jars, and a few screws. You can find one set of instructions at https://www.myfrugalhome.com/how-to-build-a-carpenter-bee-trap/
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Greg Potter created three ash candlesticks (14", 11", & 8") with top platforms able to handle a 3" wide candle. The wood for these came from a large ash tree that used to reside outside St Daniel's Church on the Northside of Syracuse.
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Kenn Pickard recently completed this cherry burl bowl. The foot stool on which it sits was made a few years ago by Kenn, including the weaving.
Ed Siegel completed the bowl right after starting it during his August 24th appearance on Bridge Street.
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Bob Casey continues to build a variety of items that he sells is now selling from his Etsy shop - bobcasey. Shown are his Shaker clock, cutting boards, cheese cutting boards and rolling pins. Always look for his latest at his shop.
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Chad Dawson completed work on a variety of projects during July. He built the red oak king size headboard shown above. He built a three drawer rolling cabinet to hold tools, and other supplies for turning. Last, he turned a brown mallee burl bowl finished with polyurethane.
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Dave Grant assembled and turned the 10” tall x 6” wide oak and walnut burial urn for his father-in-law who passed in March. The cherry, oak, and walnut vase was the original urn but it was too small and had cracks that led to the wood burned trees. It will become a memory urn for family and friends to fill. It will have a segmented top.
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Dave also created this emerging vase form from a piece of his apple tree whose branch grew out in many directions.
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Bud Millis is still working full-time at the hospital but found time to relax and complete a few projects. These photos show some of the five raised beds he built this spring, 3 for him, 1 for a neighbor, and 1 for a yard near Rochester.
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Bud also built a veneer press in March. The platen (bed) is 18” x 27”. The photo right shows a cherry veneered piece of plywood for the top of a #12 Shaker box.
Left are cherry Shaker style round drink coasters; a new product for Bud. |
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Barbara Raymond-LaPrease is challenging herself to create small beaded boxes that have unique shapes. This 2” tall box will get a lid.
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Robert Ward receives orders from colleagues and others for a variety of projects. As usual, he's been busy filling those orders.
Many people want pictures of their four legged friends. Shown are eight recent cuttings along with the photo that was used to create the pattern. |
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Dave Grant found some time to work on a few new pens. In the left photo, he created two pens with leftover bocote wood from the turn for troops effort, adding maple. The far left pen is oak using a Bic stick pen for the inside.
The maple snowmen pens (right) are for the granddaughters. He used a wood burner to add details. |
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George Lorefice completed a variety of projects during the past several months.
The memorial box will house the plastic container for a friend's ashes. George used cherry for the box, dovetailing the joints using the dovetail jig from Rockler. He striped the cherry top with walnut, then created a maple insert with brass fillings in epoxy set into the router-made letters.. The finish is rub-on poly (sorry Charlie).
Five of the bowls are from Norway maple while the sixth is walnut and maple. All are finished with friction polish.
George decorated the three walnut bread boards using the router and templates to carve the images. The face image needed 3 separate templates and replicates a sketch made by George's sons years ago. The last board is a facsimile of the Covid virus, again router carved using a template and then filled with epoxy. All are treated with bee's wax and mineral oil.
George had an issue with epoxy running into the grain. He solved the issue by coating the inlays with clear epoxy first!
The memorial box will house the plastic container for a friend's ashes. George used cherry for the box, dovetailing the joints using the dovetail jig from Rockler. He striped the cherry top with walnut, then created a maple insert with brass fillings in epoxy set into the router-made letters.. The finish is rub-on poly (sorry Charlie).
Five of the bowls are from Norway maple while the sixth is walnut and maple. All are finished with friction polish.
George decorated the three walnut bread boards using the router and templates to carve the images. The face image needed 3 separate templates and replicates a sketch made by George's sons years ago. The last board is a facsimile of the Covid virus, again router carved using a template and then filled with epoxy. All are treated with bee's wax and mineral oil.
George had an issue with epoxy running into the grain. He solved the issue by coating the inlays with clear epoxy first!
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