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Sawdust from the Prez…Chuck Haas, President

December!! You know what that means… Well yes there’s the Club Christmas meeting (party), and yes that means dust-ing off some past and some new projects for show and tell, and yes there will be nice gifts for the show and tell drawing, and yes I’m sure everyone will bring some great treats.

Now where was I? Oh yeah it’s December and I’m sure I’m not the only one with unfinished and maybe even some unstarted Christmas gifts. So get busy and make some sawdust!

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We are still working on classes for next year and I haven’t heard from anyone with suggestions?? What do you want to learn? Maybe you have a technique you would like to learn or perfect. Maybe there is a project you would like to try but aren’t comfortable with starting. We’d love your input.

The Board would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy Happy New Year.

See you at the Party

Club Community Service Joseph Hansman, Community Service Director

Hello everyone, my name is Joseph Hansman and I recently agreed to take over the role of Community Service Director within our club. Looking forward to the opportunity to give back to our community and find new ways to really bring out the knowl-edge, passion and dedication we all have for the craft. As part of that, I can’t do this alone and hope that we all can pitch in with whatever we can, be it time/materials/knowledge/shop space/ideas. Hope-fully in 2019, we can have one big community project effort and also a couple smaller ones to find

something for everyone. In January I plan on shar-ing the planned process towards achieving those goals. To help out, feel free to email me at [email protected] or call the club phone number: 515-650-6559, select option 6 to leave me a voicemail.

Library NewsEugene Harms, Librarian

Help improve the club’s Library! The library will take any woodworking books and DVD’s that are not already in our library collection. Members wish-ing to make contributions to the library should con-tact the Librarian. Upon request, a label bearing the donor’s name can be placed on the donated items. If you have suggestions on items to add to the Library and Resource Center, contact the Librarian. John & Kathy Carman

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OfficersPresident

Chuck Haas, 279-5980Vice President

Kevin Kirlin, 519-5104 Secretary

Gary Weeks, 782-7315Treasurer

Greg Alberts, 331-3263

Board MembersProgram Chair

Ron Hilliard, 277-4055Education Chair

Tom Brumback, 964-3735Community Service ChairJoe Hansman 712-790-7783

LibrarianEugene Harms, 490-8167

Volunteer Associates:Newsletter Editor

Nathan Kress, 664-7763Data Manager

Brian Messenger, 290-4497 Communication ManagerDoug Rasmussen, 252-1617

Web ManagerSeenu Paladi, 845-559-3197

Video ManagerDave Campbell, 480-0966Furniture Making SIGJohn Twedt, 964-9294

Furniture Repair/Finishing SIGRon Stookey, 277-1555

Special EventsChuck Haas, 282-1474

Public RelationsRon Stookey, 277-1555

Shop Videos Mike Crabb, 802-6822 Meeting RefreshmentsRon Jacobson, 490-8333

& Merle Miller, 999-2365

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MembershipCurrent Membership:408Membership a year ago: 422

New MembersTravis Hutzell, Des MoinesRick Bentley, MitchellvilleJim Bolstad, Des MoinesJustin Bopp, Urbandale

Club Calendar - Meetings and Events

Woodsmith Store Seminar: Sharpening Bench Chisels Thursday, December 6, 2018 – 6:30 pmWoodsmith Store

DM Woodturners ClubSaturday, December 8, 2018 – 1:00 pmWoodsmith Store

Club General MeetingTuesday, December 11, 2018 – 6:00 pmWoodsmith Store

Woodsmith Store Seminar: Bowl Turning Basics Thursday, December 13, 2018 – 6:30 pmWoodsmith Store



Returning MembersKevin Quinn, JohnstonSusan Sevedge, Ankeny

Bill Fanter

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Holiday Social Program for DecemberRon Hilliard, Program Committee Chair

Greetings to you! I hope this cold weather has enabled you to spend a lot of enjoyable time in your shop. The 2018 DMWW Holiday Social is sched-uled for December 11, 2018 and the doors will open @ 6:00 pm at the Woodsmith Store. We will have a potluck dessert buffet (but no meal as in years’ past) along with hot spiced cider and coffee. Drinks are provided by the club – desserts are brought by the members, so bring your favorite holiday treat to share with others. Spouses are welcome!

Chuck Haas, DMWW Club President, will present the “Year in Review” beginning @ 6:15 and when finished, the food table will be open for you to sat-isfy your holiday sweet tooth. As part of the “Year in Review”, your Holiday Social Committee would like to have photos of your projects in 2018.

The program will be an expanded “Show and Tell”, where we are asking members to take pictures of their projects and e-mail these to Jodi Alberts [email protected] is preparing a repeating visual display that will play throughout the duration of the party. We would like you to write a brief description of your project(s) that can accompany the pictures in “story-board” fashion. Please identify yourself as the crea-tor of the project and relate what kind(s) of wood were used and any other interesting facts about the work. You can bring your project on 12/11 if you want, but don’t forget to send your picture and story write up as well. We want to make sure your work is displayed in the slide show we’ll present during our social time.

Club members who contribute to Show and Tell will be eligible for door prizes that will be awarded later in the evening. ONLY THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXHIBIT ARE INCLUDED AS POTENTIAL DOOR PRIZE WINNERS. Hopefully, this will motivate you to share your work! The deadline for pictures and write-up’s is Saturday, 12/8 if sent by email (preferred) or Wednesday, 12/5 is sent using USPS (see address below).

Our club also has a tradition of collecting dona-tions to the Urbandale Food Pantry at the Christ-mas Party. Please make your contributions in the form of checks or cash, since these are more useful than actual food donations. A surprising number of families in our area are struggling to “make ends meet” and our generosity at this time of year has always made a real difference in our community.

In preparation for the party, I would encourage you to snap pictures of your projects and write a brief description to accompany them and e-mail them to Jodi [email protected] We will hope for favorable weather and look for-ward to a good time.

If you are NOT emailing your project information, please send picture(s) and write-up to:- DMWW Holiday SocialC/O Greg & Jodi Alberts2021 69th StreetWindsor Heights, IA 50324-5810

If you want your photos returned, please make sure you include that information in your mailing.

Club Website News www.dmwoodworkers.org Brian Messenger, Data Manager

We’ve improved the look of our online video col-lection of presentations and shop tours, which now includes preview images and a longer description of the content. We will be adding our entire collec-tion since 2008 to the website over the next weeks and months. You can also now search for videos by presenter or subject from the bottom of the Home Page. Don’t forget, if you aren’t able to stream video

at home, we also have our collection on DVD in the Club Library.

You can find a link to our videos in the Member Menu once you log in to our website atwww.dmwoodworkers.org.Let us know what you think!

Ads that you want e-mailed to Members should be emailed to Jodi Albertsat [email protected]. Be sure to include a price for each item plus your full name and telephone number. Be sure to double check your spelling – especially your email address.

The Club receives a small commission on purchases you make on the WOOD Store Website provided you access this Website from the Main Menu > Resources of the Club’s Website.

Skill Development Classes are a real bargain. You pay for project supplies and in some cases a small instructor fee. Sign up for classes at a Club meeting or contact the instructor. E-mail Tom Brumback [email protected] for class information.

Do you have a friend who is interested

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in woodworking? Bring them as a guest to the next meeting.

If you are receiving this Newsletter via the Post Office and have Internet access, change to Website delivery and save the Club $10 a year on postage and printing. We notify Members by e-mail when a new Newsletter has been posted to the Website. To make the change, e-mail the Club [email protected]

If you have extra tools you no longer use, consider donating them to Tools for Opportu-nity, an Iowa-based non-profit that is helping deserving woodworkers in El Salvador and Honduras make their businesses more profit-able. To learn more or become involved, call 515-292-8154, visitwww.ToolsforOpportunity.org, or [email protected].

Anyone who knows of the passing of a Club Members is asked to notify a Board Member.

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Ron is putting the Furniture Repair/Finishing SIG group meetings on hold for the time being. If there are questions about refinishing or repair, feel free to email Ron at [email protected]

Furniture Repair/Finishing SIGRon Stookey, SIG Chair

There will not be a Saturday Morning Furniture Makers Group for December.

The November meeting of the Saturday Morning Furniture Makers Group was held at John Twedt’s shop. Demonstrations were made for the following:

Miter joint on the shaper Miter joint on the table saw Box joint on the table saw Steps needed to install the decorative,

but structural, keyway Joining of two slabs.

I think that the group learned new informa-tion that will help them in their future furniture production. Thanks to all who attended.

Furniture Makers SIG NewsJohn Twedt, SIG Chair

mailto:[email protected]

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Joe Hansman.

The meeting was called to order by Chuck Hass, President. He introduced new members and visitors. He asked for a moment of silence for Chuck Dowler, a longtime member and mentor to many, who recently died. He reminded members to introduce themselves to members wearing white name tags, they have been members for less than two years.

Reports:- Membership: Brian Messenger reminded membersto pay their dues before the end of the year to receivethe $5 discount. At this point 46% of the membershave renewed their membership. Members can renewon the website where PayPal or Credit Card may beutilized.- Education: Chuck Haas said that three classes havebeen held this fall. Attendees have expressed thegreat value they received from the class content andinstruction. Phil Huber has been leading the classes.Classes will be offered in the spring but the contenthas not been decided. Please let the club know if thereis a topic you want offered.- Library: Eugene Harms, Librarian, informed themembership that the club program videos will notbe stored in the library. The videos will be available

November 2018 Meeting NotesGary Weeks, Secretary

on the member only section of the website. Extra magazines not needed for the club’s library will be available for the members and will be located on the table by the name badges.- Finishing SIG: Ron Stookey reported that becauseof a family need the SIG will not be meeting regu-larly. He will be available by phone for questions orwhen he is in the shop.- Furniture SIG: John Twedt informed the member-ship that the Jan (no Dec meeting) will be held at hisshop. The topics to be covered will be miter joints,box joints and inlay techniques.- Programs: Ron Hilliard announced that the De-cember 11th meeting will be the Christmas party.Members coming are asked to bring a dessert.Spouses are invited. A collection for the Urbandalefood pantry will be held during the party. The pro-gram will focus on member projects, show and tell.The meeting time has been changed. The meetingwill start at 6 PM. Ron asked members to submitphotos for projects too big to bring into the meeting.Directions for submitting the photos have been e-mailed to the membership. Only members that havebrought projects or submitted photos will eligiblefor the door prizes. The January meeting programpresenter will be Chris Martin from ISU.

Annual Meeting:Chuck Haas turned the meeting over to Kevin Kirlin, Vice President, to hold the annual meeting. Kevin introduced Joseph Hansman who volunteered to become the Community Service Director. This position is a board posi-tion as well. The current officers and board members have agreed to serve another year. He asked if there were any nominations from the mem-bership. There were none. A motion was made and second to nominate the current officers and board members and Joseph Hansman for another term. The motion passed.

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Peter Kasper

November 2018 Meeting Notes - continued from page 5Gary Weeks, Secretary

quickly.- Show and Tell participants.Winner of the drawing was John Twedt.- Bill Fanter: Fly tying box with inlay- Randy Offenburger: Serving tray- Dave Johnson: two bowls- Joe Hansman: Shoe bench utilizing

frontier furniture style- Kathy Carman: Bench and router bowl- John Carman: Box- Dale Herzberg: refurbished 1968

Powermatic thickness planer- John Twedt: Holly sizer.

- Door prize winners were: Patrick Culp, MerleMiller, Dave Yearian, Gary Weeks, SueHarris, Hugh Howe, Dwane Estes, Brent Madden,Steve Downey and Michael Christie.

The meeting ended at 9 PM.

The Treasurer’s report was e-mailed to the mem-bership. Kevin asked if there any questions. There were none. An audit committee is required by the Bylaws. Three members are needed to review the past years financial activity. Chuck asked for vol-unteers.

Program:The program topic was water based stains, dyes; milk paints and finishes by General Finishes. Peter Kasper a club member and professional wood-worker was the presenter. Peter presented insights into the utilization of these products. A video of

his presentation is on the club website.

Other business- Dave Campbell reported thatWeekend with Wood was be-ing held May 17th through the19th. Registration is filling up

A good number of folks have taken advantage of our woodworking classes this fall. This is a great opportunity to develop some skills and at the same time make some fun projects. Phil Huber (Wood-smith Magazine) has been a great instructor. Stay tuned for more classes this Spring..

News from the Education CommitteeTom Brumback, Education Committee Chair

Dave Johnston

Randy Offenburger.

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The Club Board has updated the member dues renew-al deadline policy. The new policy is to help simplify the renewal membership process. The new policy is as follows:

New Member Dues ($30): If you join from Janu-ary through May, your membership will expire at the end of the current year. If you join from June through December, your membership will expire at the end of the following year.

Club Member Renewal Dues Changes 2019 Renewal Dues for Current 2018 Mem-bers ($25): If paid before December 31st, 2018. Renewing your dues before the end of the year extends your membership through the end of 2019, and saves you $5. You will also receive your new Member Discount Card be-fore your current card expires January 15th.

Reinstatement Dues ($30): For 2018 Mem-bers who do not renew during the Renewal Dues Discount Period ending 12/31/2018 and pre 2018 Members who did not renew for 2018. 2019 dues are the same as New Member Dues shown to the left.

Club Membership Renewal

Fall is here, and now is a great time to think about renewing your membership for 2019. As a current member, you can save $5 on next year’s dues and only pay $25 if you renew by December 31st, 2018. You’ll also receive a 2019 Preferred Supplier Discount card before your 2018 card expires January 15th.

You can renew in just a few minutes by using PayPal or your Credit Card. Just visit our website and select On-line Payment from the main menu, or enter the follow-

ing address to go directly there: https://www.dmwoodworkers.org/online-payment

If you prefer, you can send a check for $25.00, pay-able to Des Moines Woodworkers Association to:Des Moines Woodworkers Association3311 100th St Unit 3564Urbandale IA 50323-3855

Thank you for supporting your Des Moines Woodworkers Association!

The Club has a new phone number, 515-650-6559. This is the Club’s own number. In the past my per-sonal number has been used as the Club number. The new number is supported by an Internet phone service called Phone.com.

When calling the Club’s new number, the caller hears the greeting “You have reached the Des Moines Wood-workers Club”. The caller is then presented a menu list

of reasons for their call and ask to enter the number of their call reason. They are then redirected to the voice mail of the appropriate Club Officer or Vol-unteer. Phone.com then sends an email to the Club Officer or Volunteer that includes an audio file of the voice mail.

The new phone service should expedite the Clubs re-sponse to phone calls by getting the caller to the right person sooner. It should also help reduce the time it takes to deal with computer generate robo calls.

New Phone Number for ClubDoug Rasmussen, Communication Manager

New Mailing Address

The Des Moines Woodworkers Association has a new general mailing address:

Des Moines Woodworkers Association3311 100th St Unit 3564Urbandale, IA 50323-3855


Please send checks (for dues and classes), new member applications, and any other correspondence to this address and we will get it to the right volunteers!


8160 Heather Bow, Johnston, IA 50131


Des Moines Woodworkers in El Salvador with Tools for Opportunity

A group of woodworkers, including Des Moines Woodworkers club members Nathan Kress and Gene Pedersen, traveled with Tools for Opportuni-ty in November on their latest adventure to Cen-tral America. For three days we had a great time working alongside twenty Salvadoran woodwork-ers building tables and benches for a local school’s lunch room in western El Salvador. The rot-resist-ant tropical wood we used, called “conacaste”, should ensure the tables last a very long time.

We then took a few of days to see some amaz-ing sights in this beautiful country. We visited the workshops of some of the woodworkers Tools for Opportunity helped in past years. We toured a lumber yard to learn about the kinds of wood available there.

The view of the crater of the active Santa Anna volcano was a highlight for everyone. We even travelled up a mountain standing in the bed of 4-wheel drive pickups (over roads impassable any other way, except mule) to tour a coffee plantation during the harvest. Through it all, we got to experi-ence the people and culture of El Salvador as few tourists do. Many thanks to Kreg Tool for the tools and sup-port they provided for this trip. And thanks to the mayors of San Pedro Puxtla and Santa Cata-rina, and their staffs, for making sure the work-shops went without a hitch. After the project was wrapped up, we left the twenty woodworkers with the tools and the promise that they could keep

the tools if they used them, along with their donated labor, to “pay it forward” by building other projects for their communities. It was a great trip! Let us know if you would like to join us for future trips like this one.

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