GWA at the 2013 Woodworking Show

Every year the GWA attends and displays at "The Woodworking Shows" and this year was no exception. For 2013 the show moved to the Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia (formerly it was at the North Atlanta Trade Center). I'm not quite sure why but there seemed to be a heightened sense of excitement this year. I also got to attend a seminar by Paul Sellers (someone who I've found quite interesting online - he's just as gracious and charming in person as he is in his popular videos). 

The GWA booth was near the center of the large room down the main entrance. We had many items on display and also had stations for lathe and scroll saw work with volunteers in attendance. For the first time Ricky Alexander and some others set up notebook computers and demonstrated the work the SketchUp SIG has been getting into. We've found that doing these shows is a great way to meet new people, discuss new methods and garner potential members. Here are the photos I took at the show.

GWA Member Ted Baldwin doing a demonstration at the Woodworkers' Guild Booth...

Ted Baldwin at the Woodworkers' Guild Booth

Some of Ted Baldwin's Work

In the main lobby area was this table for the "Show Off Showcase" - not many entries this year...

New signage at the GWA booth this year - normally we're against the wall so this year we chose to do tall vertical banners...

Hans Meier at a scroll saw station...

 

Gerry Jones at a lathe....

 

A shot of one of the new banners...

Mickey Hudspeth demonstrates his skill at chip carving...

Steve Carmichael's fantastic "Kiss" weathervane...

Some puzzles by Karl Taylor...

Some of George North's segmentation work if I'm not mistaken...

Ricky Alexander doing magic in SketchUp...

GWA founder Ron Brown had his own booth this year...

Some beautiful club-made boxes (Rob Brokaw I believe, featuring a bit of marquetry)...

Some turned items by the Turners SIG...

A whimsical intarsia piece...

I spotted this chair in another booth and had to take a couple of stills...

And that wraps up the photos that I took...

-- John

Latest Acquisitions 2008.03.23

Thought I would take a moment to describe the latest in old 'arn that I've gotten over the last few months.



First up is this 24" Rockwell Scroll Saw Model 40-440 Serial Number FP-1467. This was from a Craigslist ad listed for $75 - reduced to $65 because the seller couldn't find the insert (ended up buying one from an OWWM member for $8). I'm not showing the stand, but it was also included - typical Walker Turner/Delta/Rockwell with splayed feet and square bolts. This example also comes with the cast belt cover but not the light (one could only wish - those are going for crazy money these days). It also has a magnetic switch installed so it was probably used in some production environment (guessing there). Very nice Delta/Rockwell motor with knurl for hand turning.

I've been looking for a while for a cast iron stand for the 6" Delta Joiner (see earlier post) and finally found one - in this case with a working joiner attached! The joiner is missing some parts and has some slop, but does have the coveted porkchop guard - I may end up parting the joiner and concentrating on the earlier one I purchased. This stand is fairly complete (has both back covers and 2 knurl knobs). I haven't removed the motor but it's a beast and probably better than the one I got with my other 6" joiner.

Next up are a couple of old hand-drills. The 5/8" Van Dorn I ended up getting while picking up a Rockwell Radial Drill Press (I'll have pics up in a later post - forgot to take them). Got it for $25 - it's slow but has tremendous torque.

I picked up these two hand drills at to separate yard sales for a couple of bucks a piece - both are Craftsman - the one on the left is the better of the two and has replaceable bushings.

Found this Franklin Electric motor converted to a single disc grinder. It was $5 and I figured I could use it for something.



I spotted an ad for a few misc. 3 phase motors and in the middle was one listed as a "driver" so I took a chance that it was a Walker Turner - turned out I was right. It also came with the reversing switch - I'm not sure what it was used for - at first I thought a shaper but at 1/3 HP probably not. Not bad for $10.


That's it for this post - I still need to take some pics of the Rockwell Radial Drill Press I picked up, as well as a Sears Dunlap 8" table saw. I'll have those posted soon.

-- John