Southeast Michigan Woodworkers

Today I attended an informal class on spray finishing put on by two members of the SEMWW, Dave Zaret and Jim Biddle.  They did an outstanding job of presenting an overview of spraying.  They focused on spraying Target Coatings products, and since I haven't used anything from them in a few years it was a great reintroduction to their lineup.  They also discussed gun setup, hvlp vs conversion guns, polishing the finish, and spraying technique.  Zaret has a great shop in a barn that he shares with Biddle, and they've made quite a nice spray booth in the corner of their shop.  I sure do wish I had such a nice setup in my shop!

Thanks to Dave and Jim for such a great seminar!

Today I attended an informal class on spray finishing put on by two members of the SEMWW, Dave Zaret and Jim Biddle.  They did an outstanding job of presenting an overview of spraying.  They focused on spraying Target Coatings products, and since I haven't used anything from them in a few years it was a great reintroduction to their lineup.  They also discussed gun setup, hvlp vs conversion guns, polishing the finish, and spraying technique.  Zaret has a great shop in a barn that he shares with Biddle, and they've made quite a nice spray booth in the corner of their shop.  I sure do wish I had such a nice setup in my shop!

Thanks to Dave and Jim for such a great seminar!

Well I've finally completed a few new projects.  Check them out on the main website:  dulcitars and my new outfeed bench.

The bench went together very quickly due to my use of a premade slab and Dominos for joinery.  It's a great design and I'm already thankful to have a few more workholding options for the shop.

The dulcitars were kind of a spur of the moment project.  My local woodworking club was doing a course on making them, and since it sounded like a lot of fun I enrolled.  Although these weren't on my looooong list of projects to be built they were a ton of fun to make.  And now they're a ton of fun to play.

Anyway, I thought I'd take this opportunity to add a long overdue blog entry even though it sort of duplicates stuff on my web site.  At the slim chance someone out there is following me via RSS is might even alert someone to check out the updates (since I don't have RSS on my main website). 

Have fun and stay safe!

Well I've finally completed a few new projects.  Check them out on the main website:  dulcitars and my new outfeed bench.

The bench went together very quickly due to my use of a premade slab and Dominos for joinery.  It's a great design and I'm already thankful to have a few more workholding options for the shop.

The dulcitars were kind of a spur of the moment project.  My local woodworking club was doing a course on making them, and since it sounded like a lot of fun I enrolled.  Although these weren't on my looooong list of projects to be built they were a ton of fun to make.  And now they're a ton of fun to play.

Anyway, I thought I'd take this opportunity to add a long overdue blog entry even though it sort of duplicates stuff on my web site.  At the slim chance someone out there is following me via RSS is might even alert someone to check out the updates (since I don't have RSS on my main website). 

Have fun and stay safe!