Although the guest speaker was unable to make it to tonight’s Atlantic Woodworkers Association meeting we had a great ‘show and tell’ and Q and A session.

One of the members brought in a project he recently completed:

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We had a special treat for this month’s Atlantic Woodworkers Association meeting – the guests were whirlygig masters Barry and Kara Coutts. Whirlygig masters, indeed!

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The December meeting, also known as the Christmas meeting, of the Atlantic Woodworkers Association was held tonight at Lee Valley.

The Christmas meeting has been the tradition among the AWA members to bring in (and show off ) toys that they made. The toys are given later to the Salvation Army to distribute to underprivileged children. This year, as in the past, the toys were a varied mix and very professionally done. There were trains, trucks, games and hobby horses. I’m sure the children receiving them will be entertained for a long time with these! Take a look:

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The Atlantic Woodworker’s Association meeting tonight was held at our ‘club house’, a local Home Depot and the theme was sharpening techniques.

One of the members demonstrated the Work Sharp 3000. It was nice to see this in action after having posted the announcement of this new tool last month. Several members brought in tools for sharpening which gave a wide array of samples, from plane blades to carving chisels. The Work Sharp performed well on all of them giving a quick and easy sharpening. Very impressive!

Another member spoke on hand sharpening and the trials and tribulations of such. There was also discussion on various sharpening and honing options.

I was hoping to have a sharpening competition between man and machine but it was not to be.

As always, it was a great meeting. It’s nice to meet others from time to time that share a similar interest in woodworking.

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