Florida Chapter First Meeting Saturday August 24

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The first meeting of the Florida chapter of SAPFM will be August 24th at Jim Hamer's shop in Lakeland. Bring something for show and tell and any of your favorite magazines or books you think other members may be interested in. We have an opportunity to order shirts with the SAPFM logo and our chapter embroidered on them. They are available in denim or twill long or short sleeve, polo short sleeve for 26.00 ea. and T shirts for 10.00 ea. the only requirement is we order a minimum of 12 shirts.

The program for this meeting will be:

Doors open at 9:00, Lectures and program will not start before 10:00 to give everyone a chance to arrive.

Art Peters will be doing a carving demonstration. If any of you have done carving or own carving tools (gouges, chisels, scrapers, scratch stocks, etc)  bring a couple of them to the meeting. We'll also discuss sharpening and tool usage, if you like. If you have a particular carving project in mind we can also discuss that.

Eric Codner will demonstrate inlay and stringing techniques.

Ken Johnson (President of SAPFM) will show how to manage grain appearance in curved construction.

There will be a break for lunch, there are several restaurants within a 5 mi. radius.

Meeting should conclude by 4:00

Hardwood Lumber & Millwork
4316 Wallace Rd
Lakeland, FL 33812
863/646-8681 shop
 
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