NOTE: IF YOU ARE NOT AN RWS MEMBER - PLEASE REGISTER USING THE YELLOW BUTTON RWS MEMBERS DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER National Speaker: Bob VanDyke Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking Date: September 23, 2022 Meet-up time 6:30pm Speaker's presentation starts at 7:00pm Location: Basil Hall, St John Fisher University, Pittsford, NY Zoom link for all will be sent prior to the meeting. Thereis no cost to attend but registration is required Non-members are welcome to attend in person to mingle with some RWS members. For the last thirty years Bob Van Dyke has run a woodworking school in Connecticut. Bob's approach to teaching centers on the belief that people learn "by doing rather than by watching". Successful furniture making also depends on utilizing a sensible combination of machine woodworking and handwork. Bob's classes feature hands-on woodworking projects that promote mastery of both hand tool and machine woodworking techniques. At this meeting Bob will give us a sharpening class. Sharpening Hand-tools Techniques with Bob Van Dyke Are you tired of trying to use dull chisels and hand planes? Most people don’t use these tools effectively because they don’t know how to sharpen them or don’t realize what a sharp edge actually feels like! Many beginning woodworkers are sucked into the advertising for the latest and greatest jig to use when in fact, sharpening any chisel or plane iron is a simple and quick process that does not require a whole bunch of expensive and time-consuming equipment. We will explore the techniques required to do the initial tune up the tool in order to create a razor-sharp edge. Using two stones, a simple honing guide and a simple projection jig you will learn how to maintain that edge in under three minutes each time you re-sharpen. This demo will focus on basic chisel and hand plane sharpening techniques but will also go into the many different types of sharpening stones and guides on the market. We will also explore using a bench grinder and what its role is in day-to-