Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 2:14:00 PM

 
  

2007 Super Show & Tell (November 2007)

For more photos, take a look at the Slide Show.

The entries and winners are ......


TOYS: Unfortunately there were no entries in the toy category.


TOOLS:  

First prize: Lance Pardee for a well done router table with fence, made of red oak and poplar, mortise joinery, and tung oil finish.

Second prize: Robby Robertson with a small circular saw table that was built to put down a hardwood floor in N.C.

Third prize-Pete Savickas for a marking knife with sheaf made of an old file, black walnut, and curly maple, finished with linseed oil. 

Only 3 entries in this category.


BOXES: 

First prize: Pete Savickas with Penn Spice Cabinet including nine drawers and a secret drawer in the bottom (oh oh, the secret is out).  Included sliding covers as well. 

Second prize: Ron Moss- jewelry boxes made of Fl. cherry from tree killed by insects on his property with tiger and curly maple, finished with rubbed urethane.  Construction done with half blind dovetails and book matching top on one box and double book matching on the smaller box. 

Third prize: Ed Harte with a box with tulips on the top opening piece.  Box made of selected green colored poplar; tulips of Cuban mahogany, and base of generic mahogany.  No stains but semi-gloss lacquer finish. 

Other entries were:
 
Bob Synder with a needlework box made of poplar finished in white lacquer.

Mike Lonergan with a walnut veneer (his first project with veneer) stationary box.  Splined miter joint and finish with spray lacquer:

Dean Throckmorton-a trinket or jewelry box make of cherry, finished with Minwax polyurethane.


ACCESSORIES:

First prize: Terry Still with a wall clock made of curly cherry and assorted veneers, finish with an oil. Inside he did marquetry of flowers and vines.

Second prize: Terry Still with a beautiful guitar made of mahogany, sapelle, and spruce, finished with lacquer.  Made at Marc Adams’ school this year for his son. 

Third prize:  Craig Abeli with the medallion and partial border of Greek Key design that will be included in his living room floor.  Woods included oak, maple, popular, sapelle, jatoba, walnut, and bloodwood. 

Other entries included:

Pat Daugherty with a sliding desk top book rack from a American Woodworker’s magazine made of black walnut and rosewood, finished with oil varnish.

Dean Throckmorton with a movable piece kaliascope made of walnut and maple, finished with Minwax wipe on polyurethane.  Even included a working light.  He had had the plans for 10 years.

Ray Kropp with assorted bowls made with his ringmaster with purpleheart and maple, finished with lacquer varnish.  He demonstrated how they were made.

Archie Hanson with a puzzle type parrot made of MDF and each piece painted with acrylic paint.

Robby Robertson entered a turned bowl made from Cherry Laurel with a purpleheart base.


FURNITURE:


First prize: Bert Wortel with a card table of the 1800’s Devil Moon design, constructed of mahogany, veneers, and inlays, finished with shellac varnish. 

Second prize:  Bert Wortel with corner chair made of mahogany of the 1700’s, finished with oil, shellac, lacquer. 

Third prize-Pete Savickas with a dumb waiter or tier table, a replica of a table “he grew up with” having ball and claw legs .  Don’t we all have memory of a piece of furniture we would possibly like to duplicate?   Took measurements 6 years ago when he visited home but reality only kicked in this year to make it.

Other entries were:
 
David Winger with a small stool that he has replicated about 50 times, constructed of sycamore, finished with shellac.

Bob Synder with shaker design chair that could even hang on the wall as the Shakers did.  It was his first attempt to use only hand tools and hand cut dovetails.

Terry Still with an end table, made of white oak, finished with oil.

David Macsay with  a hoosier step stool, made of purpleheart, spalted maple, lyptus, and Brazilian cherry, finished with high gloss polyurethane.


BEST OF SHOW:

Bert Wortel and Terry Still were tied for this award.

Bert Wortel's card table and

Terry Still's wall clock, respectively. 

 
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