April 2011 Club Meeting Newsletter                    Meeting Kickoff  Club President, Lee Smith kicked off the meeting by recognizing the new club members and visitors pictured below. When you see the new members, introduce yourselve and welcome them to the club. (April Newsletter content note: Due to scheduling constraints, refer to the Club Communications Director e-mail for text descriptions of the meeting.)                               Club Activities Reports                                         Denton Henshaw, The Club Projects Director, coordinated status on the Blind Camp project and showed an example of this year's project.                                Wally Duchow, Shop Visits Coordinator, announced that only his shop visit & Lee Smith's shop visits are currently scheduled. He encouraged members to volunteer their shops for club visits.                                 Lanny Mabus, Bookcases & Books Project Coordinator  announced that this years bookcases are built and the school awards dates are: May 25 Fountain Lake, May 26 Jessieville June 5 Mountain Pine. (Times are to be announced.).                                        Show & Tell                                                 Elton Benson showed a 5 piece  wood train he built.                Wally's music box.   Wally Duchow brought in 2 show & tell items.   A new club member was coaxed into describing his custom made wood & brass cane.He promised to bring in sveral more example for a planned show & tell.          Wally's oak cabinet.   Lanny Mabus showed a school project he made  when he was 12 years old.   Ray Worthley showed a small side table he built. s   Deano Hardwoods, LLC is one the clubs favorite preferred vendors. Brian Mounts, Manager, was at the meeting to announce the terrific woods and services they have for club members. Don't forget the great cash discount you get when you mention you are a club member along with Lee Smith's name. (Thanks Brian for letting club members build a kayak in your shop space.) Deano's address is: 2440 N. Hwy 7, Suite B Hot Springs AR 71909 Phone: 501-623-7868, Mobile: 501-858-9484                     Main Program   Lanny Mabus & Larry Clark presented the main program and described almost 30 different types of wood joints on the table and how they are made along with typical usages. (See "Follow-on Wood Joints Information" for links to additional info & amplifying details.)   Lanny introduced each wood joint.   Larry demo'd each joint along with more detail.    Follow-on Wood Joints Information  With almost 30 wood joints presented, the main program had way to much information to take notes on or take worthwhile photographs. If you were not at the meeting -or you were, and want more information, a good option is to research it on the Internet. The most common technique is to use "Google" on your computer & search the web for text pictures & videos for the subject you are interested in. The May Club main program is being presented by Rob Tillotson on advanced web search techniques. The following info is to get you started on searching  for follow-on wood joints info.  For a Google WEB search, enter  woodworking joints how to  in the Google search window. You should see a display similar to below with links to click on for further information.  For a Google VIDEOS search, enter  woodworking joints how to  in the Google search window. You should see a display similar to below with links to click on for further video clips information.  Be sure to attend the May meeting for advanced Internet searching techniques.