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Author: Harold Choate

I retired from a career in industrial sales in 2000. One of the first things I did after retiring was to build a raised panel corner desk using oak.

Meeting Minutes – February 5, 2022

Posted on February 5, 2022 Posted in Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes – February 5, 2022

Meeting Location: Brian Staus’s Shop, 9 West Kori Lane, Waggaman, LA. 70094 Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance – Harold Choate Welcome and Introduction of Guests– The May meeting will be at Tommy Treuil’s saw mill. It’s near Grosse Tete in …

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Meeting Minutes – January 8, 2022

Posted on January 8, 2022 Posted in Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes – January 8, 2022

Meeting Location: Rural Life Museum, Off Essen Lane Fellowship before meeting Collection of dues (Rick Albrecht) and selling of shirts and caps (Brian Fitzgerald) Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance – Harold Choate Welcome and Introduction of Guests– there was a …

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Founder’s Plaque

Posted on January 3, 2020 Posted in Member's Project No Comments
Founder’s Plaque

The club decided to give the Founding Members a plaque thanking them for their effort in creating the Baton Rouge Woodworkers club. [brwc_user id=”24″] is the chair of a committee consisting of [brwc_user id=”99″], [brwc_user id=”2″], [brwc_user id=”28″], and and …

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Quick Bench Stop

Posted on December 19, 2019 Posted in Tips & Techniques No Comments
Quick Bench Stop

[brwc_user id=”22″] and I went to visit [brwc_user id=”34″] at his shop recently. He had a really neat feature built into his tablesaw outfeed table. It was a stop he could flip up to use when needed and flip back …

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Slab flattening router jig

Posted on September 2, 2019 Posted in Shop Tip No Comments Tagged with Show 'n' Tell
Slab flattening router jig

I built this slab flattening router jig to flatten the water oak slab that I harvested from my backyard. Here is the before & after flattening:

Beech Live-Edge Bench

Posted on May 27, 2019 Posted in Member's Project No Comments Tagged with Show 'n' Tell
Beech Live-Edge Bench

Collapsible Leg Bench

Posted on February 25, 2019 Posted in Member's Project 1 Comment
Collapsible Leg Bench

We needed a bench to make dressing in our closet. Since the space is limited it needed to be as compact as possible. I decided to make a bench with legs that folded into the top apron. The bench is …

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Beech Side Table

Posted on January 10, 2019 Posted in Member's Project No Comments Tagged with Show 'n' Tell
Beech Side Table

Dimensions: 21″H x 23″W x 16″D The lumber used in this project is from the beech tree that [brwc_user id=”4″] spotted in Oct. 2017 in Baton Rouge. [brwc_user id=”4″ private_name=”first_name” nolink=”true”] and I milled them into boards and they have …

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Workbench Leg Vise

Posted on April 19, 2017 Posted in Member's Project No Comments Tagged with workbench
Workbench Leg Vise

Article on building a work bench leg vise from scaffold jack parts.

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