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Current Meeting  Happenings

The following topics are representative of topics presented at recent meetings of the Tool Group of Canada:

 June 2008  Old and New Horticultural Tools  John Jansen
 April 2008  Tools To Maintain a Nuclear Power Plant  George Jirka, OPG
 Feb. 2008  Making Knives  George Tichbourne
 Nov. 2007  "Right To Your Front Door" - Home Delivery  Herb Kingston 
 Sept.2007  A Short History of Stone Tools  Julian Siggers
 Feb. 2007  Building a Birchbark canoe  Dan Derby
 April 2006  Tin Ceilings  Brian Greer
 Nov. 2005  Toronto, Then and Now  Mike Filey
 Feb. 2005  Coopering and Coopering Tools  Dan Zariski
 Oct. 2004  Dovetail Joints  Art van Draanen
 Apr. 2004  Making Replica Antique Tools  Stan Riome
 Oct. 2003  Making One's Own Tools  Harry van Oudenaren
 Oct. 2002  History/Methods of the Don Valley Brick Works  Ed Freeman
 Apr. 2001 Wood Carving Tools   Gordon Meinecke
 Apr. 2001  The Threading Gin  Jim Packham
 Feb. 2001  Spokeshaves and Related Tools  Tom Lamond
 Nov. 2000  Making the Windsor Chair  John Robinson

At our Jan. 2007 meeting, Darell LaRue demonstrated his Spill Plane. The Spill Plane (also known as a Curl Shaving Plane or a Pipe-lighter Plane) is  used for taking fire from one place to another. The purpose of the plane is to obtain the shaving, not the wood itself. Its main purpose is to produce a tightly-rolled tube, or "spill". This is used for taking a flame to light a pipe or a fire.  Here is an article on spill plane construction by  Darell LaRue:
http://www.wkfinetools.com/tMaking/art/spill_Plane/Spill_Plane1.asp

Other articles:
http://www.craftsofnj.org/toolshed/articles/Spill%20Planes%20by%20Herb%20Kean/Spill%20Planes.htm
http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/woodworking/benchtop_spill_plane.php

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