Website Changes

This blog is used by the Web Administrator to list updates to the website. This blog is summarized on the front page to make it easy for the members it locate new material without having to go  through the entire site. 

  • Memership Field data clean up

    December 26, 2024 4:12 PM | Tom Shirley (Administrator)

    In order to make the data export used to update the map cleaner and easier I made several data clean-up corrections. For example. I standardized the phone number fields to ###-###-###. I also corrected any State field to be 2 letter capitalized abbreviations.

    After export there were 4 records that could not be mapped. I was able to fix three but on record does not have an address at all.

  • Updated the Tip of the Month for December 2024

    December 23, 2024 12:16 AM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)

    Woodworking Tip for January 2025 -- DIY Knobs

  • Uploaded representative pictures of the December 2024 meeting and presentation "Traditional Woodworking in the Modern Era" by Dan Faia

    December 22, 2024 8:49 PM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)

    Traditional Woodworking in the Modern Era

    Dan Faia

    December 14, 2024


  • Moved the Shave Horse documentation from the Home page to the Projects page.

    December 18, 2024 8:56 PM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)

    The Shave Horse Project began in September, 2024 and completed it in November, 2024.  Twelve participants made their own shave horse.

  • Updated the Woodworking Tips of the Month Archive page

    December 02, 2024 7:02 PM | Tom Shirley (Administrator)

    Added links to update the Woodworking Tip of the Month archive as of January 2025

  • Updated the Featured Piece of the Month Articles Archive page

    December 02, 2024 6:45 PM | Tom Shirley (Administrator)

    I streamlined the HTML on the Featured Piece of the Month Articles page and then added links to the articles as of January 2025.

  • Updated the Bevel Cut Articles Resource page

    December 02, 2024 3:56 PM | Tom Shirley (Administrator)
    Added links to the Bevel Cut Articles page for the September, October, November and December articles

  • Added entries to the Measure Twice, Cut Once Archive

    December 02, 2024 3:48 PM | Tom Shirley (Administrator)

    Brought the 

    Measure Twice, Cut Once:

    Wisdom From the Shop Articles Archive


    page up to date as of January 2025.

  • Shave Horse Project group follow-up

    December 02, 2024 3:30 PM | Tom Shirley (Administrator)

    The Shave Horse Project group followed up their initial meeting with a horse round up rodeo where seven horses returned to Ed Payne's shop. The build process and horse features were compared and discussed.


    See more details and pictures


  • Posted Featured Piece of December 2024 "Walnut Box with Curly Maple Lining" by Bob McKee

    November 30, 2024 10:47 PM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)

    Walnut Box with Curly Maple Lining

    by Bob McKee


    Bob McKee has been a wonderful contributor to the FPOM. This is his 6th impressive submission. This month Bob describes his elegant walnut box with banding and a curly maple interior. The piece has a nice family story to go with it's creation. Open the Walnut Box article to get the details.

    Feedback is welcome Bob McKee