Rochester Woodworkers Society


Getting setup for the Greg Rossel workshop held at the Woodcraft Store	In addition to the regular A/V stuff and chairs, there was a boat and mold	Rick and his wife get registration ready for the sell out crowd	Greg checks on last minute details with his RWS member Ray Feasy

The lofting boards are brought in for the demonstration	Greg dons his workshop apron, completing the traditional look	Greg lays out some of the basic tools he uses	A couple of last minute preparations and we're ready to go

Greg teaches often so he is quite at ease with a crowd of students	He starts right off with explaining some of the quirks of the boat building lingo	Greg had already prepared many of the drawings as visual aids	Ray Feasy, Greg's host for his Rochester visit, looks on

Greg explains the correct techniques for stem construction	Greg's technique for insuring the correct angle, transfering up to the rabbet line	Cutting the demo piece and showing how it yields the proper fit	The drawing illustrates the location of the stopwater

Greg grinds flats on the sides of his carriage bolts used in the stem	For planing planks, Greg has an old wooden plane with a curved sole	A matching set of inside and outside curves in cardboard is all that's needed to measure radii	With four common sizes, one on each edge, Greg can easily "measure" the radius
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Photos by Kurt Hertzog

Greg Rossel Workshop