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Pat Bauman
Bob Berg
John Bouchillon
Carl Bowen
Wilbert Brewton
Martha Byron
Jack Combs
Bob Craven
Jeane Crawford
Ed Dinges
Bob Frey
Dave Heck
Bob Heinrich
Danny Hill
Dee Kley
Don Kley
Bill Kuhn
Tonya McFarland
Paul Medlin
Richard Meroney
Tom Mortellaro
Richard Mueller
Art Repovich
Wyatt Sample
Charles Sapp
Walter Schmierbach
Moe Schmitz
Bill Steele
Glenda Taber
Dick Weber
Rich Weitzman
Richard Wempe
Al Westfall



Russ Sears

Affiliations: St. Charles Area Woodcarvers

Interests: Woodworking, building furniture, and making all sorts of tools to make his job easier. Russ spends a lot of time in his well equipped workshop building toys for grandchildren and furniture for his wife

Awards: Numerous ribbons including Best of Show in Wonders of Wood Shows.

Background: Tool and Die maker. Started in wood at retirement. His tool and die training makes tool building second nature.

Training: Self taught by trial and error.

Thoughts: Retirement - Everything must be done on your own time.


Some Examples of Russ' Work







Drill Fixture
A fixture made by Russ Sears for pre-drilling joints. Russ used brass bearings as guides in the wood.

Kaleidoscope



Spokehole Drill
This is a fixture that Russ Sears made to accurately and quickly index and drill spoke holes for his hand crafted cars.

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