Demonstration and Meeting Related Posts
2021-07-10 July 2021 Monthly Meeting
The July monthly meeting will be a virtual using Zoom technology. The demonstration will be Enhanced Show-n-Tell, to present. Invite a guest! Use this form: Meeting details: Date: 10 July Start Time: 10AM End Time: 12 PM Agenda: Opening and welcome New members or guests – Mike H1 Treasurer’s Report – Manny Membership Report – Gene FY2020-2021 members are carried over to the FY2021-2022 that started July 1st. Membership cards will be printed and will be available via the Workshop Monitor at the Bain Center Workshop, WHEN IT OPENS (TBD). Do we have your latest email address??: click here: Help -> … Read full text…
Demo: Kelly Parker Woodworking Project Life Cycle
The Washington Woodworkers Guild Monthly Meeting: May 18th Woodworking Project Life Cycle Kelly Parker will demonstrate the project life cycle for several of her recent commissions; starting with sketches, to quarter-sized models, mockup/prototype and the finished object. She will describe her design process in detail, using her first idea as a jumping off point to explore variations, constantly asking ‘what if…?’ until she arrives at that killer idea that she wants to make. She will also talk through how she problem-solved each build with the use of jigs, and the elements that are common in all of her jigs and … Read full text…
Safety Tip: Dust Masks, Spalted Wood, and Healthy Lungs
Members, With an advanced degree in biology, I can finally prove I have some expertise in one of our discussion topics. I have also never employed a dust extractor in my home studio. I have always worn a dust mask because of this. Viri (plural of virus) were brought up in the discussion. I am not addressing these in this post, except briefly. They are much smaller than anything a woodworker will encounter and one member explained very clearly that the reason N95 masks work with the current virus is because they stick to larger droplets and other particles which … Read full text…
2021-06-05 June 2021 Monthly Meeting Minutes
The June monthly meeting was held using Zoom technology. The demonstration type was What’s on Your Bench, with two contributors, Joel LaFerriere and Gene Torrey. Meeting details: Date: 5 June Start Time: 10AM End Time: 12 PM Agenda: Opening and welcome New members or guests – Mike H1 Treasurer’s Report – Manny (not present) Membership Report – Gene 182 Current Members, 14 Suspended status, 1 Pending, and 54 who decided not to renew. Unchanged since last month. The BoD has suspended renewal for the next fiscal year. This means all current members membership will be extended into FY2021-2022. The BoD … Read full text…
2021-05-01 May 2021 Monthly Meeting Minutes
The May monthly meeting was a virtual meeting using Zoom technology. Meeting details: Date: 1 May Start Time: 10AM End Time: approximately 12 PM Agenda: Opening and welcome New members or guests – Mike H1 Treasurer’s Report – Manny Membership Report – Gene 181 Current Members, 14 Suspended status, 1 Pending, and 54 who decided not to renew. Unchanged since last month. The BoD has suspended renewal for the next fiscal year. This means all current members membership will be extended into FY2021-2022. The BoD also decided to reduce new member dues to $25 for FY 2021-2022. Missing Email?: Help -> … Read full text…