This page lists the monthly meeting calendar and dates of Guild events.
In the first section you’ll find a tabbed layout of the current and prior year’s meeting presentations. And below, a descending order list of each event’s agenda page, with minutes, and in some cases video links.
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CY 2024
- January
- January 4th to 7th – The Woodworking Shows of Baltimore (our event homepage)
- January 13th – Monthly Meeting:
Revised Bylaws ratification vote by the membership (in-person only),
Photographing your Woodworking Projects Like a Professional – Julie Simon Grabill (faculty, UM)
- February
- February 3rd – Monthly Meeting
Enhanced Show and Tell
- February 3rd – Monthly Meeting
- March
- March 9th – Monthly Meeting
Bob Van Dyke – The Shaded Inlaid Fan - March 16 – PATINA Annual Tool Show and Auction – Damascus, Md.
https://www.patinatools.org/annual-tool-show/
- March 9th – Monthly Meeting
- April
- April 6th – Monthly Meeting
Creating a Woodworking Workbench by Joel, Mark and David, slides and talk about why and how to bench design.
- April 6th – Monthly Meeting
- May
- May 11th – Monthly Meeting
Bench Appliances and Jig Walk-About, by stations – using mini benches, demos, showing how it’s made it, and how it works.
- May 11th – Monthly Meeting
- June
- June 1st – Monthly Meeting
Layout, measuring and marking, by Joel LaFerriere and David Knipfer - Membership Renewal Starts
- June 1st – Monthly Meeting
- July
- July 13th – Monthly Meeting
Enhanced Show and Tell: Steve Parker: The story behind heirloom Bridge City marking tools; Al Goldsborough: Chippendale style dining chairs in walnut; Paul Whitehouse: Planing beam, saw horse and shaving horse; Ron Fico: Live Edge box elder table with resin, apron design and construction, tapered legs; David Forester: Converting two flat boards into bowls-using a band saw and lathe - Start Toys for Tots
- Board votes to adopt new budget.
- July 26 – 28 – Wednesday to Friday, 5-8pm each day, HoCo Fair Woodworking Entry Drop Off
- July 29 – Saturday, HoCo Fair Judging and Setup
- July 13th – Monthly Meeting
- August
- August 3rd – Monthly Meeting
- Simple Tools and Techniques for Elegant Carved Designs in Wood- Tom Blinka, Woodpeckers Guild (Baltimore)
- Membership Renewal regular ends in August 3rd & the late fee begins at 12:00pm August 4th.
- August 5 – HoCo County Fair Starts and Home Arts Building opens (woodworking location)
- September
- September 7th – Monthly Meeting
Technology in the Workshop: CNC machines, 3-D printers and laser cutting machines : John Biggs
Election – President and Secretary - September 14th – Annual Picnic
- September ?? – Robinson Nature Center Open House
- September 7th – Monthly Meeting
- October
- October 5th – Monthly Meeting
What Are your Finishing Options?: An overview of finishing systems with advantages and disadvantages of each and application techniques, by Mike Arndt, Annapolis Guild - The Woodworking Shows of Baltimore – start planning
- October 5th – Monthly Meeting
- November
- November 2nd – Monthly Meeting
Enhanced Show and Tell- Bill Skinner, Ron Farris, Don Proia, Al Goldborough share their skills and projects.
- The Woodworking Shows of Baltimore, get ready
- November 2nd – Monthly Meeting
- December
- December 7th – Monthly Meeting
Mastering Cabinets, Jeff Headley, fourth-generation cabinetmaker - Toys for Tots turn-in
- December 7th – Monthly Meeting
CY 2025
- January
- January 2nd to 5th – The Woodworking Shows of Baltimore (our event homepage)
- January 11th – Monthly Meeting:
Spindle Turning for Furniture Making, by Matt Radtke
- February
- February 1st – Monthly Meeting
Presentation TBD
- February 1st – Monthly Meeting
- March
- March 1st – Monthly Meeting
Presentation TBD - March TBD – PATINA Annual Tool Show and Auction – Damascus, Md.
https://www.patinatools.org/annual-tool-show/
- March 1st – Monthly Meeting
- April
- April 5th – Monthly Meeting
Presentation TBD
- April 5th – Monthly Meeting
- May
- May 3rd – Monthly Meeting
Presentation TBD
- May 3rd – Monthly Meeting
- June
- June 7th – Monthly Meeting
Presentation TBD - Membership Renewal Starts
- June 7th – Monthly Meeting
- July
- July 12th – Monthly Meeting
Presentation TBD - Start Toys for Tots
- Board votes to adopt new budget.
- July 25 – 27 – Wednesday to Friday, 5-8pm each day, HoCo Fair Woodworking Entry Drop Off
- July 28 – Saturday, HoCo Fair Judging and Setup
- July 12th – Monthly Meeting
- August
- August 2nd – Monthly Meeting
- Presentation TBD
- Membership Renewal regular ends in August 3rd & the late fee begins at 12:00pm August 3rd.
- August 4 – HoCo County Fair Starts and Home Arts Building opens (woodworking location)
- September
- September 6th – Monthly Meeting
Presentation TBD
Election – Vice President and Treasurer - September 20th – Annual Picnic
- September ?? – Robinson Nature Center Open House
- September 6th – Monthly Meeting
- October
- October 4th – Monthly Meeting
Presentation TBD - The Woodworking Shows of Baltimore – start planning
- October 4th – Monthly Meeting
- November
- November 1st – Monthly Meeting
Presentation TBD - The Woodworking Shows of Baltimore, get ready
- November 1st – Monthly Meeting
- December
- December 6th – Monthly Meeting
Presentation TBD - Toys for Tots turn-in
- December 6th – Monthly Meeting
Volunteer to Present
- December 2nd – Fixing Mistakes – Gary Rogowski (NW Woodworking School)
- Toys for Tots: Turn toys in at the monthly meeting
- November 4th – Tricks and Tips to Cabinet Design and Planning, a panel discussion, featuring guild members: Steve Dunbar, Doug Douglas, and Mark Fradkin.
- Design and drawings
- Project planning
- Accurate layout (what is coming out of where on lumbar, grain direction, accurate measuring, use of patterns
- Techniques
- October 7th – Hand Saws – David Hickson
- October – renew Bain Center rental agreement (in-progress)
- Pay Federal Taxes (Treasurer to file)
- September 9th – How to Evaluate and Purchase Used Hand Tools – Wayne Precht
- September 16th – Annual Picnic at Greg Knoll’s meadow
- September 24 – Robinson Nature Center Open House (announcement)
- August 5th – Construction of Skin on Frame Solo Canoe – Bill Skinner
- August 4th, starts – HoCo County Fair Starts / on scene reporting live during the meeting on the 5th
- July 8th – Extended Show-n-Tell – 5-6 members / 10 mins each
- Start Toys for Tots
- June 3rd –
How to Evaluate and Purchase Used Hand Tools – Wayne Precht(missed the meeting) - May 6th – How to Make Beautiful Legs! – Tom McLaughlin
- May 5th, Friday – Class – Tom MCLaughlin, Creation of a Contemporary Bow Front Sofa End Table
- April 1st – Restoring and Tuning Hand Planes – Paul Mermelstein
- April 18th – Bain Center woodworking presentation. Ron Lambert (contact)
- March 4th – Sharpen-O-Rama –
- Stations and Leaders
- Chisels: Fred Schock
- Plane blades: Paul Mermelstein
- Spokeshave blade: Joel Laferriere
- Card scrapers: Mark Fradkin
- Hand saws: David Hickson
- Knives (Paper Wheel): Brian Graham (tentative)
- February 4th – Bench and Block Plane Essentials – Joel LaFerriere & Mark Fradkin
- January 14th – Enhanced Show-n-Tell, David Hickson, Joel LaFerriere, (tbd)
- January 5th to 8th – The Woodworking Shows of Baltimore (tentative, our event homepage)
- December 3rd – Don Williams – Shellac (in-person & Zoom)
- November 5th – Mark Supik – Spindle turning for non-turners (in-person & Zoom)
- November 15th – Start Bain Center rent renewal
- October 1st – David Knipfer – Box Building
- September 10th – Brian Bond – Moisture and Wood (virtual using Zoom)
- September 17th – Annual Picnic at Greg Knoll’s meadow
- August 6th – Rollie Johnson (RolandJohnson.com) – Coloring Wood, Correctly using color to bring out the brilliance of a piece; and Mike H2 – Live Stream from Howard County Fair
- July 9th – Enhanced Show-n-Tell
- June 4th – What’s on Your Bench
- May 7th –Tom McLaughlin (Joel)- 90 minutes on mortise and tenon and 30-minute Q&A
- April 2nd – Enhanced Show-n-Tell
- March 5th – What’s On Your Bench
- February 5th – Scott Grove – Inlaying Minerals and Shells
- January 8th – Enhanced Show-n-Tell
- December – What’s on Your Bench
- November – Premium Presentation – David Hickson – Special Hand Planes Part Two
- October – Enhanced Show-n-Tell,
- September – What’s on Your Bench
- August – Mike Heavner – Live at Howard County Fairgrounds, Home Arts Building, featuring Woodcraft entries from local and Guild woodworkers.
- July – Enhanced Show-n-Tell,
- June -What’s on Your Bench
- May – Fred Schock – Condo or Apartment Workshop Build (?)
- April – Enhanced Show-n-Tell,
- March – David Hickson – Special Planes for the Beginner
- February – Julie Bender, Pyrography (?) (minutes)
- January – Enhanced Show-n-Tell (minutes)
- December – John Linz, Celtic knot turning pepper mill (virtual)
- November – Don Keefer segmented turnings (virtual)
- October – Enhanced Show-n-Tell (virtual)
- September – Enhanced Show-n-Tell
- August – Joel LaFerrier, Wall Tool Cabinet (virtual)
- July – MEETING CANCELLED Due to Corona Virus Concerns
- June – MEETING CANCELLED Due to Corona Virus Concerns (Mark Supik (tentative), tbd)
- May – MEETING CANCELLED Due to Corona Virus Concerns (Paul Jackman, Musings on running a woodworking website)
- April – MEETING CANCELLED Due to Corona Virus Concerns
(Don Angberg, Live Edge Timbers: Surface Treatment; and Richard Winchester for Edge Treatment) - March – Fred Schock, Maloof and Taylor Style Rocking Chairs
- February – Brian Graham, Tuning a PorterCable 14” Bandsaw with 6” Riser Block.
- January – Joel LaFerriere, Riffing on Files and Rasps, using rasps and files in woodworking
2019
- December – Edwin Keath – Wooden Threaded Rods, & Hot Wax Finishing
- November – Mark Supik – Turning for Non-Turners
- October – Joel LaFerriere – Jogs and Techniques
- September – Joel LaFerriere – all things Shaker considered
- August – Richard Brand – Restoring Windows (Richard is a building preservationist)
- July – Doug Douglas – Built-in Kitchen Cabinets
- June – Jack Nesbitt- Mitered Boxes with Sliding Lids
- May – David Hickson – One Approach to Hand-cut Dovetails
- April – David Knipfer – Maintenance and Care of your Woodworking Machines
- March – Brian Graham – Building a Wooden Lantern
- February – Gerry Headley – Stabilizing Pen Blanks Part Two
- January – Ed Fischer – Safety
Date | Title | Description |
May 2018 | Bandsaw Bowls | William Peirce |
Apr 2018 | Chairmaking | Doug Douglas |
Jan 2018 | Jig-a-Thon | Various HCWG members demonstrate their homemade jigs |
Oct 2017 | Curves | Joel LaFerriere |
Sep 2017 | Rosettes | David Hickson |
Jun 2017 | Segmented Bowls | Tom Rollins |
May 2017 | Wooden Spoons | Don Nalezyty |
Apr 2017 | Tool Tuneup Tips | Brian Graham |
Oct 2016 | Carving Fish | Skip Wenk |
Jun 2016 | Fluting and Reeding | Jeff Headley |
May 2016 | Elegant Boxes | Dave Knipfer |
Apr 2016 | Greene and Greene Style Furniture | Joel LaFerriere |
Feb 2016 | Walking Sticks | Tim Jackson |
Jan 2016 | Turned Eggs | Rick Munzer |
Nov 2015 | Crown Molding | Ed Fischer |
Oct 2015 | Stringing and Inlays | David Hickson |
Oct 2015 | Tuning Bandsaws Part 2 | Brian Graham – Learn how to setup your bandsaw perfectly |
Aug 2015 | Bowties | Richard Winchester |
Apr 2015 | Scrollsaw Baskets | Rick Munzer |
Mar 2015 | Working with Wood | Arnold Sewell |
Oct 2014 | Using Dyes for Finishing | Joel LaFerriere |
Sep 2014 | Tuning Bandsaws | Brian Graham |
Mar 2013 | Dovetails for Dummies | Richard Winchester |
Feb 2013 | Sharpening Hollow Mortising Chisels and Bits | Brian Graham |
Jan 2013 | Custom Stain Finishes | Joel LaFerriere |
Dec 2012 | Turning a Christmas Ornament | Lou Rudinski |
Nov 2012 | A Custom Router Jig for Making Chairs | Fred Schock |
Oct 2012 | Green Woodworking: Carving a Wooden Spoon | Mike Clarkson |
Sep 2012 | Making a 17th Century Stool | Phil Parsons |
Aug 2012 | Lazy Susan Bowls | Tim Jackson |
Jul 2012 | Custom Wood Carving | Tolson DeSa |
Jun 2012 | Wax Finishes | Joel LaFerriere/Ed Keith |
May 2012 | Turning A Live Edge Bowl using D. Elsworth’s Signature Gouge | Tim Jackson |
Apr 2012 | Using Bowties to Repair Turned Bowls | Lou Rudinski |
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Demonstration and Meeting Related Posts
2014 Mar – Learning Experience by David Hickson
This month’s demonstration was made by Guild member David Hickson. His topic was his experience attending woodworking training.
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