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Speaker: Don Williams — Furniture Conservator, Smithsonian Institute.
Location: Basil Hall, St. John Fisher College
Time: 7:00 PM (pre-meeting display); 8:00 PM (lecture)
Speaker: Phil Lowe — Period Furniture Maker & Teacher
Location: Basil Hall, St. John Fisher College
Time: 7:00 PM (pre-meeting display); 8:00 PM (lecture)
Speaker: Lyle Jamieson — Wood turner & Artist
Location: Basil Hall, St. John Fisher College
Time: 7:00 PM (pre-meeting display); 8:00 PM (lecture)
Speaker: Thomas Lie-Nielsen — Toolmaker
Location: Basil Hall, St. John Fisher College
Time: 7:00 PM (pre-meeting display); 8:00 PM (lecture)
Speaker: Steve Latta — Cabinetmaker & instructor, Thaddeus Stevens College, Lancaster, PA
Location: Basil Hall, St. John Fisher College
Time: 7:00 PM (pre-meeting display); 8:00 PM (lecture)
April 22, 2005 * 20th Anniversary Special Event *
Speaker: Roy Underhill — The Woodwright's Shop
Location: Burgundy Basin Inn (see
for directions)
Time: 6:00 PM (pre-meeting display); 7:00 (dinner); 8:00 PM (lecture)
September 18, 2004 — Shellac finishing (demo & hands-on), conducted by Don Williams. Location: Woodcraft.
October 23, 2004 — Measuring furniture (demo). If time permits, demo ornamental carving on furniture, conducted by Phil Lowe. Location: Woodcraft.
October 30, 2004 — Sharpening seminar by John Britton and Ed DeMay. Location: Woodcraft.
The seminar will cover the sharpening of chisels, plane blades, scrapers and lathe tools. The seminar will cover various grinding wheels and grinders, sharpening and honing stones, as well as proper care and storage of stones. Both John and Ed will demonstrate a variety of hand made and purchased jigs for use in various stages of sharpening for each type of tool. Correct cutting and sharpening angles will be covered. Bring your dull tools as there will be lots of hands on time to practice sharpening. Cost: $25 members; $35 non-members
November 20, 2004 — Turning sculptures - hollow forms of the human figure (demo), conducted by Lyle Jamieson. Location: Woodcraft.
December 11, 2004 — Hepplewhite bedside table workshop by Jim Altemus. Location: Woodcraft.
Summary: In this workshop, you will be building a simple 20" X 20" Hepplewhite bedside table. Students will be learning about tapered legs, mortise and tenon joinery for the rails, as well as building and fitting a drawer for the table. Participants will have covered everything needed to finish the table at home. There will be a materials cost for the table in either a hardwood or poplar (if a painted finish is desired. Students not wishing to purchase the materials can sign up to watch the procedures.
Details: See message from Jim Altemus
Cost: $25 members; $35 non-members, PLUS materials.
January 8, 2005 — Incised letter carving by Chuck Reinhardt. Location: Woodcraft.
In this workshop Chuck will be covering alphabets, design, proportions and sources of letters and alphabets. He will also address how to transfer letters from paper to the work surface. He will demonstrate how to make use of your computer to design and layout the letters. This class uses a minimum of tools and will give a better understanding of what tools to buy. A straight bench chisel and a number 4 curved gouge, along 6-inch "C" clamp will get you started in this class. A 2½-inch wide by ¾-inch thick by 20-nch long piece of carving stock will be provided. Cost: $30 members; $40 non-members (materials fee included).
January 15, 2005 — Hand tools (demo & hands-on), conducted by Thomas Lie-Nielsen. Location: Woodcraft.
February 12, 2004 — Crown Molding for Your Home and Projects by Mike Heiler. Location: Woodcraft.
Due to the popularity of Mike's workshop last season he has agreed to present it again this year. Mike will cover how to install and cope crown molding in your house or on your projects. He will also cover stacked molding and indirect lighting molding. You will have hands on training in cutting inside and outside corners of crown molding, coping molding, and chair rail, installing stacked molding and setting up molding with rope lighting. Class will be limited to 12 people. Cost: $25 members; $35 non-members.
March 12, 2005 — Inlay work (demo & hands-on), conducted by Steve Latta. Location: TBD.
Possible extended visit (March 13, Sunday), sponsored by the Chair & Period Furniture SIG. NOTE: workshop limited to 6 - 12 participants.
April 23, 2005 — Conducted by Roy Underhill of "The Woodwright's Shop." Location: Genesee Country Village and Museum (Mumford, NY).
Roy will demonstrate his hand tool techniques on an early 19th century workbench the museum recently acquired.
For the morning and early afternoon part of the workshop, we’ll be in the educational center at the museum. This is a new building with comfortable seating and a setting where it will be easy to watch Roy work in comfort regardless of the weather outside.
Workshop registration will begin at the usual 9:00 a.m., with the class starting at 9:30 a.m.. Lunch will be provided by the museum. At about 2:00 we’ll go from the educational center to two of the shops in the restored village. First, a stop at the wheelwright’s shop where we’ll have Roy turn on a spring pole lathe and show a wheel lathe which would have been driven by an apprentice. Then on to the gunsmith/cabinet shop (my shop at the village) where he can turn on the treadle lathe, and time permitting, show some other basic woodworking techniques at the bench.
For the afternoon sessions at the shops, we may be in tight quarters if the weather is bad that day and the shops will not be heated. So please plan to have warm weather gear if it turns out to be cold that day.
Directions to Genesee Country village: go to Mumford via the Scottsville road (Rt. 383) from Rochester, or via Rt. 5 from the Avon exit off I-390. At the blinker light in Mumford, turn west onto George St. which becomes Flint Hill road – the village is about ¾ mile from the blinker. Turn left into the parking lot, and park to the left. The educational center is next to the large red building you’ll see from the parking lot. We’ll have RWS signs to guide you. See you on the 23rd. Jim Altemus
October 1st, 2004 — tour of the factory and lumber operations of Crawford Furniture Company in Jamestown, NY. Crawford makes the Jamestown Line of Cherry furniture. They have a 4-floor factory with about 150 employees. They are a 120-year-old company with some very old, and some brand new machinery. You can take a preview of their woodworking at www.crawfordfurniture.com. They have a sawmill and kiln drying operations, and they manufacture their products from log to finished fine furniture.
January 17, 2005 — tour of Barrett Wood Products in Rochester. Barrett manufactures cabinets, counters, and numerous types of High Pressure Laminated products. We will have an opportunity to see hot pressing of post-formed counter tops. Barrett has recently installed CNC machining capability. This too promises to be a most interesting experience. This tour will also be announced with the date and details as soon as possible.
Guild Appreciation Days at Rockler's (April 16th & 17th, 2005)
As a small "thank you" for the area guilds' support over the years, the Rockler store on Transit Blvd in Amherst will dedicate Saturday, April 16th and Sunday, April 17th as Guild Appreciation Days. On these days, an additional 15% will be taken off any one item you purchase (in addition to the 10% you receive by showing your current RWS membership card). This will yield a 25% discount on the item! *
* Members must show their current membership card to receive the guild discount as well as the appreciation day special discount. As usual, power tools and items already on sale are excluded from the discount.
NWA Woodworking Weekend (January 29th & 30th, 2005)
The Northeastern Woodworkers Association will be hosting their Woodworking Weekend on January 29th and 30th, 2005. The event will be held at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany NY. There will be 8 rotations of 7 rooms providing 56 lectures and demonstrations by national and regional experts. There will also be a trade show as well as a spouses program. For additional information visit www.nwawoodworkingweekend.com.
Vessel Invitational Series (November 12 - December 18, 2004)
Announcing a unique opportunity to view a diverse collection of wood vessels by twenty nationally known artists.
Reception: Friday, November 12, 2004 - 5:00 - 7:00 P.M.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 11A.M. - 5 P.M.; Saturday 1 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Location: Roberts Wesleyan College
Davison Gallery, Roberts Cultural Life Center
2301 Westside Drive, Rochester, NY 14624-1997
Phone: 585.594.6120
August 28th, 2004 - 4th annual tool swap at the West Lodge in Mendon Ponds, from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Drinks and snacks will be provided by RWS.
Bring any woodworking related tools/materials that you no longer need, to sell; bring your money and snag a bargain. And don’t forget to tell your friends, family and neighbors about it. Maybe they will be interested in picking up something our members have to sell.
Click here for a map of Mendon Ponds.
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