Advancing the art and understanding of fine woodworking!
NO MONTHLY MEETING IN APRIL BECAUSE OF THE GUILD'S ANNUAL SPRING SYMPOSIUM!!
2019 Spring Symposium
Bob Van Dyke, frequent contributor to Fine Woodworking and director/owner of Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking will be the teacher/presenter at our Spring Symposium on April 6 & 7, 2019. Bob will be speaking on four subjects that will enhance the repertoire of every serious woodworker.
• Getting More from Your Tablesaw
• Cutting Dovetails by Hand (with machine assistance)
• The Basics of Using Handplanes
• Beyond the Basic Sand Shaded Fan
Registration opens on February 1st for Guild and SAPFM members.
We are expecting a full house - - so don’t wait to the last minute to register.
On March 1st registration will open to the general public.
Click here to register for the 2019 Spring Symposium.
Introduction to CNC Woodworking
March 14th Guild Meeting
John Hatten discussed basic CNC programming software and CNC operation at our March Guild meeting. He started his presentation with stories, experiences and photos of his CNC work. He stated that there are several CNC software programs and CNC machines available. His demonstration was based on Aspire software produced by Vectric. Aspire is a 3D program, but Vectric also has VCarve Pro and VCarve Desktop which are 2D programs. Demo versions of these programs are available at vectric.com. These demo versions allow the user to develop programs and observe a simulation of the CNC cutting process. They do not allow the user to save or actually run the program.
During his demonstration, John discussed various commands available in the software and programmed a small sign with a Guild member's name. This program was then downloaded into an Axiom CNC machine and members were able to observe the sign being made.
Woodcraft has several CNC machines available for sale and would be available to discuss these machines with anyone.
President’s Message
March 2019
Gary Fader
Woodworker’s Dilemma
Let’s assume, as a hobbyist, you love making furniture. Maybe you even belong to SAPFM and your skill level is amazing. So, you’re looking forward to the next project and you say to your spouse “I’ve got a great idea for this piece of furniture with these beautiful inlays and shapely design features.” What you get back is a blank stare that communicates we don’t need, nor have room for anymore furniture. So you call your grown kids and offer them a handmade gift of a lifetime. After a period of silence, the response is: “We love your work but it doesn’t fit in with our Pottery Barn motif.” Suddenly, you’re out of clients!
Maybe the answer is to change your product and clientele. Take those amazing woodworking talents and apply them to small things like toys, boxes, and other gifts. If you have friends, relatives, or grandchildren, you have clientele. There are few things better than watching a very young child, just starting to walk, pulling around a wooden dog on wheels with the legs gyrating in alternating sequence. Or seeing the joy on the faces of a newly married couple when they open a wedding gift and it’s a beautifully inlayed and trimmed jewelry box. Or even showing up for dinner at a friend’s house with a segmented cheese or cutting board, or a bandsaw box. You could also donate a project to your religious organization for sale or auction.
The beauty is that you never seem to run out of clients or projects, and the amount of wood involved is minimal enough that you can get into some exotic species without breaking the budget. Have I motivated you and brought a smile back on your spouse’s face?
2019 Woodworking Show A Big Success
By John Champion
The Guild was very active again this year at the annual Woodworking Show held at the Cobb Galleria Centre March 15-17. Participating at the show is a way for us to meet and invite new prospects to join our group as well as share our insights with visitors who have woodworking questions. It is a fun time to socialize and meet others while experiencing the fun of wandering around the show to see other excellent presentations and products about woodworking.
Our booth was anchored on the two corners with demonstrations throughout the show by Ted Baldwin (there for his 33rd year) demonstrating cutting and making small gift items and Chris K'nerr carving incredible gunstocks at the other end.
We had an excellent display of projects built by our members and held a drawing for prizes from eight of our Patron Sponsors to draw in visitors. Total value of these prizes was $3,100.
In the center front of our booth, we set up Tom Melcher's large Sjorberg workbench where hand tool demonstrations were conducted showing joinery and plane techniques. The center table was also the point from which we engaged visitors in various conversations.
Over 20 Guild members participated in our booth and between the prize drawings and the names we gathered from personal interactions at the center workbench, e gathered over 270 contact names with whom e can follow up to promote Guild membership and activities.
Special thanks to those who visited the show. If you could not get there this year, make a note to attend in 2020.
Angie Weck, the winner of the Suwanee Lumber door prize, picking up her lumber at Suwanee Lumber.
Tool Sale
A part of the mission of the Woodworkers Guild of Georgia is to assist in the disposal/sale of tools of deceased woodworkers. In that capacity, we are having a “garage” sale, and this is one of the best to date. We have tools by Festool, Sawstop, Forrest, Starrett, Jet, Kreg, Woodpeckers, Veritas, Jessem, Dremel, Bessey, Freud, Whiteside, Benchcrafted, Dewalt, Leigh, Norton, Makita, Baldor, Infinity, WoodRiver, Ricon, Milwaukee, Marples, Damstom, Crown, Columbia, BenchDog, Hitachi, and others.
The sale will be on Saturday, April 13th from 9:00am to 4:00pm at:
166 Blue Sky Dr
Marietta, GA 30068
Please come early and bring lots of cash or checks - - no credit cards.
Audio/Visual System Installed At Woodcraft
By Jim Milam
Last month's meeting debuted significant enhancements in the audio/visual experience of our meetings. There are now two large flat screen TV's mounted high on the wall in Woodcraft's classroom. But that's only the beginning. Two new ceiling mounted cameras with pan, zoom and tilt capability are also in place, and there is a new audio system. The cameras and sound system are controlled from a console that includes a joy stick and switching capabilities. With the exception of the aforementioned second TV (donated by the local SAPFM chapter), all of the new equipment was purchased by the Guild.
Operationally the new system is very flexible and will accommodate the image from any one of three cameras; and/or the feed from a speaker's laptop computer can be projected to any one of the two TV's. Two new ceiling mounted speakers greatly enhance the sound quality for anyone in the classroom, regardless of where you are sitting.
This AV project is an excellent addition to our meeting space, and we need to show our appreciation to Woodcraft for the use of the classroom. This is done by expressing thanks to Robert Stebbins, manager of Woodcraft, and by purchasing woodworking tools and supplies while there.
The design and installation of this new system is the work product of Guild member Michael Lawsky. Michael has extensive audio/visual design experience and without his effort we would have been in deep soup (or we would have paid a considerable sum to accomplish the task). At the March meeting our President, Gary Fader, presented Michael with a "thank you" plaque, and a gift card. May I suggest that each of you take the time to thank Michael for his contribution of time and expertise.
It is significant to note that more than half of the cost of this new equipment was funded by the sale of woodworking equipment donated to the Guild.
Show 'N Tell
Charlie Levan, Gary Fader and Gary Fjeld shared their projects during the March Guild meeting. Charlie showed some bowls he had turned, Gary Fader presented a cherry jewelry box with cocobolo banding and Gary Fjeld showed a child's stool where all the pieces had been cut on his CNC and the stool lettering was engraved by the CNC.
Don't forget Show 'N Tell at the May
Guild Meeting
Upcoming Tool sale and Guild Picnic
Mark your calendars for Saturday June 15th, 2019.
The Woodworkers Guild of Georgia will be conducting a Woodworking Tool Sale, followed by a family style Picnic.
Families are welcome, but children must be supervised as there will be sharp tools on display.
Recently the Guild received a donation of a complete woodworking shop from the family of a life-long woodworker and former Woodcraft employee.
In addition to stationary tools like 2 lathes, dust collector, belt-disc sander, 14" bandsaw, sanding table, scroll saws, and others there are hundreds of hand tools, jigs and fixtures.
All items will be "priced to sell"
There will not be any "early bird" sales.
Plan to bring tools that you would like to sell.
The sale will be held at one of our members' shop in Cumming, just off of GA-400, exit #14.
Details will be provided as we get closer to the date.
For more information, email John_J1@bellsouth.net. We do not plan to create a list of the items since there are so many and we are not prepared for emails asking for information on specific items or prices.
ALABAMA WOODWORKERS GUILD
The Alabama Woodworkers Guild has waived the requirement of being a member of the Alabama Woodworkers Guild to members of the Woodworkers Guild of Georgia for any of their classes. Their link to their class schedule can be found at: https://wp.awwg.info/education/
Woodworkers Guild of Georgia
Upcoming Events
NOTE: Guild Monthly Meetings will be held on the 2nd Thursdays in 2019
Guild's Annual Spring Symposium with Bob Van Dyke - April 6 & 7 at Woodcraft
Handplane Basics
Get More From Your Table Saw
Cutting Dovetails by Hand
Beyond the Basic Sand-Shaded Fan
NO MONTHLY MEETING IN APRIL BECAUSE OF THE GUILD'S ANNUAL SPRING SYMPOSIUM!!
Thursday, May 9
Monthly Meeting and Show 'N Tell Woodcraft - Alpharetta 7:00 PM
Sharpening / Hands-on Workshop
Saturday June 15
Tool sale and Guild Picnic
Note change of date for the June meeting.
Free Demonstrations
Rockler: 6690 Roswell Road / Sandy Springs
425 Ernest Barrett Pkwy / Kennesaw
Apr. 6: 11:00 Shaker Style Cabinet Door Construction
Apr. 13: 11:00 Dovetail Jig
Apr. 20: 11:00 Water Based Dye Stains
Apr. 27: 11:00 Concealed Hinge & Drawer Slide Jig
May 4: 11:00 Pen Turning Demonstration
Woodcraft: 8560 Holcomb Bridge Road / Roswell
Apr. 6: 1:00 SawStop Demonstration
Apr. 13: 1:00 Turn a Baseball Bat
Apr. 20: 1:00 Making Cutting Boards
Apr. 27: 1:00 Using Water-Based Stains
May 4: 1:00 Festool Sanders
Trading Post - Buy and Sell
The Guild Website contains an interactive area for Guild members to place adds to Sell their woodworking related items, or Buy items that have been posted by others.
Trading Post - Buy and Sell is located on Message Board on the Resources Dropdown.
Click on http://wwgofga.com/forum/trading-post.html to go directly to the Trading Post
The Guild Board of Directors
Gary Fader President 770-977-7271
Art Sanders Treasurer 678-472-9117
Nuane Neely Community/Charitable Projects 770-922-1933
John Champion Woodworking Show 2019 404-307-0817
Tom Melcher Patron Sponsors 770-851-1098
Jim Milam Spring Symposium 2019 404-255-2314
Tom Risoli Website Administrator I 770‐335‐8962
John Champion Vice-President, Secretary 404-307‐0817
Roger Moister Librarian 404-355-5033
Ken Kraft Membership 262-894-1725
Brent Richardson
Scholarships 704‐995‐4920
Gary Fjeld Newsletter 404‐234‐5616
Jim Wright Audio Visual 404-644-9156
Michael Clark
Communications 219‐805‐4334
Support Your Woodworkers Guild of Georgia Patron Sponsors
Proof of Guild membership is required by
Patron Sponsors
that offer discounts. Your membership card can be printed from our Guild website. Login and go to Guild Info > Members Only, and click on Membership Card. If you would like to pick up your membership card at the next Guild meeting, email us
with your member name.
CAG Lumber - CAG Lumber is known for the largest selection of live edge slabs and unusual woods from all over the world.
We sell on the net, not the gross, so you take home what you pay for with no added on or hidden fees. We can saw your logs, kiln dry, resaw lumber, plane, straight line, and glue up ready. We are large enough to handle your needs and small enough to give one on one personal service. Guild members show membership card to receive 10% off most items, except items on clearance or discounted. Check out our web site, we stock a lot more than is listed. Website
Fintech Abrasives - For over 25 years, Fintech Technologies has been fabricating belts, sheets, rolls and other abrasives. They also have extensive experience with the application of the newest materials in coated abrasives. Family owned and operated in Belding, MI, Fintech is a highly respected company that takes pride in its excellent product quality, unmatched customer service, and superior technical support. Guild members are welcome to order products, as well as contact them with questions. Call them at 1-888-223-8768.Website
Highland Woodworking - Providing fine woodworking tools and project supplies since 1978, Highland defines itself as a learning community. The store has attracted nationally known teachers and authors including Tage Frid, Sam Maloof, Michael Dunbar, Rude Osolnik, Toshio Odate, Dale Nish, Mark Duginske and many others in Highland’s ongoing program of seminars and workshops. We have some great woodworking class opportunities coming up at Highland Woodworking! We have classes and seminars every week that include basic sharpening techniques, turning, finishing, project builds, and much more! Click to see our class schedule.
Their catalog of fine woodworking tools and workshops is available online, or visit its fully-stocked store at 1045 N. Highland Avenue in Atlanta, 30306. 404-872-4466. Website
Peach State Lumber Products - We are dealers of high grade/cabinet quality hardwoods, plywood, softwood, veneer and also carry a full line of cabinet grade plywood and turning blocks. We welcome small quantity orders and have a retail sales area open to the public. We also carry Hettich brand hinges and drawer slides. We have hardware screws and pocket hole screws. We now have live edge slabs in multiple species, great for bar tops, mantels, etc. Show your Guild membership card to receive their 500 b.f. price on any qualifying purchase.
Located at 4000 Moon Station Road, Kennesaw, 30144. 770-428-3622. Website
Peachtree Woodworking Supply -
Peachtree is a producer and retailer of high quality woodworking products with a goal of providing the woodworker with the hard to find tools and accessories. They stock over 6,000 different woodworking items. Those items include a wide selection of abrasives, books, DVD’s, clamps, router bits, glue, t-track, dust collection, and much more. Peachtree also carries the major brands. The store is located at 6684 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Suite 100, Norcross, GA 30071, 770-458-5539. Store Hours: Mon – Fri 9 am.- 5 p.m., Sat 9 am - 3 pm. Website
Redmond Machinery - Specializes in new and used woodworking and metal working machinery in a 25,000 square foot showroom. We stock machinery, accessories, and supplies from top-name manufacturers. Bargain hunters, check out our large inventory of used and scratch and dent machinery and accessories. We are a source for older American made Powermatic and Delta parts. We invite Guild members to stop by to visit us. We are located at 58 Weldon Rd., Palmetto, GA 30268, 770-683-7297 or 800-428-9898 Website
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
- (Two Locations) - Rockler began as a mail order woodworking supply company and today the retail chain stretches across the United States. Our magazine, Woodworker’s Journal, is dedicated to offering plans, techniques, product reviews and tips to woodworkers. Our goal is to be your go-to woodworking resource. Please mention you are a Guild members BEFORE your purchase to receive 10% OFF everyday (normal exclusions apply).
We invite you to visit us at 6690 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs 404-460-1000, OR 425 Ernest W. Barrett Pkwy in Kennesaw 678-383-0087. Hours are Monday-Friday 9 am to 7 pm, Saturday 9 am to 6 pm, and Sunday 11 am to 4 pm. On Saturdays we have free demos. Website
Suwanee Lumber Company – Is a specialty hardwood supplier for custom cabinet and furniture makers as well as the general public. Suwanee features hardwood lumber with matching plywood and other materials to make every project a work of art. Please show your Guild membership card when shopping to receive Level 4 pricing (1,000 b.f. pricing).
Their location is 540 Satellite Blvd. in Suwanee, GA 30024. 770-945-2102. Website
Woodcraft - (Two Locations) – Has been a woodworker's favorite source for quality hand and power tools, equipment and supplies (including wood). Cabinet makers, wood turners, carvers and woodworkers in general rely on our friendly, experienced staff that is always available to help with the selection of tools and supplies as well as provide helpful advice on individual projects. We have fully equipped classroom facilities. Guild members receive 10% OFF qualifying purchases during our monthly Guild meeting or Symposiums at the Alpharetta store.
Stop by our store at 8560 Holcomb Bridge Road in Alpharetta, GA 30022, 770-587-3372 OR our West side Store at 351 Thornton Road in Lithia Springs. GA 30122, 770-485-5636. Website
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