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April 2024
The Art of Chair Making
Every year the guild has a top level woodworker to give us an all day presentation. This year it is Tom McLaughlin who some of us have seen on TV. Tom McLaughlin will present The Art of Chairmaking. If you've yet to experience his teaching style, you are in for a treat as he clearly delivers concepts for those at various levels of expertise to understand, with professional skill and a disarming humor. Tom will introduce and attempt to simplify…
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Fixing Mistakes by Gary Rogowski
This will be a zoom meeting on our screen at Livonia Senior center. Gary Rogowski is a furniture maker, author, and teacher. His books include The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery, Taunton Press, and Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction, Linden Press. He says "Now there are many woodworkers who claim that they are already good at making mistakes. That they don't need a course on it. But my years of experience make me quite the expert on…
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Ford Fairlane tour
This years annual field trip is special. It is a tour of Henry Ford's house called Fairlane. I has been closed since 2010 under going renovations. We will have a 2 hour tour guided by Tamsen Brown. A bit of history about Fair Lane. The 31,000 square foot, 56 room house was built between 1913 and 1915 in the Prairie Style. The original estate consisted of 1300 acres bordering the Rouge River in Dearborn MI. Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned…
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