Meetings

Agenda: TBD

Our annual Christmas meeting with decorations, lots of finger foods provided by the Guild, and a delightful presentation on the orphan Trains for Guild members and their spouses. Speaker: Al Eicher

Speaker: Kyle Huntoon The February 12 meeting will be at the TechShop in Allen Park and will feature one of our newer members, Kyle Huntoon. His topic will be FURNITURE DESIGN.  More information about the February meeting will be forthcoming next week.  A second speaker is being added to the presentation.

Contact the organizer, Will Wilson at 248-207-8883 to be on the program.

Making Dovetails with two different jigs and cutting by hand. Speakers: Bill Rigstad, Ken Wolf and Clay Bolduc

The September 10th meeting will be at Kensington Metropark where Jim Kudej will lead us on a Tree Identification field trip. The Metropark is in Milford off Interstate 96, Exit 151 (Kensington Road). The exit ramp leads directly into the park. There is a toll booth at the entrance and the daily fee is $10.00 […]

Speaker: Jozef Bouwhuis will entertain us with his “meanderings of an amateur woodworker” including many of his projects involving ‘square work’, ‘round work’, and finishing. Jozef is a truly prolific producer.

Speaker: Mario Terenzi will demonstrate how he makes Miniature Tools. He has been written up in both Popular Woodworking and Fine Woodworking for his unusual and detailed miniature tools. He is also teaching a class this year at Marc Adams school. This meeting promises to be quite interesting.

Speakers: Ed Stuckey, a member of the Society of Period Furniture Makers will be talking about the organization along with Dale Ausherman, who is the president of SAPFM. Ed will also be giving a presentation on vacuum veneering, hammer veneering, and Cabriole leg construction. Also, in addition, a slide presentation of members work, including MWG […]

Speaker: Guild Members will be featuring various jigs and fixtures, both shop made and purchased, that Guild members have used to solve project and shop problems. We need volunteers to present the solutions that they have invented or found in the marketplace that they have found effective at solving problems. Please contact me, plgoddard47@gmail.com , […]

Speakers: Guild Members We have changed the event to be more like our Jigs and Fixtures program. Members can bring items they have built now or in the past. We allow each member, if they wish, to speak about their project. Why they built it, materials used, and what type of finish, etc. Some members […]

Speaker: Chris Schoenberg Chris is a fellow Michigander and is part of the Mid-Michigan Woodworkers Guild (out of Lansing). Chris will present "Traditional Workbenches and Work Holding". Chris's website https://www.thirdcoastcraftsman.com/ He also has a YouTube channel that is worth mentioning / promoting https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXbYtx6rZlbTHg8zY9AFZ-g

Free Popcorn

Speaker: John Sabina John is a member of Metro Carvers. He will demonstrate Chip Carving with some emphasis on application to furniture.

"Sharing Secrets, Methods of Work", shows over 100 different methods of work that will surely make the process of woodworking easier for you..

Speaker: Ray Fraze. He will demonstrate Lathe Turning. Ray is a master turner. Don’t miss this one.

Marc Adams answers all your questions about finishes, how they work, and how to apply them. Check out the DVD Library on the website, under "Photo" and look for DVD library.  Marc Adams "Finishing Techniques" is No. 425

Round Robin program includes: Clay Bolduc--Box Making, Tony Gigliotti--Tool Maintenance, Pete Goddard--Scroll Saw, Bill Rigstad--1/2 blind dovetails, Ken Wolf--Using the “Drill Doctor” to sharpen drills, and Bill Gayde--Video of Fox Run Hobby Shop

The " MWG Theater"  for December is "Master Your Bandsaw"   Marc Duginske shows you how to precisely tune and accurately use your bandsaw to achieve optimum performance.

Mark Duginske shows how to achieve zero-frustration, complete-control woodworking with machines.

Jim Kudej will demonstrate Shaker Box Making.

Marc Adams  Joinery illustrates the basic ways of joining wood, selecting a joint and what joints to use.

In "Router Joinery"  Gary Rogowski shows how routers can  be used to cut a wide variety of joints quickly and accurately. He demonstrates how to set up both hand-held and table-mounted routers for joinery operations.

Ragnar Bergethon will demonstrate how to make band saw boxes and passive amplifiers.

"Cabinets" Mark Adams - Cabinet Making takes you through the design and layout of both kitchen and furniture cabinets as well as the build process

-Sharpening Work Stations -Sharpening Carving Tools presented by Ed Stuckey -Water Stones presented by Ed Thomas -Join Tec Jig presented by Clay buldoc

Bob Flexner demonstrates straightforward techniques you can use to achieve professional results in reparing furniture..

Lee Calkins will demonstrate the process, tooling and production of a solid body electric guitar. .

Don Bollinger shows how to get professional results when finishing a hard wood floors.

Various Jigs & Fixtures presented by Guild Members

Jeff Miller demystifies the art of chair making. He shows how to build three  chair styles: framed, post and rung and chairs with plank seats.

Short synopsis: To provide an overview of the primary joinery types used in furniture and small box construction for strength and beauty. The program will also provide samples of the different joinery types and methods for making the joints both with hand tools and with power tools

Speaker: Various members

Speaker: Members will discuss the pros and cons of Jigs/Tools that they have made or purchased. Jigs and Tools - member presentations: 1. Fred Ball homemade drum sander 2. Dave McCagg project fixture 3. Steve Vaerten marquetry tools 4. Dan Holowicki table top mini bench 5. Rich Herbert inlay jigs and tools 6. Bill Rigstad […]

CANCELLED Speaker: Various members

Speaker: Rockler

Vince Hellmann and Mike Foydel of the Detroit Area Wood Turners will give a presentation on woodturning and their experience making art using the wood lathe. Their collective work is very impressive! This is an impressive presentation; don't miss this one which will be a Zoom meeting.

Is your pipe organ in need of repair? Member Dave Wigton, a professional pipe organ restorer, restores pipe organs of all sizes all over the USA and will be joining us to discuss what it takes to keep them in good working order. Dave, will give an overview of the mechanics and physics of pipe […]

Ed Stuckey will demonstrate construction details, including types of wood, veneers, banding, and stringing, on a pair of recently-built Thomas Seymour Ladies' Work Tables (1810-1820). As described by scholars, these tables were objects of visual pleasure and an expression of women's leisure and refined needlework skills. This meeting is scheduled at the Livonia Community Center […]

Long-time Guild member Steve Lash will present details of 3 of his period furniture reproduction pieces: 1. A Baltimore brickwork stack laminate cellarette made of mahogany with amboyna and satinwood veneers. A cellarette is a small cabinet designed to hold bottles of wine or spirits. 2. A late 18th-century ebonized pearwood mantle clock to contain […]

Our speaker for Sunday's January 8 meeting, Dan Reahard, just informed us that he is ill and will not be able to attend the meeting. We wish him a speedy recovery. However, the meeting will take place as scheduled - with a new group of presentations. - Ken Wolf will demonstrate the resin impregnation process. […]

Jammey Lewis of Rockler in Novi will show us the capabilities of the CNC Router. Learn to make 3D wood carvings, laser engravings, and carved plastics using VCarve Pro software - the industry standard on a CNC machine. Jammey will show us how to set up files to make basic shapes and text, how to […]

Larry Buettner has been making beautiful bowls for many years using a band saw and sanding instead of a lathe, and to look at them you cannot tell the difference. He will explain his process by showing sample glue-ups and segments, along with showing a variety of finished bowls. He may also share some tales […]

Our next monthly meeting is the annual Showcase of Skills meeting on Sunday September 10, at 1:00 pm at the Livonia Senior Center. This is often regarded as our most interesting meeting, where members, from beginners to experts, have the opportunity to present their projects for all to see. So please plan ahead for what […]

Dan Reahard will demonstrate how to hand carve.

This is our annual election time Also various members will show their jigs and fixtures that will definitely improve our woodworking. Also this is the meeting where we all bring our hand made toys for the Detroit Children's Hospital. There are prizes for various categories. This is a very interesting meeting and the last one […]

Larry Last and Ron Ross will present various ways to make and embellish boxes. The focus on these boxes will be the various designs and method for making boxes for the children's Hospital Donation program. This is our most requested presentation in a recent survey so this will be a great one to attend.

Jeff Covey of Festool will discuss the Festool products and give demonstrations. Festool products are high end, high performance hand power tools. This will be a good chance to see how the very best tools perform. I look forward to this show. This meeting will end a bit early so as not to interfere with […]

Berg will demonstrate the design and manufacturing of nesting chairs. This will be very useful for Easter when you have extra visitors for the special dinner.

Representatives from Rockler Novi Store will be presenting Rockler designed tools geared toward making our woodworking projects easier to make. Jammie, who did our presentation on CNC tooling, and LJ, the store manager, will be present to answer any questions you may have. In the past year, the Rockler company has designed or redesigned between […]

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 […]