Executive Board Meeting
Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United StatesAgenda: TBD
Agenda: TBD
Speaker: Peter Psarianos
Informal lunch and networking with other woodworkers.
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
Informal lunch and networking with other woodworkers.
Speaker: Marc Adams Noted Author, Teacher, Writer, and Educator of Woodworking $15.00 – MWG Members (includes light lunch) $35.00 – Non-Members (included light lunch and 1-Year Membership to Michigan Woodworkers' Guild) Reserve your spot in advance PLEASE! Any question please call: 248-310-9328 Marc has been woodworking professionally for more than 34 years. In 1991, he […]
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.
To reserve a display spot, contact the organizer, Ed Stuckey at 313-345-3671.
Contact the organizer, Will Wilson at 248-207-8883 to be on the program.
The Executive Board will meet at TechShop in Allen Park prior to the regular Guild meeting. All Guild members are welcome to attend. AGENDA
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 […]
Bob Settich will present a program covering: fasteners, small box hardware, cabinetmaking (a quick course in building face frame and frame less cabinets to better understand the use of cabinet […]
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 […]
Speaker: Al Eicher Two hundred years ago, the early pioneers of the Michigan territory wrote about the majestic forests, the tall white pines, and the great oaks. Early expeditions and […]
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 […]
MWG lunch Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 at 1:16 PM at George's Senate Coney Island. 39430 Dun Rovin Dr. Northvile ,48168 West side of Haggerty between 5&6 Mile
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Event hosted by the Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute. This year the Festival is bringing together the best woodworkers from the Great Lakes region, ranging across several different woodworking disciplines. They […]
This is a single topic meeting focusing on meeting topics and speakers for 2019. Members who are not board members that wish to contribute to the meeting are welcome to […]
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/ […]
Daiek is a custom woodworking company that makes top of the line cabinetry, paneling, doors, curved moldings, and millwork. They have machinery that will make you drool. Check their web […]
Members bring a dish.
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 […]
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.
Speaker: Al Eicher
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
AN INVITATION TO THE YANKEE AIR MUSEUM AT WILLOW RUN Spend a day at the Yankee Air Museum and enjoy a guided tour of the museum at 11:30 a.m. followed by a 45 minute historic film of Willow Run at about 12:30 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the gift shop entrance. (North side of […]
Swap Meet Noon to 1:00pm and Members bring dish to be shared.
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. .