Making bowls on a band saw – by Larry Buettner

Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United States

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 […]

Jigs & Fixtures

Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United States

Various Jigs & Fixtures presented by Guild Members

Making Electric Guitars

Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United States

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

MWG Theater “Reparing Furniture” by Bob Flexner

Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United States

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

MWG Theater “Router Joinery” by Gary Rogowsk

Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United States

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.

Turning

Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United States

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

Society of American Period Furniture Makers (SAPHM)

Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United States

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 […]

Miniature Tools

Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United States

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.

Meanderings of an Amateur Woodworker

Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United States

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.

Violin Woodmaking

Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United States

Speaker: Peter Psarianos

Executive Board Meeting

Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais Ave, Royal Oak, MI, United States

Agenda: TBD