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Welcome to the Kansas City Woodworkers' Guild Website 

We are a membership of over 460 woodworkers of various skills and interests.  We have fine furniture makers, woodturners, home builders and more. All woodworkers, from beginners to professionals, are invited to the Kansas City Woodworkers’ Guild.

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All future meetings will take place at our new shop at:

3189 Mercier

Kansas City, Missouri 64111-3631

 

 


Monthly Membership Meetings:

The monthly meetings are on the third Wednesday of each month at 7pm. at the Guild Shop.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Program - Fun in the Workshop ... with Mortise and Tenons

The February meeting will be presented by Dave Kraatz and is focused on building skills with simple projects. The primary topic will be mortise and tenon joinery. Dave will discuss the basic ideas of M&T joints and show examples of the various joints that can be incorporated into your woodworking. Both machine and hand tool techniques will be presented. Dave will conclude the program with a simple skill building project that can be made in one day with commonly available materials.

This program will be followed by a clinic during the regular open shop session on February 25, when Dave will demonstrate the process of making this project using the various tools on our shop.

A materials list will be available at the meeting for anyone interested in attending this clinic.


Where is the tornado shelter in the shop?

The bathrooms and the nearby classroom have been designated tornado shelters in our new shop.  If a tornado siren sounds, depending upon how many people are in the shop at the time, the bathrooms are the first choice as a shelter. During a meeting, both ofthe bathrooms and the classroom are the shelter.  Read more about tornado safety ...


Links (All)  New link added http://wiki.owwm.com/ The knowledge base at Old Wood-working Machines has collected together articles, links, tips and hints for keeping your older equipment running.  And even if you don't have a 36" Crescent bandsaw in need of new babbitt bearings there is good information to help you tweak and supercharge new equipment.  www.vintagemachinery.org also offers a manufacturer's index to help you identify and date old equipment, a collection of manuals and sources for spare parts. RY


Shop TIP - Spontaneous Combustion Recommended reading from Russ Amos

For those of you who use oils and wipe on varnishes here is an important link on what can happen if you just wad up a used rag and throw it in the trash or a corner of your shop.


Election of Officers and Directors is coming up in April

The annual election of officers and directors comes up in April. Guild members have an opportunity to participate and be more involved in the guild and its activities.

Please click here to find out more.

 

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Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

  CNC Woodworking SIG - click here!  

   Shopsmith ... click here!  

   Scrollsaw -Details ... 

The Scroll Saw special Interest Group will meet on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

We will also be working on our jewelry box project starting at 6:00 p.m. for anyone interested in working on it before the meeting. David Roth will be available to open the doors by  6:00 p.m.

Our program after Show & Tell well be to continue on the Jewelry box project.

If you took part of your jewelry box project home to work on, please bring back your part to the meeting so we can check that part off on our list.

Facilitated by David Roth chefroth@everestkc.net

  Hand Tools  SIG- click here

 

A new Special Interest Group is forming ...

Power Tool Restoration and Repair SIG

... a forum for members interested in

·       repairing their power tools

·       restoring old power tools

·       tuning up power tools to perform at their best

The first meeting is on Sunday, February 19th at 3:00pm in the Guild shop. At this time we can discuss the optimum meeting time for our regular get together.

The topic of the first meeting will be “Assessing the condition of hand power tools”.

This SIG will cover portable power tools like drills, routers, and sabresaws as well as stationary equipment like tablesaws, jointers, and bandsaws. Every tool needs some level of setup, care and maintenance regardless of the age so we will not limit ourselves to new or old equipment. A hands on portion of the meeting is planned where we can work and learn on tools that you bring in.

The meetings will include sharing our

·       Restoration techniques,

·       Repair information,

·       Tune-up and alignment techniques, and also include

·       Actual repair or working on members tools.

Correspondence should be directed to:

Chuck Saunders

gooberdog@gmail.com

All interested members of the Guild and their guests are invited to attend SIG meetings.

Additional SIG information ... Click Here!

Discounts - Several of our Sponsors provide 10% discount for members.  Click here for a list!

Wanted/For Sale: Items are promoted via Email.  Submit items wanted/for sale. Details ...


Interesting Western Juniper from Oregon

(Click Picture for Website)

Articles

Blackening Wood – On Accident … On Purpose(includes discussion on blackening metal)

A Journeyman Cabinetmaker's Tool Chest

The Old Turnscrew Looked Pretty Sad

Patternmaking, Handcrafted Tools, and Fred Früh

The Franken-Side-Rabbet Creature

Two Wisdom Planes

The Adventure of the Six Board Chest (aka My First Dovetails) along with The Ideal Mill

Chalk for Woodworking

Common Tool Definitions (humor)

Sharpening with Sandpaper

Stories of a Woodworker by John Tegeler aka Mr. Radial Arm Saw

Chapter 1 The Discovery (originally published in Wood Words)

Chapter 2  Much More to Do

A Cabinetmaker's Workbench by Louis Armstrong (originally published in Wood Words)

I Need to Borrow a Saw (humor)

A Stanley 4.5 is Reborn

Junior Strasil's Portable Workbench in Pictures & Text

Constructing Wooden Handles for Fly Rods

Hand Cut Mortise and Tenon and Panel Raising Clinic with Don Kruse (Text by Rob Young and Pictures by Bill Ward)

Make a Wooden Whistle With Handtools

Woodworking with Small Children

Reviews

Woodriver Plane (Sold by Woodcraft Supply)

Worksharp, The Woodworking Tool Sharpener

Stanley Sweetheart 60-1/2 Block Plane Review

Articles Recommended by Members

Air and Solar Drying of Hardwood Lumber

Benjamin Hobbs Biography (Pencil Post Bed Presentation)

Woodwork (1905 Sloyd Method Manual)

Woodworking for Beginners

An Ax to Grind

Kevin Thomas' Holtzapffel Workbench

Introduction by Christopher Schwarz (5 minutes to download on a fast connection, 105 MB)

Slide Show

Videos & Pictures

Capturing a Walnut Tree for the Guild

Tour of KC Strings in Picture


Woodworking Clubs?  Find them here!


Kara Paris, Director of Training, who brought the late Nora Hall to the Kansas City Woodworkers’ Guild last December, for one of her last classes before she died in the spring, wanted you to know of Nora Halls’ book, Relief Carving with Nora Hall, is just coming out. 

Relief Carving with Nora Hall
This is definitely recommended to go with all the DVD's... Only book ever written by Nora Hall....the story of her life and projects as well. The study casts for these projects will be available shortly, please e-mail if interested...

PRE-ORDER NOW!!! www.norahall.com

Available in December 2011

8 1/2 x 11, paperback, 192 color images, 112 pages

$24.95 + shipping

 

 

Guest Demonstrators Accompanying Lie-Nielsen at the  Event will be:

Glen-Drake Toolworks produces fine woodworking hand tools from their Fort Bragg, California location.   

Inspired in 2004 by a Sauer & Steiner smoother, Raney Nelson began making his own extraordinary infill planes. Working to exceed the customer’s expectations, Raney strives to make tools that will inspire their users. Made in New Jersey, USA. 

 

Located just outside of Denver, Colorado, Elkhead Tools was founded by three hobbyist woodworkers. They build quality hand tools through a combination of classic aesthetic design, high caliber materials, and traditional and contemporary fabrication techniques.

Click on any of the above logos to go directly to their website.


Chippendale Claw & Ball Footstool

Presented by Calvin Hobbs

This is a 5 week advanced class, Tuesday nights from 6 PM to10 PM, starting February 7 running thorough March 6, 2012.  

      Tuition $275.00   Materials $ 75.00

More Information


 

KANSAS CITY WOODWORKERS GUILD

ELECTION OF

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS-2012

The annual election of officers and directors comes up in April. The Kansas City Woodworkers Guild Officers and Directors serve a two year term, half terms expiring every other year. Guild members have an opportunity to participate and be more involved in the guild and its activities.

The following Officers and Directors positions are open and we need members to fill them.

Officers

Vice President-This officer supports the efforts of the president.

Treasurer-This officer handles the fiscal responsibilities of the Guild.

Directors

Communication - The director oversees the Library, and the monthly newsletter. He is also responsible for the website, its maintenance and updating of information.

Membership-This director is responsible for gaining and maintaining new and old members.

Program-The director develops and coordinates programs for the monthly meetings, and helps manage the ‘Show and Tell’ at the monthly meetings.

Training-This director includes activities to provide the Guild membership with opportunities to expand and/or share their woodworking skills.

If you are interested in any of these positions or want to help in any way or learn more about any of the positions, please contact any of the following individuals or any current officer or director.

John Tegeler, Chairman of the Nominating committee, 913-461-9396. (johnteg@hotmail.com).

Gary Creek-913-449-1162. (g.creek@att.net).

Chuck Lynn-913-888-6043. (chasblynn@sbcglobal.net ).


KCWG makes the news with Rolling Mobile Bookshelves for Joplin Schools Stricken by Tornado .... From the Kansas City Star Website:

Members of the Kansas City Woodworkers' Guild, Gary Creek of Kansas City, Kan., (from left), Kenyon Greene of rural Platte County and Jim Stuart of Olathe, get ready to put together one of 24 portable "libraries" they are building at their Kansas City shop Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. The mobile units, rolling bookshelves designed to open like a book and look like a book, will go to Iverson and Emerson elementary schools in Joplin.

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/21/3159039/bookshelves-for-joplin.html

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/21/3159039/bookshelves-for-joplin.html#slide-7#ixzz1YgqwUrMz

There are eight more great pictures on the KC Star website of our members building the bookcases in our shop.

Thanks to member Russ Amos for bringing this to or attention.