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THIS MONTH’S PROGRAM
(In Person Presentation and Livestream)
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| Bowl Turning Demonstration
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T J Thayer
Turning a Spalted Hackberry Bowl |
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Wood Carving Demonstration
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Glen Miller
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Steve Botkin |
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Steve showed us his techniques for making his carvings, literally a “hands-on demonstration”.
Click on the Link below to see the entire presentation.
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Glenn showed us each type of carving tool and their purpose, sharpening, types of wood that are best for carving, carving design methods, shortcuts, and then answered all of the questions thrown at him by the audience. |
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SWAP MEET
Saturday, MAY 20
9 AM to Noon
Will be held in the Parking Lot beyond the Faust Park Maintenence Shed.
Bring your stuff to SELL or TRADE to declutter your shop, or come by just to SHOP
Members Only Event
Click on the Link below to see what last year’s event was like!! |
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Quinn Saw Company Tour
Saturday, April 29, 2023
8 AM to 12 Noon
Registration on Website and more details click HERE
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Super Star Weekend
Saturday, April 22, 2023
with
Tom McLaughlin
from Canterbury, New Hampshire
Guest Host on TV Shows
Master Woodworker |
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| Editor’s Note:
The St. Louis Woodworkers Guild encourages its Members to share their projects in the Newsletter. Please send items you would like to showcase in future SLWG Newsletters to grady.vaughan@gmail.com.
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Wayne Humphrey showed off the Christmas Toy Projects that are typically produced for this program. |
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Pull toys are fun to make and finish. |
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Children love little keepsake boxes with hidden access. |
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Colorful boats are always a favorite. |
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Brad Bernhard brought a couple of veneered boxes that had a baltic birch substrate and he used a vacuum bag for holding the pieces in place while drying, a technique he learned from Don Snyder. |
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| This marquetry box is for cremation ashes of a family member. The pictorial on top has significant meaning for Brad. |
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Todd Martin brought in a side table he built for the HSH program. |
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Dan Lender is starting a new project and he wants to get all of the joinery right, so he has built a mock-up using poplar.
Dan is concealing all of the hardware, some even behind removeable panels.
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John Ferreira likes to use found wood. This piece he picked up on the side of the road with some burn marks on it, but it turned and finished nicely! |
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This bowl is made of green box elder with an epoxy ring on the top rim. |
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| David Gronefeld, the Guild Shop Manager, has taken several SLWG classes and here is a set of nesting Shaker Boxes that he built during a class with Jay Noffsinger. |
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Alan Brown brought in this HSH table. Notice the use of light and dark woods, and the through tenons at the top of the legs. Nice work!! |
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What? Another end table by Hal Donovan!! He’s really pounding them out at #13!!!! |
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| Bill Schuchat sent in some photos of projects from years past which show his evolving woodworking expertise. |
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Stand for Beer 1965
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Shop Stool 1982
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First Cabinet 1969
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Kitchen Buffet 1986
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TOOL RECALLS and Other Videos |
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| Here is a link to a site that lists safety recall notices for woodworking tools. LINK
Here is a link to watch if you don’t believe spontaneous combustion is real. LINK |
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COMMUNITY
St. Louis Woodworkers Guild contributions to the local community
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Why the SLWG builds and donates toys to children’s hospitals
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I would just like to thank you for donating the wooden toys to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital!! My daughter, Lola, is 7 yrs old & recently received her kidney transplant on 11/20/22 & has been hospitalized several times since then. |
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| Today we had so much fun getting to choose, paint & keep some really cool wooden toy cars, wooden cutouts and the COOLEST wooden snake! I tried to tag you in our post but it wouldn’t work – so I wanted to share these pictures with you & tell you THANK YOU!! |
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CHRISTMAS TOY PROGRAM
We are working on Christmas toys and meet at the shop on the first and third Fridays of the month.
We recently received a large donation of wood wheels from a person in Minnesota through Dan Sudkamp.
So far everything we are working on is coming out of donated wood. We could use some 2×8’s and 2×10’s for some Pull Toy projects. Any pieces over a foot long would be welcome. If over 8 feet long, they need to be cut down for easy storage.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Wayne Humphrey
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Toy Committee Chair Rick Weitzman readily awaits the toy donations. |
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Toy Committee Update
Toy production moves along. We had a good selection of toys collected at the March meeting.
All woodworkers should be aware that we are donating these toys for children and that all toy donations must be fully sanded with NO splinters or sharp edges — ready for a final finish.
Call me if you need toy parts and I will bring them to the meeting for pickup.
Thank you to all who have built toys and contributed to this important program.
Rick Weitzman
Toy Committee Chair
314-920-7867
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2023 Toy Report
A New Year on a good start!!
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Collected
April — 304
YTD — 815
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Delivered
April — 250
YTD — 712
Since 1994 — 83,618
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2023 Toy Program Major Contributors
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Over 400 Club
Bill Meuth — 404
Over 100 Club
Dan O’Heron – 154
Linda Turner – 125
Over 50 Club
Rich Sanders — 57
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2023 Target and Challenge
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| Target for Delivered Items: 4,000 |
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| 10% Member Participation Target |
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Toy Pattern Library is Growing
Keep checking the website for new patterns throughout the year as well as the schedule for donating seasonal items. We’ll continue to add new and interesting patterns for all levels of woodcrafters so check back often.
Find patterns at: https://slwg.org/community-involvement/toy-program/ |
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Organizations that we currently donate toys to include: |
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BJC Children’s Hospital
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
Hawthorn Children’s Psych. Hosp.
LifeWise STL
Mercy Hospital
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Peace Pantry Cedar Hill
RankenJordan Ped. Bridge Hospital
Rockwood School District
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Toys for Tots
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Rick Weitzman, Chair
Paul Bailey
Vickie Berry
Hal Donovan
Dan Lender
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Steve Mettes
Charles Schrock
Bill Schuchat
Grady Vaughan
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| Please contact us with comments, suggestions or if you need to arrange pickup or delivery of toys. Individual contact info can be found on the Members Only section of the SLWG website. |
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HSH Table Build Community Outreach
HomeSweetHome Community Outreach Program by the numbers
Number of Participating Members 22
Number of Members who built 10 or more 4
Number of Member who built 4 – 9 8
Count of Tables by Type
Dinning 11
End & Sofa Servers 75
Coffee 11
Nightstands 3
Total Number of Tables built and donated Year 1 100
Please see me at the meeting or call me at (314) 412-1817 if you have any questions about the program.
Thank you to all of our Members who participate in this program by donating their time and talent to build tables for HomeSweetHome Clients.
Tom Tierney
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UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS
APRIL 20 T. J. Thayer Bowl turning demonstration and talking about wood turning.
MAY 18 Don Turner Making Kitchen Cabinets
JUNE 15 Chris Linebroker River Tables |
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Woodworking Classes
Held at Faust Park Workshop
Upcoming Classes
See the Schedule on the SLWG Website HERE.
Date Teacher Subject
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| April 22, 2023 |
Tom McLaughlin |
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Bowfront Sofa & End Table |
| May 6, 2023 |
Mike Stoll |
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Tuning up and Using Bench Planes |
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| May 7, 2023 |
Noffsinger |
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Shorty Band Saw |
| May 14, 2023 |
Schuchat/Payne |
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Fundamentals 2023A7 |
| May 28, 2023 |
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| June 3, 2023 |
Schuchate/Payne |
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Beginners Woodworking |
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| June 11, 2023 |
Schuchat/Payne |
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Fundamentals 2023A8 |
| June 24, 2023 |
Schuchat |
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Shorty Planer/Jointer |
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Short classes for new members (and old members who want to attend) are being offered ahead of Open Shop hours on specific Saturdays. One hour classes for Band Saw, Planer/Jointer, Hand Plane, Table Saw & Drill Press will be scheduled. See the website calendar for dates and times.
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Check out the Events Calendar on the SLWG website HERE. |
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Faust Park Workshop Information
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Important Notice from the SLWG Board regarding the Faust Park Shop
The Faust Park Shop is open only to SLWG members who have completed their Safety Training. Minimum age for membership in the Guild is 16 years old. Children less than 16 cannot be Members and therefore are not allowed in the shop under any circumstances. Shop Monitors are authorized to enforce this major safety and liability issue. |
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- To participate in the Workshop Safety Class or use the shop, you must have paid the current year Guild dues and have your current membership card with appropriate marking.
- To use the Guild Workshop during open hours, you must have passed a Workshop Safety Class.
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May Shop Hours
May 7 9 am – 5 pm
May 9 & 10 10 am – 2 pm
May 13 9 am – 5 pm
May 16 & 17 10 am – 2 pm
May 20 & 21 9 am – 5 pm
May 27 9 am – 5 pm
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Next Shop Safety Class
When:
Thursday, May 4th, 6:30 pm
Where:
Faust Park Workshop
Duration:
Plan for 3 Hours
Cost:
$20 for Current Members
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Safety Class attendees must register online and bring their current Guild membership card.
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Directions: Plug the following address into your GPS or phone:
1135 Henry Jackson Rd. Chesterfield, MO
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Join or Renew your Guild
Membership Today!
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Annual Dues Renewals
Remember that letting your membership lapse will result in having to retake the Safety Class ($20) prior to using the Open Shop at Faust Park.
Annual membership renewal is available online (click on button below) with PayPal or any major credit card, or mail a check for the appropriate amount with member’s name in the memo line to
St. Louis Woodworkers Guild
P.O. Box 411766
St. Louis, MO 63141-9998
Current membership status is required for use of the Faust Park Shop.
Annual Membership Dues:
Basic Membership $40
Full Shop Membership $75
A Basic Membership entitles the member to four (4) uses of the Guild Shop during the membership year.
A Shop Membership entitles the member to unlimited use of the shop during open shop hours.
Member benefits also include:
> Discounts at Guild sponsors
> Access to Project Workshops
> Access to a local community of woodworkers
> Access to the secure portion of the website
See the SLWG Website for signing up! |
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Jerry Rich
Mark Schoedel
James Avery
Nick Forrest
Hae Lac Kim
Yuhyun Kim
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Ed Heathcock
Caroline Gilje
Eric Oman
Shawn Tarrant
Anthony Fresta
Cindy Gullo |
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If you are a current or retired Boeing employee you can now contribute to the St. Louis Woodworker’s guild through the Boeing Gift Match program. The guild is now an approved charitable organization with the Boeing program. As an employee participant, your donation of $25.00 USD or more or the equivalent volunteer hours of 25 hours or more will be matched 1:1 by Boeing. The maximum individual contribution is $6,000.00 or 6,000 volunteer hours. Your contribution is tax deductible as long as you follow three simple steps:
Step 1: Eligible Boeing employees or retirees first make a contribution directly to the guild
Step 2: After making your donation go to Total Access and click on My Community Giving – GIVE – Gift Match on the Boeing Gift Match page.
Step 3: Register your donation whether it’s monetary or volunteer hours and select The St. Louis Woodworker’s Guild and enter the total amount and the date of the contribution.
It’s that easy, you get a great tax break and it benefits the guild directly. If you have any questions, please email Brian Ellison at president@slwg.org and if I don’t know the answer, I will try to find it for you.
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SLWG Officers, Board Members and Committee Leaders |
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President:
Brian Ellison – 314-651-7699
Vice President:
Bill Schuchat – 314-406-1823 |
Secretary:
Adam Conners – 314-495-1772
Treasurer:
Tom Tierney – 314-412-1817 |
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Directors:
Jay Noffsinger (exp. 2024)
Dan Lender (exp. 2025)
Hal Donovan (exp. 2026)
Don Turner (exp. 2023)
Immediate Past President:
Vickie Berry
Membership Coordinator:
Collin Preftakes
Woodworking Show Coordinator:
Open
IT Administrator:
Doug Johnson
Media Coordinator:
Brian Ellison |
Newsletter Editor:
Grady Vaughan
Librarian:
Al Carlson
Toy Committee Chair:
Rick Weitzman
Shop Manager:
David Gronefeld
Classes and Workshops Coordinator:
Bill Schuchat
Legal Counsel:
Bill Hobson
Donations Coordinator:
Todd Martin |
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Our Sponsors
The St. Louis Woodworkers Guild relies heavily on sponsorship to execute on our mission statement of education, community service, and local development. Please support our sponsors.
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