|
|
THIS MONTH’S PROGRAM
(In-Person and Livestream)
Editor’s Note:
Sorry for the misdirection last month as we had a last minute update to the program schedule, but you will still be able to see the Kayak program this month with possibly an added bonus!
|
|
Building a Kayak
with
Bob Baird
|
|
|
|
If you can’t make it to this month’s meeting in-person, here is the LINK for streaming.
|
|
|
Building
Museum Quality Ship Models
with
Joe Greyson
|
|
|
|
|
After 40 years in the Navy, what better hobby to be qualified for than building scale model ships? Joe took the Guild members through an interesting insight into the process.
|
|
|
If you were unable to make it to the meeting or want to review it, here is the LINK for watching.
|
|
|
|
Monthly Meeting Tool Sale
PRICE UPDATE!!!
We are continuing a Sale Area at the Guild meetings. A $0 fee gives you table space to sell up to 6 of your un-needed shop items that are still in usable condition in the time before the main meeting starts. From there on, you handle the sale with fellow members. Setup as early as 6 pm.
Please see Tom Tierney or Joe Turner to get set up.
|
|
|
|
|
HELP WANTED:
Nominating Committee Members
Hard to believe, but it’s time for us to be considering nominees for next year’s Board. This year’s Nominating Committee is being chaired by Director, Bob Danner. Past President, Vickie Berry is assisting but another member or two is needed to interview and develop the slate of candidates. If you’re interested in joining the committee, filling an open slot or have any ideas for candidates, let us know.
|
|
|
|
|
NOTICE
Please don’t drop off materials at the Shop or Shed without notification
There have been several instances where members or others have dropped off apparently unwanted tools and/or materials at the Faust Park Shop and at the Shed without proper notifications.
Please note that any dropoffs should first be run by David Gronefeld, Wayne Humphrey, Tom Tierney, or Bob Baird so that they can determine what the final disposition should be. Any items dropped off without notification are subject to being discarded as trash or fuel for the wood stove.
|
|
|
|
|
Save the Date
Sawdust Party Thursday December 10
Looking for Donations for Prizes — See Joe Turner at the meeting
Need to register on the website if you are going to attend.
Stay Tuned — More info to come
|
|
|
|
|
|
Some small box projects that Guild President Bob Coulter has been working on recently.
|
|
|
|
|
Front side of River Birch bowl that John Ferreira is holding, showing the use of TransTint blue dye.
|
|
|
Sycamore vase that John textured with “eye cutters” around the top edge and again used TransTint dye to achieve the color.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gary Railing has made and donated over 40 coffee tables and probably over 100 sofa tables directly to nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the Kirkwood area.
|
|
|
|
|
Dan Williams made and donated some turned items for a fund-raising event which included a bowl of balls of different species and several kitchen tools.
|
|
|
|
Dan successfully tried out a method of turning called spherical turning for the balls.
|
|
|
SLWG Hats & Aprons
If you need a Guild Hat or Apron, see Bob Kastigar at any meeting and he will fix you up for a nominal charge.
|
|
|
|
TOOL RECALLS
and Other Videos
|
|
|
|
|
Check these links out if you have these items (some might be a little dated):
Leatherman Multitool Recall (7/31/25) LINK
ToolGuyd Recalls Website (Various) LINK
Grizzly Wood Lathes (11/2/23) LINK
Rigid Framing Nailers (7/31/25) LINK
|
|
|
COMMUNITY
St. Louis Woodworkers Guild contributions to the local community
|
|
|
Christmas toy builders now have 1,849 toys in inventory for the holiday season and we have another 100+ toys in process.
After distribution this year we will have delivered more than 9,500 toys in the 6 years of the program.
Toys are built the first and third Fridays in the shop from 10 to 2. All skill levels are welcome to help.
If you know an organization that would like to have some toys for Christmas or for distribution through the year, or if you would like more information, contact Vickie Berry at Vlberry6@swbell.net or me at 314-440-2173 or wehumphrey@hotmail.com.
Wayne Humphrey
|
|
|
The little rocking horse pictured has movable legs that make a galloping sound when rocked. These will be a project for next year.
|
|
|
|
|
Toy Committee Update
If you need supplies (wood, dowels, wheels, pins, etc.) please don’t let that stand in your way of making toys 😊. Reach out to Bob or Wayne, and we will let you into the shed to look around for what you need.
We have lots of patterns for toys of every kind. Contact me, and I will share them with you. Link to Toy Program on our website which includes toy patterns.
Please contact a committee member with any comments or suggestions you may have for the program and thank you to all who have built toys and contributed to this important program.
Bob Baird
(636) 484-3950
Toy Committee Chair
|
|
|
|
|
Collected
September — 426
YTD — 1,940
|
|
Delivered
September — 150
YTD — 1,619
Since 1994 — 95,633
|
|
|
2026 Toy Program Major Contributors
|
|
|
Over 100 Club
Paul Hellenbrand — 491
William Marsek — 449
Bill Meuth — 294
Linda Turner — 156
Don O’Heron — 131
Wayne Humphrey — 119
Dan Sudkamp — 105
Over 50 Club
Grady Vaughan — 78
Vickie Berry — 62
|
|
|
|
2026 Target and Challenge
|
|
|
|
Target for Delivered Items: 4,000
|
|
|
|
10% Member Participation Target
(40 Members)
|
|
30% ACHIEVED
12 Members (through July)
(Total Guild Members 402)
|
|
|
|
Organizations that we currently donate toys to include:
|
|
|
|
|
BJC Children’s Hospital
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
Hawthorn Children’s Psych. Hosp.
LifeWise STL
Mercy Hospital North Pediatrics
Lambert St. Louis Airport USO
Arlington United Methodist Church
|
|
Peace Pantry Cedar Hill
RankenJordan Ped. Bridge Hospital
Rockwood School District
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Toys for Tots
Crisis Nursery Wentzville
|
|
|
|
Bob Baird, Chair
Paul Bailey
Hal Donovan
|
|
Charles Schrock
Grady Vaughan
|
|
|
|
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 HERE.
|
|
|
|
HSH Table Build Community Outreach
|
|
|
|
|
Tom will NOT have wood or kits to distribute at this month’s meeting
|
|
|
|
|
September Recap:
- Monthly Deliveries: Sixteen tables were delivered in September (7 dinette and 9 end tables).
- Year-to-Date Progress: We delivered 119 tables in the first 6 months of the fiscal year, achieving 72.1% of our annual goal of 165 tables.
- Average Monthly Deliveries: 19.8 tables.
- Program Total: 690 tables have been donated since the program began in April 2022.
Member Contribution Highlights:
- Ten members have contributed 5+ tables with Hal Donovan contributing 10+, Charles Schrock 15+, and Tom Tierney 20+.
- Doug LaRico contributed 2 dinette tables in September and Tom Tierney contributed 5.
- Brian Ellison contributed 2 end tables at last month’s meeting.
Other News and Highlights:
- We will pick up wood from Jay Noffsinger on October 13. This will be his final wood contribution to the program. We thank Jay for his generosity and support over the last four years.
- A Shop workday will be scheduled soon to process the rough-sawn lumber we collect at Jay’s along with the lumber in the corner of the shed.
- A big thanks goes to Wayne Humphrey and crew for organizing the shed.
- All small table kits have been distributed.
- HSH’s inventory of our tables is down to one or two small tables, zero coffee tables, and zero dinette tables.
- HSH is grateful for the small tables we donate. However, since they can maintain an adequate supply of small tables from the public, they tell me they really need coffee and dinette tables. We need to consider ways to address this need while providing an option for less experienced members to participate.
Thank you to all who participate in the program.
Please continue to contribute to the Guild, especially the Outreach Programs.
Get involved. I promise you, you will be amazed at the knowledge, character, and goodness of your fellow Members.
Tom Tierney
(314) 412-1817
tmtierney@gmail.com
|
|
|
|
Recent items delivered to the HSH Warehouse
|
|
|
|
Hal Donovan’s Gallery Additions this month
|
|
|
|
|
Table 107 for the Shriners Feztival
|
|
|
|
Table 108 for HSH
|
|
|
|
FY 2026-2027 Target and Challenge
|
|
|
|
Target for Delivered Tables: 165
|
|
|
|
Tally to 9/30/26:
Current Month Current Year Program Total
Dining Tables 7 26 84
End Tables/Sofa Server 9 76 514
Coffee Tables 0 16 78
Night Stands 0 1 14
Total 16 119 690
|
|
|
|
Total Tables by Year
Total Avg. per Month
FY 2022-2023 102 8.5
FY 2023-2024 121 10.1
FY 2024-2025 175 14.6
FY 2025-2026 173 14.4
FY 2026-2027 (6 months) 119 19.8
Grand Total for Program 690
|
|
|
|
Table of Recognition
Below are the Members who have built five or more tables.
|
|
|
|
Name Current Year Level Grand Total
Vickie Berry 5+ 5+
Alan Brown 5+ 35+
John Chapman 0 5+
Bob Coulter 5+ 5+
Paul Deutsch 5+ 25+
Hal Donovan 10+ 115+
Paul Hellenbrand 5+ 5+
Jim Hessburg 5+ 20+
Bob Jones 0 5+
Doug LaRico 5+ 20+
Charles Schrock 15+ 90+
Tom Tierney 20+ 125+
Don Turner 0 10+
Grady Vaughan 0 45+
|
|
|
Current Year No. of 5+ Builders 10
Overall No. of 5+ Builders 23
Current Year No. of Builders 20
Overall No. of Builders 48
|
|
|
|
NEW HSH TOOL KIT PROJECT
Do you have extra hand tools that need a new home? The Guild has a solution for you!
We’ve selected HomeSweetHome as the perfect organization to benefit.
Vickie Berry will have a collection box and at every meeting.
See more details in the Forum on the SLWG Website at this LINK.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Faust Park Volunteers from the Guild built this car for the Whimsical Woods playground.
Jerre Baynes
|
|
|
Woodworking Classes
Held at Faust Park Workshop
|
|
|
|
|
Faust Park Workshop Information
|
|
|
- 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. First time Safety Class is $20. Refresher attendance is FREE!
- No one below the age of 16 is allowed in the shop
|
|
|
|
For Faust Park Shop “Open Hours” and the next Safety Class, click on this LINK for access to the website calendar.
|
|
|
|
|
Directions to the shop: Plug the following address into your GPS or phone:
1135 Henry Jackson Rd. Chesterfield, MO
|
|
|
Join or Renew your Guild
Membership Today!
|
|
|
Annual Dues Renewals
Grace Period
If a membership lapses, a former member can rejoin the guild within 12 months of expiration without having to retake the $20 Shop Safety Class. After 12 months have passed, the individual will be required to Renew membership and retake the $20 safety class.
Annual membership renewal is available online (click on button below) with 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 and completion of Safety Class status is required for classes and use of the Faust Park Shop.
CURRENT Annual Membership Dues:
Basic Membership $50
Full Shop Membership $120
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!
|
|
|
|
|
Ethan Harr
Christopher Ponce de Leon
Ron Sieber
|
|
Benjamin Trochtenberg
Michael Wienstroer
|
|
|
|
|
If you are a current or retired Boeing employee you can 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 Bob Coulter at president@slwg.org and if I don’t know the answer, I will try to find it for you.
|
|
|
|
SLWG Officers, Board Members and Committee Leaders
|
|
|
|
|
President:
Bob Coulter
president@slwg.org
Vice President:
Denny Webb
vicepresident@slwg.org
|
|
Secretary:
Adam Conners
secretary@slwg.org
Treasurer:
Joe Turner
treasurer@slwg.org
|
|
|
|
Directors:
Grady Vaughan (exp. 2027)
Bob Kastigar (exp. 2028)
Bob Danner (exp. 2029)
John Vincini (exp. 2030)
Immediate Past President:
Brian Ellison
Membership Coordinator:
Brian Ellison – membership@slwg.org
IT/Sponsorship/Donations Coordinator:
Todd Martin – donations@slwg.org
IT Administrator:
it@slwg.org
IT Support Team
support@slwg.org
Todd Martin
Dave Schuster
Jim Becher
Nick Balogh
Steve Botkin
|
|
Librarian:
Al Carlson
Toy Committee Chair:
Bob Baird
toys@slwg.org
Photographer:
Leo Weisman
Shop Manager:
David Gronefeld
Newsletter Editor:
Grady Vaughan
newsletter@slwg.org
Classes and Workshops Coordinator:
Denny Webb
Program Coordinator:
Bob Ryan
Meeting A/V Team:
Hal Donovan
|
|
|
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 Patronize our sponsors who support the guild and our mission to encourage and educate members and non-members to enjoy and enrich their woodworking skills and experiences.
|
|
|
Walnut Level Sponsor. Norrenberns Lumber & Hardware is a family owned and operated union shop with years of experience in the industry. We are a fully licensed and insured company with a wide variety of products in stock.
We are a full-service lumberyard and small hardware store, both fully stocked. In our lumberyard, we have all types of wood and a small selection of hardwoods. We are excited to be a walnut sponsor to support local woodworkers. Remember to tell us the guild sent you!
|
|
|
Pine Level Sponsor. Guild members will receive a 10% discount on saw sharpening at Quinn Saw.
|
|
|
Pine Level Sponsor. Learn the art of Traditional Woodcarving with professional woodcarver, Mary May!
|
|
|
|
|
|
