The St Louis Woodworkers Guild will occasionally get requests from the community for wooden items they need that are not easily purchased. We recently received this request from the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition. The Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition has lost the wooden platform that their volunteer seamstresses use to measure clients for their…
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Tools Band Saw Table Saw Sanders – Orbital and band Drill Press Drill Press Vice or Wooden Handscrew Clamp Drill Bits 1/4″, 5/16″, 3/8″ (5/16″ bit needs to be long enough to cut through 3-3/4″ board Forstner Bit 1″ Hole Saws 1-1/4″m 2″, 2-1/2″ or close to these sizes Small Clamps Glue Sand paper or…
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The St. Louis Woodworkers Guild received a certificate from Rockwood for the volunteer work we did at the Center for Creative Learning. Many thanks to all who participated.
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — Local children in hospitals will be receiving new toys thanks to the St. Louis Woodworking Guild and Rockler Woodworking and Hardware. Volunteers spent hours on Saturday making more than 100 wooden toys for a charity event benefiting children in local hospitals. This is the second year in a row the two…
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Building a River Table
The St Louis Woodworkers Guild has received an anonymous donation of $3,000. The donor made the following comments: I love the work that the Guild is doing for local children and I would like to help with the effort. I would like the check to be broken down equally and given to 3 areas: $1,000 to…
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We’re starting the decade off the right way at SLWG by announcing the first seven items of the Guild’s surplus tool sale. Below you will find pictures, descriptions, minimum bids, and instructions on how to submit your bid. May the odds be ever in your favor! Bidding Rules Bidding is open to all current Guild…
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Choosing a Finish Spray System
Making Holiday Gifts
Bob Kastigar shared a plethora of ideas at the September Guild meeting which he considers fun and easy to complete in large quantities. He’s written up and shared with me descriptions and photos for each of these projects, so it is my great pleasure to share all of them with you: Bracelets The bracelets were…
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