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Page 1 Wood Chatter Newsletter of the Mid-Michigan
Woodworkers Guild January 2018
MMWG January 2018 Page 1
The goal of the non-profit Mid-Michigan Woodworkers Guild(MMWG.ORG) is to assist all interested people in becomingbetter woodworkers and to promote a better understanding and appreciation for woodworking of all types. Everyone iswelcome to join our vibrant woodworking community. Be sure to “LIKE” us on facebook.
MMWG Events Calendar
January Meeting: Tuesday, January 16 at 7:00PM at theDeWitt Memorial Building. Matt Rosendaul will be the featured speaker. His presentation will be titled, The Seven Habits of a Master Craftsman.
Bring a friend and bring your projects for Show-and-Tell.
February program: Tom Dowling - Shop made Jigs and Fixtures, and Matt Rosendaul - Calculating Wood Movement
March, April, and May havenot been finalized yet, but we’re planning to have presentations on Epoxy, Glue (the Franklin Rep), andFinishing techniques.
Restored HandplaneFor January's Member Drawing
Tom Dowling restored this Stanley Handyman #4hand plane and is donating it to MMWG to be one of the prizes in the member drawing at the January membership meeting. See below for more photos of this plane.
Tom also has a variety of wooden parts – many for toy making - he will be giving away, totally free for the taking. They will be things like headlights and barrels. You might pick up Shaker wooden pegs, too.
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Greetings Members andFriends of the Mid-Michigan
Woodworkers Guild
2017 was a great year for the Mid-Michigan Woodworkers Guild, and 2018 is shaping up to be an even better year. With over 100 talented members, a new set of bylaws,and some great programs being lined up for the membership meetings, we are certainly playing a big role in promoting woodworking.
At the January board meeting, we accepted the nomination of Fred Koos to the secretary position and will be bringing his nomination to the membership meeting on January 16 for a vote. The success of the guild is dependent on members like Fred and others who are
willing to step forward and serve a few hours per month. We need a few more people to step forward and serve a few more positions for the New Year. Most pressing is the need for a new newslettereditor. This issue will be the last one prepared by previous president, Russ Rogers, and he’s willing to sit down with the new editor and share the templates and process. This is not a great burden and should only take a couple hours per month to prepare. Any member with basic word processing skills and email can handle this small but important job for the guild. If you are interested, please let one of the board members know.Matt Rosendaul
Happy New Years
MMWG says thank you to the many businesses which contributed to our holiday drawing. The business names are listed below along with contact information when available.
Johnson's Lumber
Woodcraft of Grand Rapids
Woodcraft Canton [email protected]
Craft Supplies woodturnerscatalog.com
Blackstone Industries, LLC
Lee Valley
Darex, LLC
Kreg
MLCS Woodworking, Ltd. [email protected]
Franklin International [email protected]
Waterlox [email protected]
Hut Products [email protected]
John Wilson
Highland Woodworking [email protected]
Infinity Cutting Tools [email protected]
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More Pictures of Tom'srestored handplane
Pictures from December holidaygathering
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Chris Hastings and family with Matt's Year-In-Review video running in the background.
Talking woodworking and showing off our plaid
Lots of goodies for good little woodworkers.
Enjoying the food and the great company.
Oh, come on, already. If you buy enough tickets you
have to win something, right?
Hey! That's just what I needed!
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All the excuse I need to buy a router table … and a really good fence
… and a cyclone dust collector… and a heated workshop… and a portable sawmill
… and a kiln
What would a holiday gathering be without lots of good food
2018 MMWG Board- Executive Board -
President: Matt Rosendaul 517-712-7665
Vice President: Tom Dowling 517-669-3756
Acting Secretary: Matt Rosendaul517-712-7665
Treasurer/Membership: Terry Kirk 517-214-6779
- At-large Board Members -Carl Lawson
517-628-2548 [email protected]
Ken Crawford 517-669-8954
John Phillips 517-543-0029
Chris Schoenberg
Brett Luker
Eric Curtis
Jacob Garner
