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Annual Auction Update
The Program Committee has scheduled our Annual Tool Auction at the in-person April 8th meeting. Members and non-members are invited to the auction. \The details of the event can be viewed from the Upcoming Guild Events gadget at the top of the page. As always, members can donate tools and other woodworking related items they no longer need/want to be auctioned off. Look around now, in the dusty corners of your shop, for those tools, jigs, books, etc. that you no longer need or use and bring them to the auction. (Please, no automotive or other non-woodworking related items, or battery operated tools with batteries well past their prime). This auction is the only fundraiser sponsored by the Guild and all proceeds go towards funding the meetings and programs we all enjoy and benefit from. This year there will be a new feature called Large Items. It will work as follows:
If you have a large item, like a stack of oak boards or a lathe you want to upgrade, that is too large to bring to the auction, you can photograph it, write a description, and email it to- jtartaglia@charter.net no later than Saturday March 11th. Soon after, an email will be sent to all members listing all large items and descriptions. On auction day, a picture of each large item will be
held up and can be bid on. Payment is made at the auction and arrangements for pickup are made between buyer and seller. As with other auction items, all large items are sold “as is”, all sales are final, cash or check are accepted. Once an item is listed you may answer questions from interested parties but not accept offers before the auction.
Your description should include:
- Information about the item
- Photograph(s) of the item
- Location of the item (just your town will suffice)
- If you want one, a minimum opening bid
- If you want one, terms of a split with the Guild. (Typically 100% of proceeds for auction items go to the Guild, but for large items you can split proceeds of the sale with the Guild, up to 50/50.)
- Contact information, preferably your email address, for questions
Current Large Items to be auctioned are listed below.
Delta Unisaw
Delta Unisaw - purchased new in about 2001
230 V - 52" model
Includes:
- portable base
- Incra Miter guage
- Jessem material guides
- Brett overhead guard and dust collection
- Factory inserts (regular and dado)
Location of saw: North Lincoln, MA
I have never had a problem with the saw. I am upgrading the saw and looking for a good home. Note: The cabinet under the extension table does not go with the saw.
Email questions to Don Halsted
Hawk Router Table
The best way to understand how this unique router table works is at this link (which includes videos): http://www.rbiwoodtools.com/WebsitePages/The-Hawk-RouterSHOP.html
Purchased in 2004 (without router) for $700., price new today over $1000.
Includes:
- Bosch router
- Foot pedal on/off switch
- Manuals
- Various fences & jigs
Router table and router work well, selling because I want a shiny new one with a lift.
Location of router table: Worcester MA
Email questions to Jim Tartaglia.
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Mentoring in the Guild takes many forms. Everything from a brief conversation or email on a particular technique to a full-blown cooperative effort to build an entire piece. Most mentoring occurs informally among members. However, the Mentor Program provides an easy way, especially for new members, to get involved in mentoring. Members listed on the Mentor Program page of this website have expressed a willingness to help other members in a variety of ways.
EMGW Projects 2022 - 2023
Steve Hoffmann and Jeff Clunie are leading workshop projects for guild members. The intent is to provide a program where new members and long-time members can mix over a course of a few weeks, learn new skills, share experiences and make nice projects to bring home. Read below for updates to each project:
Stools Project with Steve Hoffman
Steve Hoffman's Stools project is yet to start. Estimated scheduled time is early spring. Eventually, Steve will notify participants with a mutually agreeable date and list of preparatory materials.Steve welcomes anyone else who wishes to join in. Just contact him.
Cutting Board Project with Jeff Clunie
The Cutting Board Project is well underway. Ten members have participated at the first meeting at Jeff Clunie's house. Jeff, in his
inimitable, self-deprecating style, has brought the group together and showed what to do when the unexpected happens. The group is well on their way to producing fashionable cutting boards sure to please. We hope to collect photos of the participants in process.
Click Read Instructions for details on process and materials and write to Jeff to answer any questions you may have.
Starting out in Woodworking? EMGW Members Compiled a Guidebook for You
Considering getting into woodworking? A team of members of EMGW has written a guidebook targeted for new woodworkers and a refresher for other woodworkers.
The guidebook is complimentary. It can be viewed and downloaded for your reading pleasure. We hope that reading the guidebook will engender interest in woodworking and membership in our guild. Click here for a priceless copy.
Considerable work has already gone into renewing older and securing new discounts from various sources. To review the list on the website you must first login then click Members and then Special Membership Discounts.
