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This blog is used by the Web Administrator to list updates to the website. This blog is summarized on the front page to make it easy for the members it locate new material without having to go  through the entire site. 

  • December 16, 2021 7:16 AM | James Russell (Administrator)

    Presentation made to the Guild on December 11, 2021https://youtu.be/FR4xG1C4hhE by Shannon Rogers on the lumber industry. 

  • December 14, 2021 6:53 PM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)
    At the EMGW December 2021 meeting, Shannon Rogers, Director of Marketing for J. Gibson McIlvain Company and founder of The Hand Tool School, spoke of the detailed, regulated, linkable steps of lumber from a tree in a foreign forest to a board at a retail lumber yard, including sourcing, sawing, sorting, grading, pricing, etc. For logged in members, click the Guild Video Library tab to view the presentation.
  • December 09, 2021 1:05 PM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)

    Under the About Us tab, click Projects.  Pictures from 2017 and 2018 are scrollable in separate windows.

  • December 01, 2021 2:02 PM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)

    Your Life on a USB Stick

    by Andrew Davis

    Do you count yourself in the group of current or former subscribers of at least one woodworking magazine?  Even if you have never been a subscriber, chances are that you have been solicited to be a subscriber, especially now during the holiday season.  You are told they make good presents.

    So it didn't take long for Andrew to use this advertising magazine campaign to ponder how to deal with the piles of issues that amass over the years.  The USB stick, sometimes referred to as a thumb drive, is one publishing delivery option but it has downsides as Andrew cites.  Still, that little device with cheap, local, searchable computer memory has become ubiquitous beyond just managing the storage of magazine issues.  Widening that concept to a broader view of technology in woodworking can lead to more pondering by Andrew.

    So take a look at Andrew's article and dial back to the catalyst - handling magazine issues - of this progression in December's Your Life on a USB Stick.

    To send your comments, click Andrew Davis.

  • November 30, 2021 5:09 PM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)

    December's MTCO article reveals a little history behind the phrase "tried and true".  This column could become a quiz show by asking the question about various well-known phrases, where does it originate - in woodworking or outside woodworking?  Find the "tried and true" answer in this month's article.  Rob said he really had fun learning about it.

    You can reach Rob for comments and additional information, click Rob Carver.

  • November 30, 2021 5:05 PM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)

    There never seems to be a dull moment in Dave McCormick's workshop.  Dave continually takes on challenges, this time inspired by a visit to the furniture section at the Peabody Essex Museum.  There an original Seymour Table was on display.  It would be an understatement to declare that Dave succeeded in this gorgeous reproduction.  And working through the self-admitted challenges, Dave wonders with admiration how the Seymour brothers did their work without power tools.  Take a glimpse of Dave's work in words and pictures by clicking Seymour Table.

  • November 26, 2021 11:24 AM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)
    Posted November 2021 pictures of Guild meeting and Matt Wajda's "Veneering Curved Surfaces" presentation.
  • October 31, 2021 11:25 PM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)

    If Your Only Tool Is A Hammer 

    by Rob Carver

    A hammer is a common tool we know intimately and ever since we were tots.  Its likely the hammer was the first tool you used albeit one produced by Fisher Price, not by Stanley.  Here, Rob uses the hammer as a metaphor for some fun and enchanting reading, then raises some bigger points.  Enjoy it by clicking, If Your Only Tool Is A Hammer.

    You can reach Rob for comments and additional information, click Rob Carver.


  • October 31, 2021 11:23 PM | Vincent Valvo (Administrator)

    Turning Reeded Legs

    by Bruce Wedlock

    In football arenas, the hearty charge is "Are you ready for some football?"  This gets already excited fans uber-excited.  Well, Bruce Wedlock has provided woodworking cheer for all the Federal style enthusiasts who have thought to give the reeded leg feature a try.  So, are you ready for some turning?

    Originally, published in the Guild of New Hampshire of Woodworkers Journal in 2011, we reprint it here for a descriptive, detailed process laden with photographs for EMGW turners who want to take on the challenge.  But even if you aren't a turner, reading the article will provide the answers about how these iconic legs are achieved.  You are sure to appreciate the work that goes into it.  Click Turning Reeded Legs.

    To send your comments, click Bruce Wedlock.


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