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September 2006 Volume 18 No. 1 Queen Anne Wing Chair Frames Hand Cut Thru Dovetails 6 *- % & ( 0' 5) 8 *3& 00 4) % 1 8 0 . 3 " , ) & 3 8 & 4 / t t Founded 1990 www.gnhw.org The Newsletter of the Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers vee grooving • marking your work at large • target coatings • biedermeier style lamp Sept 16 Period Furniture Sept 23 Annual Meeting Sept 30 GSWT – new date Oct 7 BIG Oct 19 GSWT/Mt Wash Valley Oct 21 Small Meetings Oct 22 NHFMA Auction Nov 11 Period Furniture Nov 18 Guild Meeting Nov 25 GSWT Dec 2 BIG Jan 13 Period Furniture Jan 27 GSWT Feb 3 BIG Feb 17 Guild Meeting Mar 10 Period Furniture Mar 17 Small Meetings Mar 24 GSWT Apr 7 BIG photo by Dean Powell Apr 21 Guild Meeting May 12 Period Furniture May 26 GSWT Jun 2 BIG porringer table by John Siegel Jun 16 Summer Trip maple legs, tiger maple top Jul 28 GSWT Aug 4-12 NH Craftsmen’s Fair Turning Dutch Foot Legs president’s message by Roger Myers 2 A Wonderful Experience write this President’s message with over $4,000, another new record, and for me, and many mixed feelings as it will be my demonstrations by Guild members Dave Anderson Ilast as president of the Guild. It has assured a constant crowd around the has been an been a wonderful experience for me to tent during the entire fair and generated e x c e p t i o n a l have had the opportunity to serve the considerable interest in memberships. Vice President Guild in this role for the past two years. I’ve also had the great fortune to and provided Getting to know so many of you and work with a fantastic group of people tremendous assistance. to see the Guild continue to grow and in taking care of Guild business. The Before this sounds too much like an flourish has been very rewarding and an entire Guild steering committee academy award speech, I’ll stop and just experience I will never forget. devotes a great deal of time and energy say thanks everybody. I’ve truly enjoyed Seeing so many of our members in providing the strategic direction and the opportunity! volunteer their time, energy and talents leadership for the Guild. over the last couple of weeks at the DJ Delorie spends an incredible st Craftsmen’s Fair at Sunapee truly amount of time in maintaining our ever Oct 21 , 2006 exemplifies the qualities that make growing membership database, sending our organization something we can all out reminders and membership cards, Small Meetings take great pride in. Our annual raffle and maintaining the Guild’s website. to benefit the scholarship fund raised Jim Seroskie and his team of writers, e are working on a series of three reporters, and photographers – what a Wto five small shop meetings to great job they have done with The Old be held simultaneously at different Saw. It is truly a newsletter without locations on the third Saturday in equal. A publication like this doesn’t October. The Guild’s small meeting come about without extraordinary effort format has met with much success in and dedication! the past, so we hope you will be able to Treasurer C. Peter James, and take advantage of this opportunity to Secretaries Ed Jones and Greg Benulis see some other shops where the venue is have worked diligently behind the focused to individual interests. scenes. An email will be sent to all members Our past president, Peter Breu, in October with details. Or check into See Sunapee report on page 26 was an outstanding mentor and coach the Guild web site at www.gnhw.org. 6 *- % & ( 0' 5) 8 *3& 00 4) % 1 8 0 . Steering Committee 3 " , ) & 3 8 President Roger Myers 603-773-9634 [email protected] & 4 / t Vice President Dave Anderson 603-887-6267 [email protected] Scholarship Committee t Secretary Greg Benulis 978-314-5815 [email protected] Selection Committee John McAlevey 207-372-6455 [email protected] Treasurer Peter James 603-435-8133 [email protected] Selection Committee Peter Breu 603-647-2327 [email protected] At Large Peter Breu 603-647-2327 [email protected] Selection Committee Jack Grube 603-432-4060 [email protected] At Large Jack Grube 603-432-4060 [email protected] Member Peter Bloch 603-526-6152 [email protected] At Large Brian Sargent 603-483-1330 [email protected] Member Bob Jarrett 978-456-3928 [email protected] At Large George Saridakis 978 549-1807 [email protected] — Please send all applications to John McAlevey, Selection Committee Chair At Large Bob LaCivita 603-942-1240 [email protected] At Large Andy Young 603-672-9558 [email protected] Volunteer Positions At Large David Frechette 802-633-2561 [email protected] Books Tony Immorlica 603-673-9629 [email protected] GSWT President Jon Siegel 603-768-5882 [email protected] Membership DJ Delorie 603-463-5996 [email protected] Old Saw Editor Jim Seroskie 603-673-2123 [email protected] Old Saw Mailing Syd Lorandeau 603-542-5295 slorandeau@verizon. net Programs Sal Morgani 603-772-1006 [email protected] Shirts/Hats Peter James 603-435-8133 [email protected] Small Meetings Brian Sargent 603-483-1330 blsdesigns126@earthlink .net SubGroups Sunapee Fair Dave Anderson 603-887-6267 [email protected] BIG Bob LaCivita 603-942-1240 [email protected] Video Librarian Bob Trahan 603-444-5284 [email protected] GSWT Jon Siegel 603-768-5882 [email protected] Video Recording Peter Bloch 603-526-6152 [email protected] Period Furniture John Whiteside 603-679-5443 [email protected] Web Master DJ Delorie 603-463-5996 [email protected] The Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers – Bringing together the diverse interests of the New Hampshire woodworking community. “The Old Saw” is published five times per year. To join the Guild, go towww.gnhw.org and click on “Membership “ to download an application form. announcements 3 Sept 23rd, 2006 – 9:30 am many good buys, it is rumored that ebay Dana Robes Wood Craftsmen is coming to buy our “stuff ” for resale Route 4A Annual Meeting on their internet site. Try to bring your at Dana Robes Wood Craftsmen Lower Shaker Village, Enfield, NH items early so we can put it on display www.danarobes.com for all to look over. This will also give you do not believe time to tour the workshop and gallery which Take exit #17 off I-89. Go east on Iit but another in itself is worth the drive to Enfield. Rt. 4 toward Enfield. Proceed two Presentation – year has gone Jere Osgood has been miles to the intersection of Rt. 4A. by since the last designing and making furniture in his Take a right onto Rt. 4A. Proceed Annual Meeting. own workshop for almost fifty years. three miles. You will see the Shaker Time sure flies when you are having fun During this time he has received many Inn on the left. Dana Robes is the woodworking! This year’s meeting place awards for his furniture. He was named second one on the left after the Inn. is at Dana Robes – custom furniture and a Fellow of the American Craft Council cabinet maker also offering a variety of in 1993 and was given the Award of workshops. Distinction by the Furniture Society show a few slides of his work – pieces Business Meeting – Two items of note in 2002. Jere’s work has been included he considers to be original. He will this time are the election of officers in many permanent collections such explain his approach to designing a and a discussion and membership vote as, the American Craft Museum (NY), piece of furniture, use of a sketch book, on by-law adjustments. The proposed the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), the scale drawings, full size mock-up, shop by-laws and change summary were Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian drawings and then the making of the included in the June issue of The Old Institution’s National Museum of piece. Then he will explain how to Saw and may be viewed on-line at American Art and the Currier Gallery design and the possible need to change www.gnhw.org/mission.html. of Art. His work is also in many private his approach. Bring your questions as Annual Auction – The annual auction collections. To view some of Jere’s work, Jere has a wealth of knowledge to share. is a big fund raiser, so let us get behind go to www.furnituremasters.org. Parking – Parking is always a bit of it and bring our hardly used “stuff ” to Jere will present Process of Design a problem, so please carpool if possible. be auctioned off. Last year we had so after our break for lunch. Jere will – Syd Lorandeau Treasurer’s Report by Peter James his past year has seen a lot of has awarded $10,647 in grants and numbers have activity in the financial area of the scholarships. This year, the Steering risen so quickly TGuild. I did the five year filing for our Committee decided to assist the New in my opinion. 501(c)(3) status in the fall of 2005. This England Association of Woodworking Year end status makes donations to the Guild Teachers with a grant that was used to membership is tax deductible. In addition to this filing, promote woodworking in schools. As a over 475 – up I also had the regular IRS and New guild, we need to benefit not only the about 100 over Hampshire Secretary of State’s office members but the general public as part where we were one year ago and over filing for our not-for-profit reports.