NEXT GENERAL MEETING PROGRAM: newsletter for the Guild of A LIE NIELSEN HAND TOOL EVENT! Oregon SPECIAL GUILD PRESENTATION Woodworkers THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 NOTE! ONE-TIME ONLY CHANGE IN DATE FOR GUILD MEETING SOCIAL TIME BEGINS AT 6:00PM, MEETING BEGINS 7:00PM MULTNOMAH ARTS CENTER GYMNASIUM (MAC) O REGON 7688 SW CAPITOL HWY, PORTLAND W OOD HAND TOOL EVENT FRIDAY & SATURDAY, FEB. 21 & 22 W ORKS A special event is just around the corner that you definitely don’t want to miss. With great pleasure we are announcing that Lie Nielsen will be visiting the Guild shop in January 2020 February 21 and 22 (Friday and Saturday). There will be a special Guild presentation in Portland Oregon the evening on Thursday Feb.20 at the Multnomah Arts Center. Lie Nielsen will be bringing a vast selection of their high quality tools for you to be able to get hands-on expe- rience and demonstrations by their experts. This is a great opportunity to be able to try out their tools and even place an order (with free shipping). This event will take the place of our standard meeting that is normally held that week. In addition to Lie Nielsen, there will be other local vendors visiting the shop that produce high quality woodworking tools. The two day event will be held in the Guild shop: IN THIS ISSUE (Friday from 10-6 and Saturday from 10-5). Next Program 1 The location of the Guild presentation will be at the Multnomah Arts Center in the Presidents Note 2 gymnasium on Thursday the 20th. As with our usual meetings, social time will begin at 6:00 with Guild business at 7:00 and the presentation starting after that. The folks from MEET-UP 3 Lie Nielsen will be presenting on a bit of the history of Lie Nielsen along with their ap- Business proach to producing the highest quality tools in an ever more competitive market. They WRAP Update 4 will not have all of their tools on display at the MAC as there are too many to move Education over from the Guild shop (all tools will be on display over at the Guild shop on Friday Classes 6 and Saturday), but on Thursday at the Guild event only, tools can be purchased not only with free shipping, but also at a special 20% discount to Guild members! Be sure to at- Community Service 8 tend the meeting on Thursday if you are interested in making a purchase as the special Volunteer Corner 12 20% discount will only be available during that time!! Cut-Offs See you at the Multnomah Arts Center (MAC) on February 20th. Social time starts at Interview - Wade 13 6pm with the general meeting starting at 7pm. The board meeting will be held in room Field Trip 14 33 at the MAC from 5:30-6:30 for anyone who would like to attend. Project & New Sponsor 15 If there are any questions please contact CJ Marquardt at [email protected]. Page 2 Vol. #37, Issue 1 NOTES FROM THE GUILD PRESIDENT Steven Poland batch of Guild tri-fold brochures, as they are quite popular January has been a highly pro- takeaways from the store. He apparently volunteered for ductive month of the Guild. the run because he also wanted to ask about how to join. Then not much later a banker from Vancouver, WA The Education and Safety Com- dropped in because he said he likes volunteering and is mittees are working well togeth- looking for a fun, educational, hands-on opportunity to er to develop an improved Safe- advance his dabbler status in woodworking. I told him that ty Orientation and Machine he had just paraphrased our goals, mission and visions Certification process. It looks to statement so it seemed like he got to the right place. And be both simpler to understand for my retired architect self, the capper was the older gen- for new members, and even bet- tleman who walked in and his intro was “do you know ter, it is focused both on safety what kind of wood this is?” Well you could see from the and also on improved hands-on practice during the training bright medullary rays that it was old oak, and I said it that models typical furniture parts milling steps. By adding looked like a timber framing pin that had a lot of experi- a typical project sequence to the training, it should help ence. He smiled, said I was right on, and proceeded to tell folks more thoroughly understand and retain the lessons. the story that he and his wife were able to buy two 1790 The Woodworking Resources and Planning (WRAP) com- houses in New Hampshire for almost nothing because they mittee presented to the Board, and a quick overview to the were in bad shape, then hired a local carpenter to bring general meeting, a summary of where we are in several them back to life. His story went on that he was an Archi- parallel efforts: tecture Professor at MIT, and every month they would in- vite a guest speaker in to make a presentation to the stu- Defining space needs as driven by goals for Education class delivery, Community Projects, and Open Shop dents. It was difficult to convince his “not a high school graduate” carpenter to do a presentation to a bunch of MIT use. students, but (now I know his first name) Bill hooked him Researching financial requirements of fulfilling such in by saying he would take a lot of photos documenting the expansion, including a start at looking at balance be- condition, process, and results of the restoration for the tween fees charged, expenses, and the ability to in- carpenter. At the end of each term, students would vote on crease the volume of class delivery. which speaker was their favorite. Obviously a practiced lecturer/story teller, Bill’s finale to all this was that his car- Researching the requirements of telling our story in the community including to financial institutions, penter was voted most interesting even though he was in grant giving organizations, or development partners, competition with heavy hitters like I.M. Pei ! along with strategies for making contact with those Bill then offered “if I can put my hands on that slide col- groups. lection, would the Guild be interested in him presenting to us?” I hope he can find them. Beginning exploration of potential adjunct, satellite, or replacement facilities that could fulfill our longer term I have no doubt that there are more of you lurking out needs. there with very interesting life experiences that could be See Gary Weeber’s article on page 4 for more detail on fascinating to your fellow members. Look back through WRAP progress. those cobwebs and see what’s there. Then let Aboo, John and C.J. know! It looks like we have a collaboration developing with Aboo Balgamwalla, John Sheridan, and C.J. Marquardt to manage the monthly programs planning and coordination, so that C.J. can taper off of his 3 year-long commitment as Programs Lead. As always they will welcome everyone’s ideas and contacts for possible future speakers. It is always interesting to be in the shop, but one reason is the variety of people who pop their heads in to say hello. Just in one Friday afternoon, we had three very disparate drop-ins. First was a young man from one of the wood- working supply stores, who came in to request a fresh Page 3 Vol. #37, Issue 1 The Guild of Oregon Woodworkers is... ,,, a group of amateur and professional woodworkers committed to WELCOME NEW MEMBERS developing our craftsmanship. Welcome to our newest 64 members. We’re happy to have Our Mission: To promote the craft of woodworking to the woodwork- ers of today and tomorrow. you with us and hope you’ll make a regular appearance at the monthly program, contribute articles to the newsletter, Our Vision: A community of woodworkers that provide significant opportunities to develop, practice, enhance, and share skills. and volunteer in other ways. Say hello at the next meeting so we can get to know you. New member orientation is The Guild offers many benefits for members, including: 6:30-6:45 at each monthly meeting. Monthly programs Monthly newsletter Derek Abe, Yousif Aluzri, Ted Apostolacus, Emily Weekly Volunteer Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Booth, Don Bray, Dustin Brown, Ryan Burchett, An- An education program to help members develop woodworking drew Burke, Stephan Capps, Allen Chu, Lisa Corley, skills through a variety of hands-on and lecture classes Brian Davis, John Ewert, Leo Filippini, Jeff Fletcher, Sponsor discounts Giacomo Garay, Kelly Graham, John Gray, Marc Woodworking shows (such as Gathering of the Guilds) Grignon, Michael Gruberger, Jennifer Hankins, Helen Network of business partners. Helfand, Carl Herndon, Mollie Hunt, Merrill Johnson, A woodworking shop Zachary Johnson, Christopher Kenney, Angelo A network of friends and opportunities to volunteer and make a LaCivita, Betty Lea, Mitchell Lea, Ivan Lima, Bill difference in our community Macfarlane, Eric Marks, Sean Martin, Rick Matthys, What you can do for the Guild Marshall Maxwell, Stephen McMahan, Matthew Volunteer your time to contribute, assist, organize, lead, teach Moore, Stephen Oliver, Michael Opton, Gina Owens, Take a class Derek Pease, Logan Pendergrass, Jessica Penick, Contribute your knowledge Robert Petosa, Michelle Platter, Joe Pointer, Randall Roberts, David Rosenberg, Steve Schaller, Darrell For more information see the Guild website or visit the shop. Schroeter, Meelap Shah, Danny Small, Chris Smith, Guild Shop - 7634 SW 34th St, Portland, OR 97219 Shaffer Spaeth, Paul Staley, Michael Strait, Emily Guildoforegonwoodworkers.org Thackray, Kate Thornton, Rhonda Vandersluis, Glenn West, Mark Wheeler, Mark A.