Meeting Presentation and Guild Events Schedule

This page lists the monthly meeting calendar and dates of Guild events.

In the first section you’ll find a tabbed layout of the current and prior year’s meeting presentations.  And below, a descending order list of each event’s agenda page, with minutes, and in some cases video links.

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CY 2026 DRAFT

  • January
  • February
    • February 7th – Monthly Meeting
      Three Planes, Endless Profiles: The Stanley #45, #50, and #55
  • March
    • March 7th – Monthly Meeting
      Hybrid Woodworking: Blending Hand and Machine Techniques with Bill Skinner, Steve Granek, and Mark Fradkin
    • March TBD – PATINA Annual Tool Show and Auction – Damascus, Md.
      https://www.patinatools.org/annual-tool-show/ 
  • April
    • April 18th – Monthly Meeting – Note: third Saturday due to Easter and Bain Conflicts.
    • Bringing Antiques Back to Life, Ross Vesotsky, Bethesda Restoration
  • May
    • May 9th – Monthly Meeting
    • Autodesk Fusion 360: Where Digital Design Meets Sawdust,  John Biggs 
  • June
    • June 6th – Monthly Meeting
      Enhanced Show and Tell
  • July
    • July 1 – Membership Renewal Starts
    • July 11th – Monthly Meeting – Note: second Saturday due to July 4th holiday.
    • Start Toys for Tots
    • July ? – Wednesday to Friday, 5-8pm each day, HoCo Fair Woodworking Entry Drop Off
    • July ? – Saturday, HoCo Fair Judging and Setup 
  • August
    • August 1st – Monthly Meeting
    • Membership Renewal regular ends August 2nd and the late fee begins at 12:00pm.
    • August ? – HoCo County Fair Starts and Home Arts Building opens (woodworking location)
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  • September
  • October
    • October 3rd – Monthly Meeting
  • November
    • November 7th – Monthly Meeting
  • December
    • December 5th – Monthly Meeting
    • Toys for Tots turn-in

CY 2025

  • January
    • January 11th – Monthly Meeting:
      Meeting cancelled due to Bain Center weather closing
  • February
    • February 1st – Monthly Meeting 
      Metalworking and Welding for the Woodworker, by David Hickson
  • March
    • March 1st – Monthly Meeting
      Presentation: Enhanced Show and Tell: Steven Davey- Baltimore Demi Table, Steven Granek-Rustic, artistic chair, Jonathan Alloy- Wall display cabinet 
    • March TBD – PATINA Annual Tool Show and Auction – Damascus, Md.
      https://www.patinatools.org/annual-tool-show/ 
  • April
    • April 5th – Monthly Meeting
      Presentation: Overview of Six Finishing Techniques, Joel LaFerriere
  • May
    • May 3rd – Monthly Meeting
      Presentation: Spindle Turning, Matt Radtke
  • June
    • June 7th – Monthly Meeting
      Presentation: Enhanced Show and Tell

      • David Knipfer: Elegant box: Beauty in the Details
      • Joel Laferriere: Bow front cabinet including Bent laminations, veneering, knife hinges and proud dovetail pins.
  • July
    • July 1 – Membership Renewal Starts
    • July 12th – Monthly Meeting
    • Presentation: Introduction to Pen Turning, Randy Dalnekoff
    • Start Toys for Tots
    • Board votes to adopt new budget.
    • July 25 – 27 – Wednesday to Friday, 5-8pm each day, HoCo Fair Woodworking Entry Drop Off
    • July 28 – Saturday, HoCo Fair Judging and Setup 
  • August
    • August 2nd – Monthly Meeting
    • Presentation: Using 3-D Printing To Assist Your Woodworking. Panelists: Ron Fico, Kenny Nisley and Paul Velez   
    • Membership Renewal regular ends in August 3rd & the late fee begins at 12:00pm August 3rd.
    • August 4 – HoCo County Fair Starts and Home Arts Building opens (woodworking location)
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  • September
    • September 6th – Monthly Meeting
      Presentation: Cabinet Essentials: Building Better Drawers and Doors, Chuck Bender, Former Senior Editor, “Popular Woodworking”, Acanthus Workshop
      Election – Vice President and Treasurer
    • September 20th – Annual Picnic
    • September ?? – Robinson Nature Center Open House
  • October
    • October 4th – Monthly Meeting
    • Presentation: Second Life: Transforming Fallen Trees into Artful Furniture. Marcus Sim, Treincarnation
    • The Woodworking Shows of Baltimore – start planning
  • November
    • November 1st – Monthly Meeting
      Presentation: Wisdom in the Workshop: Veteran Tips for Buying and Restoring Older Machinery. Bob Kahmer- Craftsman table saw, Brian Graham- Bandsaw, Keith Frampton- Planer 
    • The Woodworking Shows of Baltimore, get ready
  • December
    • December 6th – Monthly Meeting
      Presentation: Woodworking Without Pain: Managing Repetitive Stress and Motion Injuries. Candy Diamond,  MS,OTR/L, CHT
    • Toys for Tots turn-in
For in-person meetings:
  1. Sony Player Instructions – PDF file
  2. Speaker Consent Form
  3. Demonstration Guide Lines
  4. Demonstrators with files they wish to share should to make arrangements to email them to the webmaster for proper storage and link.
  5. Guild Canon camcorder manual Model vixiahfr70-72-700-im-en (for Guild videographer reference).

 

For virtual ZOOM Meetings:
  1. Speaker Consent Form
  2. Demonstration Guide Lines
  3. Demonstrators with files they wish to share should to make arrangements to email them to the webmaster for proper storage and link.
  4. State your name
  5. Say what it is and why you made it
  6. Is it an original or did you follow a plan , was it modified
  7. Describe key features without getting into minute details
  8. Talk about 1 or 2 challenges encountered in making item
  9. How did you finish it
  10. Ask for questions
  11. Limit time to  8 to 10 minutes
  12. If you have a tablet you can make a very simple book stand type holder.  And set it on a small table or shelf.
  13. Laptop: set on a table or fixed object
  14. It is best if you can stand next to the object and point to it to illustrate a feature while describing or explaining how it was made
  15. Talk loudly as the microphone may be further away than usual.

Demonstration and Meeting Related Posts

2015 08 August Demo – Bow Tie Inlay by Richard Winchester

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Butterfly Keys.

Butterfly keys are both artistic and structural and are used to reinforce checks in boards for table tops and other furniture. By making the hand made keys first and then using them as a template insures they fit into the mortice even if the BF is not perfect. Start by choosing a straight grain hardwood of contrasting color. Draw a template out of thin plastic and cut out the shape and then mark the BF board. The length should be less than 3″ to control shrinkage of the BF. The shape I use is from G. Nakashima’s tables. Do not make the ends too wide. The thickness can be 3/8′ or more commonly about 5/8″ to 3/4″, depending on the cracked board. Sometimes a 2nd BF is needed underneath the top BF to reinforce the crack.

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