====== SEMWW Meeting Information ====== We have monthly meetings at Dave's shop (Just_George) in Ypsilanti, MI on the third Thursday of the month at 7pm. Send a Private Message to Just_George or Chris Billman for directions to the meetings. ===== Upcoming Meeting Topics ===== * June 21st 2007: Chris Billman discusses photography. You spent weeks on your pretty new project. Now make sure the pictures you take express how much time went into your piece. * July 19th 2007: We'll have an on-site chainsaw safety demo. ===== Previous Meetings ===== * Mar 2007 - Continuing the group end table projects * Feb 2007 - Lumber prep for our group end table projects * Jan 2007 - Beginning our group end table projects * Dec 2006 - Building a Windsor Chair * Nov 2006 - Powered Hand Tools Round Robin * Nov 2006 - Galoots: Assembling the Windsor Highchair Base * Oct 2006 - Toys For Tots Build-A-Thon * Sep 2006 - 3rd Annual Family Picnic * Aug 2006 - Turning a Hollow Form * Aug 2006 - Galoots: Turning spindles for the chair * Jul 2006 - Open Shop * Jun 2006 - Band Saw Lumber Milling * May 2006 - Carving show & tell and Sketchup demo * May 2006 - Galoots: Making a Windsor Chair part 1 * Apr 2006 - Purchasing & Sharpening Saw Blades & Router Bits * Mar 2006 - Intro to Carving * Feb 2006 - Precision Tool Setup * Jan 2006 - Vacuum bag veneering * Dec 2005 - Shaker Oval Boxes * Nov 2005 - Turned Goblets * Nov 2005 - Formation of the Galoot branch of SEMIWW * Oct 2005 - Cabinet Construction * Sep 2005 - Making Wooden Hand Planes * Aug 2005 - Turning Pens & Sharpening Hand Saws * Jul 2005 - Open Shop with Sharpening Tutorials * Jun 2005 - 2nd Annual Family Picnic * May 2005 - Bandsaw Boxes * Apr 2005 - Inlay & Marquetry * Mar 2005 - Making Tenons & a Glue Overview * Feb 2005 - 3 ways to make mortises, and the "Rude & Crude" finishing technique * Jan 2005 - Bowl turning demonstration * Dec 2004 - Hand plane & scraper demos * Nov 2004 - Improvements to the Taj Mahal * Oct 2004 - Bandsaw tune-up & cutting veneers * Sep 2004 - Open Shop * Sep 2004 - Toys for Tots special meeting * Aug 2004 - Open Shop * Jul 2004 - Hand Tools special meeting & Open Shop * Jun 2004 - 1st Annual Family Picnic * May 2004 - Dovetails * Apr 2004 - Field trip to Johnson's in Charlotte for a group wood buy. Aka Wood Heist 3.0 * Apr 2004 - Jigs and Fixtures. Also Wood Heist 2.0 * Mar 2004 - Making raised panels, rails, & stiles. Also Wood Heist 1.0 * Feb 2004 - Preparing Rough Lumber * Jan 2004 - Sharpening