Greetings!, this is your newsletter for May 8, 2019
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Summer Trip to Andrew Pearce Bowls
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Summer Trip—July 17
Get ready for a great Guild Summer Trip to the workshop of
Andrew Pearce Bowls in Hartland, VT. Andrew Pearce has been making wooden bowls since setting up his shop about 6 years ago not too far from his father’s Simon Pearce handmade glass shop in Quechee. Andrew’s wooden bowls are made from locally sourced cherry and black walnut logs, and we will see the entire operation from coring to finishing. Since the factory in in full swing only on weekdays, we have scheduled our visit for a Wednesday, July 17th. For a preview of our tour, go to
andrewpearcebowls.com/pages/makers-story and click on the video.
Andrew Pearce is located at 59 Woodstock Road (Route 4), Hartland, VT, between Quechee and Woodstock, and Google Maps will get you there; it’s a little over an hour’s drive up beautiful Interstate 89 from Concord, NH. Our tour will begin at 10 a.m. when the store and workshop open.
As always, spouses are invited to attend and registration on the Guild web site is required; be sure to indicate if you will be joining the group for lunch so we can make reservations.
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Membership Website
Will be Down This Weekend
Our membership site at
member.gnhw.org is a service from ASI. ASI is
migrating data center operations to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Their stated reasons include "providing greater consistency and performance stability and resiliency in their hosting operations" among other issues.
We have struggled at times with this service including problems with performance. It is hoped that we will see significant improvements in this area after the transfer.
The member site is likely to be down (including member services and the calendar) starting Saturday afternoon (May 11) and into Sunday. There are also some actions needed on our end to bring the site back up.
The site will also be down briefly Thursday evening (May 9) to prepare for this move.
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Period Furniture Meeting—May 11
May 11 PFG subgroup will meet at Steve Belair’s shop in Auburn NH.
Steve’s shop address is 124 Pond View Auburn NH. Reminder to sign up and bring a chair! This will be the last meeting before our summer hiatus. We are appreciative of Steve’s offer.
Results of our query about the next PFG project will be announced and we will have discussions about that project. Our role in the updated web site blogging beta testing will be discussed. There will also be a presentation about the much maligned miter joint. Pointers for success, types, clamping, etc will be discussed. Mastery of this joint is important to the success of many projects.
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NH Woodworkers Guild
Donates Equipment to Nute High School
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From Fosters.com...
MILTON — Dave Foote, president of the Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers, and Dr. Annamarie Pennucci, also from the Guild, recently delivered a donation of equipment worth approximately $5,500 to the Nute Middle High School Woodworking Program.
This donation included three Rikon VSR mini-lathes, turning tools, a sharpening system, and miscellaneous safety equipment.
Foote and Pennucci worked with Ben Carleton, Nute’s woodworking teacher, as part of the Guild Grant Program. The Guild is dedicated to furthering woodworking through the sharing of knowledge, skills, and experience among its members and the general public, and provides grants to institutions, organizations, and schools to assist them in the furtherance of the woodworking education of students and individuals.
“Nute is grateful for their support of our programs, said Prinicpal Jan Radowicz.
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League of NH Craftsman Fair
Spread the word about the our participation in the League of NH Craftsman Fair by setting up a display of the item you plan to donate to the Guild at your local town library.
I asked my library if I could display these boxes for a couple weeks with the card shown in the picture and they were happy to do it.
A great way to increase the attendance and chance of selling more raffle tickets.
If you need help with the display or Guild cards to go with it let me know and I will try to help.
Steve Costain
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Grant Program Supports
Three NH Schools
Th big grins from eight grade
Ava Lambert as she finishes her first project and soon-to-be pizza cutter on the Rikon lathe donated by the Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers.
The Guild has supplied complete machinery grants to three southern New Hampshire schools, while supporting tool grants to four others.
Accompanying these large grants were additional chucks, tool rests, faceplates, safety spurs (Jon Siegel's design) and personal protective equipment provided by the Granite State Woodturners, the Seacoast Woodturners Club and The Home Depot.
The funding for these grants is derived entirely from raffle profits realized from donations made by wondrously generous Guild members and sold at the Sunapee Fair.
Thanks, everyone!
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Membership Renewals
Renewal invoices are created approximately 90 days prior to your renewal date. You will receive an email reminding you to renew at that time.
One Year Plan ... $40
Two Year Plan ... $75
Online Renewal
Paper Form
- Download, print & complete form
- Mail form with check to address at bottom of the form
Changing Plans
Membership cards are batched roughly 9-10 times each year.
Normal delivery time is two weeks from the batch date. You will receive an email when your card is batched. Renew early!
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These meetings are generally held in small shops or other environments which require limiting the number of attendees.
They can fill up fast although cancellations do occur.
If you need to cancel
, just sign in again, go to the event and click the big
Cancel button
at the bottom of the event.
More are being added from time-to-time, so check the list often.
REGISTRATION Needed
When: May 11, 2019
Where: Canterbury, NH
REGISTRATION Needed
When: May 25, 2019
Where: Grantham, NH
When:
June 8, 2019
Where:
Concord, NH
When:
June 15, 2019
Where:
Andover, NH
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When:
May 11, 2019
Where:
Canterbury, NH
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May 11, 2019
Where:
Auburn, NH
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May 18, 2019
Where:
Gonic (Rochester), NH
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May 22, 2019
Where:
Concord, NH
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May 25, 2019
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May 25, 2019
Where:
Grantham, NH
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May 26, 2019
Where:
Pittsfield, NH
When:
June 8, 2019
Where:
Concord, NH
When:
June 15, 2019
Where:
Merrimac, MA
When:
June 15, 2019
Where:
Gonic (Rochester), NH
When:
June 15, 2019
Where:
Andover, NH
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June 22, 2019
Where:
Rollinsford, NH
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June 26, 2019
Where:
Concord, NH
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July 6, 2019
Where:
Gonic (Rochester), NH
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July 17, 2019
Where:
Hartland, VT
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July 21, 2019
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July 24, 2019
Where:
Concord, NH
When:
July 27, 2019
Where:
Gonic (Rochester), NH
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