Twin Cities Tool Swap and Expo: October 19, 2019!
The Minnesota Woodworkers Guild and Family Handyman are happy to announce the Twin Cities Tool Swap and Expo. Events include:
- We'll have dedicated space to buy, sell or trade your no longer needed tools and equipment!
- Matt Cremona will be there with any slabs that he has available.
- MN Tool Library will be selling overstock items and will be happy to take tool donations to support their non profit.
- There will be high quality woodworking tools that are new or slightly used. Tools will include a Festool jigsaw, many new Milwaukee cordless power tools, grinders, a biscuit joiner and much more.
- We've invited some of the best vendors and manufacturers to show you their latest and greatest.
- Vendors include Rockler, Woodcraft, Forrest Products Supply, Siwek Lumber and Millwork, local maker spaces, schools and more.
- Our classroom schedule includes workshops from makers and builders, as well as hands-on demos from manufacturers and vendors!
- Family Handyman will host a kid's workshop that will encourage kids to get hands on with tools and build a project. Materials and tools will be provided!
When: Saturday, October 19, 2019, 10 am - 4 pm
Where: Bloomington Armory, 3300 W 98th St., Bloomington
Questions? Email toolswap@mnwwg.org. See you there!
Another Source for Lumber!
Wood from the Hood, an urban reclaimed lumber vendor here in Minneapolis, has started to offer dimensional and slabbed lumber for retail sale. They've been around for a while but are just now offering retail lumber. Check it out!
Alternatives to Youngblood Lumber
Learn to Sharpen a Saw ... And your wits!
Mike Siemsen's
School of Woodworking will be offering a several excellent classes this spring. If you have ever wondered how to sharpen your own hand saw or wanted to make a cool sea chest
then you'll want to take one Mike's classes! Register for classes HERE. Examples of Mike's recent classes include:
- A Place to Sit: Make a Bench
- Build a Small Sea Chest
- Holtzapfel Style Workbench
- Sharpening and Using Handsaws
- Making a Marking Gauge, Mallet, Vise and Layout Knife
Save a buck! Don't buy -- Use the Tool Library instead!
The Guild's TOOL RENTAL LIBRARY is a great resource for some expensive tools or ones that you need only occasionally, such as:
Check out the Tool Rental Page for details!
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The Guild DVD LIBRARY -- CHECK IT OUT!
When is the last time you made use of the Guild's amazing DVD library? With over a hundred DVD's covering everything from dovetails to inlay you can find the guidance you need at your own pace at home.
See the LIBRARY page for loan rules and a full title list. Check 'em out!
About Us
The Minnesota Woodworkers Guild is a group of professional and amateur woodworkers bound together by three goals:
- to advocate high standards in our craft
- to meet new friends and discuss woodworking
- to educate ourselves and the public about woodworking
The Guild hosts monthly educational meetings, offers an annual Fall Seminar and sponsors the annual “Northern Woods” show, an exhibition of fine woodworking. We welcome membership by all woodworkers, regardless of what they build, their level of skill, style of work, or their profession.
Our goal is to encourage the highest standards in woodworking, while allowing each of our members to grow at their own pace, from whatever level of skill and accomplishment they begin with.
Simply put, we want each of our members to become the best woodworker they are capable of, and to enjoy telling their Guild friends about it along the way.
