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IN THIS ISSUE

CALENDAR OF EVENTS.......................... 3 MINUTES OF MARCH MEETING ............. 4 MARCH SHOW & TELL ............................ 5 MARCH DEMONSTRATION ..................... 9 MARCH SHOP VISIT .............................. 10 WOOD 18 ENTRY ................................. 12 WOOD 18 DEMO SIGN UP .................... 13 WOOD 18 SECURITY SIGN UP ............. 14 WOOD 18 SOCIAL ................................. 15 SPECIAL DISPLAYS FOR WOOD 18 .... 16 FROM CALS MESSY DESK ............... 16 ROYAL GALLERY DISPLAY .................. 20 SHAVINGS .............................................. 21 WOODWORKING SAFETY RULES EVERY WOODWORKER SHOULD KNOW ................................................................. 27

Wood Carvers Poem

I Saw This Piece Of Wood One Day When I Picked It Up It Seemed To Say Theres Something Hiding Inside Of Me Remove Some Chips And You Will See

I Looked To See What I Might Find And Soon An Image Came To Mind My Task Was Now To Set It Free

Whats Hidden In This Piece Of Tree With Loving Care Each Cut Was Made

Wood Peeled Off With A Sharp Edged Blade And As Each Chip Fell To The Floor

I Could See The Object More And More By One Final Cut It Was Set Free

My Work Of Art For All To See This Piece Of Wood Which Would Just Lay

And See Its Body Soon Decay Was Now Transformed And Given Life With Careful Cuts Of Gouge And Knife By Carving Something From This Tree

It Lives Again Because Of Me

Editors note: This poem appeared on the Gnomes Hollow Wood Carving site: https://gnomeshollow.wordpress.com

Publishers Information This newsletter is published 10 times per year except for the months of July and August by the Saskatchewan Woodworkers Guild, Box 7196, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 4J2 PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 0040029385 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE MAIL DATA REPORT TO: Newsletter@Saskwoodguild.ca Commercial advertising is available. Advertising rates are $40 per quarter printed page, $75 per half printed page or $120 per full printed page. Contact the newsletter editor at 306-664-2311 for details. Deadline for submissions for the newsletter is the executive meeting for each month. These dates are listed in the calendar of events.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

April 2018 May 2018 June 2018

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 SWG executive meeting 7:30 pm at Peter Christensens house, Monday, April 9, 2018 Hub City Turners regular meeting at Persephone Theatre Thursday, April 19, 2018 SWG regular meeting at WMCI, 7:30 pm Saturday, April 21, 2018 Kids turning at Waldheim School Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Shop visit at Saskatoon Makerspace, 140 Avenue C South Sunday, April 22, 2018 Royal Gallery take down at 9:00 am Tuesday, May 1, 2018 SWG Executive Meeting 7:30 pm Thursday, May 3 through Sunday, May 6, 2018 Hub City Turners at Ruthilda

Monday, May 14, 2018 Hub City Turners regular meeting at Persephone Theatre. Thursday, May 17, 2018 SWG regular meeting at WMCI, 7:30 pm Friday, May 25 through Sunday, June 3, 2018 WOOD 18 Tuesday, June 5, 2018 Executive meeting Location TBA 7:30 pm Monday, June 11, 2018 Hub City Turners regular meeting at Persephone Theatre Thursday, June 21, 2018 SWG regular meeting and Annual General Meeting at Thursday, June 21 through Sunday, June 24 Hub City Turners weekend at Shell Lake Gazebo

If you know of any woodworking related events that may be of interest to members and that could be listed on this page, please contact the editor at newsletter@saskwoodguild.ca

The Next Regular Meeting will be on the third Thursday of April, the 19th, at 7:30 PM. The meeting location is the shop on the east side of Walter Murray Collegiate, located at the corner of Preston Avenue and Taylor Street.

The demonstration will be about crown moulding installation and will be given by Joe Janzen

Doors open at 7:00 PM. Door prizes (one loonie entry) will include donations from various sponsors. Coffee $0.50; Donut $1.00

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Minutes of March Meeting Saskatchewan Woodworkers Guild Regular Meeting March 15, 2018

Walter Murray Collegiate 1. Call to order by Indy Sambasivam at 7:30 p.m. 2. There were 2 guests and 57 members in attendance. 3. Reports: a. Treasurer/Membership Gord Smith: i. Gord said that we have 108 paid members as of tonight. b. Door prizes Kevin Brehon: i. A rechargeable spotlight from Canadian Tire and 2 - $25 gift cards from Lee Valley. $1 per ticket. ii. Kevin mentioned that we will be going ahead with the request for guild shirts and circulated an order sheet. They will have the 40th Anniversary logo and will be light blue in color. iii. Kevin also circulated sign-up sheets for demos and security shifts at the show. iv. Dave Armstrong is accepting items to be offered as prizes at the show. Please consider items to offer up for the show. Dave still needs a few items. v. Entry forms for the wood show were in the last newsletter. Please remember to get them filled out and enter lots of projects. vi. The setup for the Royal Gallery show is Sunday the 18th at 10am. If you are unable to be there with your items please get them to Kevin ahead of time. Kevin will be at the Matisho event on Saturday and could get them there as well. vii. The Craft Council is looking for participation for the Sask. Mini-maker Fair on May 27th. A chance to reach out to people to come to our show. Need a couple of members to demo at this show. viii. Lynn Freistadt about show promotions: 1. Lynn had the newly designed color posters and show cards. They are available at the front. Please take some and help advertise the show. 2. Lynn is starting the media promotions and will need some help with this. 3. The Rainbow & Roxy Theatres require a couple of Mothers day items in return for their promotion of our event. If you can help let Lynn or Kevin know. 4. See Lynn at the break if you have any ideas about promotions. c. Education report by Eric Tozzi: i. Eric said that Doug Cox is doing a pyrography class in the near future and to see Doug if you still want in. d. Demos Joe Janzen i. Tonights demos will be by Kevin Brehon on polymer clay. ii. The shop visit will be next Tuesday at Weldon Grays shop, 233 Meighen Cres. iii. Next month the demo will be on installing crown molding and the shop visit will be at the Saskatoon Makers Space. e. Community liaison Paul Perron - i. Nothing to report tonight. f. Library Peter Christensen: i. Nothing to report tonight. g. Newsletter Bob Baker: i. There was a delay in the mailing of hard copies due to the fact that Hoss was out of town working and didnt get them picked up from Marcel Pomerleaus house until last Friday. ii. Bob also mentioned that someone will need to step up and help doing the newsletter next year. Room went dead silent. 4. Announcements: a. Lynne Freistadt:

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i. Lynne said that the wood show gala is the night of the setup, May 25th at 7pm. A signup sheet for this was in the last newsletter. Please come as it is a nice event. b. Indy Sambasivam: i. The 2x4 and 2x2x6 challenges need to be completed for the next regular meeting. Get your items ready to show. There will be a special table for these items at the wood show. 5. Q&A: nothing this meeting 6. Show and Tell Peter Christensen, Trent Watts, Andrew Jack, Bernard Nagel, Keith Paulson, Gary von Kuster, Danny Rempel, Ron Davidson, Gordon Munn, Jim Longstaff, Bob Lavender, Duncan Birch, Weldon Gray, Kelly-Robyn Bellamy and Alfred Neufeldt all had items to show this month. 7. Coffee Break: a. Indy announced that going forward, due to price increases, the donuts will now be $1 and that coffee will remain at 50. Tonight, donuts are free as Gary Jabusch has paid for everyone. 8. Door Prizes: a. Canadian Tire spotlight Cal Carter b. LV gift card Gary Von Kuster c. LV gift card Henry Suderman 9. Demo Kevin Brehon: a. Kevin talked about and showed how he uses different colors of polymer clay to create unique pen blanks. 10. Adjourned at 9:30 pm. 11. Next meeting is April 19th, see you there. March Show & Tell -submitted by Alfred Neufeldt Peter Christensen showed us his all-wood Briefcase. For the top and bottom panels he used 5 layers of 1/16th thick Birch Aviation Plywood covered by Satin Walnut Veneer on both inside and out. Macassar Ebony and Pau Ferro (Santos Rosewood) are other woods that he used. Peter designed a filing-folder holder just inside the lid

supports. All parts, including hinges, handle and latches are wood; except for the 2 compression springs that operate the latches. The oil & wax finish dresses it up. He says that even though it is elegant, it is tough and usable.

Trent Watts built an Old Telephone Replica for his grand-daughter. Woods used are Oak & Pine. A cord on the left leads to the hand-held receiver that han