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BIG Meeting—June 4, 2011

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by Bob Couch Final BIG meeting of the season a great success. Considering the competition for meetings that day, we had a very good turnout. Tom took us through his entire finishing process including how to solve…

Chest of Drawers Project Nearing Completion

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With only two BIG meetings left this season, work on our chest of drawers project is coming to a close. This past meeting was spent talking about final drawer assembly and fitting.  Which included glue up procedures…

Two Classes Offered by Tom McLaughlin

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Tom has posted his new class schedule and spots are going pretty fast. See schedule here. One of the classes on my short list is Tom’s Chair Making Class and he has two openings left in a week-long class starting…

A BIG Summer Recess

All good subgroup seasons must come to an end and BIG is no exception.  However, all of you who are building the chest of drawers along with Tom, are way behind and need some time to get caught up anyway.  Right? …

Last BIG Meeting of the Summer

Sadly, June 5th will be our last BIG meeting for the summer.  As always, it will seem to take forever for October to come around so make sure you don’t miss this one.  Tom will be reviewing the assembly of our…

New Format 101 Class A Huge Success

1st 7 Session 101 Class

I can happily report that our first 7 session Experience Woodworking 101 class was a huge success.  Our class of 8 is very grateful to Tom for trying this unique format of 3 Saturdays with 2 week nights each week…

Meeting Schedule

February 6th from 9 AM to Noon Tom is making two chests, one of walnut in traditional style and one of curly maple with contemporary design elements. Chest dimensions are 39-1/2 inches high (including top and feet),…

Woodworking 101 Class #1 Full – 2nd Filling

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Greetings to all; I was in Tom’s shop in late December and I asked him if he was planning to do any classes again and he said he would like to. I mentioned that I would love to take one of his classes but I…

Meetings at Tom McLaughlin’s Shop

Meetings are the first Saturday of even numbered months with the exception of August. Meetings are in demonstration format only and run from 9 AM to noon. It is advisable to bring a chair and space is limited to…