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PFG Meeting at Al Breeds—Jan 15th 2011

Saturday Jan 15th 2011 at Al Breeds shop. Coffee and donuts at 8:30, meeting starts at 9:30. Hosted in conjunction with the New England chapter of SAPFM. The next meeting of the Period Furniture Group will be held in…

Blog updates

The Period Furniture Blog will once again be active with a lot more posts and content!  I apologize for the lack of activity but for several months have not had the available time to keep the blog updated as…

Sept Meeting—Sept 25, 2010

The Period Furniture subgroup met at Woodcraft Supply in Newington, NH on September 25th. As usual, the meeting was well attended with about 25 or so devotees of American Period Furniture. John George was the…

Next Meeting – April 10, 2010

The next meeting of the Period Furniture Group (PFG) will be held together with the Hand Tools Group on Saturday April 10, 2010. The meeting will take place from 9am until noon at the Woodcraft store in Newington,…

Pennsylvania Cherry

While we have some black cherry native to New Hampshire it can’t compare to the wood that comes from the forests of Pennsylvania.  Not surprisingly Pennsylvania not only has some of the best hardwood in the country, it…

Egg on your face….

That is, egg on the face of the wood… A recent discussion on the groups yahoo site was discussing methods on filling the grain in open grained woods prior to finishing.  John Whiteside whose interests include…

Report from Colonial Williamsburg

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Once again hundreds of period furniture enthusiasts descended on Colonial Williamsburg in January.  An annual pilgrimage for many, Working Wood in the 18th Century was c0-sponsored this year by Colonial Williamsburg;…

Updates to this site! Important note!

Meeting minutes and photographs have been added to the PFG subgroup blog.  In addition, much of the content from the yahoo page has been migrated to this site and this migration will continue in the coming days and…

SAPFM and Colonial Williamsburg

The Society of American Period Furniture Makers (SAPFM) will hold its annual meeting this month in conjunction with the second session of Colonial Williamsburg’s annual conference on ‘Working Wood in the 18th…

Next Meeting – February 13th

Location:Woodcraft Supply, Newington, NH  9am to 12 noon Topic: Finishing  -  Interested in presenting?…

Meeting Notes

January 10, 2009PFG Meeting Agenda and Notes – 090110 March 14, 2009 PFG Meeting Agenda – 090314 May 09, 2009 PFG Meeting Agenda and Notes – 090509 December 12, 2009 Dec 12 2009 Meeting…

Meeting Notes and Pictures—12/12/09

Note – Click on the picture to view full size (photos courtesy of Joyce Hanna) The PFG recently gathered in the demo room space of the Woodcraft Store in Newington, NH on the 12th of December.  Taking a break from…