Sunday June 24 2007
Have you ever wondered if Japanese tools were right for you? Do the chisels really hold an edge better than western chisels? Does sawing on the pull stroke give you more control than pushing a western type saw? Well now these and any other questions on Japanese tools and joinery can be answered by an expert if you participate in this years Guild Summer Trip.
On Sunday June 24th Guild members will be going to Japanese Tools of Pepperell, MA.
Harrelson Stanley with his wife Sayuri is Owner/ announcements at Japanese Tools in Pepperell, MA Director of the Shizutani School. He is a graduate of the North Bennett Street School of Boston. He was a resident of Japan for 12 years (1987- 1998), studying traditional Japanese crafts, especially urushi (lacquering); fluent Japanese speaker; Teacher of Kuri Mono (Japanese dug out objects) techniques. He is an avid edge tool sharpener and has demonstrated his techniques all over the US. He will be opening his shop and school for us and will give demonstrations on the proper use of Japanese tools, joinery techniques, and sharpening. As a special treat for us he will set up 10 stations where we can try our hand at sharpening blades.
This is one trip you don't want to miss. Get your car pools set up. Plan to arrive at 10 am. Bring your lunch and a chair.
You can access a map on the web at www.japanesetools.com. Click on Contact Us. - Sal Morgani
Saturday June 16 2006
Two trips this year...
See the latest Old Saw for details.
Friday June 17 2005
The summer trip will be on Friday, June 17, 2005 to Rockport, Maine.
We will meet for lunch at the Taste of Maine restaurant just north of Bath on US 1 at 11:30 am, then go on to the Lie-Nielson Toolworks in Warren and finally the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport.
Lie-Nielson will give us a shop tour with time to check out their planes in the showroom. If we wish to purchase planes as a group, they will give us a 15% discount and ship them as a lot to us. If you must have a plane with you for the trip home, the discount will be 10%.
The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship will also give us a tour of their recently expanded facilities. Various bench rooms, class rooms, machine rooms, a lathe room, a spray booth, lumber storage, and a gallery are spread over four buildings. They will be finishing up a course that day so there may be some projects to see. In any case, we will get a tour and some inspiration. The school has one and two week courses as well as three and nine month courses.
Please contact Dave Freschette to sign up. We also need a volunteer do a write up for the Old Saw. You may contact Dave at 802-633-2561 or dfrech@together.net.
Saturday June 12th 2004.
This years summer trip is scheduled for June 12, 2004, to the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem Massachusetts. If you have not been to the museum in the past 6 or 7 years you will be in for a treat. The museum has been expanded and houses a world class permanent collection as well as various special exhibits. Many of these have to do with the shipping industry and trade with the far east. As part of the museum campus there is a collection of houses, many from early settlements and the homes of early sea captains. We are scheduling a guild only group tour of three of these houses. They are the John Ward (ca. 1684), Gardner-Pingree (1804), and Crowninshield-Bentley houses (ca. 1727). They represent Post-Medieval, Georgian and Federal periods and contain furniture representative of the time. Some of the works of guild members are contained in the homes. The guided tour is scheduled for 10:30 and will last approximately 1 hour. This will allow people plenty of time after the tour to find lunch and meander through the rest of the museum's exhibits, which contain many other pieces of fine furniture. The museum will allow us to take all the photos want, without flash but we will not be able to touch the exhibits.
The price of admission and the tour is $12. (This includes family members and the museum has something for all,) The museum has requested that all tickets be purchased at one time. To facilitate this plan to arrive at the museum from 10:00 - 10:15 to allow us to get tickets and begin the tour at 10:30. Getting to the museum is easy. Get off route 128 (or I-95) at exit 25A and follow route 114 East for about 3 miles until you get to Salem and then follow the large black PEM Museum signs until you get to the garage next door to the museum. There is additional on street parking but it is limited to 1 or 2 hours.
To get an idea of the number of interested guild and family members, please contact Ed Jones at yesjones@aol.com.
Saturday June 14th 2003.
The guilds annual summer tour will be at the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne VT, on Saturday the 14th of June 2003. The Museum will provide special guided tours of the Prentis, Dutton and Stencil houses lasting about 90 minutes. These are the houses that have the most extensive displays of furniture. Groups will be limited to 15 so that you can hear and ask questions. After that they will leave us at the Shaker Shed where they keep their collection of antique tools. After these tours you will be able to visit other sites/exhibits until 5 PM. Buses run all day and within a minutes walk of any exhibit. Tickets are good for two days.
The museum opens at 10 AM. Enclosed with this Old Saw is a Group Admission Coupon. The cost of the guided tour is $18. If you have friends or family members who also want the tour you can copy the coupon. Also if they are not interested in the tour they can use a coupon for museum admission of $13. There will be a guild representative at the Round Barn ticket desk at 10 AM with additional coupons if they are needed.
Lunch will be available at the restaurant before or after the tours. If you want the group tour luncheon of a hot entree diner or a picnic box lunch for $8.50 the museum needs a weeks notice. Please call or e-mail by 7 June.
The driving time from Concord, NH to Shelburne is about 2 hours and 45 minutes (153 miles). Follow Route I-89 to Exit 13, just outside Burlington, VT, and then west on Route I-189 to Route 7 and then about 6.5 miles south to the Shelburne Museum. If you need a ride or have room for car polling please contact me or any of the guild officers/members.
If you plan to stay in the local area overnight your tickets will be good for two days. Places to stay can be found at www.vermont.org (Use the search at the end of the accommodations listing.) The web site for the museum is www.shelburnemuseum.org for additional information.
Please call or e-mail so that we can give the museum an idea of the number of people attending so that they can schedule guides.
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