Month: January 2024
Volunteers
Volunteers are the heart and soul of many organizations and WWGVR is no exception. Please consider offering your volunteer services. Watch the video below. If you cannot volunteer on a […]
Member Projects
From Doug Foulke:Just completed a cabinet. Wood is curly maple on cherry legs. All dovetails, mortises and tenons were hand cut. Doug made this contribution through the Contribute to What’s […]
Searching for tools
We have updated the tool search database. It can be found HERE. We now have well over 600 entries in the database. We have many interesting tools and some odd […]
New Workshops
Registrations will open on Feb 5, 12 noon for new workshops Click HERE for the workshops calendar. Classes will include talks on inlay, using hand tools, accuracy and precision in […]
Friday Cleanup – Help Needed
Jan. 26, the last Friday of the month is cleanup day. All benches must be cleared on Thursday afternoon so clean up may proceed unimpeded. Cleanup starts at 7 am […]
Maintenance Update Jan 22
Dust collection: We continue to have issues with our updated dust collection system. It is unclear if the design was problematic or the issue is the installation. We have had […]
Multiple Wednesday Newsletters
We have had some issues today with mystery newsletters being sent out. WWGVR has two websites – a development site (DEV) where we test things and a production site (PROD) […]
New Monitor Training
The class size is six individuals with a waiting list.Questions: Contact Julie: jginader@me.com Dates:1). Monday, January 29 @ 4:00pmMeet at the woodshopSign up HERE Or 2.) Monday, February 26. @ […]
Maintenance update January 15
The new belt sanders have arrived. For more information, please see the post previous to this post. Damaging equipmentMembers who damage equipment are responsible for the costs to fix them. […]
New stationary disk and belt sander
Two new stationary belt sanders have arrived. They were assembled and we hope to have them in service shortly. Please note that the 12″ disk sander rotates from left to […]
A note to my fellow monitors
This post was submitted by member Jerry Herning through the contribute to What’s New link. The orange vest is a safety vest which means the person wearing the vest is a […]
Panga Panga wood guy Jim Kirk
From Mary Anne Loftus: “Jim Kirk is coming on January 25th with wood for sale. He is the guy who has the South American wood, panga panga, the stuff that […]
Your 2024 Board of Directors
Board OfficersPresident: Ron Schuster (2025)Vice President: Bruce France (2024)Secretary: David Reese (2025)Treasurer: John E. Hilborn (2025) Directors at LargeJim Huprich (2024)Julie Ginader (2025)Carmen Laht (2026)Jim Counter (2026)Jim Willis (2026) The […]
Maintenance Update January 8
Some reminders: Mesquite is prohibited on the sanders inside the shop with the exception of the drum sander. To be clear, mesquite cannot be sanded (edge or otherwise) on the […]