October 2013 TGoM Membership Meeting

The October 9 meeting at the MN Transportation Museum/Jackson Street Round House will be a joint meeting with the MN Wood Workers Guild.

Looks like we’ll have multiple demonstrations set up, with Martin Pansch having a go with some simple chest hardware, probably having staged parts for expediency. Also, Bob Brown will man a coal forge and crank out nails for a while. Maybe Bob could also field simple requests from the audience that could be accomplished with 1/4″, 3/8″ stock.

People could also bring items and merely display them, not having to give an explanation. Especially the demonstrators, displaying a variety of their work, or any work, in front of them at their forging station.

And, Paul Widenhoefer will stage parts for a small carving knife including heat treating, using a small propane forge.

Your Show and Tell will also be a big aspect of the meeting. It’s certainly not mandatory that your item(s) be woodworking-related. Show and Tell is still Show and Tell. I just thought items with a woodworking bent might find more appreciation in our hosting this joint meeting with the MNWWG. They too are welcome to bring items. If we get overwhelmed with items, maybe we’ll have to put limits on the “Telling” part so as not to hijack everyone’s evening. We may very well be having demo’s and Show and Tell going on at the same time in different areas.

For your benefit and theirs, I suspect that the demonstrators will get up and running prior to 6:30 pm potluck time, so it may be useful for you to arrive early if at all possible.