RE: SAPFM-ORV Fall Meeting April 3-4, 2027 at Woodcraft in Columbus, OH

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David Conley

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SAPFM – ORV Chapter,

1) SAPFM Midyear is scheduled for October 3-4, 2026 at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking, Manchester, CT. Additional details can be found on the SAPFM website.

2) Saturday’s lunch will again be from Subway. Costs have risen over the years and I am looking at raising the price by about $1. It will probably be around $11 per person. If you are coming to the meeting, please RSVP by Tuesday, April 1. If you do RSVP and life happens and you have to cancel, please let me know of the change. I use the head count to judge the amount of food to order for Saturday’s lunch.

3) For those arriving on Friday night with no dinner plans, we will meet in the hotel lobby at 6:00pm. If you would like to join us, please also RSVP for Friday night dinner, so we won’t leave without you.

Cheers,
David

Society of American Period Furniture Makers
Ohio River Valley Chapter
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AGENDA

SATURDAY, April 3, 2027

1. Open doors at 10:00am

Arrive, relax, enjoy some conversation with friends

2. Introductions and Show & Tell, 11:00am – 12:00pm
The “show and tell” is an ice breaker. Please bring anything you would like to show off. If you have a special piece, a project or even a jig, please bring them. For those who haven’t attended a previous meeting, this is a quick introduction, a display of your skills, interests, projects both past and present, jig, etc. It can even be a request for help in a particular area. After we go around the room, we will break for 30 min. During this break, you can seek out the other members who have similar interests and/or have already built a project/jig you want to build. This break will give you the opportunity to meet and establish a new friendship, pick their brains, and continue communicating with them after the meeting. This is extremely helpful for highly specialized niches, like inlays, marquetry, carving, Bombay chest, etc.

2a) Introductions and Show & Tell, 11:00 - 11:30am
Name, where you live, your past and present projects, classes, and/or your particular interest and your Show & Tell item if you brought one. …

2b) Break to discuss Show & Tell one-on-one, 11:30am-12:00pm
Also, we will have another swap meet. If you've got something to sell or trade, please bring it.

3. Lunch, 12:00 – 1:00pm

4. Demonstrations 1:00pm to 5:00pm

  • Sharpening Carving Tools by David Upperman (1 hrs)
  • Lowboy by Dave Feola (1.5 hrs)
  • Shellac Finish: Brush, Padding & French Polish by David Conley (1.5 hrs)
SUNDAY, April 4, 2027

Breakfast (on your own)

5. Demonstrations 9:00am – 12:00pm

  • Hands-on Carving Acanthus Leaves on the Cabriole Leg by Dan Reahard
6. Wrap-up, 12:00 - 12:30pm

Woodcraft – Columbus, Ohio
Address:

1077 Bethel Rd
Columbus, OH 43220
(614) 273-0488

HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS (10 minutes from Woodcraft):
Courtyard Columbus Worthington

7411 Vantage Drive
Columbus, OH 43235
(614) 436-7070

(I am currently working on a Group Block of rooms)
 

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