May 2024 Members Meeting
Thursday, May 16, 2024
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
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At the May meeting, Niah Howard will be presenting on her experiences with nonvisual woodworking. She has completed training in blindness rehabilitation skills at both the Iowa Department for the Blind and the Louisiana Center for the Blind. Both training centers include industrials arts as a course for all of their students. She will talk about her experiences in those wood shop classes and will discuss the importance of inclusivity and accessibility.
Niah works as an Orientation and Mobility Instructor teaching blind kids and adults how to travel independently with the long white cane. She is a new member of the Des Moines Woodworkers Association and says she has already learned so much from her participation in classes this spring!
Des Moines Woodworker volunteers created the first bench for the Iowa Arboretum Treehouse Village Project. This was a test bench build to work out all the details on how we were going to assemble the 15 benches we are building for the Arboretum Treehouse Village.
Members, we are tentatively scheduling the full-scale build at the Arboretum on June 1. Stay tuned for details about volunteering. Get involved, help the community.
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Newsletter Featured Articles:
April Meeting at Fred Maytag Scout Center, 6123 Scout Trail, Des Moines.
Meeting presentation by Bob Hunter on the new accessories from SawStop.
Iowa State Fair - Volunteer to demonstrate or help with the Club booth.
General Club updates from the President.
Educational Classes - Still time to sign up for classes!
Library - Learn ways to work wood while traveling.
Show and Tell - Send pictures of your recently finished large projects to data@DMWoodworkers.org to show on the screen.
Preferred Supplier List.
April 2024 Members Meeting
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For the April club meeting, Bob Hunter, Marketing Content Specialist for SawStop, will provide a "Show and Tell" about new accessories from SawStop. This includes two miter gauges, a dado set, router lift, and table saw storage cabinets. Bob will also discuss SawStop's table saws and revolutionary blade brake technology. Bob previously worked for WOOD Magazine for 17 years and has been a club member for nearly two decades.
