• Woodcraft Guild ACT Inc.

    If you are interested in woodcraft, the Guild is for you.
    Activities include:
    TURNING
    FURNITURE MAKING
    TOOL APPRECIATION
    TOY MAKING
    CARVING
    SCROLL SAW
    PYROGRAPHY

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  • Featured workshop

    The Guild holds an Annual Exhibition so that members can show their work to colleagues and the public. By subnitting their work to critical evaluation by professional judges, members are able to improve the disign, construction methods and finish of craftwork.

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  • 2019 Exhibition
    No comments | by Robin Cromer | posted on Sunday, October 27th, 2019
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    Guild Sale at South.Point
    No comments | by ICTWoodFixer | posted on Thursday, July 18th, 2019
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  • Get in Touch

    The Woodcraft Guild ACT
    PO Box 1411
    Woden ACT 2606

Presentations and Articles

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Members and guests have presented talks to meetings of the Guild or Special Interest Groups on a range of interesting topics and some of these are published here for a wider audience. Click on the titles of the presentations below to view and/or download the article.

Types of steel used in woodwork (Terry O’Loughlin)

Removing rust from steel by electrolysis (Jan Reksten)

Blackwood presentation part1 (Robin Cromer)

Blackwood presentation part 2 (Robin Cromer)

Cutting Marquetry with a knife (Don Rowland)

Botanical and common names of trees (Terry O’Loughlin)

 Turnings to Dye for slides and Turnings to Dye for notes (Justin McCarthy)

List of ACT Street Trees (TAMS)

President’s  Report for 2012

Use of Pewter in Woodturning (Robin Cromer)

Making a Workbench     (Fred Buckley)

Why are Oaks called Oaks?     (Robin Cromer)

Making a Froe    (Tools Appreciation Group)

Using Froes

Timber Finishes    (Justin McCarthy)

Timber Identification   (Dr  Roger Heady)

Colours by Nature Presentation