Event Listings

Festool Domino Workshop

Saturday November 15, 2025 9:00 AM
 

When: Saturday November 15th

This is a how-to course on the Festool Domino which is available to borrow from the guild tool crib. Tentatively set for Saturday Nov 15 morning. Please email workshops@viwg.com if interested in attending (if date and time are an issue but you are still interested, please email as we can try to accommodate).

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Special Interest Group – Entry Doors

Saturday November 1, 2025 9:00 AM
 

When: Saturday Nov 1st, 9am-12pm

This is the first event in our new, one-off special interest group. This event will focus on entry door building and will be held in Geoff Burton’s home shop. Several doors will be on display both completed and in construction. Topics will include joinery, design, material selection, basic stile and rail veneering (without special equipment) and glazing. Drop-ins welcome between 9am and noon.

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Steam Bending WorkShop

Saturday June 21, 2025 10:00 AM
 
Steam Bending WorkShop with Mike Randall – Sat June 21st

Greetings Guild Members,
We are moving forward with the Steam Bending WorkShop with Mike Randall on Saturday June 21st. For those not familiar with Mike he is a Red Seal endorsed designer-maker who is proudly based in Victoria, British Columbia. A master of wood-bending, Mike combines complex traditional craft with contemporary and minimalist forms, resulting in refined pieces that spark wonder and joy in both residential homes and commercial spaces.
https://www.mikerandalldesign.ca/

Mike did a presentation on bent lamination at our April meeting and this workshop will allow for a deeper dive into steam bending. The tentative format would be:

– Discuss wood types, moisture content, grain run out, equipment (including strapping, pulleys etc.).
– Discuss Steam box construction and materials required plus alternatives that work and don’t work!!
– Demo some bends in white oak and yellow cedar (both using straps and forms as well as free bending (yellow cedar) for sculptural work.
– Set up a hot pipe rig and let people experiment with bending thin strips.

Workshop Details:
Date: Saturday, June 21st
Time: 10:00 am ~ 12:00?
Location: Camosun College Fine Furniture Program WorkShop
Cost: $25 for Guild Members (This is to cover materials and to also help subsidize the cost for Camosun students to attend)

Please RSVP to workshops@viwg.com ASAP as we do need to confirm the number of attendees.

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