MWWG-MONTHLY MEETING
2026-02-23 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WADE HARDWARE, 400 SW 2nd St, Corvallis, OR
The Mid-Willamette Woodworkers Guild’s February meeting will be held on Monday the 23rd from 7-9 pm. The location will once again be at Wade Hardware in downtown Corvallis.

This meeting will feature a special guest speaker: Autumn Peterson of Heritage Finishes and Summerbeam Books in Philomath.

While Autumn’s Heritage Finishes specializes in natural oil based products her talk will be about finishes and finishing in general, not just the products she manufactures and sells.

Besides her experience with finishes Autumn is a past vice president of the Timber Framer’s Guild and has a masters degree in architecture from The University of Oregon where she specialized in historic preservation. In 2023 she opened Summerbeam Books on Main Street, Philomath. A specialist bookstore, Summerbeam Books stocks one of the most complete selections of books in the US on woodworking, house construction, architecture and allied subjects.

There’s a lot to know about finishing, the final stage of our woodworking projects. We are lucky to have someone with Autumn Peterson’s expertise living in our area and willing to share her knowledge with us. Hope to see you next month at Wade!
Michael Toivonen

MWWG - LECTURE - Nick Clark - WOOD BENDING TECHNIQUES
2026-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Corvallis Museum, 411 SW 2nd St,, Corvallis, OR, 97330, United States
Mark Your Calendars, it’s time for two special woodworking events: an all-day Saturday demonstration and a Friday night Museum talk, both with master woodworker Nick Clark.
As a follow up to Yuri Kobayashi’s 2023 steam bending demo Nick’s will be focused on the other wood bending technique, bent lamination. As an extra bonus Nick will demonstrate his methods for producing the custom veneers he uses in some of his projects.
The location of the demo will be the Crescent Valley High School Woodshop, and the date and time will be Saturday March 7th beginning at 9 am. As was the case in 2023 there will be a special event charge for Guild members. Note: you will as well need to be current on your 2026 Guild dues. Stay tuned for the extra amount and other details but be prepared for a very reasonable rate for a demo of this caliber.

On the prior night, Friday March 6th at 7 pm, in place of our regular March meeting we will hold a special event open to all in the Collins Room at the Benton County Historical Society Museum: Nick Clark: A Woodworker’s Journey from the UK to Corvallis

In the first half Nick will describe how a “lad” from an English village who began his woodworking career in a traditional UK 5-year woodworking apprenticeship program at age 16 ended up a master woodworker in the Corvallis, Oregon area.

The second half of Nick’s presentation will focus on his woodworking projects and the techniques he has refined over 40 years of furniture making and building high end cabinetry in the UK, Berkeley, CA, Ashland, OR and now the Corvallis area.
Those of you who have met Nick and seen his work know he is both an expert woodworker and an entertaining speaker. His museum talk should be an event that our membership, their families, friends and anyone with an interest in woodworking will enjoy attending.

While free, since the Museum charges $300 for a Friday night rental of the Collins room there will a suggested donation of $5-10 per person (in cash) to help cover the Guild’s cost and to simultaneously contribute to the success of our beautiful museum via rental of its facilities.

MWWG - LAMINATION BENDING WORKSHOP- BY NICK
2026-03-07 09:00 - 14:30 | OR
Mark Your Calendars, its time for two special woodworking events: an all-day Saturday demonstration and a Friday night Museum talk, both with master woodworker Nick Clark.
As a follow up to Yuri Kobayashi’s 2023 steam bending demo Nick’s will be focused on the other wood bending technique, bent lamination. As an extra bonus Nick will demonstrate his methods for producing the custom veneers he uses in some of his projects.
The location of the demo will be the Crescent Valley High School Woodshop, and the date and time will be Saturday March 7th beginning at 9 am. As was the case in 2023 there will be a special event charge for Guild members. Note: you will as well need to be current on your 2026 Guild dues. Stay tuned for the extra amount and other details but be prepared for a very reasonable rate for a demo of this caliber.

42nd MWWG ANNUAL EXHIBITION
2026-04-23 - 2026-04-25 | CORVALLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY, 645 NW Monroe Ave, CORVALLIS, Oregon, 97330

MWWG SHOW RECEPTION
2026-04-24 17:30 - 19:30 | CORVALLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY, 645 NW Monroe Ave, CORVALLIS, Oregon, 97330
Come join us to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the MID-WILLAMETTE WOODWORKERS ANNUAL EXHIBITION.

MWWG TRANSITION MEETING
2026-05-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Consumer Power Bld, 6990 West Hills Road, Philomath, OR
This will be a membership meeting at Consumer’s Power at 7 pm on Tuesday May 5th to receive member inputs about the dissolution as an Oregon non-profit Guild and more importantly to discuss how to proceed with a transition to a “GROUP”. Board members will be present to answer questions you may have, but they may not have all the answers at this meeting. The focus will be how to keep us woodworkers communicating, sharing ideas and knowledge among our community.
If you want to weigh in on the transition but will be unable to attend the 5/5 meeting at Consumer’s Power please use the groups.io forum to express your ideas. Please title your email “Ideas For the Transition” to make the thread easier to follow.

A special raffle will be held that night. Each paid member will be given a free ticket for the drawing of 10 gift certificates worth $50 ea.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
MWWG BOARD
