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Good morning! For those of you who were able to come to our Berkley Plantation tour and following meeting (20 attendees not counting Ray and Steve); thank you very much. It was a great day of furniture painting/Newport chair information and discussions. More thanks to: Ray and Steve...

Details and Notes: Berkeley Plantation is located approximately halfway between Richmond and Williamsburg, just off Route 5. See this link for directions: https://berkeleyplantation.com/directions/. Cost for the tour is $12. Pay at the Plantation gift shop. Williamsburg restaurants fairly...

Thanks Ed Sontag (owner of the Virginia Beach and Richmond Woodcraft stores) for allowing us to help him celebrate the store's anniversary with an outreach event. Also, thanks to Chris Haycox, John Rowe and Austin Loney for helping with the event. Fun had by all. Chris and John talking...

Good morning everyone, For your use, following is the agenda as well as details for our Chapter meeting April 27th. If you haven't already indicated that you'll attend but want to, please respond to me (Jim Francis, [email protected]) by April 15th. Also, please indicate whether you will...

At the 2024 Working Wood in the 18th Century conference, some questions were posed by the audience regarding joint tightness and glue. Certainly timeless questions. In response, two useful references are cited below that will give testing results and recommendations: Tips for Stronger...

The Tidewater Chapter will hold its spring meeting April 27th. The meeting will start with a tour of Berkeley Plantation; its buildings and furniture (North of Williamsburg) at 9 am, followed by the rest of the meeting at the James City County Library (7770 Croaker Road). Steve Dietrich will...