APRIL 2016

The April Meeting of the Grahamstown Woodworkers was held in the Design & Technology Centre at St Andrew's College.

Mike Brown and Koekoe Jonker gave talks on "Building Dolls' Houses and furnishing them with Miniature Furniture"

A Powerpoint presentation of the dolls' house talk can be downloaded.

A Powerpoint presentation of the miniature furniture talk can be downloaded.


Wouter Holleman starts the meeting with some of the miniature furniture on display

Mike Brown talks about building dolls' houses

Koekoe Jonker talks about making miniature furniture

Some of the furniture

Detail of the dolls' houses and miniature furniture are given in the Powerpoint presentations.

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On Saturday 16 April a group of members travelled to Bedford to visit the Eaglehout Furniture Factory.

Some of the photos taken by John Keulder are shown below.


Ben Blom welcomes the visitors

Vintage tools as wall decorations

King-size lathe

Table legs

Varieties of legs

Giant bandsaw

Thicknesser

Belt sander

Blackwood table

Rustic table

Not only does Eaglehout make quality furniture but they are actively involved in the recycling of metals and plastics as shown in the photos below.





Visit the Eaglehout website