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.

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.