North-Central Regional Meeting


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Northern Lights will be hosting the first annual North-Central Guild Meeting in our Minneapolis Shop January 29th and 30th.  Everyone is welcome, regardless of your skills or experience.  You can register online, or at the door.  Here's what's on the agenda:

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Joint Busting with Joe Miller of Firetower Engineering

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Historic Timber Frames in Minnesota with Linda Pate of the Minnesota Historical Society

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Mortise Cleaning Competition judged by Joel McCarty of the Timber Framers Guild

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Antique Tool Sale with select local dealers - Saturday and Sunday 12:00

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Timber Frame Interior Finishing Details with Steve Tracy of Steve Tracy Studio

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Architecture of Edwin Lundie with Dale Mulfinger of SALA architects

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Google Sketchup: 3D CAD for the rest of us with Clark Bremer of Northern Lights Timber Framing

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Show and Tell of clever jigs, tips and tricks, featuring all of you!

We’re putting a twist on the traditional souvenir T-Shirt: Bring your own garment (be creative!), and for $5, we’ll silk screen the meeting logo on it at the printer next door. Printing can be black or white. No jackets, please, the ink won’t stick.

Food and beverages (top shelf!) will be provided, and everyone is welcome!  We're expecting around 100 timber framing enthusiasts from around the region, and across the continent.  Activities start at 9am on Saturday, but we'll have the coffee on at 8. 

Of course the highlight of the meeting will be something you can’t put on the agenda: The XCF (eXuberant Camaraderie Factor). Just hanging around with other timber framing enthusiasts is always inspiring and motivating. We sincerely hope you can attend.

Northern Lights is Located in historic NE Minneapolis in this old WWII munitions factory:

 

Here's the tentative schedule of events:

Sat     
8:00 AM   Coffee
9:00 AM   Welcome
9:15 AM   Joint Busting Warmup
10:15 AM   Historic Timber Frames in MN
12:00 PM   Lunch Break (with Mortise Cleaning Competition and Tool Sale)
1:30 AM   Timber Frame Interior Finish Details
3:00 PM   Mortise Cleaning Results
4:00 PM   TFG BoD Q&A
5:00 PM   Dinner and Beer
6:00 PM   Slideshow and Beer
     
Sun
8:00 AM   Coffee
9:00 AM   Sketchup for Timber Framers
10:30 AM   Tips and Tricks Show and Tell
12:00 PM   Lunch Break (with T-Shirt Printing and Tool Sale)
1:30 AM   Architecture of Edwin Lundie
3:00 PM   Joint Busting Finale