Handplane Seminar May 18 9AM -12 Noon $20

Our next educational seminar will be held at The Wood Joint School in Tinton Falls, NJ on Saturday, May 18, from 9-12AM.  The address of the school is 3300 Shafto Road, Unit C, Tinton Falls, NJ.  We welcome all members to participate;  from new in hand plane use to experienced, all can learn something.  Bring your handplane(s) with you, specifically a bench or smoother plane, (and any sharpening stones that you may have), and if you don’t own a hand plane, we can supply something for you to try. If you have a small piece of wood 1-2 feet long, that you would like to practice on, bring it.  I will bring some different woods from my stash for all to try out.   We will learn sharpening and tune up of the hand plane, proper use of this important tool, and finally we will hand plane two or more surfaces flat and square.  Our lead intructor will be Brian Holcombe.  Also we are skiing for a $20 donation for the use of the building.  For planing and space puposes, please notify Bob Emmons (bob-emmons@comcast.net) your intentions on attending as soon as possible.

Update on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 10:03PM by Central Jersey Woodworkers Association

Here are some photos of the hand plane seminar.  It was a great sucess.  We had a full house and learned a great deal from our instructor Brian Holman.  

Update on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 9:55AM by Central Jersey Woodworkers Association

Update on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 9:55AM by Central Jersey Woodworkers Association

Update on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 9:57AM by Central Jersey Woodworkers Association

CJWA Meeting April 10, 2019

The April meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 10th. We will be hosting a returning guess Speaker, Designer & Craftsman Glen Guarino of Guarino Furniture Designs in Cedar Grove, NJ.
Glen will be showing us some of his tables, talking about the unique sculptural designs, their construction processes and the finishes of each. He will also be doing some bench work demonstrating hand tools used in the shaping process.

For a glimpse into some of Glen’s work check out his web site:
https://guarinofurnituredesigns.com/

 

CJWA meeting March 2019

For the March 13th meeting, we will have three talented club members presenting.

Rich Hyers will do a presentation of a Kitchen Island he built.

Steve Altman will do a brief presentation of a programmable router he recently bought, showing it capabilities.

Brian Holcombe will do a presentation on sharpening and using hand planes. Based on his recent project pictured in Fine Woodworking magazine he built using only hand tool, this will be a very informative demonstration.

CJWA meeting February 2019

The February meeting will be, All About Turning. Club members Jerry Seid and Ray Wendrzycki will do a presentation / demonstration on face plate and spindle turning.

We will also be doing a members exhibition of turned object during the break. For club members that turn, please bring a few pieces that you have done to share with the group.

Preparation and discussion of our participation at the 2019 Woodworking Show (March 1-3) will be discussed.

Our new librarian Jim Braun, will give a briefing of the new library catalog system that can be major improvement. Also do you have any library books checked out, it’s time they be returned to the stacks?

Hope to see everyone there.

CJWA meeting January 2019

Happy New Year to one and all, this year we are going to start off the January meeting with some club business including Doug’s treasure’s report of fiscal year 2018, and then out-going President Matt Kestenbaum will have some words reflecting on his tenure leading the club. This will be followed by the club’s annual Officer Elections.

Next up will be our first presentation of the year, which will be from Robert Hemsen who will be giving a talk about the uniquely challenging carving project he recently completed. He designed, laid out and carved a Diamondback Rattlesnake that sits on top of a decorative box. 

The second presenter will be Marc Gaertner who will talk about the reproduction of a Porringer -Top Tea Table made out of tiger-maple. It features off center turned cabriole legs and a water base aniline dye to enhance the maple figure.

Remember, we renew memberships every January, so please bring your membership dues for the 2019 year. We look forward to seeing you all there!