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!

 

2018 CJWA Holiday Party

At the December meeting on 12th we will continue with the CJWA tradition of a Holiday Pot Luck Dinner, where there will be much conversation about woodworking and an even larger amount of food. This year’s Holiday Dinner meeting will begin at 7:00 pm. Please try to arrive by 6:00/6:30 pm, so we can get everything set up by 7:00 pm.

As we have done in the past, everyone is asked to bring a main course, a side dish or a dessert. If you bring enough food for 6 to 8 people, we should have more than enough for everyone. Family members are certainly welcome to come.

The club will provide soda, water, paper plates and plasticware. To keep the menu balanced please contact Scott Goldstein to indicate what food you are bringing. Following the feast, we will have a short meeting. We hope to see everyone there.

Note:
Chaffing racks will be ready to heat the food - Use ½ tray for hot dishes
(Remember we aren’t allowed to use the stove)

CJWA meeting November 2018

CJWA’s Featured Speaker –Matt Kestenbaum
November 14^th

For the meeting this coming Wednesday Nov. 14^th the speaker will be our current club president Matt Kestenbaum. http://mkestenbaum.com  Matt is going to do a presentation, of a complicated laminated tapered leg table he is currently been building.

This month’s “Mini Fundamentals” William Duffield will be talking about the different ways to hold work on a bench.

We are also going to be talking about upcoming elections. In addition we will be asking members to consider presentations of a project for a spring meeting. We will also be talking about group builds. So if you have an idea for a group build and would like to lead one let us know about at Wednesday’s meeting.

We will be presenting the Auction results and some general business as well.
Holiday Party for 2018, click here for flyer for this year’s party.

Hope to see everyone there