Meetings

Next meeting: Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 7:00PM is an in person event.

The Central Jersey Woodworkers Association normally meets monthly on the second Wednesday of the month (except for July and August) from 7:00PM to 10:00PM at the Old Brick Reformed Church on Route 520 in Marlboro NJ. We welcome new members and guests.

Upcoming Meetings

  • October 8, 2025
  • November 12, 2025
  • December 10, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

Membership

The Central Jersey Woodworkers Association is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization of woodworkers founded for the purpose of providing a resource to the community for the promotion of woodworking and woodworking education at all levels of experience, sharing of information about woodworking techniques, tools, and sources for supplies, and facilitating the exchange of ideas with fellow woodworkers.

We always welcome new members to our club.  As a member you will enjoy all of the benefits described above with the additonal perks found on our members only area; discounts for lumber, tools and hardware, access to our book and multimedia library, group builds, and educational seminars.

 

Simply download the membership form  and bring to a meeting with payment, or mail form with check payment to:

Doug Poray
Central Jersey Woodworkers Association
617 Bennetts Mills Road
Jackson, NJ 08527

 

Membership Dues or Renewal of Dues may also be paid electronically via:

 Zelle

                                                                                                                                           

 

 

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Sunday
Nov112018

CJWA meeting November 2018

CJWA’s Featured Speaker –Matt Kestenbaum
November 14th

For the meeting this coming Wednesday Nov. 14th 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

Sunday
Oct072018

CJWA meeting October 2018

For the October meeting, our guest speaker will be Andrew Hunter who is a Profession Cabinetmaker and builds furniture with a Japanese flair.

Andrew has written numerous articles for Fine Woodworking as well as teaching classes at a number of woodworking schools.

He will give a talk on how he got started as well as a slide presentation of some of his work. Andrew will also give a demonstration on using Japanese Hand Planes, which will be available for club members to try.

Click Here for a link to a bio of Andrew and some of his work.

 

Thursday
Oct042018

CJWA Fall 2018 Tool Auction

Hello Fellow Woodworkers,                                                

In case you have not already gotten the word directly from CJWA or one of our associate woodworking / tool groups, we are about to open up another online tool auction.  If you registered to bid in our last auction, your past registration / bidding number is still yours!  (If you have forgotten your password find the reset button on the bottom of the Sign-in page.) To preview the items in the auction catalog just browse over to the website at www.charityauction.bid/cjwa  You can even bid via mobile app! Simply download the free Auctria Mobile Bidding app from either the Apple or Google App Store and sign in!

The CJWA Fall 2018 Tool Auction will open at midnight tonight 10/12 and close at 8:00pm Sunday 10/14/18.

WHERE: Entirely online. www.charityauction.bid/cjwa. YOU CAN EVEN BID BY APP
WHEN:  The auction website will go live at midnight tonight 10/12 and will close at
               8:00pm Sunday 10/14 — Its mobile enabled!! Not home? Bid from your phone!
WHAT:  Lots of great stuff! Over 120 lots!  Machinery, hand tools, antique tools, and
               clamps!  Equip your shop, get ahead of Xmas shopping or just bid for the excitement!
WHO:    Open to everyone…CJWA member or not….spread the word!

NOTE: Please read ALL of the information on the web site CAREFULLY regarding rules,
             bidding, fees and claiming tools.

The site’s link is www.charityauction.bid/CJWA

Good Luck! And have a great weekend!

 

              

Thursday
Sep062018

CJWA meeting September 2018

CJWA’s Featured Speaker –Matthew Kenney
September 12th

Welcome back from the Summer Break! 

We are excited for the start CJWA’s upcoming fall!  Our September 12th meeting promises to be a great one as we welcome guest speaker Matthew Kenney.  As I’m sure most of you regularly read Fine Woodworking Magazine, you are probably already familiar with his woodworking – as until very recently – Matthew was the Senior Editor of FWW.  As well as writing dozens of articles for the magazine and editing scores more, he is also the author of the recent book 52 Boxes In 52 Weeks.

Among his frequent aesthetic motifs is the use of Kumiko – the geometrically complex, Japanese grillwork.  Matt will be discussing and demonstrating Kumiko for CJWA at the Sept. 12 Meeting

Upcoming events:
Sept. 9th  -  CRAFTS of NJ Annual Picnic
Sept. 15th  -  Birdhouse build day to support Forestry Day
                (Email with details to follow or contact me for plans so you can build some in your shop)
Oct. 6st  -  Forestry Day 2018
                (Sign-up sheet will be circulated at the meeting or you can contact me directly)
Oct. TBD  -  2018 CJWA Tool Action 
               (We will be accepting consignments in good working order)

Sunday
Jul082018

CJWA 2018 Barbecue Party

Saturday, July 28  @ Noon
Rain date Sunday July 29

2018 Central Jersey Woodworkers Association

Hosted by Scott & Paula Goldstein

CJWA provides the burgers, dogs, chicken and beverages

Bring a side dish and chairs

RSVP – Please tell me what you’ll be bringing
- Come early and help schlep the tables and stuff to the picnic are by the stream.
- Direction from the Old Brick Church
- RT-520 (Newman Spring rd) head east towards Hwy 34 North

  • At light go North.  (left)
  • Past one light (Schanck rd).
  • Next left is East Lawn drive.
  • 10th house on right ( if you don’t make any other turns.  East Lawn loops back on itself)