CJWA meeting March 2018

This Wednesday’s meeting we will be hosting long time club member and professional cabinetmaker Danny Birnbaum of Saco Birnbaum Fine Woodworking. He and his business partner Miguel Saco have over 30 years combined experience in the custom furniture and woodworking business.  Together they have produced high quality furniture and architectural cabinetry for their worldwide clientele.  They specialize in custom veneers and exotic woods.  Their finishing department is unsurpassed in French polishing and the more traditional finishes.

Danny will be presenting a slide show and talk on some of their recent high end projects. To see examples of their work checkout their web site at www.sbwoodworking.com  You can also view Danny’s Members Gallery on this site for other pictures of his work.

Hope to see you there.

 

CJWA meeting February 2018

This Wednesday’s meeting will start off with the “Mini Fundamentals” segment for this month. This time around it will be Bob Emmons who will give a short talk / demonstration about reading grain direction for successful milling and glue ups.

Robert Lafferty, a long time club member and profession woodworker will be the feature speaker. He will discuss his business http://www.blackpointwoodworking.com/ as well as the recent short production run of intricate Dim Sum Platters.

Please remember it’s time to renew your annual club membership. If you were unable to do so last month please contact Doug and he will get you setup.

This Wednesday is Valentine’s Day; please note that we are still meeting as scheduled.

Hope to see everyone there

CJWA meeting January 2018

We will be starting off the meeting with the club’s annual Officer Elections.

It’s also time to renew your annual club memberships which for the first time in nearly 10 years the dues will be increased to $50.

Also note, in recognition of the overwhelming majority of seniors that make up our membership there will no longer be a reduced senior rate.

There will be brief annual report from Matt and Doug.

This month’s “Mini Fundamentals” will be a talk-demo on gluing up a panel. This will be followed by Wilbur Pan who will be giving a talk on the health risks of dust exposure.

William Duffield will than give a talk on laying out, shaping and fairing curves.

We are looking for a few good woodworkers…. 

Have an a project in mind, something you know how to build and would be willing to lead a small group of your follow members with a Group Build, please contact one of the officers to talk about your idea.

Hope to see you there.

CJWA 2017 Holiday Party

At the December meeting on Dec. 13 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 Fall 2017 Tool Auction

Dear Fellow Woodworkers,

We are pleased to announce the CJWA 2017 Online Tool Auction.  If you have been to a meeting in the last several months, you are probably already aware of it, but for those we haven’t seen in a while, CJWA was the recipient of a very generous donation.  A complete shop of tools, those tools with the addition of some others consigned for auction, are being offered.  This auction benefits CJWA (a 501c3 non-profit organization) as a direct fundraiser.

Bidding opened at 8:00 AM Sunday (11/12/17) morning and will remain open until approximately 8:00 PM next Sunday (11/19/17).  Please read ALL of the information CAREFULLY regarding rules, bidding, and claiming tools.  The web address of the auction is below.

The link is www.charityauction.bid/CJWA