January Meeting: Chippendale chair by Robert Hemsen


Next meeting: Wednesday, June 11, 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
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.
Simply download the membership form and bring to a meeting with payment, or mail form with check payment to:
Membership Dues or Renewal of Dues may also be paid electronically via:
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Knowing that the first thing woodworkers want to think about after having eaten way too much over Thanksgiving, here’s information on our annual Holiday Potluck dinner. The December meeting will be held on Wed., December 14 at 6:30pm. Please note the earlier start time.
As in past years, members are asked to bring either a main dish, a side dish or a dessert to feed 6-8 people. CJWA will provide beverages and paper products. Please contact Marc Gartner @ marcleslieg@gmail.com to indicate what food you are bringing to avoid a situation where we have all desserts. Not that there’s a problem with all desserts, of course.
UPDATE: We will also have a presentation by the always entertaining and delightful Steve Altman, who will be talking about a set of six boxes that he has recently made, along with tips on what to think about when making batches and duplicates of a project, and making your own veneers.
A number of CJWA members have recently bought lumber for their projects from George Unfries, and his contact information is being posted for reference. George only operates by phone, and his number is 908-399-8904. He's located in Ringoes, and from member reports he has great wood and great prices.
Our November meeting will be chock full of member projects. Matt Greco will talk about his walnut and cherry table with a floating top. Simon Stark will discuss a bed he built for his daughter, and Harvey Wallach is up for shop of the month.
Add in updates from the CJWA build projects, and you’ll get a great cross sections of the things that CJWA members have been up to as we head into the fall and winter months, which has traditionally meant more shop time.
Hope to see you there!
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks is hosting a Hand Tool event this Friday 10/14 from 10am-6pm and Saturday 10/15 from 10am-5pm at Hearne Hardwoods in Oxford, PA.
CJWA’s own David Dorey and Bill Duffield will demonstrate traditional woodworking techniques at the SAPFM booth. Our good friends Chuck Bender of Acanthus Workshop and Geoff Noden of Adjust-a-Bench/Inlay Razor will be there as well.
More information can be found at the Lie-Nielsen website.