June meeting: Mario Rodriguez on Working with Curved Surfaces

The June CJWA meeting will be on Wednesday, June 8 at 7 PM. We are very lucky to have Mario Rodriguez from the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop give a demonstration on adding curved elements to your furniture project. Although there is certainly more to making furniture than pushing plywood through a table saw, the techniques needed to add a curved apron to a table, coopering a door, or cutting a cabriole leg are quite different. Be sure to come hear about the many ways you can expand your designs for your projects.

We will also be giving more details on our summer weekend workshop with Ernie Conover at the June meeting. Ernie Conover will be giving a weekend seminar for us on July 15-17.  We will be updating the website with more details as they are finalized.

May meeting: Trip to Saco & Birnbaum Fine Woodworking

The May CJWA meeting will be on Wednesday, May 11 at 7 PM. We will be taking a field trip to Danny Birnbaum’s shop.  This is a unique opportunity to see a commercial woodworking shop, and Danny will be giving us an interesting presentation on how his shop runs.

Danny’s shop is located at Saco & Birnbaum Fine Woodworking, 71 Glenwood Place, in East Orange, located close to exit 148 on the Garden State Parkway. You can get directions from the map below.

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April meeting: Works in progress

The April CJWA meeting will be on Wednesday, April 13 at 7 PM. At the April meeting, we will be discussing works in progress. Bob Hemsen will be giving a presentation on an English Georgian hall table that he is in the middle of building.  If you have a project in the works that you would like to talk about or would like to get input from the other CJWA members, please feel free to bring it for show and tell as well. This is a great way to get over that part of your project that you’ve been stuck on.

Woodturning classes with Michael Kehs

Michael Kehs is a member of the Bucks Woodturners in Bucks County PA, and is a Demonstrator and Teacher. His demos include but are not limited to Carving on Turning, Inside-out Turning, Thin Wall Open Vessels, Piercing and Airbrushing. He is offering classes this spring.  For a list of classes he has a brochure that you can download here.

Michael’s work can be viewed here.

March meeting: Workbenches

The March CJWA meeting will be on Wednesday, March 16 at 7 PM.  Please note the date change for Ash Wednesday, and again we apologize for the short notice.

At the March meeting, we will be discussing workbenches. Everyone needs a workbench for their shop, and this meeting will go a long way towards helping you identify what you need in a bench. Marc Gaertner will be talking about the workbench that he built for our club that was put to good use at our booth at the Woodworking Show. Wilbur Pan will be talking about building his Roubo bench. Of course, we will welcome input from anyone else who has made a bench, and questions from those thinking about building a workbench.

Simon Stark will also be presenting his shop for Shop of the Month, our series of CJWA members talking about their shop and how they deal with woodworking tasks.

Hope to see you there!