Birdhouse making session for CJWA

As many of you know, selling birdhouse kits has been a major source of fundraising for our club.  Of course, the kits have to be made.  We are having a get together tomorrow night, Aug. 24 at 7 PM at Jeff Brown’s shop to help make the parts for the birdhouse kits.  All are welcome.

Jeff is located at 13 Birch Hill Road, Freehold, NJ 07728.  For questions or more information, call him at 732-522-0437.

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Woodworking classes in Bridgewater starting Sept. 21

CJWA member Michael Melofchik of Dream Forest Studios again will be teaching a series of woodworking classes aimed at the beginning woodworker through The Jointure for Community Adult Education. Each class consists of two weekly 1-1/2 hour sessions, and tuition is only $49 for each class. Information on the series can be found on The Jointure’s website. The classes will be held at the Bridgewater Raritan Middle School in Bridgewater, and the series starts on Sept. 21.

The Jointure has been providing adult education classes in Somerset County for over 80 years.  You can get more information and register for the classes online at The Jointure’s website.

CJWA Summer Picnic

CJWA had its annual summer picnic at Bill Woodward’s house. As always it was a great time, with an overabundance of food.  Many CJWA members and their families, including kids, attended.

Bill was not just a gracious host, he also manned the grill.

And he gave a great tour of his shop and his current project: a kayak.

It can be safely said that a great time was had by all.  Thanks again to Bill for his generosity in hosting this year’s picnic.

CJWA Summer Picnic, July 31

Bill Woodward has been kind enough to host this years family CJWA club picnic. The date is Saturday July 31 from 1 to 5PM, with a rain date the following Sunday August 1.

The club will provide hamburgers, hot dogs, soda, paper goods and cups. If everyone planning to attend would bring a side dish or dessert similar to what we did for our Holiday Party, no one will leave hungry. In order to get an idea of how many burgers and soda to buy, please RSVP to Marc Gaertner with how many are coming and what you are planning on bringing. This way we can avoid excessive duplication of items, although I think that an excess of desserts is never a problem. It would be also be helpful if people can bring additional chairs.

Hope to see everyone there!

Marc’s email is marcleslieg [at] gmail [dot] com, and his phone is 732-390-9492.   

Bill’s address is 13 Roberts Rd, Millstone NJ 08536, just south of Route 33 and close to exit 8 on the NJ Turnpike, and his phone number is 732-446-9782.

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Lie-Nielsen special event for CJWA members

As part of Lie-Nielsen’s Hand Tool event at Frank Klausz’s workshop this June, they offered a special Thursday night event for CJWA members.  Deneb Puchalski gave demos on many aspects of hand tool use for club members, and although the event was only scheduled for a couple of hours, Deneb graciously kept going for as long as people had questions.  Thanks to Lie-Nielsen for hosting this event for our club!