Meetings

Next meeting: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 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

  • April 10, 2024
  • May 8, 2024
  • June 12, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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Monday
Oct042021

Our next meeting is October 13, 2021, In Person

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at the Church.  In an effort to make everyone more comfortable, masks are required and we will not have refreshments.

 Our presenter will be Steve Voigt of Voigt Planes.  He will be making a presentation showing the planes he creates as well as some of the tools he uses to make them.   He will do a little demonstration and will be available for any questions anyone has.

 His website is http://www.voigtplanes.com/

 

Monday
Sep062021

September 8, In Person Meeting

The September meeting will finally be back at the Church.
The meeting will be the Members Exhibition, so bring what you’ve been working on over the past year and a half to share with the group. There’s a lot of catching up to do.
In an effort to make everyone more comfortable, masks are required and we will not have refreshments.

The September meeting will finally be back at the Church.The meeting will be the Members Exhibition, so bring what you’ve been working on over the past year and a half to share with the group. There’s a lot of catching up to do.In an effort to make everyone more comfortable, masks are required and we will not have refreshments.

Sunday
Jun062021

June 9, Virtual Meeting

Our next meeting will be virtual, held on June 9, 2021.

Our presenters will be…

  • Jeff Brown will discuss the Elephant display cabinet he built along with his shop tour.
  • Marc Gaertner will talk about the Curly Cherry end tables recently completed.
  • John Tomaino will present a Walnut cabinet he’s building.
  • Walt Levy will do a short talk on shop ideas.

 

 

Monday
May032021

May 12, Virtual Meeting

Our next meeting will be virtual, held on May 12, 2021.  Our presenters will be furniture maker William Brown and luthier John Bogdanovich.  We look forward to seeing everyone on May 12.

 

About guitar maker, John Bogdanovich

 

Guitar maker John Bogdanovich has a background tailor made for guitar building.  John began woodworking and playing guitar at  the age of 12. He  majored in music at what is now Richmond College studying performance and composition, and studied classical guitar privately with Julio Prol.  
 
John served as an  apprentice cabinet maker for 3 years in a well known cabinet shop in New York City training with old world European craftsman. This is where he began to develop the foundation of skills he would later be known for in guitar building.
 
After completing his apprenticeship John returned to college where he  received a BSEE in electrical engineering from Pratt Institute and a MSEE from Polytehcnic University, both in Brooklyn, NY. Upon graduation John worked as a design engineer in research and development at AT&T Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ. and retired after 10 years of service. Then returned to woodworking starting a small business designing and building furniture in Freehold, NJ.  He was a member of the CJWA and served as the very first VP!
 
John studied fine woodworking with James Krenov for two years at the College of the Redwood Fine Woodworking program in Fort Bragg, California. Upon completing the woodworking program took a guitar building class with Charles Fox. John built his first guitar immediately following and began his journey in lutherie.
 
In 2003 John was approached by Sterling Publishing and asked if he would like to author a book on guitar making. He had been given a rare opportunity to share techniques and thoughts about something he loved. This would prove to be a challenging project. In 2006 “Classical Guitar Making: A Modern Approach to a Traditional Design” was released. The book was instantly successful  and is widely accepted as the ultimate reference for building classical guitars. After the books release he was quoted as saying “I just wanted to produce something that I would be proud of.”
John’s website: https://www.jsbguitars.com/ 

 

About William Brown


 William Brown is the owner of the Maine Coast Workshop, and an 18th Century-style furniture maker. His furniture and carving website:  LineAndBerry.com

He grew up on a farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he apprenticed in the workshop of E. Townsend Moore. During this time he gained a love of fine Pennsylvania-made furniture from the 18th century.

William’s career path took him into the medical field, where he became a successful anesthesiologist, but all the time he continued to build high-end furniture to sell to clients and to beautify his own home. William has been building furniture for over 40 years, which is obvious in the details of his immaculate furniture. 

Saturday
Mar132021

April 14, Virtual Meeting

Our next meeing will be virtual, held on April 14, 2021.  Our featured speaker will be tool maker Ron Hock and member Bill Woodard’s Bee Shed .  If you are not familiar Ron works with hand tool blades such as custom plane irons;  in addition to his expertise in sharpening, check out his website hocktools.com.   We look forward to seeing everyone on April 14.