A Club for Carvers, Scrollers and Woodworkers |
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Update from Carvers club Just a little over 2 weeks until Artistry in Wood. Hopefully everyone is putting finish on their entries and will be submitting them. Let's make this the best one yet. This is our biggest event of the year and takes many to make it run smoothly. Hopefully everyone can spend a few hours volunteering to man the event and talk to the public about the artwork and encourage new members. Also, if you can help with set up and take-down there is always lots to do. At our January 13 meeting members voted to transition our meetings to the new Commercial Dr. AIH. Unfortunately, the woodworkers double booked the site with classes. That resulted in us continuing to meet at the Old Seward location until April. Thank you to Callie for suggesting the compromise and thank you to Sandy for agreeing to include the carvers in future schedules. I apologize for the confusion, but I believe that we will do a better job scheduling into the future. Finally, I announced at our last meeting that I will be stepping down as president in May. This year was a busy year for me with retirement and some of my priorities are changing. I expect to be traveling more in 2024 and not readily available for club business. I will continue to be a member and actively carve and create wood projects. And with this announcement I will encourage all members to be active in both club business and ACWA operations. |
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Last Frontier Woodcarving Schedule for 2023-2024 Location AIH Alaska Industrial Hardware Inc, 8801 Old Seward Hwy, Anchorage, AK 99515, USA Schedule 2024 February 10, 10am February 17 - March 10 - ARTISTRY IN WOOD March 10, 10am March 31 Easter Sunday April 13, 10am April 27, 10am May 11, 10am May 25, 10am August - State Fair September 14, 10am September 28, 10am October 26, 10am October 31 Halloween November 9, 10am November 23, 10am November 28 Thanksgiving December 14, 10am December 25 Christmas December 28, 10am |
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Update from the Scrollers club No new updates - Club is currently on Hiatus. |
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Woodworkers Chapter News January 2024 Woodworkers Club Officers: President: Sandy McKinnis, Vice President: Larry Holman; Board Members: Bob Lackey, Greg Lyall, Alan Peck, Bill Poole |
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February 13 Meeting: The monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, February 13 at 7 p.m. in our workshop at the Alaska Industrial Hardware (AIH) store located at 2716 Commercial Drive. Please enter by the door around the back of the building. The main front entrance will be closed since the meeting time is after store hours. Dohn Wood will be our presenter for the February meeting on the topic of how to sharpen hand saws. He will bring saws to sharpen but attendees can bring their own if they want. Dohn is a long-time member of the club. He spends hours volunteering at the Artistry in Wood exhibition demonstrating hand tool use. He enjoys designing and building his own unique pieces. Dohn taught Woodworking at the local Waldorf School for over 10 years. |
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January Monthly Meeting Recap: The Woodworkers Chapter meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month from September to May. Thank you to Dave Junge for another of his interesting presentations called “How to Frame your Friends” which covered creative framing techniques. And thanks Dave for passing out to the audience jars of his special formula of lubricant to prevent wood screws from breaking off when installing in hardwoods. . |
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| | Dave discussing one of the creative frames he made |
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| | Dave with another of his frames |
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Elections were held during the January meeting for Woodworkers Chapter officers. Sandy McKinnis was reelected President and Larry Holman was elected the new Vice President. We have vacancies still for a Secretary and a general Board Director that we need to filled and welcome you to contact us if you are interested in helping the chapter and working with a great team (https://www.alaskacreativewoodworkersassociation.org/contact). Jim Powell decided to take a well-deserved break from the Chapter Vice President role and the ACWA executive board position of acting President. Jim has been dedicated to the success of the ACWA and put in many hours of work to keep us on this path. Many thanks to Jim. |
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New Shop Tools: Thanks to the generosity of AIH, we got a delivery in December of a Shark CNC (computerized numerical control) woodworking machine. Jim Powell, John Lime, and Sandy McKinnis assembled it in January getting us closer to offering future classes using the CNC, the design software, and providing you with experiencing it’s benefits and uses. |
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Jim Powell (left) and John Lime (right) assembling the Shark CNC |
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Open Shop Program: Woodworking Wednesday: The Open Shop Program is now offered every Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m. Our volunteer shop monitors are excited about the new schedule which increases the opportunities for members to have access to the workshop and the shop monitors will be there to help folks with projects as needed. Please Note: If you want to use the shop, you need to sign up on the website as we can only have a maximum of 4 students in the shop on each date (https://www.alaskacreativewoodworkersassociation.org/book-online). You will need to indicate what you are planning to build, what kind of help you need and the time you will be there. |
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Classes: Most of our classes are led by experienced woodworker AWCA members for the benefit of all our members to learn, build and get to know fellow members. A big thanks to those instructors for all the hours they put in preparing for and teaching these classes! There is a lot that goes into each class offering. We have some classes in development that have not made it to the website yet for April and May. These include guest instructor, John Parker, from Kodiak, AK who will be teaching an outdoor furniture class and another guest instructor from Lie-Nielsen Toolworks in Warren, Maine teaching 2 hand tool classes and presenting at our May monthly meeting. We will also be adding classes on base cabinet construction, a knife block holder, welded television/ media stand, chainsaw milling and some others. We will keep you posted through the newsletter, but it is best to checking on the website and register as soon as these get posted or you may miss out. Check our website for class descriptions (https://www.alaskacreativewoodworkersassociation.org/classes) and to register (https://www.alaskacreativewoodworkersassociation.org/book-online?category=7e325206-ec7f-4acd-86d1-ec9e6e4b5660). The January classes included Making a Blanket Chest, Cutting Boards (January 13/14), and Hexagonal Boxes with Lids (January 23 and 30) classes. Unfortunately, we do not have pictures from all of these, but we do for the Blanket Chest Class on January 20,21, 27, and 28 taught by Marc Brown. |
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| | Pat Gokey at the table saw |
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| | Soch Lor using the drum sander on a panel |
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| | Allison Meyer measuring the end panel |
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| | Tam Pikey cross cutting parts at the table saw |
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| | Pat and Kat Hefley preparing to assemble |
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| | Pat and Kat gluing and clamping |
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| | Waiting for the glue to dry |
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| | Students working in the shop |
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| | Tom Lannan and Allison fitting the panels |
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| | Tom with his blanket chest |
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| | Soch ready to take her blanket chest home |
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Welcome new Members: It’s wonderful to have so many new members joining our group. We hope to see all of you frequently at the monthly meeting programs and future classes. Please contact us through the website to let us know if you would like to contribute an item to the newsletter or volunteer your help to the club. Whatever your woodworking experience level, there are many ways to participate. |
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Mission Statement: The Alaska Creative Woodworkers Chapter is dedicated to the promotion of skill, craft, and excellence in the woodworking community through education, information, and fellowship. |
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Artistry in Wood Exhibit The 20th annual Artistry in Wood (AIW) Woodworking Competition and Exhibition will take place February22 through March 9 at the Midtown Mall (600 E. Northern Lights Blvd.). It is open to the public each week Thursday to Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Entries feature categories under woodworking, wood scrolling, wood turning, and wood carving. We need volunteers to set up for AIW. February 17th is set up day. February 18 and 19 entries will be taken in. Volunteers who are helping transport our displays need to meet on the 17th at our storage area and volunteers for setting up displays needed to meet at our area in the Midtown Mall at 10 the same day. We need your help take in entries and to be in the area during the times we are open to the public. More information will be coming to our membership through a separate email. |
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Classifieds The Treasure Chest: Bob Lackey is selling his SawStop Jobsite table saw with mobile cart. The jobsite is perfect for those with a small shop or when you need to transport it to a job. It folds to a dimension of 26 ½” L x 29” W x 45” H and has a tabletop depth of 24 5/8 inches. Lightly used. $1200 or best offer. Call Bob at (907) 982-6607. Dave Junge has been informed by an OFFICIAL INSPECTOR that he has to get rid of all of the wood stored in his crawl space as it is in VIOLATION of city codes. And, he is selling his home in a couple of weeks so the WOOD HAS GOT TO GO. Therefore, on Saturday February 17 from 10:00 AM to noon (or until the supply runs out) there will be FREE WOOD available to members of ACWA. And an opportunity to see a well lit shop. Coffee will not be served. Bring your own. Please don’t call to ask what kind of wood. He’s old and can’t remember. But it’s mostly good stuff. Address: 500 Kayak Drive. Ph: (907) 433- 9971.
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Do you have suggested content or wish to contribute a woodworking news item to the monthly newsletter? Please contact us through the website at: https://www.alaskacreativewoodworkersassociation.org/contact Woodworking: the act, process, or occupation of working wood into a beautiful, useful, and desired form |
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Application for Membership Alaska Creative Woodworkers Association P. O. Box 201796, Anchorage, AK 99520-1796 Date: ________________ Family/Individual membership, $40 per year. Please make checks payable to ACWA. Name/s: ____________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________ City: _______________________________________________________ State: __________________________ Zip:________________________ Telephone (Home/cell): ________________________________________ E- mail: ____________________________________________________ Benefits of membership in the Alaska Creative Woodworkers Association include: 1. Entry into all woodworking, carving, and scrolling classes offered by the club for one year following payment of dues. There may be additional material, instructor or shop fees for some classes. 2. Discounts at Alaska Industrial Hardware stores, Hardware Specialties, and Spenard Builders Supply. 3. Monthly informational meetings. 4. Beginning to expert classes in carving, woodworking and scrolling. 5. Periodic classes offered by nationally recognized instructors from out of state. 6. All tools and materials provided for most classes. |
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