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Woodworkers Club News April 2023 Woodworkers Club Officers: President: Sandy McKinnis, Vice President: Jim Powell; Secretary open, Board Members: Bill Poole, Chris Gullet, Bob Lackey, Kaeli Stangl, Alan Peck, and Larry Holman |
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NEW TIME: Our monthly meetings will now start at 7 p.m. on the second Tues. of the month from Sept. to May. We continue to meet in the training center room at the AIH on Dimond and the Old Seward Hwy. Please enter by the door near the Duluth Trading Company. |
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The speaker for our March 14th meeting was Marc Brown. Marc talked about his experiences building Fine Woodworking's "The Coolest Woodworking Cutting Board Ever?" (March 2013, https://www.finewoodworking.com/2013/03/26/the-coolest-cutting-board-ever). Those who attended report that his presentation was excellent. Marc recently relocated from Silicon Valley to Anchorage to be close to his granddaughters. After a career in high tech, Marc began taking woodworking classes at the local adult schools, and has been teaching woodworking at the Palo Alto Adult School for the past 7 years. His email is: marc@chezbrown.org |
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TOOL SWAP: Our April monthly meeting on April 11th will be TOOL SWAP. Bring tools you want to sell/trade. |
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ARTISTRY IN WOOD. was a big success. We had over 150 entries from carvers, scrollers, turners and woodworkers. In addition, the AK Woodturning Association set up lathes at the rear of our space and members did live demos. Joe Paluba demoed scroll sawing and Dohn Wood demoed using hand tools. Several carvers were there doing demonstrations for caricatures and diamond willow. Timber came several times and demonstrated his wonderful carving techniques. Thanks to all who made the show a success. Some of the Artistry in Wood Entries and Demonstrations |
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Classes Held Saturdays, and some Sundays, from 10-4p.m. at the Alaska Industrial Hardware Store at 5655 Old Seward Hwy. in Anchorage Weekend Classes Scheduled to Date: SIGN UP on the Website |
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1. April 8th and 9th. Outdoor bench. Instructor: Larry Holman. 2. April 22,23,29 and 30th. Steam Bent chair, Instructor: Greg Lyall 3. Cedar Planter: May 13th and 14th. Instructor: Marc Brown 4. Make a Moose Lawn Ornament: May 27 & 28. Instructor: Sandy Mckinnis We will have more classes posted soon on the Website for sign up. |
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New Program: Woodworking Wednesdays are no longer available. Instead the first Sat of every month will now be open shop/WOODWORKING Saturday. This open shop program will be from 10-4p.m. Larry, Holman, Jim Powell, and Sandy Mckinnis have volunteered to staff our shop area during this time to help folks with projects. We are planning to continue it through next year. If you would like to serve as a shop monitor please call Sandy Mckinnis @ 907-562-3994. We welcome your help. 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. |
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Chain Saw Milling Class Instructor: Larry Holman |
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Woodworking: the act, process, or occupation of working wood into a beautiful, useful, and desired form |
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Update From the Scrollers: Congratulations to all the winners at this year's Artistry in Wood. A special thank you goes to Gordon Rosser for doing the demonstrations during the show. Hopefully the people who showed interest in the club will come to the April meeting. There was no meeting for the Anchorage club in March due to Artistry in Wood. The valley group did meet in March. There were two choices of projects this month. One was a collapsing basket and the other was a freestanding mouse. The basket was not as popular as the mouse. The mouse was to teach the group about sanding and shaping. Next month we will be doing a segmentation/intarsia project so these skills will come in handy. The next meeting for the Anchorage club is Saturday, April 15th at the AIH training center from 10-2. The valley group will be meeting on Saturday, April 22nd at the SBS building in Wasilla from 10-2. If you plan to come to this meeting please contact Rhonda Hayhyurst @ RhonHay61@gmail.com to ensure there is sufficient supplies. Happy Scrolling! |
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Carvers Hello everyone Yes we are going to have a Spring Woodcarving Seminar. It will be held on April 15, 2023 at the Anchorage Baptist Temple, 6401 E. Northern Lights Blvd in the school area of the building... that is the far East end. We will start at 10am an probably go to 3pm. Coffee/tea will be hot when you come. Lunch will be served about Noon. Classes will be: Diamond Willow w/Tom Stafford Rainbow Trout w/Ron Ginter 12 inch Spoon w/Chuck Shelley Chain w/Marties Black Woodburning w/Scott Thompson Cottonwood Bark House w/Nancy Knuutila
Cost will be $35.00 each-- pay at the door with cash, check or credit card. Don't bring anything but yourself ... we supply the tools, safety glove, wood, and lunch. Sign up early as some classes have a limit to the number of students. Email ccmcd38@hotmail.com to reserve your spot now!!!! Thank you Cindy McDowell |
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Last Frontier Woodcarving Schedule for 2022-2023 Location AIH Alaska Industrial Hardware Inc, 8801 Old Seward Hwy, Anchorage, AK 99515, USA Schedule April 8 starting at 10am - April 19th Easter April 15 Carving Seminar April 22 starting at 10am May 13 starting at 10am May 27 starting at 10am |
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