A Club for Carvers, Scrollers and Woodworkers |
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Artistry in Wood Exhibit The 20th annual Artistry in Wood (AIW) Woodworking Competition and Exhibition took place February 22 through March 4 at the Midtown Mall (600 E. Northern Lights Blvd.). There were lots of entries in categories under woodworking, wood scrolling, wood turning, and wood carving. Many thanks to the volunteers that helped with set up and take down and all those that were there each day to meet with the public. |
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Update from Carvers A big thank you to all of the volunteers that came to the midtown mall to help with Artistry in Wood. The award for the most hours spent goes to Joe Paluba who practically worked all of them. Close second to Cindy McDowell. The longest distance travelled to volunteer goes to Floyd Brooks from Nenana. Today is our last day and then we begin the task of taking everything down and storing for next year. Next year will be our 25th and we should begin now planning for the biggest ever. All members that submitted entries for this year remember to pick up your art tomorrow. The sooner we get them picked up the sooner we get to pack up. I suspect the am will be spent retrieving materials and the afternoon dismantling. We will meet at 0930 on Wednesday to load the truck. We look forward to seeing many of the new faces who joined ACWA or plan to soon at our meetings and classes. |
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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 9th at 8801 Old Seward Hwy, Anchorage, AK 99515, USA March 23rd at 8801 Old Seward Hwy, Anchorage, AK 99515, USA April 13 at 2716 Commercial Dr. April 27 at 2716 Commercial Dr. May 11 at 2716 Commercial Dr. May 25 at 2716 Commercial Dr. June-Aug: no meetings enjoy the summer! We will reconvene in Sept. 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 February 2024 Woodworkers Club Officers: President: Sandy McKinnis, Vice President: Larry Holman; Board Members: Bob Lackey, Greg Lyall, Alan Peck, Bill Poole, Jim Powell |
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March 12 Meeting: The monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, March 12 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. Lowell Zercher and Jonathan Snyder will be co-presenters for the March meeting giving a presentation on using veneer in woodworking projects. They will cover where to buy veneer, and how to store/care for it and the best substrates. Jonathan will demonstrate laying up a box sized lid with a 2-way book matched burl panel and discuss how to layout a 4-way book match. He will demonstrate pressing a panel with a low-cost low tech vacuum press setup. If time permits, he will also demonstrate hammer veneering with hot hide glue which does not require a vacuum press or any clamps. Lowell will discuss his hi-tech vacuum press for veneering and for work holding. He will have a short slide show to show veneered projects he has built and discuss the techniques he used. |
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February Monthly Meeting Recap: The Woodworkers Chapter meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month from September to May. Dohn Wood presented at the February meeting on the topic of how to sharpen hand saws. This was a hands-on presentation with Dohn talking about types of saws and the way to sharpen them. He demonstrated how to sharpen several saws and the audience had a chance to practice as well. Some members brought their saws, hand tools and jigs to show as well. This was a fun and informative meeting that included lots of conversation and laughs too. . |
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| | Dohn Wood demonstrating sharpening the teeth of a dovetail saw |
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| | Some of the audience circled around as Dohn talked about and demonstrated hand saw sharpening |
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| | Some of he tools brought in to sharpen and show |
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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. Classes use of a variety of tools and technologies for beginner to intermediate experience levels. Upcoming classes in March are making a side table with a drawer, an elegant hall entry table, and a splay sided tray. |
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Classes in April include scroll saw puzzles and a choice of a planter box or wooden sign created using a CNC router. |
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Stay tuned for classes in final development that will be posted soon to the website where you can sign up. These include guest instructor Deneb Puchalski with Lie-Nielsen Toolworks from Warren, Maine teaching 2 hand tool classes and presenting at our May monthly meeting. Also guest instructor John Parker from Kodiak, AK will be teaching an outdoor furniture class. We will also be offering a chainsaw milling class again this spring. |
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Assistant instructor (and editor of the Woodchip Woodworkers Chapter content) Alan Peck inspecting student Tom Lannon’s work. Below are the 4 completed classes during February 2024 Bookcase class on February 3, 4, 17 and 18. This class was taught by Sandy McKinnis.
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| | Tom Lannon using the table saw |
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| | Tam Pikey sanding a panel |
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| | Tam and instructor Sandy McKinnis gluing up a panel with Domino joinery |
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| | Ulysses Scott drilling pocket holes |
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| | Tom with his completed bookshelf |
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| | L to R: Tom, Ulysses, and Tam at the end of class |
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Contemporary Mirror evening class on February 20 and 27 with instructor Marc Brown.
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| | Ben Matheson using the crosscut sled at the table saw |
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| | Lindsey Kirchoff cutting parts |
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| | Ben and Lindsey sanding the mirror frames |
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| | Lindsey rounding over the frame edges with the trim router |
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| | Ben with his completed mirror |
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Bandsaw Jewelry box class taught by Sandy McKinnis on February 24.
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Picture Frame class on February 10 taught by Jim Crum.
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| | L to R: Soch Lor, Claire Maxwell, and Pat Gokey with their completed frames. |
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Made You Look… When you've built/carved too many things and need extra storage, just modify and attach to your ceiling. |
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| | Member Ron Ginter cut the tops off his duck decoys and mounted them up high |
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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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General Information (not club specific): |
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Classifieds The Treasure Chest: |
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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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