A Club for Carvers, Scrollers and Woodworkers |
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Woodworkers Club News May 2022 Woodworkers Club Officers: President: Sandy McKinnis, Vice President: Jim Powell; Secretary/Treasurer-open, Board Members: Bill Poole, Chris Gullet, Bob Lackey, and Larry Holman |
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NOTICE: Monthly Meetings will resume on September 13th; We now meet the 2nd Tues of the month from 5:15-7 at the new AIH at 8801 Old Seward Hwy. It’s in the mall at the corner of the Old Seward Hwy and Diamond Blvd. We meet in their training center. |
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Monthly Meetings At our May meeting Dave Junge shared pictures of the many beautiful things he has built over the years and tips and pointers that he’s learned from his experiences as a woodworker. He also played his violin for the group. His presentation was enjoyed by all. Thanks so much for sharing Dave. |
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New Program: WOODWORKING WEDNESDAYS HAS BEEN LAUNCHED! Larry, Holman, Jim Powell, Gino DelFrate and Sandy Mckinnis have volunteered to staff our shop area each Wednesday to help folks with projects. We have all the Wednesday’s covered from May through August. If this program is popular we will continue it through next year. 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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INSTRUCTORS NEEDED: The ACWC board met and have a tentative list of classes for the upcoming 2022-2023 year. Classes will run 2-3 times per month from Sept to May. Instructors needed for the following classes: Hall shoe storage, stool with curved seat, rocking chair, outdoor furniture, flower boxes, jointery, Christmas presents/Toys to donate, clock, lamp and a George Nelson slatted platform bench…..OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TEACH!!! Contact: Sandy McKinnis @ 562-3994 or akspeech@mtaonline.net. |
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Upcoming Classes Held Saturdays, and some Sundays, from 10-4p.m. at the Alaska Industrial Hardware Store at 5655 Old Seward Hwy. in Anchorage Master woodworker, furniture designer and owner of Blackstone Designs, Mark Wedekind, will be teaching a class in September. He was recently featured in the Jan/Feb 2022 issue of “Woodworker West” magazine. Check the website, our Facebook page and/or Instragram for updates |
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Recent Classes. Base Cabinet |
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Thanks to Bob Lackey for his wonderful instruction and for sharing all his neat tools and jigs. |
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Woodworking: the act, process, or occupation of working wood into a beautiful, useful, and desired form |
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Wood Carvers May 28th was the last woodcarvers meeting for the season. We worked on carving a dolphin cut-out that Cindy brought in. And yes Cindy was actually caught carving in one of the meetings. Mike showed us a new instrument to hold a piece of wood steady while carving. It's called a Rockwell Jawhorse. He has carved some amazing pieces using this tool. The next woodcarvers meeting will be September 10th at 10am at AIH: 8801 Old Seward Hwy, Anchorage, AK 99515. Hope to see you all there. Enjoy summer and get to woodcarving! Bring in some pieces in September so we can all see the amazing things you have created. |
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Scrollers Club Update Summer is finally here. Time to get out and enjoy this beautiful state. The scroll club is off for the summer. We will resume our normal meeting times on September 17th from 10-2. The location is yet to be determined. During the summer we will be working on cutting out frogs and butterflies for the State Fair. If you’d like to help contact Ray to pick up some wood and patterns. Last year we gave out about 75 puzzles to the children so we’d really like to get a head start. The plans for the State Fair are not finalized at this point. We’re hoping it will only be one week for the scrollers. As it gets closer we’ll try to get the word out as to what the schedule will be. If you’d like to help with the fair please contact Ray with your contact information so when the time comes you be notified. Enjoy your summer! Happy Scrolling! |
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