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Woodworkers Club News June 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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Summertime schedule: Our last class session was May 29th. We will resume classes and monthly meetings in September. Our first monthly meeting will be on September 12th at 7 p.m. We will continue to meet in the training center room at the AIH on Dimond and the Old Seward Hwy until our new shop space is done. Please enter by the door near the Duluth Trading Company. |
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The May 9th monthly meeting will feature master woodworker and furniture designer Mark Wedekind. Mark will share his expertise with complex jointery, including how incorporated rocks and other neat stuff into furniture. You don’t want to miss this!! |
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New Shop Space: Construction on our new shop space at the Commercial drive AIH will start soon. We are being given approximately 1500 square feet of space in their store. We will have our own entrance and will be able to meet after store hours for classes and meetings. This new space will enable us to have bigger classes, more storage, and hopefully more tools. MANY, MANY THANKS TO AIH!!!!!!!! |
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New Program: The first Sat of every month, resuming in September, will now be open shop/WOODWORKING Saturday. This open shop program will be from 10-4p.m. Larry, Holman, Jim Powell, Alan Peck and Sandy Mckinnis have volunteered to staff our shop area during this time to help folks with projects. 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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Classes We have had a wonderful year of classes with 13 classes for adults and 1 for kids. Many thanks to our wonderful instructors. Most all of the adult classes were multiday classes. Classes for adults included: 1. woodworking mallet, 2. steam bent shaker boxes, 3. grizzly bear cutting board with CNC router embellishments, 4. custom designed stool, 5. sanding drawdown table, 6. scroll saw Christmas ornaments, 7. hall bench with drawers, 8. scroll saw puzzle, 9. chainsaw milling, 10. outdoor bench, 11. steam bent chair, 12. cedar planter and a 13. moose lawn ornament. In the kids class we built a bird feeder and every child went home with a completed project. A class/open shop was in session nearly every weekend except during Artistry in Wood when many of us volunteered at the show. We need ideas for classes you would like to see scheduled. So far we have instructors for the following: Design/build for a tool carrier, Band saw jewelry box, Votive Candle holders, Scroll saw clock, C-style sofa table, blanket chest, drawdown table, and kerfbent box. We need more classes and instructors!!! Contact: Sandy Mckinnis @ 907-562-3994 or akspeech@mtaonline.net |
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Cedar Planter Class Instructor: Marc Brown |
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Moose Lawn Ornament Instructor: Sandy McKinnis |
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Woodworking: the act, process, or occupation of working wood into a beautiful, useful, and desired form |
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Shop tools and wood for sale. Bob Rink is leaving the state and has many tools and a lot of wood for sale. His number is below if you are interested. He has the following plus much more. 1. Shaper and about a dozen cutters new never used… 2. Assorted wood on wall and 7-8, 6x6 birch and walnut that were to be used to make a cabinet makers bench that never happened 3. assorted hand planes 4. other wood working tools ( clamps etc ) It all gets sold - moving outside. We will do a time when these folks can all look at the stuff evening / weekend Bob Rink 907-227-4650; or his email: bobrink@gci.net |
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Update From the Scrollers: Summer is finally here! Time to get outside and enjoy that sunshine. The scroll clubs are done for the season. It was a fun year with new members and new projects. At this point there will not be a meeting in Anchorage next year. If there is someone who would like to lead a group please let Jim Powell know. The Valley group is tentatively set for next fall at the SBS in Wasilla. We will be changing the day to the 3rd Saturday of the month instead of the 4th. We missed 3 scroll sessions due to the holidays falling on the 4 weekend of the month. Spenard Builders Supply has been terrific to work with this year. They have been very accommodating and helpful. As a token of our appreciation Rhonda made an eagle clock, which was presented to Lee Rahn, Asst Manager. We are looking forward to continuing this partnership. The club's next big event is the State Fair. We will once again be demonstrating the art and cutting puzzles for the children. We'd be grateful if everyone would join us in demonstrating and talking to the fairgoers. Please let Rhonda know if you plan to attend so we can get tickets and parking passes. Hope to see everyone at the fair. Happy Scrolling!! |
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Carvers Woodcarvers are enjoying summer and will return Sept 9th for more club meetings. The State Fair comes up in August. Enter your projects and you can win some money. |
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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 2023 August -- State Fair September 9, 10am September 23, 10am October 14, 10am October 28, 10am October 31st Hallowwen November 11, 10am November 23 Thanksgiving November 25, 10am December 9, 10am December 23, 10am December 25 Christmas Schedule 2024 January 13, 10am January 27, 10am 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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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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