A Club for Carvers, Scrollers and Woodworkers |
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ACWA CONTACT LIST CARVERS: Gino Delfrate, President gdelfrate59@outlook.com Callie Ashcraft, Vice President SCROLLERS: (Vacant), President Dave Vasik, Vice President vasak@gci.net Woodworkers: Sandy McKinnis, President akspeech@mtaonline.net Larry Hollman, Vice President holmanlarry750@gmail.com Executive Board: President Larry Hollman, holmanlarry750@gmail.com VP #1 Alan Peck, alan_peck@live.com VP #2 Jim Powell, jpow1700@gmail.com Treasurer Lisa Lackey, acwawebdesigner@gmail.com Recording Secretary Tam Pikey, tlpikey@gmail.com Communications Callie Ashcraft, tiger86_86@hotmail.com |
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Update from Carvers Hello Fellow Woodcarvers, Happy Spring. May 11 and May 25th will be the last meeting for this season. No carving June through August. We will meet back up on September 14th. In September bring in for show and tell what you carved over the summer while camping and fishing. May 11th we will be working on spoons. Cindy will be bringing in some spoon blanks so come join us at AIH at 8801 Old Seward Hwy, Anchorage, AK 99515. |
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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 May 11 May 25 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 May 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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May 14 Monthly Meeting: The monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, May 14 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. The second week of May will be packed with multiple classes taught by our guest instructor, Deneb Puchalski with Lie-Nielsen Toolworks. Deneb will take a break from classes to be our monthly meeting speaker. Deneb has spent years honing his hand-tool skills in a variety of fields. After completing the 12-week program at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine, and a six-month stint there as the artist in residence, Deneb went to work at Lie-Nielsen Toolworks. He is a hand tool expert and has spent many years demonstrating and teaching the use of woodworking hand tools all over the United States and Canada. This will be our last monthly meeting before the summer hiatus. We hope you get out to enjoy the Alaska summer and will see you again in September for more classes, the Open Shop program and the monthly meetings. |
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April Monthly Meeting Recap: The Woodworkers Chapter meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month from September to May. Arnie Geiger was the presenter at our April monthly meeting. He first provided a brief history of the early years of the club before going into a demonstration of how to tune up a jointer. In the process. he swapped our dull Powermatic jointer plane blades so we now have a new sharp set ready for use. Arnie’s association with the ACWA goes back to its founding more than 40 years ago. . |
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Volunteer Appreciation: Preparing for a big event requires lots of time and preparation. The Woodworkers Chapter Board of Directors has been in the planning for months to bring our membership a high caliber set of 3 classes taught by our guest instructor, Deneb Puchalski. The heaviest lift to make this happen is in the final weeks as the student registration solidifies. Several volunteers are required to organize guest accommodations, ensure enough tools can be borrowed for class use by students, and purchase class materials. Then there are the multiple long days spent to mill boards and cut hundreds of pieces to size for students, all with the goal to keep the class fees as low and affordable as possible. We would like to recognize 3 of the volunteers that spent many, many days to help make this possible: Sandy McKinnis, Jim Powell and Alan Peck. Thank you so very much! . |
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Open Shop Program: Woodworking Wednesday: The Open Shop Program is typically offered every Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m. to provide opportunities for members to have access to the workshop and the volunteer shop monitors will be there to help folks with projects as needed. Wednesdays in May are the last available of the Open Shop program until we resume in the autumn after the summer break. 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 available in May: We have quite an amazing offering for the last spring classes before we end for the summer. We are excited about bringing up our guest instructor Deneb Puchalski with Lie-Nielsen Toolworks from Warren, Maine to teach 2 different hand tool classes (one repeats as a day and evening class). Deneb will also be our presenter at the May 14 monthly meeting. Brief Class Descriptions: 1) “Hand Tools Demystified” teaches how to sharpen, tool setup, how various tools work together. Build simple jigs such as bench hooks and shooting boards. This class is offered as both a day and an evening class. 2) “Core Tools in Use: Build a Tool Chest” takes the concepts taught in the "Hand Tools Demystified" class and puts it to reality through learning scale and proportion and using the tools to build a tool chest. Deneb will walk you through the basics of course, medium, and fine cuts, and discuss how different types of hand tools work together. The principles covered in this course will easily translate to future woodworking projects that are hand tools only or incorporating hand tools with power tools. |
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Completed Classes in April and first week of May: 1) Scroll Saw Puzzles on April 6. This class was taught by John Lime. John taught yet another wonderful class focused on creating fun projects using scroll saws. Students had an opportunity to choose a puzzle to make. |
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| | Tom Lannan and Cat Hefley with their scroll saw creations. Not pictured is student Dee Ginter |
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2) Chopsticks and Chopsticks! class on April 13 with instructors Steve Thomas and Dohn Wood. |
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| | Wenge and padauk wood shavings for making chopsticks |
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| | Lisa Lackey using the jig to shave the wood. Kaeli Stangl in the background. |
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| | Barbara Trost with the chopstick jig at the bench |
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| | L to R: Barbara Trost. Instructor Steve Thomas, Bob Lackey, Lisa Lackey, Instructor Dohn Wood and Kaeli Stangl. |
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| | L to R: Alan Peck, Tam Pikey, Cat Hefley, Instructors Steve Thomas and Dohn Wood, Barbara Trost, Kaeli Stangl. |
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| | Steve Thomas playing the 1877 piano waltz called “Chopsticks” as student work away. |
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| | The class enjoying a Chinese meal with their newly made chopsticks |
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3) CNC Planter Box or Wooden Sign class taught by Lisa Lackey on April 27. Students not pictured below are Dee Ginter and Patrick Gokey. |
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| | Tam Pikey using the Shaper Origin handheld computer numerical control (CNC) router to make a sign. |
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4) Chainsaw Milling: Make spruce logs into lumber class on May 4 with instructor Larry Holman |
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| | Flattening the top of the log with an electric chainsaw so a 2x6 board of lumber can lay flat and be secured on the top. |
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| | Squaring and screwing down the 2x6 board that will be used as a runner to guide the portable chainsaw mill. |
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| | Using the gas-powered chainsaw in the mill guide to make a 2-inch-thick slab of lumber |
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| | Another view cutting the slab. |
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| | Spruce lumber from the class. All students had a hands on opportunity to mill boards. Those in the calss were Doug Damberg, Micah Ela Lajarnie, Vince Dooley, Ulysses Scott, and Patrick Gokey. |
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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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Notice to all Current and Past Members The ACWA will be reviewing its membership list and removing the names and contacts of non-current members in September 2024. We want to encourage you to renew your annual membership before then if it is not current so you will continue to receive this monthly newsletter along with the other member benefits. You can most efficiently renew using a credit card through the ACWA website. Alternatively, you may fill out the form at the end of this newsletter and mail it with a check. Your membership is important to us and keeps great programs and opportunities coming your way. |
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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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