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The meeting was called to order at 7:05 by president Tom Falcone following a half hour informal meeting period. There were 30 members in attendance. First order of business, President Tom reminded members that club elections occur in November.  The club is in need of candidates. If you would like to serve, or to nominate […]

Last week members of our club, Florida Westcoast Woodworkers, and the Sarasota woodturning club attended a pyrography class taught by Kimberly Glover at Marvin Stolzfus’s shop. This was a paid class, but as you can see , 13 people thought it was worth $50 to spend half a day learning a new skill. Pretty cool!

Due to the fact that we elected a new Secretary at the November meeting and our previous sec. was out of town, and the new Sec. wasnt due to take office till January, no body took notes. So, this months post is going to be heavy on pictures and short on words. Our speaker was

Marti Cole’s shop in North Port is a well organized two car garage shop.  Marti told us about his shop and them took us inside to see all the furniture he made. He even made all his kitchen cabinet doors using pocket screws. Then we all went inside again to enjoy a some wonderful shanty

          Fifty one people attended the October meeting including seven guest. Because there had been announcements of this meeting outside the club and some of the guest were from not regular attendees, the order of the meeting was changed and we went right into the presentation. Presentation: Rubio  Monocoat is a

Since I was not there, out of town, I dont have a narative of what happened, so  I’ll  let a picture be a thousand words. I do know that all the furniture pictured was made by Ed. Thanks to Al Brown for taking the photos

President John opened the meeting at 7:00 on September 7 with  56 members and  5 guests guest present. There were a few announcements before the program. As usual, visitors were asked to introduce themselves. Then, Al Brown described the ongoing mentoring program that has been established so members who have knowledge in a specific skill

  There were a total of 45 in attendance with 5 guests, when John Peasley opened the meetings.        (PICK ON ANY PICTURE TO ENLARGE IT) Announcements: A mentoring program will be established so that members who have knowledge in a specific skill can help other members who want assistant in achieving that skill.  Input from

The biggest crowed ever showed up for this years spring picnic. Everyone kept moving around, so it was hard to  get a count, but there were approximately 55 people there. Several changes since last years. First was a new venue. We moved to the Farm Bureau pavilion off Palmer Blvd. after out growing our last

A good group showed up at Greg’s shop to find out how to stretch wood. He is almost finished making a 16’plywood boat; the problem is plywood is only 8′ long. The answer a scarf joint that is stronger than the plywood. It took him several times to master this joint so the boat is