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President John Peasely called the meeting to order. There were 59 present  at the meeting on January 9 at Advantage Lumber. Our best attendance last year was 62.  It was great to see so many old friends and new faces. Announcements: A Representative from advantage lumber got up in front of the group to remind […]

President Joe Mannke called  the meeting to order. There were 3 guest. A spokesman from Advantage told us about some sales they have going on. Natural edge slabs are on sale for 15% off. They also have some 2×6 shorts of Amgelium Pedra (I’ve never heard of it before) from Brazil.   There is going

A group of members gathered at Craig and Mary Lou Spottswood’s shop on Monday evening to enjoy looking at one of the most interesting shops and home you will ever see. They bought this unusual water front house about 20 years ago and haven’t quit working on it and in it. The story is, the

At 7:00 PM club President Joe Mannke opened the meeting at Advantage Lumber.  Joe announced services for Tony D’Alberto will be held at 9:30 on August 18, 2018 at Saint Thomas More Catholic Church.  Tony will be missed by all of us.  In another sad note, Joe said that John Philips is in Sarasota Memorial

Last Tuesday, Jan 23,  six of our members drove to Tampa to attend a joint meeting with the St Petersburg woodworking guild. This was  special meeting for them since they were not holding it at there regular location in St Pete, but at the Florida School of Woodworking in Tampa, and we were invited. The

There was a great turnout to see the wood shop at the Sun and Fun RV park on Fruitville Rd. Marvin Stolzfus, one of our own,  was a winter visitor at Sun and Fun before he became a full time resident. Sun and Fun has been around since the 1950s. While they are mainly a

Annual Holiday Dinner and Auction Rick Anderson, Club Vice-President, started the meeting at 6:00 pm by welcoming everyone and letting us know that dinner was ready. There were 66 people present, which included members, family members and friends. Presentation Holiday Dinner with lots of good things to eat – ham, turkey, salads, vegetables and desserts.

Here are some pictures of George Norton’s demonstration of making a wooden chandelier.

Florida Westcoast Woodworkers Club Meeting October 11, 2017 Joe Mannke, Club President, started the meeting at 7:00 pm. He welcomed everyone and asked for those that were first time guests to introduce themselves. There were 40 people present, 37 members and three first time guests (Norm Stabiwski, Leo Drozdowsky and Jim Polaski), at this month’s

There were 36 people present, 34 members and two first time guests (Jeff Futch and Gary Denton), at this month’s meeting. Presentation “Jigs and Fixtures” – were presented by different club members.  A “jig” is a type of tool used to control the location or motion of another tool. A fixture is a support or