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Hi Fellow Woodworkers, Since our club has moved to using only our website and email announcements to communicate with the membership, we are working on ways to improve various features of the website. 1) We have a committee that has … Continue reading →

PLEASE NOTE CHANGES FROM THE NEWSLETTER FALL SEMINAR: REPRODUCTION FURNITURE CHALLENGES This September, we would like to invite nationally-known woodworker Jeff Headley, who has written extensively on methods and techniques used for reproduction furniture making and has vast experience in … Continue reading →

Hi Fellow WPW Member, As we’ve announced in recent meetings, our new Program Directors Elmer Nahum and Ken Bayer are in the process of developing our future meeting schedule, which again includes bringing in a speaker from outside of our … Continue reading →

Our speaker for our special Friday evening meeting will be woodworker, teacher, and author Alan Turner, the founder of Philadelphia Furniture Workshop. Here’s a link to Alan’s bio on his website: http://www.philadelphiafurnitureworkshop.com/view/show/18.html , and from this page you can peruse … Continue reading →

For the December 2016 meeting, we would like to have multiple WPW members participate in a presentation for a favorite woodworking tip. The tip can be about any woodworking topic and should be presented in a time frame of 1 … Continue reading →

Hi Fellow WPW Member, As announced at our April and May meetings, our WPW picnic is coming up on Saturday, August 6, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Beaver County Airport. We had a nice initial response to … Continue reading →

Quirk Beads For Doors & Face Frames — Joinery Methods For Butt Joints Quirk beads are a common design element used to create a nice shadow line detail around the inside edges of door rails and stiles, or face frame … Continue reading →

We’ve received a tool list from Alan Turner for those of you attending the Fall Drawer-Making class with him. The link to the list is below. If you have any questions regarding this, please email Ken Bayer (nkbayer@hotmail.com). Click here … Continue reading →

Our speaker will be Jonathan Shapiro, a Pittsburgh-based artist in many mediums, including wood sculpture. Jonathan likes to think of himself as being a “lifelong artist,” having been exposed to art in many forms by his mother, also an artist. … Continue reading →