An Archive of the Club's Meetings and Other Events
The miter joint – simple in theory but often challenging to perfect. Ken Bayer, Bill James and Elmer Nahum will guide you through their various methods of cutting and fine tuning the miter.
This month’s program will be our annual Show and Tell program featuring woodworking projects created by our members. This annual gathering lets the members of our woodworking club come together to experience the talent and effort of all club members. In prior years, we have seen a broad spectrum of woodworking from small table top items to large floor sized items.
Continue reading: 2018 Annual SHOW and TELL ...The next Western Pennsylvania Woodworkers meeting will take place on FRIDAY October 12, 2018 at 7pm featuring special guest Bob Lang at the usual location, James Wood Works. ALL members are welcome to attend this presentation. There will be no meeting on Saturday, October 13th since Bob will present his weekend workshop on SketchUp to those members who have signed up.
Continue reading: Using SketchUp in the Design Process ...WPW member Bill James will present a program on how to cut large (2-1/2″ wide x 1-3/4″ tall x 1-3/4″ thick) single dovetails to be used in an unconventional way — as the sole joinery to attach table legs to a thick slab tabletop. The fact that the tabletop is an elliptical shape with no straight edges only makes the problem more interesting.
Continue reading: B-I-G Dovetails ...Join Kyle Sheperd from General Finishes as he discusses and answers questions about their line of stains, paints, topcoats, and waxes. Kyle will emphasize brush-applied, wipe-on and sprayed finishes suitable for the hobbyist woodworker.
He will have samples of selected products, will demonstrate the application of same and will have finished examples for our members to examine.
Continue reading: Finishing with General Finishes ...Our woodworker speaker for April is Mr. John Malecki, also known as “John the Builder”. If the name, John Malecki, sounds familiar it is because the Murrysville native played football for the University of Pittsburgh, and later, for five professional teams including the Pittsburgh Steelers. John played offensive line with the likes of Steeler greats;
Continue reading: Mr. John Malecki – “John the Builder” ...We will have two different presentations for our Saturday, March 10, 2018 meeting.
The first will be a live interactive video stream of one of our fellow member’s woodworking workshop. Jim has put his background in mechanical engineering to good use to allow him to have an organized,
Continue reading: Shop Visit and Truing Rough Lumber Into A Square Board: Basics and Beyond ...You’ve spent hours, days, weeks, months, and possibly years (you know, that “project” leaning in the corner of your shop) preparing parts for your project, and at some point you need to glue them together. No amount of procrastination, fear, or “thinking” about it will actually get the parts assembled,
Continue reading: Gluing & Clamping Techniques and Strategies ...