Meeting

The January CMWA meeting will feature a video titled SPRAY FINISHING MADE SIMPLE by Jeff Jewitt. Join us to learn from a well-known authority on finishing who combines his vast knowledge of the subject with the latest technology.

We are looking forward to the our annual holiday potluck with the members and their spouses on Wednesday, December 21st at 6 pm, in the Paramount Theatre and Visual Arts Center (Basement). Please bring something to eat and share with others, and serving utensils if needed. All else will be provided (beverages, plates, silverware…).
See you all there!

NOTE: We will be starting at 6:00PM, which is one hour earlier than normal meetings.

At this month's CMWA meeting Alex Neussendorfer is going to be the featured speaker. The subject is the basics of relief carving. Alex is going to explain the tools and basic processes plus show us how to carve a simple Tudor rose, an easy decorative addition. Join us at the Paramount on October 19th at 7 PM. This month the meeting will be in Studio C at the Paramount. It's the studio at the end of the entrance hall, the one with the hardwood floor and all the nice lighting.

John Wilson will present a device he has developed that allows you to carve using a Dremel tool. We will meet at Wednesday, August 17, at 7 pm in the Paramount Basement in Downtown St. Cloud.

The CMWA summer picnic is being hosted by Denny Myers and Roxanne Wyatt at their shop near Royalton (7505 Hillton Road, Royalton). The club is providing the meal; a donation of 5.00 per plate would be appreciated. There will be several grills set up if you would prefer bringing your own grillables, but the CMWA will be providing brats. Bring a dessert to share and be a hero. Bring your family and join us for a great evening of camaraderie and food.

Wednesday’s meeting will be held at the Paramount in downtown St. Cloud. The topic will be hand-applied shellac finishes.

Wednesday’s meeting will be held at Dave Blenkush’s shop north of St. Stephen. Dave is going to give us a vacuum pressing presentation. He has some pretty interesting projects in progress and we’ll get to have a look at them as well as a tour of his most impressive shop. Dave’s shop is a full-boat woodworking shop, complete with his own CNC machine, and a complete machine shop shares the building with his woodworking shop. Dave has built quite a few of his own woodworking machines and they look like they were produced by a major tool manufacturer. This is a meeting you don’t want to miss!

Brad Knowles will lead a discussion on work-benches. Advantages and disadvantages of the various designs will be covered. Vises and other workbench ac-cessories will be discussed as well. This is an interactive presentation; come prepared to talk about your shop bench's good and bad points.

The March CMWA meeting will feature Randy Brown from Long Prairie presenting on mortising equipment he has developed.

Darren McKeever will be presenting an introduction to using Google SketchUp to design woodworking projects. Google SketchUp is a free 3D modeling software that can be used to design woodworking projects and create drawings, plans, cut lists, and more.