The canoe has sustained minor damage. The drawing was scheduled for 6/16/13. At the direction of the AK State Gaming Commission, the drawing has been postponed until 6/30/13 at 2pm on the front steps of the Boney Court House, 303 K street in Anchorage. If you purchased ticket(s) and would like a refund please contact Cindy
Join long-time woodworker and professional cabinetmaker Bill Poole as he shares his expertise with the Festool Domino. He will present on his technique of “thru-dominoes”. We are not sure if he invented it, but he certainly mastered this fast and effective way to make boxes with the Festool Domino Joining system. Join us for our meeting as we explore the utility of this amazing tool. Monday, May 20th. 7:00 p.m. The ACWA Meeting at The Anchorage Museum. 625 C Street. At the [...]
Cindy M. asked that I let everyone know that we have some ACWA merchandise for sale. For Sale ACWA Shirts…… Sizes large, extra large and one 2 extra large. No waiting — I have some on hand. $37.00 each. For Sale: Woodcarvers blue vest. Sizes medium, large and extra large. Embroidered on the back with “The Last Frontier Woodcarvers” $50.00 each Contact Cindy Contact Cindy by clicking here
ACWA is sponsoring the 2013 Spring Tools & Techniques Show. The only woodworking show in Alaska! We have invited local tool and hardwood lumber vendors to display products and product information. There will be hour long woodworking demonstrations going throughout the day, including the following: Lathe Turning Scroll Sawing Wood Carving Dovetailed box making with a router jig Hand cut dovetails Making mortise and tenon joints Finishing Google Sketchup class Tools and techniques will be held Saturday March 23rd at [...]
The ACWA sponsored Krenov style hand plane was a success! Everyone walked away with a functional plane, although most still have some shaping to do. Our newest member Dave, did quite well on his first hand tool woodworking project. Merlin made big improvements in his planing and sawing technique. Mike showed up with a beautiful set of pristine Buck Bros bench chisels, and of course Don F. managed to find something to turn on the lathe!! A god time was [...]
I just got the word from our club President that the ACWA will host Christopher Schwarz, previous editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine, workbench builder extraordinaire, hand tool guru, builder of the Anarchists Tool Chest, and founder of lost Art Press for a weekend woodworking class next year. Although we have not decided on the class yet, Chris has scheduled the weekend of April 26 & 27, 2014 to come to Anchorage. We are looking forward to learning from you Chris. [...]
Hi Folks, The woodwokrers will once again be holding a fundraising canoe raffle, thanks to ACWA Member and canoe builder extraordinaire John L. We will have the canoe at the Anchors Away Boat Show February 7 -10th and will be selling raffle tickets. We are looking for members to volunteer to staff the booth and sell tickets. As a volunteer, you will receive free admission to the show. Please plan on volunteering for a few hours. If you are interested, [...]
Anyone interested in building a Krenov style smoothing plane? We have one spot open in the upcoming class. The class will be held on February 9th and 10, and the cost will be a $75 materials fee. We will be building small smoothing planes with using 1&3/4″ Hock irons. The class is full as of 2/6/13. A big thanks to ACWA member Greg M. for donating the maple, to Dohnn W. for helping me to mill it all, and to [...]
