The official, by-the-calendar start of summer is still more than a week away (though our heat and humidity say otherwise), but the Summer of Sawdust as St. James is underway! If you didn’t see the post of member projects from early 2020 take a look. Here are what other members have been up to of … Read more
May 2020 Hello fellow woodworkers, We hope you and your families are all well and safe. Group activities continue to be cancelled. We hope we can restart our schedule of lumber runs, field trips, meetings and special gatherings soon. There is a LOT of information in this newsletter. We hope you read it through … Read more
The time Covid has required members to be sequestered away in their shops has resulted in some amazing projects. Here are a few that members passed along, with a few pre-Covid projects thrown in for inspiration. (Project photos shown below in no particular order . . .) … Read more
I recently completed a project making interior Plantation Shutters for our home. It was an interesting project completed over a several-month period, through which I learned a lot and developed some new skills. With the high cost of purchasing fabricated shutters, it’s a very cost-effective alternative that I’d like to share with the group. This … Read more
March 2020 Hello fellow woodworkers, We hope you and your families are all well and safe. Unfortunately, we will be cancelling or postponing all April and May activities. Just when we were really getting going . . . April Meeting: We will not be having a meeting in April. A fall meeting will be … Read more
by George Ligon I am following up our discussion the other day with some more information as well as some other information that I promised at our March 2020 meeting. Note, these are my opinions and some may not agree with me for whatever reason they may have. Doesn’t make me or them right or … Read more
The Beverly National Cemetery in New Jersey is one of many cemeteries around the country that is reserved exclusively for veterans and their spouses. The flag for which you made the beautiful case was used at my maternal grandfather’s funeral in 1963. It was draped over the coffin as it was being taken from the … Read more
Special Wood is north of Wilmington (from Southport via 140 to 133 and over east another bit). This large supplier is located down a long stone/dirt drive off Blue Clay Road between Wrightsboro and Castle Hayne, where a series of huge warehouse buildings store lumber and house a mill. The enormous cyclone dust separator on … Read more
Tuesday, March 10, 3 p.m. St. James Community Center Please mark your calendar to attend the March 2020 meeting to be held Tuesday, March 10 at 3 p.m. in the St. James Community Center. The meeting should end by 4:30. This is an open meeting for members as well as those interested. Please plan to attend … Read more
After I did show-and-tell for an Adirondack chair at the February 2020 meeting, a few people asked about plans. A link to a Popular Woodworking article from 2005 that walks through the construction and provides drawings follows. This a straightforward project, and a useful result — something to sit in, with nice flat arms for … Read more