Thoughts, discoveries and stories from members.
The Summer of Sawdust as St. James is now over. Despite Covid, there was a remarkable amount of woodworking activity taking place in St. James. Here are the final entries shared by members. (And we know, there is a LOT more being done . . . we’ve got to get you over this shyness.) Here … Read more
Skilled Hands Coming Together to Support Veterans by Wayne Kruger July 16, 2020 marked a very special day when two of our local community organizations came together to support Veterans. On that day, fourteen handmade memorial flag cases were turned over by the newly formed group St. James Woodworkers to the Richard H. Stewart … Read more
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
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
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
On a drizzly November 14, 2019, Fred Walters and David Campbell drove west past Shallotte in search of the Don Boardman (his real name), the Wood Hoarder of Shallotte (a title christened by him). It’s a drive down 17 and a few turns to a minimally marked lane through trees and back to a barn, … Read more