Midwest Woodworkers Association

“There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.” Emile Zola

announcements

Next Club Meeting

Next club meeting on Monday, February 24, 6:30pm ** AT NORM’S SHOP** All are welcome!

Upcoming meeting topics: February: Drunken Joinery (at Norm’s shop). March: TBD. April: Finishing with an HVLP sprayer. May: MWA BBQ and officer elections (Date and time TBD). June: Wood carving.

Timber Ridge Millworks club field trip

Israel Blosser has invited woodturners and woodworkers to his Timber Ridge Millworks at 19037 Highway 5, Versailles, MO on Saturday March 15th. He has a very versatile milling base frame that can support a large chainsaw head, a large saw blade head, or a large band mill head. He has solar kilns for lumber drying and can therm lumber (high heat with a lack of oxygen to chemically alter the wood’s structure). Also, there is a shop for building things and a showroom with many natural edge slabs. The current thinking is to arrive around 10 am, break for lunch at a local Mexican restaurant, and then finish up by 3 pm. Ernest will work on carpooling later and will need to give Israel an approximate head count too.

Live Edge Slabs for Sale

Dyann Helming from Columbia has 28 pine live edge slabs and 9 black walnut slabs for sale. The trees were from the backyard and have been glue sealed and sticked for 30 months inside. The dimensions for the Pine: L 5-6ft. W 12-19″ D 1 1/2″ moisture <10%, Black Walnut: L 128" W 16-20" D 2 1/2" moisture <10% (all slabs from same tree). Priced at $40 a pine slab and $200-250 a walnut slab, negotiable. Email: helming31719@gmail.com Phone: 5737770551

What We Do

Regular club meetings featuring a demonstration, show-n-tell, attendance raffles and shop talk are held on the fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 pm.

Sawdust Studios

3150 Paris Road

Columbia MO 

Live Demonstrations

At our monthly meetings, we see live sessions on particular techniques and projects, delivered by an experienced member. On occasion we invite a nationally known woodworker to provide the demos.

Show-N-Tell

Members are encouraged to bring their latest projects to the monthly meetings and describe what they’ve been working on. Sometimes this is to get help from the group on a problem; many times it provides inspiration and oohs and aahs.

Hands-On Workshops

Scheduled throughout the year include hands-on workshops held at various locations, usually the workshop of a club member.

Shop Talk

Our in-person meetings always include helpful discussion from all experience levels. This could include topics like joinery, tools and techniques, fuming, bending, safety, shop operations and various projects.