First Meeting of the Southern West Virginia Chapter

This post was written by Stephen Duffy of +WV Woodshed (WV Woodshed), MWA member in West Virginia.

This post is simply a call for participation in the initial Southern West Virginia & South Western Virginia Chapter of the Modern Woodworkers Association. The meeting is to be held Saturday, June 15th at 10:00am. We anticipate the meeting will last 1 to 1-1/2 hours.

In the area I live there are currently a limited number of woodworking resources. The few that do exist are niche' or skill specific, as in carving, turning, etc. Through my website I have met other woodworkers interested in developing a local community for all skill sets to discuss and share information about their individual passions or anything and everything woodworking.

Ron Hart, Owner/Operator of Virginia Hardware (a Rockler Affiliate Store) has generously opened his doors to host our initial and subsequent meetings. This initial meeting will be geared towards setting up the group, organizing a schedule for future meetings and creating/brainstorming concepts for meeting topics and member participation. Some ideas for topics include:

1. What's On Your Bench

2. Cool Tools Used In Your Shop

3. Technique Of The Month

4. Show And Tell

5. Just Showing Off

The address for the meeting is:

Virginia Hardware (a Rockler Affiliate Store)

1411 N. Walker Street

Princeton, WV 24740

Contacts for information:

Stephen Duffy = wvwoodshed@gmail.com

Pat McNulty = pmcnulty@gmail.com

PLEASE COME, PARTICIPATE AND SHARE YOUR WOODWORKING KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHER LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!

Until My Next Post...

Keep Your Mind On Your Fingers And Your Fingers On Your Hands!!!

-Stephen Duffy

MWA Podcast Episode 29 - Safety Day 2013

Show Notes:

• What’s in the shop?
• Chris
• Chisel Chest
• Humidor
• Dyami
• test chair leg
• Tom
• He’s going to make a bed

• Main topic
• Woodworkers Safety Day
• Marc’s Canonical Post
• Marc’s Woodworker’s First Aid Post
• Toms accident & Post
• Woodworking for mere mortals
• Dyami’s Post

• Where can folk find us
• Google+
• Google+ Community
• Twitter
• Facebook

MWA Podcast Episode 28 - Charles Brock

Show Notes:

Hurricane season is upon us. Be sure to inventory your tools and make sure you know what your insurance covers before you need them.

• See what happened to Kyle Barton
• The Shop Hurrican Ike Visited: Part I
• The Shop Hurricane Ike Visited: Part II

Blog post that piqued our interest

• Mark Hochstein of Gunpowder Woodworks
• Table Top Attachment Buttons

Goings on in the MWA

• Japanese Tools in New York City
• Not an MWA event, but a NYC Woodworkers Guild event
• NYC Woodworkers Guild is organized by MWA member Chris Landy
• Wilbur Pan of giantCypress.net will be giving a talk, titles “Japanes Tools for the Western Workshop” at Makeville Studio in Brooklyn on Monday, April 22nd at 7:00 pm
• Makeville Studio: 119 8th St, Unit 208, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Main topic

• Charles Brock
• charlesbrockchairmaker.com
• The Highland Woodworker

Where you they find us

• Subscribe to the MWA on iTunes
• Circle the MWA on Google+
• Join the MWA Google+ Community
• Follow the MWA on Twitter

Like the MWA on Facebook

MWA Podcast - Special Edition Episode with Paul Sellers

A few weeks ago The Woodworking Shows was here in Atlanta.  I had the chance to spend a lot of time with some great woodworkers both teaching and attending the show.  On Saturday morning I met Paul Sellers of paulsellers.com and Woodworking Masterclasses.  Paul and I met for breakfast and spent 3 hours just talking about woodworking. 

I must say that I really didn't know a lot about Paul before talking with him, but after spending the morning with him I was really inspired by his career and visions. 

I hope you enjoy this episode.

 

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