Meetings

Next meeting: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 7:00PM is an in person event.

The Central Jersey Woodworkers Association normally meets monthly on the second Wednesday of the month (except for July and August) from 7:00PM to 10:00PM at the Old Brick Reformed Church on Route 520 in Marlboro NJ. We welcome new members and guests.

Upcoming Meetings

  • April 10, 2024
  • May 8, 2024
  • June 12, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

Membership

The Central Jersey Woodworkers Association is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization of woodworkers founded for the purpose of providing a resource to the community for the promotion of woodworking and woodworking education at all levels of experience, sharing of information about woodworking techniques, tools, and sources for supplies, and facilitating the exchange of ideas with fellow woodworkers.

We always welcome new members to our club.  As a member you will enjoy all of the benefits described above with the additonal perks found on our members only area; discounts for lumber, tools and hardware, access to our book and multimedia library, group builds, and educational seminars.

 

Simply download the membership form  and bring to a meeting with payment, or mail form with check payment to:

Doug Poray
Central Jersey Woodworkers Association
617 Bennetts Mills Road
Jackson, NJ 08527

 

Membership Dues or Renewal of Dues may also be paid electronically via:

 Zelle

                                                                                                                                           

 

 

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Friday
Mar082024

March 13 Meeting - Woodworking Fundamentals

This coming Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 7:00PM is our next meeting.  With the help of your input, we planned a somewhat different meeting.  Instead of spotlighting an advanced woodworking technique,  we will cater to the newer members to the craft of woodworking, but not to exclude the more seasoned of our veterans which could add input and also pick up a tip or two. We will host a meeting with 7 “Tag Team” presenters covering the process of build, from an initial plan to the final glue up.  

     With so much information available to us via the internet now, many can feel overwhelmed with far too many “experts” posting different opinions or methods on how to do a process or what tools you need to do to complete a process.  Sometimes these postings are actually unsafe practices with no accountability.   We will attempt to clarify by simulating a basic journey of a project build from start to finish.  Our wish is that everyone will gain some insight on the tools that you might need, some skills that you need to develop, some topics that you might need to learn more about, and gain a clear picture of what is entailed in making a piece of furniture or woodcraft.  Please bring your pen as this is a chance to take notes on a dispersed outline.  

·      Project Planning:  Purchasing a plan or drawing up your own.  Create a cut list.  Lumber and hardware resources.

 ·      Lumber Selection, fulfilling that cut list at the lumber yard. How to choose wood in those bins.  Surfaced vs Rough Lumber.  Calculating Board Feet. Best uses of Plain Sawn, Quarter Sawn, and Rift Sawn for certain parts of a project.

 ·      Hand / Power Tool Inventory.   Basic tools to dimension and finish the surface of all project parts including joinery.

·      Sharpening a Block plane blade

 ·      Using a Block Plane. Purpose and use of this important tool.

 ·      Adhesives / Clamps   Assembly, glue (PVA, Cold and Hot Hide Glue, Special Purpose Glues such as CY and Epoxy) and clamps to use.

 ·      Shop Setup. Whether working in a closet or 2 car garage, an organized layout and plan of available space is important, with consideration of electrical and lighting needs. 

 

Tuesday
Jan302024

February 14 Meeting

This month we will feature club members:

John Rubbo is going to talk about the below bowels / dishes and how he created them.


Matt Geene will give us a tour of his 1 car garage shop.
Seth Kline is going to show slides and discuss a Pergola he and Joe Messick built last spring.
John Tomaino will share four of his latest projects; one being a restoration piece.

 

 

Tuesday
Jan022024

January 2024 Meeting

Happy New Year CJWA Members and Friends!

Perry Balog will be our guest presenter for the Jan 10th meeting. 

Perry has a lifetime of experience to share with us. He was an Industrial Arts Teacher at Woodbridge HS for 33 yrs. He is an Adjunct. Prof. at Kean Univ for the past 37 years teaching Furniture Design / Construction. Perry has been a custom furniture maker for the past 50yrs.He will bring a few of his custom pieces, both of solid stock and veneer, as well as some turnings to show some of his work. The focus of his talk will be on design and construction techniques.

We hope to see everyone at the meeting.

Friday
Nov102023

November 2023 Meeting Recording

November’s meeting was recorded and the recording has been posted to our exclusive memeber’s only site.  So, if you missed being there in person, you can now watch the recording and see some of the exciting projects done by our members.

Monday
Nov062023

November 2023 Meeting

 

This month’s meeting will spotlight two topics.  The first is the use of epoxy ias a decorative element in modern pieces, Our own Joe Messick will take the lead on this.
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River table by Revive Joinery
The second portion of our program will showcase using wood veneers as a decorative element; the art of marquetry.  Marc Gaertner will present some inspirational slides and then demonstrate the process  that he has been practicing as he readies to create his next masterpiece.
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Sideboard by Silas Kopf