Whatever Your Woodworking Interests, this is the Place in
Central New York
to Explore and Learn
Woodworkers of Central New York is a multi-disciplinary social and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts of woodworking.
EXPERIENCE WOODWORKING - TURNING - CARVING - SCROLLING

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Check Out Winners & Entries from the 2018 Woodworkers Challenge Here!
Weather Related Cancellations
See Here for Our Policy on Cancelling Meetings Due to Weather.
NOTICE:  The July newsletter was distributed to members on Thursday, June 27th 
If you are a member and did not receive, please first check your Spam folder, then your Trash folder.  If you still do not find it, please send a note to the club mailbox - woodcny@gmail.com (this is the email the newsletter comes from)
We do not post the current month's newsletter until the next newsletter is nearing completion

Sale of Ornaments & Other Items to
​Benefit CNY Children's Charities - Details Here

Thank You to Everyone Who Purchased Items from Us In the Past!
Our Next Sale is Saturday, August 10th at
Towpath Day at the Camillus Erie Canal Park, 5750 Devoe Rd.
Come for the Crafts!  Come for the Boat Ride!  Come for the History!

Saturday, August 3, 2019
Annual Family Picnic
All Members & Families!
Sponsored by the Corporation

A mid-summer favorite returns on Saturday, August 3rd - the Annual Family Picnic from 1pm to 4pm!  Yes, we hold it inside, but it makes for a more pleasant day!  The Corporation provides pulled pork with rolls plus drinks!  You bring a dish for the buffet table!  We start gathering at 1pm to eat around 1:30pm.  There is always space for an Instant Gallery to show off pieces you've completed.  The usual crossword puzzle will also test your woodworking knowledge!
The event will be held in the Community Room at Belgium Cold Springs Fire Department Station One, 7920 River Rd., Baldwinsville.  Directions here.
Please send an email to woodcny@gmail.com to let the coordinators know you are coming and how many are in your party!

Saturday, July 20, 2019
Turning Workshop
The Candy Dish 
with Bob Ireland
​Sponsored by the Woodturners

Join Bob Ireland at the Corporation's workshop - Eight Acres Event Center - to work on your candy dish or any other turning project on Saturday, July 20th. Making a dish like this requires a block of wood 2.5 to 3 inches thick and 5.5 to 6" across.  It is best to start with the corners cut off.  For the lid, a piece 1 inch thick and the same or slightly larger than the base block.  Use a contrasting piece of wood.  To make the handle, a pen blank works or a small piece of wood. 
Planning on attending?  Send an email to woodcny@gmail.com.
Cost?  $5 for members

Wednesday
August 7, 2019
Stations of the Club!
All Members Welcome!
​Sponsored by the Woodworkers

We bring back the popular Stations of the Club for the August 7th meeting.  What is it?  We set up four stations in the hall where you can learn any or all of the topics being presented by the volunteers.  What are our topics for 2019?  Gary Morison will show carving techniques.  Ed Siegel will show turning.  Barbara Raymond-LaPrease will show scrolling.  John Anderson will show us joinery with his Festool Domino system.  We will start with announcements and can hold a short Show & Tell if you bring items and then move right into our four sessions.  Come and check it out!
NOTE:  Meeting starts at 6:30pm and will be held in the Community Room at Station One of the Belgium Cold Springs Fire Department, 7920 River Road, Baldwinsville.  Directions Here.
NOTE:  We return to the Fire Hall as of this meeting!

Tuesday
August 13, 2019
Turning the
Old Fashioned Way
Sponsored by the Woodturners

We head to the Witter Museum at the NYS Fairgrounds in August for our meeting!  Why?  Attendees will receive tips and tricks on turning on both replica lathes - the treadle or the spring pole show in the photos right.  Both are part of our demonstrations during the annual NYS Fair later in August.  
Yes, we will have a Show & Tell of your recent projects as well as the Monthly Challenge of Lidded Candy Dishes so bring your pieces.  We expect to have our new camera system as well!
Bring a chair as there are limited benches and chairs.
NOTE:  Meeting starts at 6:30pm.  The meeting is in the Daniel Parrish Witter Agricultural Museum at the New York State Fairgrounds.  Enter the Fairgrounds off State Fair Blvd at Gate 2, stopping to tell the guards that you are going to the Museum.  Turn right.  Take your next left onto Montauk Ave, between the Coliseum and the Exhibit Hall (where the cows are displayed during the Fair).  You will see the Museum as you pass the Coliseum.  Park in front and walk in the center doors.
Don't forget your items for the Monthly Challenge - Lidded Candy Dish - and your pieces for the Monthly Show & Tell!
Picture
Daniel Parrish Witter Agricultural Museum

Thursday
July 18, 2019
Holly Leaf
with Bob Smith
Sponsored by the Carvers

It may be July but it is time to start thinking about the holidays! For July, Bob Smith will work with attendees to carve a Holly Leaf.  In this project you will work in getting dimension in your carving without having to carve in the round. It's amazing how a few cuts can have a big impact. Bob will also share his tips to carve half a ball for the holly berries. This project makes a cute ornament or can be added to a holiday wreath. What you learn by working through this project will help with your visualize adding dimension to your relief carvings. Bring your detail knife, glove, thumb guard, #8 or #9 - about 3/8" gouge if you have one (to help start the berries)  Bob will have blanks available.  Remember, we are now at Beaver Lake Nature Center for our meeting. 
If you are not a member, you can pay a one time, one meeting membership fee of $5 to attend, receive instruction, and receive the project wood.  The membership form can be found here.
NOTE:  Open Carving gathering starts at 5:30pm with the Carve-A-Long starting at 6:30pm.  Meetings are now held at Beaver Lake Nature Center, 8477 Mud Lake Rd, Baldwinsville.  Directions here.
Don't Forget Your Projects for Show & Tell!
Pictures thanks to Jim O'Dea!

What about the Scrollers?  
The Scrollers are off until Wednesday, September 18th.  At that meeting they will discuss scrollsaw maintenance!

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Contact Information
Post Office Box 661
Syracuse, NY  13214
woodcny@gmail.com
The Woodworkers of Central New York is a 501(c)(3) Not-for-Profit Corporation
​We are registered with the New York State Department of State & 
the New York State Attorney General's Charities Bureau