Donn Hamm, SaddleBrooke Woodworkers Club I know it might be a bad habit, but it is my bad habit. While driving around SaddleBrooke, I often look into other people’s garages. What I am looking for are the telltale signs of a woodworker: workbench, table saw, lathe, and hand tools, and I have found many. When…
Jay Rosenlof The SaddleBrooke Woodworkers Club continues to grow. We are preparing for a series of woodworking classes in 2025 to educate both our members and non-members. These classes provide valuable information about all facets of woodworking, from design, materials, assembly, machinery, and finishing. Here are two upcoming classes that will introduce many of you…
Bob Hutton What’s the big deal about woodworking, anyway? Is this the attitude of someone you know? So, you stick a few pieces of wood together—Whoopie! Well, search YouTube for “segmented bowl” or any number of cutting board patterns like “waveform cutting board” or “optical illusion.” It will amaze you. Segmented bowls can be sawn,…
Bob Hutton Nutcrackers, you say? Well, in season, of course! Holiday season is coming right up! Okay, it may not seem like it when it’s 100 degrees outside or rainy, but time flies. If you’ve been around the Agave Lounge in SaddleBrooke One for the holiday season, you’ve seen them by the fireplace, Herman and…
Bob Hutton The Woodworking Shop is moving forward! Recent happenings reinforce this. The board, administration, and committee members are putting a fine point on all avenues of the project. At the Woodworkers Club’s July meeting, members continued to confirm safety and operational details of the plan. Many, many hours of research and detailing have been…
SaddleBrooke Woodworkers Club had a very impressive display at the SaddleBrooke Activity Fair, with many samples of several of the woodworkers’ projects on display, which created a lot of interest and discussion about the club and added eight new members. A countless number of visitors to the fair booth shared that they have “pull-out” and…
Do you remember the first book you got as a child? That special feeling knowing you could read it over and over again and not have to give it back to the library? Such a book is even more special to a child in a family where purchasing a book would be a luxury they…
Southwest Woodcarvers will be providing a carving demonstration and carving show during the SaddleBrooke Spring Art Show, Saturday, March 2, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The woodcarvers will feature some of the finest Woodcarvers in southern Arizona performing carving demonstrations and participating in a carving show at the SaddleBrooke Arts and Craft Center.…