http://www.saws.ca/announce/index.php http://www.saws.ca/announce/interface/feed.png http://www.saws.ca/announce/index.php Copyright 2010, Saws Editor contact@saws.ca (Saws Editor) en-US SPHPBLOG 0.4.0 http://www.saws.ca/announce/index.php?entry=entry100612-064556 AGM June 19, 9:00 am

The Southern Alberta Woodworkers Society Annual General Meeting will be held Saturday June 19, 2010 beginning at 9:00 am.

It will be held at John's workshop. Full details including a map will be included in the newsletter mailed to members.]]> http://www.saws.ca/announce/?entry=entry100612-064556 contact@saws.ca Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:45:56 GMT http://www.saws.ca/announce/index.php?entry=entry100419-220500 Saturday May 22, 2010 - Shop Tours

Five members of SAWS generously opened up their workshops for inspection. Thanks to all of them.


Marian and Richard had just moved into their new shop - an addition to the garage. Everything was neat and compact. There was a large capacity compressor and dust collection system and a beautiful hardwood floor in their shop. Although they share a shop space, each has very different interests: Richard does more turning, and Marian is doing more scroll saw work; hand work (dovetails), etc




Gary's workshop was new. He showed off his new workbench which was constructed from a solid harwood door. It has a twin screw front wooden vice and an wheelwrights end vice. But as one member remarked, it's "Still not big enough to build a boat in!"







Darrel was surrounded by his collection of musical instruments and tools and materials for guitar construction. His workspace fills his 2-car garage.










Jack fills a 2 car garage with his wooden boats. He both builds and restores them. Next to the garage is a workshop space with a huge double sized workbench. This shop has another add-on attached to it.









Andy in front of his "Garage Mahal" - a very large building constructed especially for woodworking. He has all the tools and the space needed to tackle just about any woodworking project. Andy also has a solar wood drying kiln under construction next to the shop.

]]> http://www.saws.ca/announce/?entry=entry100419-220500 contact@saws.ca Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:05:00 GMT http://www.saws.ca/announce/index.php?entry=entry100326-200247 Hand Tool Event - by Jeremy Tomlinson of Lie-Nielsen

Thursday, April 15, 2010


SAIT 2, Bob Edwards Building
2015 Centre Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta CANADA
T2E 0A9



We are joining with Lie-Nielsen on their Hand Tool Event for the month of April. They are having a special night for SAWS members only and there will be an educational component to this. The presentation will begin at 7:00 pm but there will be informal discussion time starting at 6:00 pm before the presentation.

There will be demonstrations of tools and education on hand tool work, including sharpening.



]]> http://www.saws.ca/announce/?entry=entry100326-200247 contact@saws.ca Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:02:47 GMT http://www.saws.ca/announce/index.php?entry=entry100227-212723 Japanese Woodworking Tools and Techniques

Wednesday March 17, 7:00 pm
Scarboro Community Hall


The March meeting should be very interesting; Robert Gurney will be speaking about Japanese hand tools and wood working methods. Gary (our president) has spent a significant amount of time in Japan. He's found their culture to be very different than ours and to be very refreshing. We're all looking forward to this topic.]]> http://www.saws.ca/announce/?entry=entry100227-212723 contact@saws.ca Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:27:23 GMT http://www.saws.ca/announce/index.php?entry=entry100121-072056 2 X 4 Contest

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:00 pm
Scarboro Community Hall

Once again we're having the 2 x 4 Contest. The rules are simple: members build something out of a volume of wood equivalent to a 2 x 4 (2 inches by 4 inches by 8 feet). Two species of wood may be used along with a small amount of hardware if required. A panel of judges will study the pieces brought to the meeting and award prizes.]]> http://www.saws.ca/announce/?entry=entry100121-072056 contact@saws.ca Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:20:56 GMT