KPW Woodworking Club

Last Meeting - March 29th at 9am, Burke Centre Library

5935 Freds Oak Road Burke, VA, 22015
Room 117

Past Meeting Notes

Saturday 3/29/25
Thursday 2/13/25
Thursday 7/10/25

                                          Currently 29 members

Useful Links

 

Expert Advice on Bandsaw Tuning – Alex Snodgrass
Excellent Free Scroll Saw Patterns – Steve Good

Search The Wood Database (Species info)

Bandsaw

Stores

Woodcraft of Washington DC Area, 5248 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22151
    All who have visited liked the store.
Colonial Hardwoods -(571) 652-2186 – 7953 Cameron Brown Ct Springfield, VA 22153
    All who have visited liked the store.
Vienna Hardwoods
    Closed Permanently!
Rockler, 12975 Fair Lakes Shopping Center Ste 2975 Fairfax, VA 22033 – (800) 279-4441
    All who have visited liked the store.
Dunlap Woodcrafts – 14600F Flint Lee Road, Chantilly, VA 20151 – (703) 631-5147
    Recommended by a member.
Eco Friendly Lumber – 3407 Sanders Ln, Catharpin, VA 20143 (703) 881-1966
    Recommended by a member. They do milling.

Video Channels

YouTube channels with a plethora of woodworking content.

3×3 Custom – Tamar
Keith Johnson
Paul Sellers
Project Farm – Todd Osgood – Reviews, Not all woodworking
Rex Krueger
Stumpy Nubs – James Hamilton
The Honest Carpenter – Ethan James
Woodworkers Guild of America (WGOA) – George Vondriska
WoodWorkWeb – Colin Knecht

Pintrest Search – Use at your own risk – some bad info available

Recommended Books

The Complete Book of Woodworking (recommended by Al Barna)

Utilities

Tim’s Google Sheet used to figure out locations of evenly spaced screws, pegs, hooks etc. If you’re logged in with a Google account, click the link, above to download a copy to your Google drive. Basic Google accounts are free and come with 15GB of cloud space. Otherwise, click HERE to open the sheet in view-only mode frow which you can download it as an Excel spreadsheet. (File | Download) Note that the Excel version has not been fully tested.
 
Excel Spreadsheet from the Internet used to calculate angles and length of sides for triangles

Free or For Sale

If you have something you would like to give away or sell, let Tim know the details so he can post it here.

Tim's Laser Engraver/Cutter

People at the 7/10/25 meeting were curious about the Longer brand laser engraver/cutter I used to create the samples I displayed. Here’s a link to the exact machine I purchased. It’s considered an entry level machine, but I see people on-line using it for production work. In addition to the engraver/cutter, I subsequently purchased a Longer Air Assist and a third-party honeycomb bed. If I were doing it over, I’d probably purchase a kit that included all three items.

Inaugural Project - The Little Free Puzzle Library (near Lakeview Pool)

Below are photos of the first project performed by the Kings Park West Woodworking Club which was finished recently.