OPCAAW now has 142 members. Thank you for your participation in the organization and be sure to let us know if there are services that you are seeking that we are not providing. To our knowledge, this is the largest membership total the Olympic Peninsula Woodturners has ever had.
Video of Ed Pretty April Demonstration Now Available
A video showing Ed Pretty’s April Demonstration is now available to view. This video is not advertised on YouTube and is being made available as if you were attending the meeting. That means access is not being limited to members only, but to anyone who wishes to see the demo.…
Handout for Ed Pretty Demonstration April 27
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OPCAAW Will Participate in Bremerton Woodworking Show – Volunteers Needed
We are seeking volunteers to help demonstrate woodturning durning the woodworking show sponsored by the Kitsap County Woodcarvers in Bremerton on June 11 and 12. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 11 and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 12. So…
April 24 Box Making Class is Full
Jimmie Allen’s April 24 class on box making is full and there is a waiting list of four people. We have tentatively scheduled classes on making natural edged bowls for May 29 and long-stemmed goblets for June 26. It is the desire of the club to make you aware of…
Thanks to Cecilia Williams
Cecilia Williams, our Vice President for Membership, has resigned her position as she prepares to move to a home in the Atlanta area. When Cecilia took over as our Membership VP our records were not in the best shape. We had several membership lists that conflicted with each other and…
OPCAAW Budget Set for 2022
The Board has approved the 2022 budget, which serves as an estimate of our income for the year and identifies our spending priorities. If you are interested in seeing where we expect our money to come from and how we intend to spend it, you can see the budget here.…
April Class Signup Coming Soon
The email blast promoting signups for our April class on Box Making with Jimmie Allen will be coming out soon. If you want the opportunity to participate in a small-group, hands-on box making class with the box making expert, be ready to respond quickly. Our classes have been booking up…
Bowl Turning Classes for March a Success
The club planned to offer a beginning bowl turning class on March 27. When we posted notice of this class, it filled up within 40 minutes. So OPCAAW rented the school for a second Sunday this month, on March 20, and filled the second class from the waiting list of…
We’re Invited; Should We Participate?
OPCAAW has been invited by the Kitsap Woodcarvers to participate in their annual show on June 11 and 12. Our Board would like your thoughts on whether we should. Because of COVID, the Kitsap Woodcarvers have been inactive for two years, and as a result, they have lost members and…