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Save the date: Jan. 14
The 2012 annual meeting of the Bainbridge Island Community Woodshop is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 14, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Kallgren Room at the Bainbridge Island Senior Center, 370 Brian Drive. This is the meeting where members elect board members for three-year terms. Board members whose terms are expiring this year are Dale [...]
Not your typical bus shelter
The first houses in the new Ferncliff Avenue affordable housing project are just beginning to be built, but a beautiful amenity of the neighborhood—a timber-framed bus shelter—is already in place. Volunteers from Bainbridge Island Community Woodshop assembled the structure in mid November, using wood from trees that had to be cleared from the site to [...]
Bylaws changes proposed
The board of directors of Bainbridge Island Community Woodshop wants to amend the bylaws. The current bylaws say that the board can vote to amend them after members have been given 10 days’ notice and a chance to respond. If you have questions, comments or suggestions about these proposed changes, please contact Roger Lauen, the [...]
Birdhouse blitz
One highlight of the Housing Resources Board’s annual Rise & Shine Breakfast on Nov. 5 was a stunning array of 30 artist-decorated birdhouses built by members of Bainbridge Island Community Woodshop. Derek Tetlow headed the project and donated use of his shop. Derek cut all the pieces himself, using wood donated by ProBuild. He and [...]
Have sawdust to share?
Island gardeners Jim and Cassie Gleckler are looking for a source of sawdust to mix with their lawn clippings to make compost. Because they use the compost on their vegetable garden, the sawdust needs to come from plain wood—no treated wood or material with glue, such as plywood or particleboard. They will be happy to [...]
Ideas for building our club
Our Feb. 12 meeting was devoted mostly to brainstorming ideas about how to build or club so we can better accomplish our goals of promoting the craft of woodworking in our community, educating people in safety and woodworking skills, and doing community service projects related to woodworking. Many great ideas were voiced, some of which [...]
See the visitors’ kiosk
If you’re down by the city dock in Waterfront Park, take a look at the new visitor kiosk, built as a community service by members of Bainbridge Island Community Woodshop. A team of nine started the building on Friday, June 17, and the final details—a lock hatch and two battens—went on July 5. That was [...]
NEW: Donate and join on-line
It’s now easier than ever to join Bainbridge Island Community Woodshop. Snail mail still works, but you can also fill out the membership form and pay the $40 annual dues online. Click on “join” at the top of this page. As we gear up for building a community woodshop at the Johnson Farm, money is [...]
Our Land Slide was a great success
The “Land Slide” we built for the annual Harvest Festival at Johnson Farm in September was a great success. Each 20 seconds or so, a visitor rode the slide down a long hillside, with much hooting and grinning along the way. Because of its popularity, the apparatus has evolved into a pair of slides, each [...]
Tips from Bob Spangler's 'Gluing Essentials' class
If you missed Bob Spangler’s class on “Woodworking Gluing Essentials” (January 2010), you’ll probably learn a few useful tips from this summary, which Peter Eddy wrote up. Bob began the class with a discussion of the advantages/disadvantages of different kinds of glue, and how he chooses which glue to use in a particular situation. He [...]
