Affiliate Membership
The Champaign Woodworkers Club provides a place for local hobbyists to come together and pursue their interests in woodworking and related crafts. Learning from each other is a significant part of that experience. We realize that not everyone needs or can justify the cost of being a full member of the Club, but we also…
July 2022 – Track Saw
The club owns a Festool Track Saw system. Some track saw tips. Festool TS 55 Track Saw – This video is lengthy but does show how to use the Ffestool TS 55 System. If you can put up with the over the top talk there is some excellent information here. Bent’s Woodworking review of the…
Miter Joints and Bevel Joints with Festool Domino
Miter Joint starts at 3:40Bevel Joint starts at 10:30
February 2022 – Saw Stop and Drum Sanders
This month’s demonstrations are on how to safely and efficiently use the club’s SawStop table saws and the club’s drum sanders. Here are some videos on these topics. This next video is a long one but worth watching as a reminder that even experienced woodworkers make mistakes. Safety is ALWAYS the most important thing. Mistakes…
Leigh DR4 Dovetail Jig and Lathe Safety
Champaign Woodworkers Club has a Leigh DR4 Dovetail Jig with additional attachments for Box Joints and Mortise and Tenons. The Leigh DR4 Dovetail Jig allows for adjustable dovetail designs that other dovetail jigs do not allow. Half Blind Dovetails The WoodGrater has long list of videos on the Leigh D4R Pro Jig Here is the…
Round Ripper
One of the jigs that the club owns is The Round Ripper from Stockroom Supply. It was created to help make the job of cutting circles in logs easier and safer.
Carter Miter Mill and Band Saw Safety
The Carter Miter Mill allows you to make safe cross cuts on irregularly shaped pieces on a band saw. Notice that in this video, he is not wearing any eye protection. Never operate a band saw without proper eye protection! The club has two additional jigs for bandsaws that help make them safer to use…
November 2021 Membership Mtg
Jim Anderson will be giving a demonstration on how to use the Tormek Sharpening System to sharpen woodworking tools including chisels, turning tools, and more. As a preparation for this meeting you might want to look at one or more of these videos to see the Tormek system’s capabilities. We have two new segments that…
CU Woodshop Supply is opening on Saturday!
The new CU Woodshop Supply store is set to open at its new location at 1305 N. McKinley Ave., C, on Nov. 14. 10am-6pm, Saturday. Here is the News Gazette’s writeup: https://www.news-gazette.com/business/its-your-business-new-woodshop-supply-store-has-familiar-look/article_b0f5ca68-6a6f-5ecb-a3f9-bd5031ed201c.html And although the Club has no formal relationship with CU Woodshop Supply… I am sure we are all looking forward to their being…
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