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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.

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 useContinue reading “Carter Miter Mill and Band Saw Safety”

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 thatContinue reading “November 2021 Membership Mtg”

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 beingContinue reading “CU Woodshop Supply is opening on Saturday!”

The weather has been superb for our Yard Sale. Cool but not cold, and sunny with a hint of a beeze. What a nice day!

The following was sent to a limited audience (people who had actively expressed an interest) on October 20, but it’s worth sharing (again) because our Yard Sale is tomorrow! Dear Woodworker, Due to the complications of Covid-19, we are unable to hold the Open House/Garage Sale event that we had hoped for the coming SaturdayContinue reading “Sent a while ago, but relevant today”

Champaign Woodworkers Club Yard Sale. November 7, 2020, 9 am to 3 pm, 1302 Parkland Court, Champaign, IL Items include Woodworking Supplies: hand tools, power tool parts, jigs, game kits & automatic dust collection devices. Metal shelving. Electronics: computers, phones, TV mounting hardware, retail electronics, & printers. Building and Construction Supplies/Tools: Completed Woodworking Projects: cuttingContinue reading “Yard Sale, Nov 7, 2020; 9am to 3pm”

This was our first home page, from mid-July. It’s being archived here, because history is important Pardon our dust … The Champaign Woodworkers Club is currently “in labor”, being reborn from the Dreamshop of CU Woodshop Supply, Inc., at the location of the former CU Woodshop School, 1302 Parkland Ct., Champaign, IL. Many things areContinue reading “Trying to keep track”

A few photos from the past couple of weeks to remind you of the progress we have all made. So much has changed, I don’t have photos of everything. But here’s a sampling. And look at all the trash we’ve generated!

If you haven’t been by lately, here’s a few areas that are starting to shape up.