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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 theContinue reading “July 2022 – Track Saw”

Miter Joint starts at 3:40Bevel Joint starts at 10:30

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. MistakesContinue reading “February 2022 – Saw Stop and Drum Sanders”

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 theContinue reading “Leigh DR4 Dovetail Jig and Lathe Safety”

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”