Western Piedmont Woodcrafters

For all woodworkers

Welcome to the Western Piedmont Woodcrafters web site.

Our next club meeting will be our picnic on April 27th at Boston Saw and Tool.

You can find a map to the site here.

Check out the videos below for interesting tips and other woodworking ideas.

We have a Facebook group where you can find tips, announcements, and other content.

You can find our Facebook Group Here.

Visit the Classified ads section under the Links tab above for items for sale. 

Club Events

March Meeting
Announcements... Always have announcements
Announcements... Always have announcements
Guest Speaker Chip Shultz
Guest Speaker Chip Shultz
Explaining Grain orientation
Explaining Grain orientation
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Learning turning basics
Learning turning basics
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Blank explanations
Blank explanations
Bowls from a log
Bowls from a log
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Show and Tell Bandsaw Boxes
Show and Tell Bandsaw Boxes
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Raffle Items
Raffle Items
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February Meeting

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Jeff working on the project
Jeff working on the project
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Sketchup demo on the big screen
Sketchup demo on the big screen
Sketchup designed bench
Sketchup designed bench
Johnnie Hipps picture frame
Johnnie Hipps picture frame
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Bob Singletary wood burning project
Bob Singletary wood burning project

Area Events

THE BURKE ARTS COUNCIL is pleased to announce the return of the
Annual Woodworkers Exhibition
March 22 – April 27

A great way to introduce kids to the wonderful world of woodworking! This event will have kids of all ages along with parents attending, we have the opporunity to show the value of a craft that opens endless possibilities. There will be various kinds of woodworking styles there, including Pyrograhy, Marquetry, Scroll sawing, and much more!

Marquetry Introduction

More on Joints - Long video (but worth it!)

Our August club meeting featured Chris Smith discussing abrasives. We learned quite a lot about sanding and the right abrasive for the job at hand. Check out the presentation he gave, you can stop the video to read each slide as needed. 

about our club

Western Piedmont Woodcrafters is an informal group of men and women dedicated to ALL kinds of woodworking.  We meet once a month for a couple of hours to hear guest speakers talk about a woodworking project, demonstrate a hand or power tool, or new woodworking techniques.

In recent months meeting subjects have included the making of dovetail joints by hand and machine, mortise and tenon joints, wood finishing, fine box making, lathe turning and bowl making, a tutorial on saw blades, use of the band saw, basic drafting, intarsia, case work, routers, wood identification, caneing, measurement devices, deck building, carving, wood burning, scroll sawing and writing pens for fun and profit, plus much more.

Our members consist of men and women of all age groups, occupations, and skill levels.  Beginning woodworkers are especially welcome and will find the Woodcrafters a source of help and fellowship.

Benefits of joining the club include a great opportunity to exchange ideas and help. Paid up members also receive a special 10 percent discount on all purchases (with the exception of power tools and wood) that they make on in store purchases at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop.

Members receive by E-mail the club newsletter “Plane Talk” containing latest news on meetings, member doings, shop hints, and notices of future meetings.

Members can also place no-cost ads offering personal woodworking tools and equipment for sale in “Plane Talk” as well as the classified ads section of our web site. Refer to the rules for posting ads on the site in the classified section.