Tuesday, September 2nd, 7:00pm
Mount Vernon Christian School
820 W Blackburn Rd, Mt Vernon, WA 98273

Paul Throne – Blacksmith

In addition to presenting an overview of blacksmithing, Paul will show how to make a chisel
from some old tool steel.

Paul Thorne’s ancestors come from a long line of skilled workmen including a blacksmith, carriage maker, tool and die maker, pattern maker, machinists, locomotive engineers, mechanical engineers and teachers. Paul has been a working blacksmith since 1983 and has worked in the metalworking industries his entire adult life. His architectural and sculptural work is found in fine homes throughout the Pacific Northwest. He has demonstrated in numerous conferences and taught students, apprentices and fellow smiths out of his own shop for many years. You will find his teaching thorough, understandable, patient and enthusiastic. Paul’s passionate life calling is to create beautiful ironwork and pass on this craft to the next generation of blacksmiths.

Due to NCWA’s participation in The Anacortes Arts Festival, there will not be an August meeting.

All members are encouraged to visit the NCWA booth at the corner of 7th Street and R Avenue in Anacortes. We will be located between the Wood Turner’s booth and the Depot Gallery on R Avenue.

Hours are 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day, August 1st through August 3rd.

There will be displays of class projects, member-created items, and even projects for sale. Our Kids Korral will include Build-a-Car and Jack McKee’s wonderful Builder Boards. Additionally, you’ll get a chance to view live demonstrations by our members and a chance to ride the club Shave Horse with a drawknife or a spokeshave! Joan Mann will be demonstrating Scroll Saw Intarsia all three days.

Tuesday, July 1st, 7:00pm
Mount Vernon Christian School
820 W Blackburn Rd, Mt Vernon, WA 98273

Doug Moore grew up in Yakima and is married with two grown daughters and three grandchildren. He worked as a carpenter’s helper in high school, and the best part of that job was using dynamite for 6 weeks. In 1980, he graduated from the University of Washington in Mechanical Engineering. In his senior year, he took classes in Northwest Native American art and culture. He fell in love with the artwork and has been drawing and collecting Northwest Native art ever since.

In 1978, Doug began his career as an intern at McKinstry, a Seattle-based construction services company. He rose up through the ranks to become president in 2005 and semi-retired in 2021. During his time at McKinstry, the company started twenty-five new offerings, which fueled his interest in entrepreneurship. This led him to work with the Entrepreneurship Center at Seattle University and join an angel investor club in Seattle.

When Doug started fly fishing in 2018, he immediately bought a bamboo fly rod. In 2020, Doug attended a bamboo fly rod gathering in Seattle, and this led to an introduction to Tom Fulk, a well-known maker of bamboo fly rods in Anacortes. Tom taught Doug how to build bamboo rods. To learn additional rod building techniques, Doug spent two weeks in Canada in one-on-one instruction.

Tuesday, June 3rd, 9:00am
Grizzly Industrial Showroom
1821 Valencia Avenue, Bellingham, WA

Coffee and donuts with a meet and greet will start at 9 a.m. and the facility tour and equipment demonstrations will begin at 9:30.

With 80 members registered for the tour, we would recommend carpooling if you can. Please be sure to wear your NCWA name tags and hats.

This is a golden opportunity to peek behind the scenes at the Grizzly Industrial headquarters in Bellingham. Grizzly is known for quality and affordable machinery and accessories for woodworking and metalworking. The tour will include:

• CNC demonstration (brand new area that will be completed in time for this visit).
• Tour of Grizzly, including warehouses, photo studio, videography studio, QA area, office.
• Metalworking demonstration on lathe and/or mill.
• Catered lunch and a gift for each attendee.

In addition, Grizzly will be holding its annual Dads and Grads Sale in their retail store so should you decide to make a purchase, this will be an opportunity to take advantage of sale prices.