Tuesday, January 7th, 7:00pm
Mount Vernon Christian School
820 W Blackburn Rd, Mt Vernon, WA 98273

Tom Dolese is a long-time respected furniture maker and designer, as well as an NCWA club member and advocate for the club, encouraging many woodworkers to join. Along with his wife Jennifer, he runs Terra Firma Designs, and has taught furniture building classes for years.

As a teacher, he is frequently surprised by the lack of student knowledge concerning initial wood preparation and processing. How a piece of rough sawn lumber is readied for the building process.

Tom will discuss his techniques of sizing, flattening, and truing up rough-milled lumber. His methods are tried and true, and are sure to be helpful to our less experienced, and newer woodworking members. Our more experienced members will hopefully find Tom’s techniques and reasoning on the subject a chance for good review.

This will be an excellent opportunity to interact with, and ask an expert a broad range of questions on woodworking principles.

Tuesday, December 3rd, 7:00pm
Mount Vernon Christian School
820 W Blackburn Rd, Mt Vernon, WA 98273

President’s Recap!

Vote for 2025 Officers:

• President — Barry Tonkin
• Vice President — Earl Kessler
• Secretary — Christi Brua
• Treasurer — Al Ashley

…and, of course, much more!

Tuesday, November 5th, 7:00pm
Mount Vernon Christian School
820 W Blackburn Rd, Mt Vernon, WA 98273

Five Steps for Successful Gluing by Bob Behnke

Bob Behnke is Franklin International’s Technical Service Director for the Construction Division, handling all technical aspects of the Titebond product line of wood glues, construction adhesives, wood flooring adhesives and sealants.

At Franklin Bob manages a group tasked with handling all calls to the company’s 800 number along with technicians tasked with testing of competitive products and new substrates. Bob has worked for over 30 years in the adhesives and sealants industry with experience in the development of emulsion polymers, scale up from bench to production of a range of adhesive technologies and development of breathable technology for organic and inorganic fabrics.

Bob will discuss all aspects of gluing, from dry assembly to waiting for the glue to dry. Wood glues can affect the wood as it is being assembled and being prepared in advance will eliminate costly joint failures and frustrating disassembly. The presentation will focus on the steps needed to use wood glues with ease, what to watch out for when the glue hits the wood and why failures occur.

Also covered will be some frequently asked questions and why there are so many different wood glues. Bring your gluing questions as we will hold time for discussions, it will not be just a presentation.

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

Lorin Seeks is a talented furniture maker working in Port Townsend, Washington. Lorin takes his inspiration from Danish modern, Japanese, and American traditions, and uses a combination of modern technology, along with traditional hand tools to achieve his minimalist designs. He uses only sustainable wood species, and typically finishes with hard wax oil to achieve a rich durable finish on his one-of-a-kind pieces.

Check out Lorin’s website at Seeks Woodworks.