Are you a member of....

[whatwoodido]

Are you am member of AAW and/or a local turning club? If so give the local name in a reply.

 

[whatwoodido]

I belong to AAW and the Capital Area Woodturners.

Drew

 

[Mudder]

AAW & Nutmeg Woodturners League

http://home.att.net/~nutmegwoodturners/

 

[YoYoSpin]

Here's a link to our AAW local chapter...Pikes Peak Woodturners: http://www.yoyospin.com/ppw

 

[penhead]

Yes and yes...

I am a member of the AAW and Tidewater turners.

Tidewater Turners link: http://www.esva.net/~woodturner/


Thanks,
JohnPayton

 

[woodwish]

Yes, and member of Emerald Coast Woodturners Guild although my membership has become less and less active. On Saturday's I get up to go to the meetings (about an hour drive), make a cup of coffee, head out to the shop and never leave. I think I have slowly become my own club, I'd rather make my own shavings than listen to others talk about shavings for 3 hours.

Ray

 

[C_Ludwigsen]

Yes and Yes.

I'm a member of the Mid South Woodturners Guild. It is a strong club which averages over 60-80 people in attendance each month. Check out the website, we have some cool things going on in the next few months.

Chuck

 

[jrc]

Vermont Woodchucks

 

[tipusnr]

If I remember to renew, I am a member of AAW and the Central Ohio Woodturners.

 

[BeauBunn]

I am member of the aaw and of the Triangle woodturners guild of North Carolina

 

[ryannmphs]

Yes and Yes

I am a member of the Mid South Woodturners Guild.

Ryan

 

[paleydp]

I belong to the OCWA - Orange County Woodworkers Association, the Woodturners group is a 'spinoff' of the OCWA

 

[Randy]

Yes I belong to the Woodturners of North Texas. Haven't joined AAW, yet. Hope to soon.
Update sent my due to AAW in January, 2005.

 

[Old Griz]

Yes I am a member of AAW and also Quad State Bodgers (LaVale, MD) and Apple Valley Woodturners (Winchester, VA) [the site is still under construction]... get to go to 2 meetings a month and each is the same distance from home... and now president of Mid-Maryland Woodturners a new AAW club as of January 2005
Joining a local club is the best thing I ever did.. learned more from our mentoring programs than I ever could all by myself with all the books and videos that are out..

 

[Rick Prevett]

AAW member and current president of Nebraska's I-80 Woodturners Guild.

 

[mike_l]

I'm an AAW member and Secretary of the Acadiana Woodturners in Lafayette, LA.

Mike L

 

[low_48]

Yes and yes

Belong to the Central Illinois Woodturners and the AAW.

 

[Darley]

Yes . Hervey Bay Woodcrafts club Inc.

Cheer

Serge




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[ttpenman]

Belong to the AAW and the Lake Superior Woodturners.

Jeff

 

[Fred in NC]

AAW and joining Charlotte Woodturners at the next meeting.
http://charlottewoodturners.org/

 

[Lloyd Frisbee]

Silicon Valley Woodturners

San Jose, CA

 

[Larry Gottlieb]

I am a member of AAW and also a member of Badger Woodturners in Madison WI.
Larry

 

[bmac]

I am a member of AAW and the Bayou Woodturners.
Bobby

 

[terry q]

Central Illinois Woodturners and AAW.

 

[Daniel]

I belong to the AAW but do not go to the local club.
that woudl be the Reno Woodchucks. Just no time []

 

[Studio-N]

Founder and current member of:
Dallas Area Woodturners

 

[whatwoodido]

For all of those of you who are not members of a local club I would strongly encourage you to at least tryout the local club. I think ours has really helped a lot of local turners become better turners. Though I will say that at my local, pen turning is a major past time to any other than the craft show crowd. We are primarily a bowl turning group, but we have some amazing turners in our group, and many halfway decent hacks like myself.

Drew

 

[John Carr]

AAW, Guild of NH Woodworkers, NH Seacoast Woodturners.

 

[TheHeretic]

not AAW yet. I am a COW though, Central Ohio Woodturner.

Dean
Columbus OH

 

[Gregory Huey]

not the aaw just never got around to joining and I know they are great. there is a club just starting in Baltimore and plan to join this if work time will permit.

 

[KKingery]

This is the only organization I belong to.

 

[Gary]

AAW and two local clubs.

 

[ldimick]

Just a general comment that is sparked by Drew's exhortation to join:

I would like to join a local club. So I spent many hours online checking them out. The local one for me is Orange County. If I remember correctly they have a Yahoo group. I tried to join the group in November but I was politely told I had to attend a meeting first.

Normally that is not a problem but they did not have a 'normal' December meeting so I was basically told I could not join them, learn from them, or associate with them for 60 days. Not a very friendly approach in my opinion.

I find that I spend most of my pen-surfing time here because there is good information, a friendly and supportive attitude, and I can ignore the noise if I want to. Exactly what I would hope to find in a local club, but because of an exclusionary policy I was not able to determine if it exists.

As fasr as AAW goes they do not seem to have enough to offer me (from what I have seen on their website) to bother with. Am I wrong?

 

[KKingery]

Bobby - you need to get them Bayou woodturners, to come up to my neck a the woods! The only organization here in Shreveport, is a general woodworkers club - not so much into turning....

 

[Travlr7]

Joining Turning club this month "Central Illinois Turners." Member and past President of the Peoria Area Woodworkers Club.

Bruce

 

[Deere41h]

Yes and Yes. I am a part of the Golden Triangle Woodturners (GTWT), In Denton TX. We are a small but active group made up of mostly bowl turners. It's a great place to improve ones turning skills. We have had some major talent at our meeting, with something new each month. I would encourage everyone to become active in a local turners club. It will only improve your skills.

 

[opfoto]

NWA - Northeast Woodworkers Association, Soon to join AWA - Adirondack Woodturners Association.

 

[Rifleman1776]

I am a member of the Ozark Woodturners Association. We are in the Mountain Home, Arkansas area. I should join AAW, just haven't gotten around to it.

 

[J. Fred Muggs]

Yes, Yes, And Yes.
Member American Association of Woodturners.
Member Carolina Mountain Woodturners http://www.carolinamountainwoodturners.org
Member Greenville (SC) Woodworkers Guild http://www.greenvillewoodworkers.com

I highly recommend The AAW, and a local club if available. If none is close, consider starting one yourself. The AAW is very helpful in getting new clubs started.

 

[driften]

I am a AAW member and local Seattle AAW member

BTW Here both Rocklers and Woodcraft give a 10% discount to local AAW members so the membership pays for its self real fast...