SDFWA

San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association

Category: Front Page

History of the Design in Wood Exhibition

Beginnings: The main reason for officially incorporating the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association was to put on the Design in Wood Exhibition (DIW) at the San Diego County Fair.

Green Shoots of Organized Outreach

We organize volunteering well around big things. That said, there are many smaller things where we could make a difference by volunteering our woodworking talent. It’s starting.

Dovetails, the Mighty Wedges

What is this fascination with dovetails and why so much pleasure and pride in cutting them? Join us for a discussion and a demo on Saturday.

Making and Using Scratch Stocks

A scratch stock is used to add beading or other custom shapes to edges as well as to make the very thin grooves needed for string inlay work. Always been curious and want to know more? Join us at Saturday’s SIG meeting.

Sharpen Up Your Card Game

Saturday’s Hand Tool SIG will look at the simple actions needed be successful with a Card Cabinet Scraper. We will also be discussing how to choose and use a new card scraper.

Making a Difference

During COVID, kids and their educations are adversely affected. In partnership with DEEP we have an opportunity to help in the low-income Diamond Neighborhoods of San Diego.

Spotlight: Julia Cornuelle

Julia gave us her talent to teach Sketchup, worked diligently to deliver an excellent class and turned her materials into a soon-to-be-published book.

40 Years of Woodworking in San Diego

The SDFWA has been making a difference for 40 years. With this first article Jeff Bratt, our Historian, kicks off the series with an overview of where we’ve been.

WOOD XI, a Retrospective

For over a decade, San Diego has held a second wood show with excellent work worth seeing. This post introduces a new series of articles by Paul Duffield covering WOOD: A Furniture Show.

Hand Tool vs Machine, a Bridge to the Past

Take you on a tour of the machinery in the SDFWA member shop while simultaneously learning what hand tools they replaced. Join us via Zoom at the Hand Tool SIG on Saturday 23rd at 10.00.

Craftsman Referral Terms

BACKGROUND
The San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association (SDFWA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to the education, promotion, and execution of the principles of fine woodworking.
The SDFWA frequently receives requests from people seeking the service of a woodworker. Therefore, although custom woodworking for hire is not the purpose of our organization, we offer this referral service to the public so that they might connect with a woodworker.

SCOPE
SDFWA does not screen or warrant the skills or work of any craftsman. The public should use their own discretion and due diligence before hiring any craftsman, from any source, including this one.
The sole role of SDFWA in this referral service is limited to providing our member woodworkers with your completed form. It is up to each craftsman to initiate a contact with the requester.

PROCEDURE
After a requester submits a project, the form will be emailed to our list of participating craftsmen. If a craftsman is interested in the project, they will contact the client directly, and a two-way conversation can begin.

As the craftsmen themselves choose which projects to respond to, this means that it is probable that some project requests will receive no response. If you do not receive a response in a reasonable time, please submit your request again, using the provided referral form.
Note that contacting SDFWA directly will not achieve the desired results.

DISCLAIMER
By agreeing to these Terms, and by continuing to submit this Referral Form, and by utilizing one or more of the services of any of these craftsmen, you are agreeing to contract exclusively with that individual craftsman and to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the SDFWA Organization, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers from any and all claims, injuries, damages, losses or suits including attorney fees, arising out of or in connection with the performance of this agreement, and any and all failures, damages, or otherwise negative outcomes caused directly or indirectly by the craftsmen you employ to do any project initiated by this Form. This does not preclude you from pursuing legal remedies from the individual craftsman that you employ. But any remedy you pursue is restricted to that individual craftsman, and does not include the SDFWA organization or any of its volunteer members.

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