SDFWA

San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association

Members Only

ProClass Calendar & Classes

ProClass Calendar
Find a SIG, come to a community build.  It’s all here.

Class Catalog
Our class catalog gives the bigger picture; it lists most of the classes we periodically offer and has suggestions for new members on getting started.

Open Classes
Check out our new feature, our current open classes are pulled from ProClass and listed below, clicking takes you directly to ProClass to register.

News & Spotlights

Tool Spotlight: Avoiding tablesaw kickback

August 27, 2025

Table saws are a common source of serious injuries, often resulting in lacerations and amputations, particularly to fingers and hands. Kickback is a major cause of these injuries, understanding and avoiding kickback makes us all safer.

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New Preferred Partner: Murphy’s Surplus Warehouse, 30% off! 

August 27, 2025

Murphy’s Surplus Warehouse is joining the Preferred Partner Program and will be offering a 30% discount to SDFWA Members. 

Alan Murphy specializes in buying closeout merchandise and offering it to his customers at very attractive prices.  Alan’s pricing is about ⅓ of what you would pay at other retailers…and now it’s an extra 30% off this low price! So, remember your membership card.

401 N. Johnson Ave in El Cajon

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Special Interest Groups

Our special interest groups (SIGs) are the third leg of SDFWA’s woodworking offerings. SIGs offer an opportunity to concentrate on a highly focused aspect of woodworking such as: Hand Tool use, Toy making, Epoxy applications, Digital Tools, Carving, Turning, or Musical Instruments (luthiers). SIGs can also be a gateway to more general woodworking knowledge and skills as with the Fundamentals or Holiday Gift Sale builds where you will be exposed to a wide variety of techniques and tools.

Our SIGs are led by highly motivated and experienced members who want to share their passion for an aspect of woodworking. SIGs generally meet in the shop one or more times a month. During the meetings you will have the opportunity to learn of the latest technique, see it demonstrated, or try it yourself. SIGs are free, no signup required, and open to all SDFWA members (power tool use is limited to shop members).  SIG meeting times can and do change, so check the ProClass calendar.

All SDFWA Members welcome!
Click here for more information on the SIGs

Build Your Own

Find our open hours and policies here.  

Everyone is welcome to tour the shop during our open hours.

Silver and gold members build their own works during open hours. Schedule a shop slot in ProClass.

Craftsman Referral List

How the Craftsman List Works

  1. Request Submission: The public fills out a Craftsman Referral Form under the Connect tab on the website.
  2. Project Details Collected: The form gathers contact info (including city), budget, location of the work, project type, and a detailed description.
  3. Member Notification: This information is emailed out to all woodworkers who have opted into the public referral list.
  4. Member Selection: It is entirely up to individual members to review the email and decide if they want to pursue the job.
Craftsperson working on a chair

Managing Your Referral Status

YOUR HELP
MATTERS

Volunteer

Get started here.    

As a non-profit, we are powered by volunteers. Help us support woodworking for San Diego, we need all kinds of skills!  

 

Suggestions

Email Gary Anderson, President SDFWA

Have an idea on how to make things better?  Let us know.

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We need pics of events, projects, classes and anything SDFWA, your pics can help! Thanks!

 

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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