SDFWA

San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association

President’s Message

On behalf of our Board of Directors, I’d like to welcome you to the San Diego Fine Woodworker’s Association! Whether you’re an existing Member or looking for more information and support in your woodworking endeavors, this is the place to be!

The San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association was founded over 40 years ago to promote woodworking in San Diego and to hold an annual Exhibition of Fine Woodworking that would give local woodworkers the opportunity to show off their creations. The result was the creation of the Design in Wood Show at the San Diego County Fair, now one of the Fair’s most popular attractions. It is the largest juried woodworking exhibition in the Western Hemisphere and has entertained and inspired countless Fair-goers for over four decades.

We are one of the largest Woodworking Groups in the Country, with over 1,000 Members. About ten years ago, we decided to open our own Member’s Shop to further advance our goals and objectives. That Shop, in the Miramar area, has been an unqualified success, allowing us to provide Members with a well equipped Shop, access to a number of Special Interest Groups and a wide variety of Class offerings.

Our Class list features everything from Introductory courses to highly specialized techniques and tool operations in our comfortable and well equipped Shop. Also available are Digital Tool offerings such as laser, CNC, 3D Printing and Color Sublimation

By far the most important part of the San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association, however, is our people. We have grown a true Community of wood lovers who have also discovered that woodworking is even more fun if you can share it with other woodworkers. Having our own Shop has accelerated this growth and nearly 30 percent of our Membership is now female!

So if you’re interested in taking up woodworking or looking for more from your existing woodworking hobby, come join us!


Warm Regards,

Gary Anderson, President,
San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association

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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