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“Dedicated to
advancing the art and
understanding of fine
woodworking. . . .”
of Georgia
May 2014
www.woodworkersguildofga.org
Learn How To Get Started In Wood Turning
We have all seen a wooden
bowl, a wooden vase, or an ornament as light as a feather. Have
you ever wondered how they were
made? Or wanted to make one
yourself? All you have to do is
mention to your local woodworking retailer that you’re interested in
taking up wood turning and you
Guild Learns All
About Dust
At Mini-Symposium
Lew Janezic and Nuance
Neeley, both members of the
Woodworkers’ Guild of Georgia
board of directors, presented a mini
-symposium on small shop dust
collection in lieu of the April meeting.
As they have for several years,
Keith Hogan and his fine team at
Peach State Lumber again hosted
the event. They did a great job
making us feel welcome, providing
coffee, donuts, lunch, and some
great discounts on their fine selection of wood.
Lew and Nuane’s information
was a compilation of information
they learned through researching
both their own dust collection systems and for the symposium.
They reviewed the health risks
of fine particle dust. YES, wood
dust is a known human carcinogen
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can see the dollar signs start to
glow in his eyes.
While wood turning is woodworking, it is a whole separate set
of equipment, tools, and knowledge. Even the tasks that turning
shares with flat woodworking are
often done differently. As such,
turning can be a slippery slope that
can be daunting, confusing, and
possibly expensive.
In the main meeting for May,
we’ll take a look at how to get
started in wood turning without
jumping into the deep end over
your head. The meeting will be
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Annual Business Meeting Is May 12
The annual business meeting of the Woodworkers’ Guild of Georgia will
be Monday, May 12, at 6:30 pm at Woodcraft in Roswell. See page 5 for
information on the proposed slate of officers and proposed bylaw changes.
See page 5 for details.
Neeley, Janezic Discuss Dust Collection
Nuane Neeley (L) and Lew Janezic presented April’s minisymposium on dust collection. Here the two flank a table loaded with
different dust collection options.
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The Guild Board
Paul Fussell
678-431-1130 H
Open
Gary Fader
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
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Tom Risoli
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Jim Milam
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Ken Gregg
770-396-4468 H
Jim Wright
770-973-4692 H
Roger Moister
404-355-5033 H
Nick Zicchino
770-237-2280 H
Lew Janezic
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Bill Sanders
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John Nielsen
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Bill Kitchens
770-596-7447 H
Nuane Neely
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Immediate Past
President
Symposium
Show and Tell
Membership
Newsletter
Publicity
Audiovisual
Librarian
Community
Projects
Main Meeting
Programs
Pre-Meeting
Programs
Patron
Sponsors
Scholarships
Woodworking
Show
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interested in contributing an article or wish
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WWG of Georgia Newsletter
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woodworking to join. Annual membership
fee is $45, which can be paid at the
monthly meeting or mailed to:
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President’s Notes
By PAUL FUSSELL
As we move into May, we have accomplished a number of events
already this year. This month is no different. May is the month that our
business meeting is held. We will be having a vote at our regular meeting
this month to install our new officers for the next year. We will also be
voting to change our regular yearly business meeting to January from May. This
change will be in line with our change
last year to move the fiscal budget to
match the actual budget. It will make
accounting easier for our treasurer. Any
way that we can make board members’
jobs easier, we should facilitate.
I would like to thank those board
members who served this year and will
be stepping down. Ken Gregg, who has
taken over the newsletter, and who has
been in charge of membership will be
stepping down after three years on the
board.
Both Lew Janezic and Bill
Paul Fussell
Sanders will be stepping down at the
meeting presenters position. They stepped up last year to fill this team
position and have done a superb job. I would like to thank all three gentlemen for their hard work and dedication to the Guild this past year.
They’ve collectively made my time as president simpler, and they will be
missed on the board.
I would again like to thank past members of the board this year who
had to step down early due to job restrictions. Both Kim Muthersbough
and Joseph Breckinridge were on the board and had to step down. Joseph did an amazing job as newsletter coordinator during his time at that
position. Kim served on the board for seven years and held several positions. Thank you for the time you were able to put in.
I would also like to thank Tom Risoli. He has been on the board for
the past year as immediate past president. He has been invaluable as a
source of information and direction. He will still be involved with the
board in a minor capacity, but he will not hold an official title on the
board. Thank you, Tom, for your service to the board and the Guild for
all of these years.
We will welcome three new board members officially in May. Kate
and Strachen Small will be taking over the meeting presenters position
for Lew and Bill. Marvin Miller will be taking over the membership
position for Ken Gregg. I would like to welcome them to the board for
this year.
There are still a couple of open positions on the board that will need
to be filled for this year. We need someone to take over the newsletter
position. We all enjoy reading the newsletter, which is the reason we
need someone to coordinate the articles for it. We will also need someone for the scholarship position. Bill Kitchens, who is charge of scholarships this year, will be moving to the position of vice president of the
board. I thank him for his enthusiasm in the vision of moving the Guild
forward. If you are willing to help out with either of these two positions,
please call me. I would like to have all of the positions filled by the time
of our meeting in May. Thank you.
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Proper Dust Collection Mini-Symposium Topic
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from studies in woodworking industries—cancer risks come primarily in the form of nasal and sinus cancers. Other adverse health
effects due to exposure include
dermatitis, allergic respiratory effects, mucosal and nonallergic respiratory effects. Both the skin and
respiratory system can become sensitized to wood dust from repeated
exposures, leading to severe allergic reactions such as asthma or dermatitis.
More common symptoms associated with wood dust exposure
include skin and eye irritation; nasal dryness and obstruction; and
prolonged colds—I think we have
all experienced these. And remember, if you can smell the wood, you
are breathing the dust, even though
you can't see it.
Airborne dust is primarily
made up of particles 30 micron and
smaller. The dust in your shop
stays airborne for quite some time,
as it takes a 1 micron particle approximately 12 hours to settle 5
feet in still air, and a .5 micron particle approximately 41 hours to
settle 5 feet in still air.
Don’t sweep debris; it just
creates airborne dust. At a minimum, use a shop vac with a filter
upgraded to a HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filter.
When purchasing a dust collector or cyclone, its important to
obtain a filter that is MERV
(minimum efficiency reporting
value) rated. MERV, developed by
ASHRAE for standardization, is
the efficiency rating of the filter
when first used “out of the box”—
the higher the number the better.
The highest MERV rating is 16.
When buying a new filter, try to
obtain one that is MERV rated 15
or 16 or possibly better, as long as
it references that it was tested standard
There is a lot of misinformation in the industry with unsubstantiated claims of 1 micron, 2 micron, etc. ratings on filters with no
test standard or data referenced—
these claims may just be marketing
hype that ends up playing games
with our health.
A MERV rating provides you
an industry standard the filter material was tested to, and gets rid of all
the marketing hype.
Filters have come a long way
in the last five years, and cleanable
HEPA filters should be available
soon—these filters are above the
MERV 16 rating and are again
tested to a different standard.
The more surface area in your
filter, the better. Nuane and Lew
recommend avoiding filter bags, as
they usually contain a fraction of
the area of a filter, and have no real
rating or standard the material was
tested to. A bag filter usually cre-
ates a “dust pump,” giving you a
false feeling that the air is being
cleaned while continually circulating fine dust.
If you have a dust collector
and you are continually plagued by
fine dust accumulation on surfaces,
chances are you either have leaks
on the pressure side of your system, or you need to upgrade your
filter.
Lew and Nuane reviewed
OSHA standards as well as the recommended exposure limits of
NIOSH and the AGCIH, which
recommend much lower exposure
limits than OSHA. Approximately
1/20th of the kerf removed while
cutting wood ends up being fine
dust particles, 30 micron and below.
Consider installing a trash can
separator or cyclone to keep the
majority of debris out of your filter
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Guild Honors Peach State Lumber
Keith Hogan of Peach State Lumber accepts a plaque from former
Guild President Tom Risoli. Peach State Lumber hosted April’s mini
-symposum.
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Muthersbough To Present Turning Basics
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held Monday, May 12, at 7:30 pm
at Woodcraft in Roswell.
Presenter Kim Muthersbough
will cover tools and equipment for
beginners, starting from a perspective of projects that are good entry
points and skill builders.
And for those of you who already do a little turning and would
like to try something different, he
promises to show a couple of
unique tools and techniques that
you probably haven't seen before.
In between, he’ll touch on options
for lathes, sharpening, and holding
work (centers and chucks).
When asked about his woodworking background, Kim replied
that he has to admit that his inspiration was Norm Abram. “I didn’t
grow up as a second or third generation woodworker, using my
dad’s tools to make projects under
his watchful guidance,” he said.
“Working with wood was one of
the different crafts that I tried as a
youth in Boy Scouting, and later as
a model airplane builder. I watched
Norm on the ‘New Yankee Workshop’ at every opportunity, and
used that to start building my
knowledge of woodworking.”
That approach evolved into
reading multiple woodworking
magazines, watching “This Old
House,” becoming an active member of the Woodworkers’ Guild of
Georgia, and taking the occasional
hands-on course. The plan was for
wood turning to be a future endeavor. So much for plans. After
reading an article about William H.
Macy taking up wood turning, and
in the Nike spirit of “Just do it,” the
plan changed, and wood turning
was moved to the earlier rather
than later term. Kim looks forward
to sharing his adventure in turning
with the group.
Dust Collection Technology Constantly Improving
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and the time between filter cleanings
will be greatly increased.
Prior to purchasing a dust collector or cyclone, design your system,
calculate the static pressure drop, and
then buy an appropriately sized collector or cyclone. If you can afford it, a
cyclone dust collector (single unit) is
well worth the investment and is far
superior to a separate dust collector
and separator setup.
After the discussions regarding
the importance of having a decent dust
collection system, the presentation
moved on to reviewing how one might
accomplish dust control and removal.
Woodworkers have several options: do nothing (a poor choice for
your lungs); move the work outside;
use a box fan in a window to suck dust
from sanding out the window; dilute
the dust in the air with an air filtration
device hanging in the room; use a shop
-vac on small dust generating equipment; use personal protective equipment (respirators, filtered hoods, etc.);
install a dust collection system.
The discussion then moved on to
the components of a dust collection
system, which include: intake hood or
enclosure, ducting, cyclone separator,
fan, and a final filter. Each of the system components was discussed in detail.
For the hood, Nuane and Lew
emphasized the importance of the
Nuane Neeley
hood location being as close to the
dust source as possible. For the system
ductwork, the discussion focused on
the type of material that can be used to
fabricate the duct system and the importance of sizing to maintain the
proper transport velocity within the
duct. The presenters reminded the audience about the very high (3 times)
pressure loss in flexible ducting when
compared to smooth pipe.
Then the presentation moved to
the option of fabricating the duct from
PVC piping. This option is for the
home workshop only, not for commercial application. The audience heard
about the importance of grounding and
bonding the duct system with all other
components of the system (saws, fan,
cyclone separator, filter, etc.).
Discussion moved to the cyclone
separators and how effective they are
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Lew Janezic
at extending filter life and reducing the
frequency at which one must clean his
or her filters. Lew and Nuane discussed the different types of fans used
in the blower/filter units and emphasized the importance of also grounding
and bonding these units. They included
data on some typical fan curves for
several types of blower/filter units and
the methodology for calculating a dust
collection system curve. It was then
shown how one can overlay the blower
curves with the calculated system
curves to determine the actual airflow
at various saws and other dust generating equipment.
Numerous WOOD Magazine and
Fine Woodworking articles were referenced—both of these magazines have
provide woodworkers with a tremendous amount of information on dust
collection over the last five years.
Woodworking Tips
Good Source of Veneer
In follow-up to the Marc Adams symposium, I recalled from a previous
course that I had a reference from the instructor to a company that sold a marquetry veneer package. The company is Certainly Wood (http://
certainlywood.com/) and they sell a box of 100 feet of assorted veneer for $40,
plus $10 handling and postage. I ordered two boxes and the postage was $19. The
veneer pieces are mostly 30 X 15 inches and there is a large variety of assorted
woods/colors, some even striped or burled. I did not investigate other sources. so
this may not be the best deal, but I'm pleased with the product.
Gary Fader
Easy Way to Harden CA Glue
I just learned that CA glue can be instantly hardened by sprinkling baking
soda on it! Wow, it turns rock hard in a micro-second. To experiment, I dumped a
small tube of CA on a piece of cardboard forming a large puddle. I dumped baking soda on the puddle and it instantly became very hard. It also was hot to the
touch.
When I used CA to fill a bunch of small dings on my granddaughter’s guitar
before I learned of this method, the stuff took forever to get hard. I sprayed accelerator on the CA and it turned white (bummer). It took forever to scrape it out and
refill it and I had to wait overnight to sand it.
The baking soda will stick to the CA and has to be scraped or sanded off. I
will warn you that it will turn rock hard and is very brittle. But it works better
than anything else that I have used for filling small dings in finished stuff. Works
like nothing else for repairing minor dents on very hard finishes.
I learned the trick from a friend who owns a music store. He repairs guitars
and uses this method to repair the nut slots for correcting guitar action (good
playability without buzzing).
Ken Gregg (as heard from Frank LaRoque in Groop, a wood finisher’s internet
symposium)
Proposed Slate of Officers
Guild Sets Annual Meeting
The Woodworkers’ Guild of Georgia will
hold its annual business meeting on Monday,
May 12, at Woodcraft in Roswell. Members
will be asked to vote in the new Board and approve the new yearly budget. The annual meeting will be held in place of the pre-meeting.
In addition, the Board will recommend that
the bylaws be changed to bring the board term
and budget in line with most of the Guild’s
regular business. Under the proposal, the annual
meeting would move from May to January.
Board terms would run from Feb. 1 to Jan. 31.
This will help bring all reporting to calendar
year. The Board encourages all of the membership to attend and participate in the annual business meeting.
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Paul Fussell
President
Bill Kitchens
Vice President,Secretary
Gary Fader
Treasurer
Jim Milam
Symposium, Show & Tell
Marvin Miller
Membership, Publicity
Jim Wright
Audiovisual
Roger Moister
Librarian
Nick Zicchino
Community Projects
Kate and Strachan
Meeting Programs
John Nielsen
Patron Sponsors
Nuane Neely
Woodworking Show
Open
Newsletter Coordinator
Open
Scholarships
Free Demonstrations
We welcome Rockler back as a Guild sponsor. As you can
see below, Rockler offers many Saturday demonstrations. If
you purchase anything at Rockler, please don’t forget to
mention that you are a Guild member.
Rockler Demonstrations
Woodcraft Demonstrations
Woodcraft, located at 8560 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, has demonstrations on most Saturdays. For more details,
see woodcraft.com/stores/store.aspx?id=503&page=demos
Rockler schedules demonstrations most Saturdays.
Rockler is located at 6235B Roswell Road in Sandy
Springs. To see more details, check
rockler.com/retail/index.cfm?store=29
May 3
Gun stock refinishing and checkering
May 10
Power tool accessories
May 3
May 17
Using the Kreg deck jig
May 24
Using the Beall Buffing system
May 31
Butcher block cutting boards and more
June 7
Accurate and easy finger joints
June 14
Pen turning
June 21
Fundamentals of turning
June 28
Saw Stop features and safety demo
May 10
May 17
May 24
Joinery Made Easy
Rockler Doweling Jigs - 9 am
Kreg K5 Pocket Hole System - 11am
Beadlock Pro - 1 pm
Work Smart Day
GRR-Ripper - 9 am
Soy-Gel Paint Stripper - 11 am
Rockler HVLP - 1 pm
21st Century Woodworking Day
CNC Shark - 10 am
Rockler Innovation Day
Silicon Glue Tools - 9 am
Shutter System - 11 am
T-Track Table - 1 pm
The Woodworkers’ Guild of Georgia meets the second
May 31
What’s Turning Day
Rockler Pizza Cutter - 9 am
Rockler Turning Tools - 11 am
Bottle Stoppers - 1 pm
Monday of most months at Woodcraft, 8560 Holcomb
Bridge Road, Roswell. The store is east of Georgia 400
near the intersection of Holcomb Bridge Road and Nesbit
Ferry Road. Pre-meetings start at 6:30 p.m. The regular
meeting starts at 7:30 p.m.
June 7
Rockler Innovation Day
Interlock Signmaker’s Templates - 9 am
Self-Centering & Countersink Bit Set 11 am
Rockler HVLP - 1 pm
June 14
Upcoming Events
Monday, May 12
Woodcraft, Roswell
Annual Business Meeting
Meeting: Kim Muthersbough on Turning
Joinery Made Easy
Kreg K5 Pocket Hole System - 9 am
Rockler Doweling Jigs - 1 pm
Plug Into Power Tools Day
Festool Carvex - 11 am
June 21
Rockler Innovation Day
Dovetail Jig - 11 am
June 28
Table Saw Safety
GRR-Ripper - 9 am
Rockler Crosscut Sled - 1 pm
Plug Into Power Tools Day
SawStop - 11 am
Monday, June 9
Woodcraft, Roswell
Pre-meeting: Price Williams
on Making Wooden Bowls
Meeting: Fred Wilson
on Working with Scroll Sawing
Monday, July 14
Woodcraft, Roswell
Pre-meeting/Main Meeting
Paul Fussell and Jim Milam
on Accuracy in Woodworking
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Woodworkers’ Guild of Georgia Patrons
to stop by to visit our location in Newnan. We stock machinery, accessories, and supplies from top-name manufacturers
such as: SawStop, Delta, Porter Cable, DeWalt, FesTool, Powermatic, Jet, Kreg, Steel City, Mirka & Norton abrasives, Olson
bandsaw blades, Forrest saw blades, Freud Tooling, and Titebond glues. Bargain hunters, check out our large inventory of
used and scratch and dent machinery and accessories. We
are a source for older American made Powermatic and Delta
parts. Since 1943, our family has had the pleasure of serving
woodworking professionals, vocational schools and industry
around Atlanta and throughout the Southeast. You will find a
wide array of services such as: tailgate deliveries to your
home or business, set-up and instruction of your machinery,
consulting on “what’s best for your needs and application,”
and technical assistance. For more information and directions, please check out our NEW website and ecommerce
store at www.redmondmachinery.com. Our goal is to create a
friendly atmosphere and a pleasurable experience that will
keep you coming back and telling others. We are located at
59 Weldon Rd., Palmetto, GA 30268. Please feel free to call
or visit our website for directions.
(770) 683-7297, (800) 428-9898, Fax: (770) 683-7141
The following patrons of the Guild are all excellent suppliers of
products and services in the local area. They support the Guild
by giving us money and allowing us to use their various facilities from time to time.
Hardwoods Incorporated – A division of Atlanta Hardwood Corporation, Hardwoods Inc. has grown over 60 years
to become one of the largest hardwood distributors and kiln
operators in the Eastern United States. Hardwoods Inc. specializes in domestic and imported hardwood lumber, plywood, veneer, hardwood mouldings, custom flooring, melamine and Arborite laminate and related products. We stock
over 80 species of wood and are direct importers of numerous exotic species. When you think of wood, think of us. Visit
our architectural showroom or browse our extensive inventory of woods from around the world. Open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Saturday. Located at 5400 Riverview Road, Mableton,
30126.404.792.0910 or 404.214.4745
www.hardwoodweb.com
Highland Woodworking — Defines itself as a learning
community that fosters the joy of craftsmanship. The south’s
leading supplier of fine woodworking tools for more than a
quarter century, the store has attracted to Atlanta nationallyknown teachers and authors including Tage Frid, Sam
Maloof, Michael Dunbar, Rude Osolnik, Toshio Odate, Dale
Nish, Mark Duginske and many others who have inspired
and taught thousands of woodworkers in Highland’s ongoing
program of seminars and workshops. Information on its education schedule and catalog of fine woodworking tools is
available at highlandwoodworking.com, or visit its fullystocked store at 1045 N. Highland Avenue in Atlanta, tel.
404-872-4466.
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware — In 1954 Nordy
Rockler started a mail order woodworking supply company in
Minneapolis. Today, our retail chain stretches across the
United States and includes over 30 Rockler stores and over
60 partner store locations. Our magazine, Woodworker’s Journal, is a leading publication dedicated to offering plans, techniques, product reviews and tips to woodworkers. Whether
you’re a seasoned pro, a home-improvement enthusiast or a
craftsperson, we believe you will enjoy browsing our online
catalog at www.Rockler.com, getting interesting tips through
our email newsletter, and being the first to find out about
some exciting new products. We invite you to visit our location
at 6235B Roswell Road in Sandy Springs. Store hours are
Monday—Friday 9 am to 6 pm, Saturday 9 am to 5 pm, and
Sunday 11 am to 4 pm. Stop in on Saturdays for our free
demos 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Phone:404-460-1000.
Peach State Lumber Products -- A dealer of high grade
hardwoods (domestic and import), millwork quality softwoods
such as ponderosa pine, select cypress and C & Btr southern
yellow pine. We also carry a full line of cabinet grade plywood. We welcome small quantity orders and have a retail
sales area open to the public. We also carry Hettich brand
hinges and drawer slides. We have hardware screws and
pocket hole screws as well as live edge slabs in multiple species, great for bar tops, mantels, etc. 4000 Moon Station
Road, Kennesaw, 30144. www.peachstatelumber.com
(770) 428-3622, FAX (770) 428-4517.
Suwanee Lumber Company – Celebrating their 50th anniversary, 1961 to 2011, Suwanee features hardwood lumber with matching plywood. Please show your Guild membership card when shopping their location at 450 Highway 23 in
Suwanee, GA. (770) 945-2102 or (800) 330-8087. Mailing
address is P.O. Box 248, Suwanee, GA 30024. Directions
available on their website, www.suwaneelumber.com.
Peachtree Woodworking Supply has been producing
and selling high quality woodworking products for over ten
years. They stock over 6,000 different woodworking items.
Those items include a wide selection of abrasives, books,
DVD’s, clamps, router bits, glue, t-track, dust collection, and
much more. Peachtree also carries major brands like Carter,
Freud, Bessy, Kreg, Dewalt, and Delta, just to name a few.
The store is located at 6684 Jimmy Carter Blvd. Suite 100;
Norcross, GA 30071; (770) 458-5539. Store Hours: Mon –
Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Closed Sun.
www.ptreeusa.com
Woodcraft -- Since 1928 Woodcraft has been a woodworker's favorite source for quality hand and power tools,
equipment and supplies (including wood). Cabinet makers,
wood turners, carvers and woodworkers in general rely on our
friendly, experienced staff that is always available to help with
the selection of tools and supplies as well as to provide helpful advice on individual projects. We offer a wide variety of
woodworking and woodturning classes for a range of skills in
our new, modern, fully equipped classroom facilities. Stop by
our store at 8560 Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell, GA. (Note:
While we are physically located in Roswell, our mailing address is Alpharetta, GA 30022)
Phone: 770-587-3372, Fax: 770-587-9068 .
Wm. J. Redmond & Son, Inc. – Redmond Machinery is
the Southeast’s largest destination for woodworking machinery, accessories and supplies. Guild members are welcome
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