Joni Matthiessen Our woodshop recently was closed for two weeks and underwent a much-needed revamp and upgrade. Our president, Dave Bassham, said, “The shop reorganization was a collaborative effort from a number of people. Joey Misiaszek and Bob Edson spent an inordinate amount of time developing the final draft of the shop layout to create a…
The Robson Ranch Woodworkers have been busy in the past months completing a number of projects and training new and seasoned members in safety and tools. The project to provide 25 wooden plaques to Katie Hintz with the Southlake Sister Cities for their student exchange program is now complete. The plaques in the shape of…
On September 20-22, seven members of the Robson Ranch Woodworkers spent three days learning to make memory boxes. Eleven new boxes will be donated to Cooks Children’s Hospital in Ft. Worth. The boxes will be used by seriously ill children who can decorate the boxes and use them to store their special belongings.
David Bassham At the December 19 year-end meeting of the Robson Ranch Woodworkers, club president David Bassham named JoAnn Bostwick as Woodworker of the Year for 2017. JoAnn has been a member of the Woodworkers for three years. For the past two years she has become a leader among the lady woodworkers and is…
JoAnn Bostwick Our CATC building has a display case that is used to spotlight certain artists and their work each month. In August the Robson Ranch Wood Shop chose to use this case to highlight our woodworker of the year, Leonard Becker. Leonard usually likes to work on the lathe, turning some of the most…
David Basham As president of the Woodworking Club, I have the privilege and honor of choosing the “Woodworker of the Year.” This year I started by listing everyone who had made a significant contribution to the club during the past year. My initial list had 22 people on it. Naturally there can be only one.…
The Robson Ranch Woodworkers are at it again. Cook Children’s Hospital reached out to us asking if we could make a commemorative box for keepsake items for their ICU patients. They said something simple. Boyce Irwin gathered our talent and resources, and we made a dozen boxes out of beautiful Colorado Beetle Pine. They measure…
JoAnn Bostwick New technology has come to the Robson Woodworkers with the purchase of a Computer Numeric Control Router. Although CNC machines have been around for quite some time in commercial manufacturing environments, only within the last few years has the the size and price of these machines come down to affordable level for hobby…
Each year the president of the Woodworkers has the distinct honor to choose the “Woodworker of the Year.” Many attributes are taken into consideration for this award. So what attributes made Betty Ferguson leap to the top of the list? There are too many to mention, but what stands out above all was her willingness…
Jo Bostwick As part of their Day of Action, United Way of Denton wanted to construct 28 Little Free Libraries for their reading initiative program. The program targeted sites located within the community where children do not have easy access to books. United Way had the lumber and volunteer teams to assemble the libraries but…