Lorraine Wilson In the heart of the Robson Ranch woodworking community, a transformation is taking place, driven by the vision and dedication of one member, Greg Kohn. It all began with a simple idea born from a cluttered workshop. Greg, surveying the chaos of shelves overflowing with tools like sleds, miter gauges, and jigs, saw…
Mike Riewe Over the last year, the Woodworking Club offered a beginning woodworking class taught by Mike Riewe. The class emphasized woodworking safety and skills, offering individual instruction on table saw, band saw, miter saw, planer, drill press, router, and spindle sanding. Each student built two rocking horses for toddlers, one to give to a…
Joni Matthiessen After a year of absence from the Women’s Club Holiday Market, it was nice to finally be able to show off our talent and wares at the sale! This was such a successful event for all the vendors who participated due to a fine crowd throughout most of the day. The Woodworkers were…
At the December 18 year-end meeting of the Robson Ranch Woodworkers, club president David Bassham named Kathy Dial as Woodworker of the Year for 2018. Kathy has been a member of the Woodworkers for three years. She quickly became the club’s expert on the software used to create 3-D projects on the CNC Machine and…
David Bassham, Woodworkers President We live in a first-class community and our woodworking shop is probably the finest hobbyist shop in North Texas. If you haven’t had a tour of the shop, you will have an excellent opportunity as the Woodworking Club has an Open House on Sunday, September 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00…
David Bassham, Woodworkers President We are very fortunate that we live in a wonderful community that has first-class amenities. My favorite, of course, is the woodworking shop. We have what is probably the finest community shop in North Texas. If you haven’t had a tour of the shop, you will have an excellent opportunity…
David Bassham, Woodworkers President We are very fortunate that we live in a wonderful community that has first-class amenities. My favorite, of course, is the woodworking shop. We have what is probably the finest community shop in North Texas. If you haven’t had a tour of the shop you will have an excellent opportunity as…
David Bassham, Woodworkers President If you have lived at Robson Ranch for any time at all you are probably familiar with the woodworking shop located in the Creative Arts and Technical Center. Still I am occasionally surprised when talking to long-term residents who don’t realize that we have a wood shop or that we do…
The Woodworking Club is open to any Robson Ranch resident, male or female, who has an interest in woodworking regardless of their experience. Thus we have a wide range of experience levels among our membership. We have some very experienced craftsmen, some people who have little or no woodworking experience at all and everything in…
If you attended the Robson Ranch Craft Fair you might have noticed that we have a lot of very talented craftsmen in the Woodworking Club. If you have visited the Creative Arts Center then you also may have seen evidence of that. The sale of our items is how we keep the wood shop open…