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The woodshop is very well equipped and located on the
ground floor at the west end of the craft room and library building. Volunteer
monitors are assigned to keep the shop open on weekdays 8 AM to 4 PM. Special
arrangements can be made for use on weekends. Approximately sixty-five Park
residents join the woodshop during each winter season. The Woodshop
Coordinator is Royal Johnson Cel - (480) 250 8815.
Besides the annual donation for each membership, funds are
raised through sponsorship of the monthly patio barbecue and annual ham
dinner. Funds raised are used to upgrade equipment and to replace
expendables as deemed necessary by the members. On occasion, woodshop
funds are donated to enhance resort facilities; i.e., the sound system in
the main ballroom and equipment in the kitchen. Membership labor and
woodshop tools are utilized in other resort projects.
Members work on a variety of personal projects, which
includes musical instruments, board games, lamps, bowls, cabinets, jewelry
boxes, canes, furniture, toys and the repair of numerous items. On occasion,
classes are held for using shop tools and for making specialty items such as
fountain pens.
The shop is an open room 34’ x 22’ with an 8’ ceiling.
It has recessed florescent lighting and the north and south walls have large
windows for letting in natural light. The shop has about 35 linear feet of bench
top working surface with underneath storage cabinets for hand tools and storage
space for member’s projects. The room is equipped with an exhaust fan, a
reticulating
air filter system and most of the equipment is attached to one of several dust
collecting systems.
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