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Above: After constructing her own woodshop, Judy built this pine coffee table with slate inlays.
Below: This incredible mahogany door was one of the first things Judy made after joining the Sun City Texas
Woodworkers Club.
Continued from the previous page of materials, seeks out sources and when plans to make things fit.”
Birds return every year and have their everything is in place, begins creating.
young in the three bluebird houses Judy Her favorite wood is cherry because it is
built. She loves watching this cycle of “Everything I make is trial and error,” easy to work with and, when sanded, has a
life take place in her backyard and feels says Judy, “and I often have to adjust very smooth, silky surface. She also likes
privileged to be a part of it by providing knotty alder with its knotholes and cracks
the birds with the shelter they need. that can be filled in with stone composites
that create a one-of-a-kind finish.
When asked if she has any more projects
planned, Judy said that she is almost out Judy is delighted with the woodworking
of projects right now, but her daughter is shop here in Sun City Texas and enjoys
building a home in Georgetown and may being surrounded and encouraged by the
want some items built. many amazingly talented woodworkers.
She gets most of her wood from the
She shared that she does not use woodshop because of the excellent selection
pre-designed plans purchased from offered. In addition, Judy likes that the
woodworking catalogs with one exception woodshop does charitable work making
– the outdoor furniture. She did use plans toys to be given as Christmas gifts for
for the Adirondack chairs, but for all of her underserved children in our community.
other woodworking projects, large or small, The Club also sells an assortment of
she visualizes the design of something she handmade items and then donates the
wants to make, draws rough sketches of it money to Camp Discovery in Kerrville
with precise measurements, makes a list to help the children there battling cancer.
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