TheCMWA

Central Minnesota Woodworkers Association

The Central Minnesota Woodworker's Association is a community of men and women from around the St. Cloud, Minnesota area who share a common interest in the art, craft and business of woodworking. We meet monthly in St. Cloud to share information, techniques and topics of interest in the area of woodworking. We also have Open Shop two times a month so members can access tools an expertise for their own projects.

The November Newsletter is live, featuring a new set of classes for 2026.

What’s Happening at CMWA

We have a page with video, handouts and a gallery from Roger Knudson’s presentation at our last meeting.
We have a whole new set of classes to announce for 2026. They are in the November Newsletter.

Images from our Instagram feed

The walnut and maple were stacked up last week for Mike’s cutting board class (started last night) www.thecmwa.com/classes

Final night of Shaker table class. #woodworkingcommunity #shakerstyle

Night 3 of shaker table class and the 2nd universal law of woodworking: you can never have too many clamps.
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It was gadget night at the shaker table class last night.
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Last night’s first class session for building a shaker side table. #shakerstyle #woodworkingcommunity #woodworking

From our Wednesday meeting, Mark showed us his new fly fishing box.
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Last Thursday, CMWA took a tour of the St. John Organ Studio. Amazing work being done there.

https://www.sjaorgans.org/

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We are at the Woodworkers Guild show today at the State Fair Grounds

Another piece from Roger Knudson's presentation last week.

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Another piece from our talk last Wednesday, Roger Knudson explained how he needed to design this pedestal for this glass sculpture. His first draft was very artistic and ornate, but he decided that would detract from the art piece itself. He went for

Another one from Roger Knudson. He talked about this project a lot last Wednesday and even had a model of it he used as the design process.

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These are some of the photos from Roger Knudson's presentation that we didn't get to see due to AV problems.

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A good turnout last night, despite the weather, for Roger Knudson's presentation on design. He had some great points and handouts on his design principles. We will post them on our website. https://www.thecmwa.com/

#woodworking design

CMWA working at the fix it clinic tonight with the Stearns History Museum.

Full house last night for our meeting on joinery—despite the weather. #biscuits #dominoes #mortiser #woodworking #woodworkingcommunity⚒️

Getting one of our mortisers ready for the meeting next week.

Our own Don Peterson won an Excellence Award at the Northern Woods Exhibition this week in Eden Prairie. #mnwoodworking #cmwa

Don getting ready for next week’s meeting (March 19) on sharpening at open shop last night.

Meetings 2025

Meetings 2025

Dec. 17

Meetings 2026

Jan. 21

Feb. 18

March 18

April 15

May 20

July 15

Sept. 16

Oct. 21

Nov. 18

Dec. 16

CMWA
2025 Schedule at a Glance

Upcoming Classes

Our new classes for 2026 are live

2025

Build an Attractive Trivet

December 8, and 15 — 6pm to 9pm

Open Shop
6-9 p.m., 2025

2025

Dec. 4 and 9

2026

Jan. 6 and 13

Feb. 5 and 10

March 5 and 10

April 2 and 14

May 7 and 12

June 4 and 9

July 2 and 14

Aug. 6 and 11

Sept. 3 and 8

Oct. 1 and 13

Nov. 5 and 10

Dec. 3 and 8

Club Activities

Meetings

The Club meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Paramount Technical Site in Waite Park.

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Open Shop

First Thursday and second Tuesday of the month. Other sessions to be announced.

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Classes

The club sponsors a variety of classes and seminars in conjunction with the Paramount.

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Newsletters

Archive of past club newsletters

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GET IN TOUCH

Club Officers

Mike Ross

President
Don Peterson

Vice President
Shawn Jarvis

Secretary
Kurt Zniewski

Treasurer
Devin Middendorf

Past President
Tim DuBois

Director at Large
Charlie Gunderson

Director at Large
Rollie Johnson

Director at Large
Mark Voigt

Director at Large
Dan Steffens

Director at Large
Gail Ivers

Director at Large
Scott Lenzen

Director at Large
Charlie Meyer

Director at Large

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Central Minnesota Woodworkers Association

What’s Happening at CMWA

Meetings 2025

CMWA 2025 Schedule at a Glance

Upcoming Classes

Open Shop6-9 p.m., 2025

Meetings

Open Shop

Classes

Newsletters

Mike Ross

Don Peterson

Shawn Jarvis

Kurt Zniewski

Devin Middendorf

Tim DuBois

Charlie Gunderson

Rollie Johnson

Mark Voigt

Dan Steffens

Gail Ivers

Scott Lenzen

Charlie Meyer

CMWA
2025 Schedule at a Glance

Open Shop
6-9 p.m., 2025