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SPW is going on a road trip.  West Penn Hardwoods in Conover, North Carolina is well-known for its vast inventory of domestic and imported, exotic hardwoods.  Of particular interest to the woodturning community is the warehouse full of turning blanks – everything from pen blanks to large bowl blanks, from plain grain to highly figured to the crazy structure of burls, from domestic oak, maple, cherry, and walnut to imports such as Bubinga, Cocobolo, Gombeira, and African Blackwood, and from inexpensive to some of the rarest and most costly woods in the world.  They also have all or most of the same woods in dimensional lumber and large slabs.

The trip will be on Saturday, September 5, 2026 and the tour starts at 10:00.  Plan to arrive a bit early to make sure you don’t miss any of the tour.  Members wishing to carpool can meet at the studio to leave at 8:40, latest, to complete the 1 hour and 15 minute journey in time for the tour.  At the completion of the tour, ample time will be provided to do some shopping before departing around noon.  If you want to join the carpool, please sign up by following the link below.  Or you can sign up at our next meeting on August 22.  We need this information so that we can properly plan for cars and drivers.  Some attendees may want to also visit Klingspor while in the area – they are located less that 10 minutes from West Penn Hardwoods.  Some may wish to stop for lunch after the tour.  Some may want to do both.  Carpools will be arranged accordingly.

Register for carpooling:
Cost: No fee
Options: Lunch (on your own) and Klingspor visit
Limit: None, but need carpool reservation for planning purposes

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