BAWA: Who We Are

The Bay Area Woodworkers Association (BAWA) was formed in 1982 to strengthen the woodworking community in the San Francisco Bay area.

BAWA holds monthly meetings. These are an informal forum for exchanging knowledge and ideas, and for meeting others in woodworking and related fields. BAWA members also participate in many other woodworking community activities.

BAWA meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month. They cover woodworking topics such as design, joinery, power tool techniques, finishing, turning, hand tools, or the business aspects of woodworking.

At every BAWA meeting there's a woodworking presentation or demonstration by a distinguished guest speaker, or by one of the experts in BAWA. We often meet at woodworking shops and businesses in the Bay Area.

An Invitation from BAWA

BAWA promotes education on the principles of woodworking through lectures, seminars, discussions, workshops, and field trips. We disseminate and exchange information on woods, tools, and woodworking methods.

Our members can show their woodworking projects at our monthly meetings and at various shows throughout the year.

Professional, amateur, hobbyist or do-it-yourself woodworker, BAWA members offer each other encouragement and appreciation of woodworking skills.

Do you like working with wood? Come join us!

Frank Ramsay, 2009 BAWA President