Library Books and Videos:
The Front Range Woodturner's Association has a wonderful collection of books and videos – all available to all members without extra charge. Members may check out items at the monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of the month, January through November (loans are 2 months from November thru January), at Rockler Woodworking and Hardware.

A PDF catalog of our library is available for members to download and preview. Once downloaded, simply open up the file, make it larger (perhaps 125%) to facilitate easier reading, and word search for items that interest you (it is a very long document to print, and will print in small type). Your “wish list” can then be used to add items to the Wait List for the next meeting. (Click to Download)

(Note: Adobe Reader is required to view this file. (Click to Download)


FRW Library Rules: (Effective January 1, 2011)
  1. Sign-outs of videos, books, and magazines are for one month except for the period November thru January. On or before the following meeting, items should be either (a) returned to a Librarian in person, (b) dropped in the slot in the side of the FRW Library cabinet downstairs at Rockler, (c) mailed or delivered to a Librarian, or (d) given to another member for return. If the last, remember to follow up with that person to ensure the items were returned. Please do not leave items with Rockler employees.


  2. Each month, members in good standing may sign out a total of nine (9) items – any combination of videos, books, and magazines.


  3. Members may add items to a Waiting List on-line between monthly meetings. If more than one person is on this List for the same item, the first person has until five minutes into the meeting break to check out the item – fail that, the next person on the List, and then any member, in that order, may sign out that item.


  4. Members who are past due on Library items are not eligible to check out additional items until the past due items have been returned to the Library.


  5. Obvious disregard of Library Rules, to the detriment of other FRW members, may result in suspension of Library privileges.


  6. If a member needs to borrow Library resources for more than one month (being out of town, on vacation, etc.), pre-coordination with a Librarian is appropriate. For such loans, please select only older, less popular items.


  7. Some books and magazines are marked “UNCONTROLLED” and include a red dot at the upper right, with “FRW” printed within that dot. These items may be borrowed without sign-in / out control. Please return them to the red dot area at the next meeting so that they are available for other members’ use.

From the Librarian:
Please take time to sign out items – several controlled magazines and books go missing periodically (they “walk away”), and some of these items are not replaceable.

Please note that all items borrowed from the Library should be returned on or before the next meeting. If you cannot attend the next meeting, please use the drop box in the side of the Library cabinet at Rockler, send to the meeting with another member (but follow up with that member to ensure they returned the items), or mail them to a Librarian, before the next meeting. With prior coordination with a Librarian at a meeting, to avoid being on the Overdue List, a two-month loan is possible for less popular items.

We truly have a wealth of educational materials available for sign-out – so enjoy!

Please continue to contribute UNCONTROLLED (“Red Dot”) items – it’s a fun way of sharing

Thanks again to our Assistant Librarians – Bob Britt, Grover Brown, Michael Busse , Storm Hortman, Richard Kuivila, Denise Newman, and Bob Olsen for their hard work on behalf of the members during the meetings! Please take time to thank them for their hard work!

Regards,
Dave Hawley
FRW Librarian