Welcome to Coulee Region Woodturners Club Website

Club Mission
Our mission is to provide education and information to those who are interested in woodturning. We define woodturning as the shaping of wood using a lathe, which results in objects and images that range from the familiar to the profound. This includes everything from decorative and functional bowls, boxes, and vessels, to furniture, architectural spindles, toys, tools, musical instruments, and sculptural objects.

Club Meets

The Coulee Region Woodturners (CRW) organization meets in Onalaska, Wisconsin, which located in the coulee region of Western Wisconsin. Onalaska overlooks Lake Onalaska, an extension of the Mississippi River. Members of the club come from Western Wisconsin, Southeast Minnesota and Northeast Iowa.

Our monthly club meetings are currently held at the Onalaska Luther High School's Woodshop. The club owns several lathes and assorted turning tools. Our meetings use AV equipment to augment the turning demonstrations. Demonstrations are conducted by local turners and other gifted turners including professionals to share their turning skills on a variety of turned objects and woodturning topics.

Sound Interesting?
Our club welcomes new members throughout the year. We ask that if you are interested that you attend a monthly meeting or 2 as our guest. Please be sure to introduce yourself to one of the members at the meeting room. Our meetings start at 9:00 AM, usually on the 3rd Saturday of each month, so please come a little earlier so we can take some time to introduce ourselves.

For meeting map location and details, please see Newsletters then select the latest Newsletter.

Coulee Region Woodturners Monthly Newsletter

May 2026 CRW Newsletter

Newsletters direct link. Click on the desired newsletter, the file downloads immediately. This page is being updated to add additional newsletters over time.

The original newsletters and several club photo albums prior to December 2025 in pdf format continue to be located in the Documents menu.

Community Engagement
The club is engaged in a variety of civic engagement opportunities, including turning demonstrations at local art fairs, county fairs, workshops at schools, other events and making Wig Stands for Cancer Survivors.

Coulee Region Woodturners Wig Stand Project

One pet community engagement project of the club is Wig Stands; designed and turned by members. The completed stands are donated to local cancer centers, which in turn hand them out to patients at no charge. Most of the viewers know of someone with cancer, so we want to honor these folks and let them know we support their struggle. Various woods are used including cherry, oak, maple, hickory, pine and many others. A durable wood finish is used as many wigs are subjected to moisture.

The club project started in December 2021 and is ongoing. As of May 16, 2026, over 280 wig stands will have been donated to the Gundersen Clinic Cancer Center or other local healthcare centers.

Some feedback we have received from the Cancer Center "our patients are so grateful for these gorgeous wig stands!", "they love to receive them and we go through the very fast", we appreciate all your hard work and dedication into these and any more we can receive will be much appreciated"

A shout out to all Coulee Region Club members who participate in making Wig Stands! BR

Our club has a selection of woodturning tools and accessories for monthly check out, and a Jet mini lathe with a basic tool kit bag consisting of a few basic tools and face mask also for check out - exclusive to members only. Tool list - web version

Our club has an extensive lending library of CD's, turning magazines and books for check out- exclusive to members only.

Tyler David, from Potosi, WI will be a featured turner/demonstrator at the 40th Anniversary Symposium in Raleigh,NC, June 4-7.

I have been following his work for many years, after seeing his art, candle sticks and lamps in some quaint shops in Galena, IL, probably around 2013. He started out as an 11yr old in 2010, turning in his father's commercial woodshop, coloring his turnings with a red and yellow lumber crayon. Fast forward to 2026; his turnings and coloring process has evolved over time and are stunning. David Woodworks is across the street from the Potosi Brewery.

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WIT - Women in Turning

Women in Turning (WIT) is a program of the AAW, bringing together women worldwide who share a passion for woodturning. WIT is a committee of the AAW. Coulee Region Woodturners welcomes all women of all skill levels to all meetings to learn about woodturning and share in the joy of the craft. WIT Winter 2026 newsletter. To learn more about WIT on the AAW website click

AAW - American Association of Woodturners

The Coulee Region Club is an Affiliate Club of the American Association of Woodturners. Check out the benefits of AAW membership, including what they offer, projects, connection with a community of 15,000+turners, access to online forums, wood turning tips, fees etc. Become a member link. Become a member.

New offering, see Joe Cornell Seatle, WA based turner, whose work is influenced by Binh Pho, Frank Sudol and a host of current wood artists who use piercing and carving to embellish their work. Joe uses AI to support his work. On his website he offers some interesting concepts, including a set of graphic utilities that run directly in a web browser, to help creative turners create custom patterns and embellish their work, making them accessible to any woodturner. Joe offers these utilities to AAW affiliate clubs.

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Member Access

Members can access all the features of this website. Gain access to educational materials, utilize the membership directory to network and build strong relationships with other industry professionals, get discounted rates at all educational seminars and much more.