Our next meeting 14-09-2023 A Showtime meeting organized by Errol Levings.

Start time 6.45pm.

Our next meeting is on Thursday 14th September 2023, it’s a Showtime meeting organized by Errol Levings. The Showtime meetings have been traditionally very well received, but after some discussion at committee level it was agreed that a new system be piloted with the format of these meetings and as Errol was the person tasked with handling the meeting on the 14th September he agreed to give the pilot a go.

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Our next meeting 31-08-2023 being organized by Peter Lawrence.

Start time 6.45pm

Our next meeting is on Thursday 31st August 2023, it’s being organized by Peter Lawrence and Peter didn’t put any theme to the meeting other than the club would supply 2 blanks to all the turners who volunteered and for them to use by practicing with one blank at home the item they are to make at the club, the blanks were all Birch and would be interesting to see what they used them for at home, hopefully they will bring both to the meeting.

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Report on our meeting 17-08-2023 a presentation by Alec Mutch.

Our meeting this week on Thursday 17th August was a solo presentation by Alec Mutch, The subject matter was in 2 parts, the first being Long Hole Boring and the second was Threading in Wood. He explained that there would be no actual end product made at this presentation, the purpose was to show what was required and how to use the tools.

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Our next meeting 17-08-2023 a solo presentation by Alec Mutch.

Start time 6.45pm.

My (Alec Mutch’s) theme for this meeting is to demonstrate the use of pieces of equipment that are needed to deal with long hole boring and also to create threading using a thread box and tap in our woodturning.

I will show you all the equipment required for both of these subjects and some examples of threading that can assist in various applications, including making up some small jigs to help your work when threading.

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Report on our meeting 03-08-2023 a Cubic Challenge by Nick Simpson.

Our meeting on Thursday 3rd August 2023 was organized by Nick Simpson, Nick’s theme for the meeting was to make something from a 4″ cube of Ash wood, he arranged for 4 more turners and himself to do the Cubic Challenge, there were no hard and fast rules on what to make, it was very much up to the individual turners as to what they were to produce.

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Our next meeting 03-08-2023. A cubic challenge by Nick Simpson.

Start time 6.45pm

Our next meeting is on Thursday 3rd August 2023, it’s being organized by Nick Simpson and Nick’s theme for the meeting is to make something from a 100mm cube of Ash wood.

He has recruited 4 more turners along with himself to man all 5 lathes, he also supplied a cube of Ash wood to each of the turners, however he has not said what they should make, all he has challenged them to do is to come up with a turning that includes the 100mm cube.

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our next meeting, 20-07-2023 organized by Geoff Potter.

Start time 6.45pm

Our next meeting is on Thursday 20th July 2023, it has been organized by Geoff Potter and Geoff’s theme for the meeting is working with Natural Edges. Natural Edges covers a whole host of different options, it could be leaving the bark on in certain places on a Bowl or on a spindle turned item such as a Candlestick or a Mushroom, it could be using a Burr and leaving some of the spikey profile uppermost, you could use a “Y” piece of wood to create an interesting shape or even turn a piece of wood in end grain, again creating a very different shape. Geoff will have all 5 lathes in use.

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