Alec Mutch demonstrating making an ear ring stand. This will be the theme of the shield competition on August 7th.
Our next meeting Thursday 29th May 6.45pm
Please note that there is a board meeting on this day so the workshop will not be open until 6.30pm. John Ruickbie will lead a session on stave construction using staves from whisky barrels. This will be a demonstration.
There will also be the next competition, for a natural edged piece. Judged in the novice, Intermediate and Open classes.
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Our next meeting 01-05-2025 SHOWTIME.
START TIME 6.45PM, Door open from 6pm.
Our meeting on Thursday 1st May 2025 is one of our SHOWTIME meetings, it’s being handled by Susan Drew, you are all invited to bring along some of your turnings to show, or just to discuss anything in regards to the item or items you are showing.
Continue reading “Our next meeting 01-05-2025 SHOWTIME.”Report on our meeting 17-04-2025 organized by Keith Brown.
Our meeting on Thursday 17th April 2025 was organized by Keith Brown, Keith’s theme for the evening was making wooden Platters or Shallow Bowls. He had arranged for all of the club’s lathes to be in use, each of them making a Platter or Shallow Bowl and all with a different take on the subject.
Continue reading “Report on our meeting 17-04-2025 organized by Keith Brown.”Report on our meeting 03-04-2025 the first of our shield competitions for 2025.
In charge of competitions for the club is David Hobson, the subject matter for this competition was to make a money box, all 3 categories of members were tasked with the same remit. This was not as easy as it first appears the making of a money box using a lathe requires some considerable consideration, and there were precious few examples on line for you to copy, this was going to be very interesting to see exactly what the members would come up with.
Continue reading “Report on our meeting 03-04-2025 the first of our shield competitions for 2025.”Updated Programme for 2025
The programme remains provisional as we use opportunities that arise throughout the year. Please click here for the latest
Our next meeting.
Next Meeting. Thursday 3rd April 6.45pm.
Joint venture by Alan Geddes and Nick Simpson. 1st Shield Competition for 2025 handled by Nick Simpson. The subject matter for the competition is Money Boxes.
Continue reading “Our next meeting.”Report on our latest meeting 20-03-2025 a solo presentation by Dave Line.
Our latest meeting on Thursday 20th March was a solo presentation by Dave Line on the art of Segmented or Polychromatic assemblies. This art relies on using many pieces of woods of various colours that have to be cut to very accurate tolerances in order to make some of the items featured here.
Continue reading “Report on our latest meeting 20-03-2025 a solo presentation by Dave Line.”Next Meeting. Thursday 3rd April 6.45pm.
Joint venture by Alan Geddes and Nick Simpson. 1st Shield Competition for 2025 handled by Nick Simpson. The subject matter for the competition is Money Boxes
Report by Alec Mutch on our meeting 06-03-2025. Organized by David Hobson.
Our meeting on Thursday 6th March 2025 was a demonstration by Mark Sutton on the art of making boxes.
After being introduced by our new chairman, Mark gave the meeting a short history about his turning. He was a founding member of this club that started in 2006 and is still a member today. His involvement in the demonstration circuit came about by Alec asking Mark to do demonstrations at our premises. This led on to him doing demonstrations elsewhere . Mark always comes back to his roots in the club when invited to do a demonstration.
Continue reading “Report by Alec Mutch on our meeting 06-03-2025. Organized by David Hobson.”