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Beat in show 2025: How it came about

Beat in show 2025: How it came about

At this years annual compeition there was a rather impressive entry in the Advanced large class. I thought this piece worthy of further attention, so I asked the creator of the piece, Richie Newboult, if he would mind writing an article on how this came about. What...

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Lathe for sale

Lathe for sale

One of our members Richie Newboult is selling his Poolewood Lathe:   £500 Please see Richie's message below: Hi Paul  I'm selling my  lathe it's  a Poolewood  M33 3.5 thread, 1.5hp direct drive motor, swivel head 2mt 18 ins over bed 5ft between centres, and more than...

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Competition Report July 2025

Competition Report July 2025

The challenge for July was a combined faceplate and spindle turning: Result: Advanced Class Open Class 1st Dave Harding 1st Sef Chambers 2nd Richie Newboult 2nd Howell Evans 3rd Paul Huyton 4th Mike Wilson   Advanced...

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Items for sale

Items for sale

Due to the untimely death of a fellow turner a number of items have become available for sale. The items are listed in the pdf document in the link below. The ladies email address is at the bottom of each page should you wish to contact her with an enquiry. Items for...

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Competition report May 2025

Competition report May 2025

May 2025 Due to problems on the A55 the demonstration was a bit delayed and the competition a little rushed. So apologies for the lack of the usual pictures and commentory.

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Reminder:- June 2025 demonstration, Rick Dobney

Reminder:- June 2025 demonstration, Rick Dobney

  Thursday 26th June 2025 Our next demonstrator is Rick Dobney there are some great pictures of his work on his website. Rick Dobney Woodturning - Woodturning, Arts and Crafts, Derbyshire https://rickdobney.uk/   Rick takes pride in presenting his style of...

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Monthly meeting May2025

Monthly meeting May2025

Mike Wilson report May 2025 Thursday meeting was a a change from having a demonstrator as Colin Smith who was booked had to cancel for health issues so get back to normal Colin and hope to see you soon. We decided to have a "hands on " session as the last months...

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Announcement for May 2025 meeting

Announcement for May 2025 meeting

Meeting change due to demonstrators illness:- Next month we had planned to have Colin Smith as our demonstrator unfortunately Colin is not 100%. So, get well soon Colin. Instead we will have a hands-on evening including trying some involuted turning, there will be a...

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