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Meeting report September 2026
The club welcomed back Paul Williams, one of it's longest serving members who has been absent for a few months after suffering a stroke. I am glad to say he is on the mend, though it may be some time before he is back turning. The demonstrator for our September...
Hands-on meeting August 2026
It was an interesting evening: We had Sef showing how to take a project from the page through to a completed object. This included all the techniques for spindle turning, hollowing and producing a finial. There were a fair few members who decided to have a go and...
Meeting report 23rd July 2026
The meeting this month was started with a demonstration by Dave Atkinson. Dave treated use to a three piece domonstration. The first was a cup tree, followed by a cake stand and rounded off by a hollow form. Dave started the cup tree by making the pegs to hold the...
July 2026 Competition results
The challenge for July was a pair of pens or pencils: Advanced class: Open Class: Pens are not everyone's cup of tea, but well done to all those who decided to try their hand at this challenge. Chairman's challenge: There was one addition this month from Aubrey...
Meeting report from 25 June 2026
The June meeting was a demonstration by Keiran Reynolds. Keiran started the demonstration with ‘how to turn a sphere’. He described the size of blank to use and the ratios required to complete a sphere by dividing the cylinder into a number of sections, octagonal, and...
Meeting report from 28th May 2026
The meeting on the 28th May was a hands-on meeting. The meeting was a bit lighter than previous hands-on meetings, this was probably due to the exceptionally fine weather we had. There was still a respectable attendance to watch Dave Harding demonstrating hand thread...
Meeting report from 23 April
Our demonstrator for this months meeting was Steven Gordon. Steven demonstrated the art of turning flowers and a natural edge vessel from wet wood. He had only just started his demo when it was interrupted by our vice-chairman, Sef Chambers, Sef announced that we had...
Reminder: The next meeting and demonstration is on Thursday 23 April
Our demonstrator this month is Steve Gordon. From Steve's BIO I have always had a passion for sharing my skills and knowledge and decided to do some voluntary work promoting the craft of Woodturning. I joined the Association of Woodturners for Great Britain (AWGB) and...
The Northern woodturning event report
Click on the link to read the report of the CNWWA journey to winning the inaugural NWE showcase event. Special thanks must go to Richie Newboult and Sef Chambers both gave up a lot of their personal time to ensure that we were represented to the highest standards....
March 2026 Meeting, demonstration by Robert Till
The March meeting was well attended with approx 28 members The demonstartion this month was by Robert Till Robert gave us a demonstration of involuted turning in the form of a candlestick. Involuted turning involves glueing together 2 or more pieces separated...
March 2026Competition results
There were limited entries for the March challenge Only 3 entries in the Advanced class and 2 in the Open class
Reminder for the Thursday March 26th meeting
Reminder: The challenge for this month is "Something for the garden". It can be any item related to the garden or gardening. Please bring along all your wonderful items. This months meeting includes a Demonstration by Robert Till: Robert is a proffesional...