News
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...
Results of the Annual competition 2025
For photographs follow the link below: https://www.cnwwa.org.uk/rl_gallery/annual-competition-2025/
Reminder: CNWWA Annual competition 28th August 2025
Just a final reminder for our Annual compeition: There are three sections for each class, large, medium and small along with a nominated item. The rules for the compeition can be found at: https://www.cnwwa.org.uk/annual-competition/
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...
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...
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...
Reminder: 24 th July 2025 Demonstration, Chris Parker
Chris Parker aka the bald woodturner: Chris is a returning demonstrator who is always full of new ideas for his work Chris is a full time Turner, artist, demonstrater & teacher. He enjoys being able to pass his knowledge onto others . His passion for this craft...
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.
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...
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...
Another CNWWA member attains AWGB Tutor status
Dave Harding our Club Treasurer receiving his AWGB Approved Tutors Certificate and Badge from Mike Wilson AWGB assessor. Congratulations Dave, that means we have 3 AWGB tutors in our club .
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...