Nov 21st 2024
Reminder for November 2024 meeting:- This month there is an opportunity to obtain some of the turnings done by our demonstrators throughout the year. These have been kindly donated to the club by the demonstrators to enable us to hold an auction of their works to aid...
Oct 30th 2024
The major announcement of the evening was the birthday of our fellow club member: Dave Hughes:- Dave has acheived the young age of 90 years. Congratulations Dave, we all hope you have a very happy birthday and look forward to seeing you at many more of our meetings....
Jul 4th 2024
The subject for the July 2024 competition is ” A faceplate and spindle piece” The Nominated Item for the Annual Competition for 2024 (at the August meeting) is “2 different Chess Pieces”. You can make them as large or small as you like. The 2 pieces...
Jun 13th 2024
This months demonstration is an IRD by Pat Carroll the renowned Irish Turner. The club competition is “something with a hole”. ‘Does a funnel count’???
Jun 1st 2024
Due to personal reasons Colin Watson is unable to give his presentation at the June meeting. Instead there will be an IRD (Interactive Remote Demonstration) given by the well known Irish turner, Pat Carroll. The demonstration will be one of his famous square boxes, an...
May 7th 2024
Andrew is best known for turning his hats, dickie bow ties and Corinthian helmets, he has now turned to music and invented the blues bowl in 2016 an instrument made entirely on the lathe which he has lots of fun singing with his friend Tony Woodentop both country and...
Apr 5th 2024
SHARPENING DEMONSTRATION (hands on) by Michael Wilson Mike is based in Anglesey and has been turning for about 15 years. He is an approved AWGB tutor and enjoys teaching and developing new turners skills. He also enjoys developing his own skills with other well known...
Mar 16th 2020
As a result of the rapid spread of the coronavirus, the Committee has been considering whether we should meet in March. I’m sure you will agree that the health and well-being of our members is of the upmost importance and we need to reduce the risk of members catching...
Dec 8th 2016
Hosted at the Hilton Hotel in Coventry, the UK & Ireland Woodturning Symposium is a large, friendly event centered solely around woodturning. The 2016 event attracted over 700 guests across the weekend and had rave reviews and videos on social media. This unique...
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