Sep 26th 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...
Sep 2nd 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...
Jul 29th 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...
Jul 28th 2026
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...
Jun 30th 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...
Jun 1st 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...
Apr 27th 2026
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...
Apr 21st 2026
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...
Apr 17th 2026
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....
Mar 31st 2026
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... 
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