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Unfortunately we have had a late withdrawal of our demonstrator, Nathanael Griffiths, due to illness. In his absence, Sef Chambers, has agreed to do a demonstration for us on a new project he is working on. Thank you Sef. Also, for those of you who turn pens, we have...
Reminder for the club meeting and demonstration on Thursday27th November
Our demonstrator this month is Nathanael Griffiths. Nathanael is one of the up and coming young turners who has developed in the last few years into a first class demonstrator. He won the young woodturner of the year award in 2019. He was also Winner of Handmade...
Fox Lathe for sale
Fox model F46-719,for sale due to the owner moving house. If anyone is interested please contact Steve Baker on the email below: Stephen Baker<> ...
Lathe and wood (YEW) for sale
The club has been approached with an opportunity for members to purchase a lathe and a quantity of seasoned YEW. The Lathe is an old Viceroy, currently not working. Paul also has a quantity of yew which may be of interest to those members who can process...
October 2025 Hands-on meeting
This time we had a bit of a departure from the normal hands-on meeting. We decided to have a few things going on at once and members could move from one area to another as they wished. There was also tea and coffee on the go for whenever anyone wanted a cup, thats to...
Reminder for the 23rd October 2025 Meeting
The October meeting is a hands-on meeting: There will be a few things going on at this meeting. We will have the lathes set up ready to demonstrate any issues that you would like to have demonstrated by our Tutors and advanced members. So bring along your issues or...
Reminder for the September 25th meeting
Hands-on meeting September 25th The presentations to the winners of the annual competition will be presented at the meeting: Can all those who have won a certificate please bring along your pieces so they can be displayed before the members. The results can be found...
Best 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 links below: The entries: https://www.cnwwa.org.uk/rl_gallery/annual-competition-2025/ The winners: https://www.cnwwa.org.uk/rl_gallery/winners-of-the-2025-annual-competition/
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...