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Upcoming competitions
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 must be...
June 2024 Demonstration report, Pat Carroll
At our meeting on Thursday there was a change of plan due to the demonstrator we had booked being unable to attend due to illness. However, we did manage to get Pat Carroll from Ireland to do an Interactive Remote Demonstration. We eventually got the technology...
Competition results June 2024
The competition for June was "something with a hole":- This month there were 5 entries for both the advanced and open classes. Apologies for the general poor quality of the photographs. I will endeavour to improve the quality next time. July's Compeition is "A...
Reminder:- Club meeting Thursday 27 June 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'???
Mike Wilson, Lessons
Our club member Mike Wilson, who has been a AWGB tutor for 6 years. Has decided to run lessons in his workshop (fully insured) for either 1- or 2-day courses aimed at beginners and intermediate level. He is also stocks a range of Chestnut Products with very...
Demonstration Announcement June 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...
Competition results May 2024
The competition for May 2024 was "a Childs Toy":- This months there were four entries for the Advanced class and two entries for the Open class. Again only a few entries. I'm sure the regular entrants would appreciate some more competition The results are below:-...
May 2024 Demo report (Andrew Hall)
In January we did a test Interactive Remote Demonstration (IRD) with Chris Parker and after a few teething problems which we sorted, the committee decided to book well-known turner Andrew Hall, for our May meeting. 44 members came along to watch and interact with the...
Announcement:- At the next meeting (23rd May) there is an IRD by Andrew Hall
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...
Competition Results April 2024
The Competition for April was a "pair of spindles" There were a number of entries for the Advanced class but only one for the Open class. We do need more entries for the monthly competitions so please get out into your workshops and get creating for May's compeition...
Mike Wilson Sharpening demonstration report 25 April 2024
Our Chairman Richie welcomed and introduced 4 new members now taking the club to 50 members for the year. He also encouraged all members to enter into the monthly competition and how we would take photographs of the winners in the two classes for inclusion on the web...
Club Meeting 25th April 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...