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Meeting report from 25 June 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...
Meeting report from 28th May 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...
Meeting report from 23 April
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...
Reminder: The next meeting and demonstration is on Thursday 23 April
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 (AWGB) and...
The Northern woodturning event report
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....
March 2026 Meeting, demonstration by Robert Till
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...
March 2026Competition results
There were limited entries for the March challenge Only 3 entries in the Advanced class and 2 in the Open class
Reminder for the Thursday March 26th meeting
Reminder: The challenge for this month is "Something for the garden". It can be any item related to the garden or gardening. Please bring along all your wonderful items. This months meeting includes a Demonstration by Robert Till: Robert is a proffesional...
February 2026 Meeting:
The February meeting was a hands-on meeting: The meeting was well attended by 25 CNWWA members and prospective members. For this meeting we had 3 lathes up and running with a further 2 available if necessary. This was due to the efforts of a number of club members,...
February 2026 Competition results
There were a few entries for the February Challenge: The challenge was a for two matching pieces of spindle work. The winners were:
A reminder of our next meeting on Thursday 26th February which is a hands-on meeting.
Reminder: Hopefully we will have 3 lathes up and running for members to have a go at various aspects of the craft. We have Howard ‘the skew meister’ Hughes showing us how to best use the skew chisel, come and have a go. We also have Dave ‘the thread’ Harding showing...
Committee meeting schedule
The committee meeting schedule for 2026 is as follows: Thursday April 9 Thursday July 9 Thursday September 10 Thursday December 10 If anyone has anything they wish to raise with the committee please advise the secretary at least one week in advance. Additional...