News
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...
AGM January 2026
CNWWA AGM held on Thursday 22nd January 2026 The meeting was well attend by 23 members and prospective members. The minutes will be issued in due course but the main points were: Subscription fees for 2026 are to be increased from £45 to £50 Elected officers:...
Item Wanted
Item Wanted One of our members (Mark Ratcliffe) is looking for a Lathe stand, compatible with the Record CL2 36 x 18. Does anyone know where he could obtain one ? If you do please message him or contact at It will be similiar to the item...
A lathe and a planer (no motor) that are being donated
FREE items, the lathe is working, the planer a project. Gavin Cooper has a Clark woodturning lathe he is willing to donate which was passed on to him by family . It is in working order. He also have a table top wood planer but this does not have a motor. If any...
Competition results November 2025
There were a good number of entries for the November competition,for both classes. The challenge was a lidded box, either faceplate or spindle turning.