News
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.
NEWSFLASH
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...