Our September club night was a ‘Hands On’ night, we had a visit from Phil Morris with his pole lathe. Phil had a table with a number of items made on the lathe and members were able to try it for themselves with Phil’s help. We also had David Bowen on […]
Category: Club evenings
Non demo club evenings. hands on etc.
Club Night – August 2024
Our August demonstrator was Steven Gordon who demonstrated the Principles of Woodturning. In this demonstration he looked at the basic principles of woodturning, using most of the tools and focusing on the key techniques. He gave information to both beginners and experienced turners to apply to turning at home, he also […]
Club Night – July 2024
Our demonstrator this month was Jason Breach, and Jason showed us how to turn Owls and Bunnies. . . The Owl. The owl consisted of an elongated body with a recessed top to support the ball shape of its head. . […]
Club Night – June 2024
June saw the first of our ‘Hands On’ evenings of 2024. Unfortunately our pole lathe demonstrator had to cancel at the last minute due to twisting his ankle in the garden, but we will hopefully see him in September. We did however have four different demonstrations and talks, they were; Tim Wright demonstrated a barley […]
Club Night – May 2024
Our May demonstrator was Paul Bellamy who made us a Lighthouse bedside lamp. Paul normally makes this item out of oak but for demonstration purposes he used a softwood. The lighthouse consisted of a base, a main body, a top, a light bulb with fitting, a plastic tube, a length of cable with an electric […]
Club Night – April 2024
Our April demonstrator was Ian Ethell, Ian is the Vice Chairman of Trent Valley Woodturners and his demonstration was a 9 axis honey dipper. The wood used was Ash with a 6mm offset at each end as described in his handout. The handout indicates the ten steps needed to produce the dipper […]
Club Nights – February 2024
February saw us welcome Danielle Flowers as our guest demonstrator. Danielle is based in Ludlow and specialises in contemporary crafts using British hardwoods and her demonstration for us was a baby rattle using Ash and Oak. Danni started with a spindle gouge turning the handle out of Ash, she used a damp cloth to raise […]
Club Nights – January 2024
January saw our first club night of 2024 with Jeff Belcher demonstrating a Nutcracker. Jeff made a homemade jig to bore the body of the nutcracker, holding it in place with cable ties and hot melt glue. The body was 60mm diameter with a 41mm hole drilled with a forstner bit to […]
Club Nights – November 2023
November saw our last meeting of 2023, our AGM and social, with mince pies and apple pies as an extra treat. It was also the last of this years competitions which was an item with colour or texturing for the novices and a recently completed item of their choice from our more experienced turners. […]
Club Nights – October 2023
Our October demonstrator was Paul Hannaby, Paul started the demonstration by turning a bowl. He mounted a black poplar bowl blank onto a 8mm screw chuck and used a 1/2″ spindle gouge to turn the bowl shape, showing the difference in cutting with a pull or push cut. He showed how to turn […]