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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Our August demonstrator was Chris Parker who gave us a textured platter and box.     Using a yew blank he made a shallow bowl which he textured using a hand held angle grinder with a texturing disc.   This was finished using a wire brush to smooth off the texturing which he then scorched […]

Our July demonstrator was Martin Saban-Smith who in his own words is a more artistic than practical tuner and who’s emphasis is on form over figure. One of the current influences on Martin’s work is the Japanese turner Eiko Tanaka and the demonstration he gave us was a Japanese style lidded box. The box was […]