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 […]
Tenbury Wells Show 3rd August 2024
Following last year when we had to cancel our attendance at the Tenbury Wells Show due to the heavy rain it was lovely to see the sun shining when we arrived ready to set up this year. Visitors soon started to look around our display, with some who had seen us at this […]
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. . […]
Much Marcle Steam Rally 20th & 21st July 2024
The weekend of 20th & 21st July saw our second show of the year, the Much Marcle Steam Rally. The weather was much better than last year, with only a few short showers on the Saturday with Sunday being warm and sunny. We had our small lathe at the […]
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 […]
Golden Valley Vintage & Country Fair – 8th June 2024
Saturday 8th June saw us attend our first show of 2024, the Golden Valley Vintage & Country Fair. The weather was dry which was a good start, if a little chilly for June and once we found our pitch we soon set about putting up the gazebo and setting out our wares. This […]
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 […]