Another busy and very diverse week with a prize winning young turners work on show, updates from an in-person demonstration at a local. club, achery equipment, a report back from an overseas event. Some of us even found some time for woodturning, whatever next! Read on for more:
A very active meeting this week with a cautionary tale regarding the need for anti-freeze, chair making, rounding planes, steam bending and formers seemed to be of interest to everyone. We also had hollow forms and, of course, a burst of colour in the shape of an Orchid. Read on for more:
As always we had a mixed bag of updates, news, new work and, of course, Orchids this week. Lots of plans and discussions going on, looks like folks are starting to return to the workshop and in some cases planning a whole new workshop!! Read on for more:
We all seem to have survived the worst of the bad weather and many of us are now harvesting the fallen timber!! We also had two visitors from Denmark on the session who were visiting Phil for a course...not sure what they were teaching him though!! Read on for more:
Well, an exciting week for many of us with a Red weather warning in force for a large number of folks. We all seem to have survived the worst of it with relatively little damage and we had some great work on show and some progress with other projects despite the weather. Read on for more:
The cold weather doesn't seem to holding people back too much. All sorts of work and projects are ongoing, we had updates on dog training, shed updates, open mic evenings and of course a number of us even had time for some woodturning...whatever next!! Read on for more:
As usual things are a bit slow to get going after the new year, however it seems that some of us are still getting out and doing things...though the bones may be creaking a little more in the recent cold spell. Some really lovely work on show this week including some items featuring turning with added pieces of woven rush work, very nice and very unsual. Read on for more:
Everyone seems to have made through the holidays and is getting on with stuff after the break. The recent weather and snow featured in some photos along with the usual mix of turning and a whole range of other topics including fault diagnosis on a laser cutter and of course some orchids to bring us all a bit of colour. Read on for more:
Seems like the festivities have not stopped many of us from getting on with things and this week we had some woodturning, some woodturning tuition being delivered. We also saw some high tech innovation making its way into the workshop and some very quick service from a supplier. Read on for more:
A quieter week with many of us either already broken up for Christmas or at fever pitch with preparations for it!! However, still enough of us to make a good evening session with last minute jobs completed and some work in progress on show so, it looks like a busy year ahead for many!! Read on for more:
Another busy week. Some wall rebuilding, a "simple job" which turned out to be not quite so simple after all (we all know the type), some cracking gifts, candlesticks and of course...an orchid or two to bring a bit of colour to proceedings. Read on for more:
Lots of seasonal preparations going on, some further progress on workspace renovations plus one of our number suffered a little setback on some of the work done over the summer. The Christmas Challenge came to a conclusion and the members choice this year was Len Shield and his wife Kathleen...and deservedly so !! Read on for more: