I would like to try and turn thin and light bowls fresh Lime wood, and also use axe and adze to carve large oblong bread dough bowls from ‘green’ Lime.

Does anyone know of a Lime tree that the owner would be prepared to donate to me in return for a bowl, a few hours labour, or a small amount of cash?

I would prefer it to be within 40 minutes of Dumfries.

At the start of this course I said that the aim of the course was to have fun, learn some techniques, and produce quality shavings. There was no expectation to come away with any finished item, nor was there any aim to produce anything in our first year of turning, but if we could derive pleasure from turning wood into beautiful shavings, and become comfortable and proficient in the use of tools then we should be happy. Despite this, last night we finished the bowls we had started in weeks four and five of the course, then we spent 40 minutes making another bowl from scratch, therefore finishing the course with TWO bowls.

Thank you students, John for helping the first half of the course, and wee Phil for stocking up with biscuits.

The November competition results are now on the website, you can find them here.

This months winners are:

Mature Turners: John Twiname

Novice Turners: Hugh Parker and Arthur Young

Thanks to everyone who helped set up, and clear up after the auction today, and a special thanks to everyone who attended and bought items. Many bargains were taken home, and some of us can look forward to cleaning up, servicing, or making new handles for items we bought. It is good to see new homes being offered to the ‘stuff’ and ‘bits’.

There are a number of unsold lots still in the workshop, and over the next two weeks we will regroup them, and offers can be made for some of those items, either as groups, or individually. After that, items which are still unsold will be sent for recycling.

The competition results for October are on the website, you can view them by clicking on the link below:

October 2016 Competition Results

The category winners were:

Mature Turners: Bryan Jardine

Novice Turners: Bill McCoskry

Our four course members successfully completed their course, having fun, learning some stuff, and hopefully enthused to turn some more.