Many thanks to Phil and Jake last night for a great demo of little critters.  Phil produced a great range of mice, hedgehogs, and various insects. I should have photographed them so that I could have a go myself. I loved Jakes woodpecker, and clever choice of woods to make it really colourful, and the little guy that wobbled his way down the welding rod-pole worked really well.

This is what the club is all about, having a go, producing something exceptional, yet within our capabilities, and sharing your skills with club members, in a friendly and understandable way.

Well done to you both.

After having made my own chair with Mike Abbott I have a surplus chair. Does anyone want a high backed, white leather, swivel / hydraulic, office / desk chair ? Not perfect, but good for a workshop chair. Any takers before I get rid of it to Freecycle.

There is a piece missing from one of our lathes. It looks like this, and has come off the tailstock. The square plate may be round, and it is about 6 inches by 3. It is the bit that sometimes falls off when you slide the tailstock off the end of the lathe bed, and I suspect that this is what happened. Someone has probably found it, picked it up and put it somewhere safe. Quite a few of us have looked and cant find it. If you are the person who put it somewhere safe, please let us know, so that we can put it back. If you absent mindedly put it in your pocket, this is why your jeans are so uncomfortable, heavy, and why you lean to the one side. The lathe can not be used for spindle turning until the part is replaced.

Rolf

There are still a few places on the Better Bowls workshop on Saturday 25th July, so if you can make a bowl, no matter how rough, then come along next Saturday, and we will have a look at improving what we do. Bring along some of your bowls, the good ones, and the ones which you can claim someone else made! and we will see how to rescue the less elegant ones. I will be there at 10am and we will close the workshop at about 5, but feel free to come and go – the early ones get the best lathes! bring your own wood, or the club has some we can sell you, or you can reshape something you bring.

The video here is basically the same as we saw last night, demonstrating the same bandsaw.

http://www.recordpower.co.uk/product/premium-14-bandsaw#.VQA9D47Igl4