In accordance with our constitution I give notice of the 2022 AGM on Tuesday 11th October 2022, and invite members to submit nominations in accordance with the terms of our constitution. Subscriptions are also due at the AGM, or shortly thereafter.

The AGM should be fairly brief and will be followed by a demonstration of how to make a reversible bowl by our very own Phil Jones.

Rolf Buwert, Chairman

Extract from our constitution:

MEETINGS OF THE CLUB:

• An Annual General Meeting shall be called as soon as possible after the close of the Club’s financial year on the last day of August. A Quorum of the meeting shall be 25 per cent of the paid up membership to include at least two Officers.
• The ordinary business to be transacted at each Annual General Meeting shall be:
  1. To receive and adopt the Chairman’s report of the previous years working.
  2. To receive and adopt the Treasurers report and the statement of account covering the financial affairs of the previous year.
  3. To elect Chairman, Officers and Members of the Committee for the following year.
  4. To elect an Honorary Auditor to verify the financial status of the Club.
  5. To fix the Annual Subscription for the coming year following submission of a Committee recommendation.
  6. Any other business that the Chairman of the AGM may seem fit.

If a vote is required this will be carried out by show of hands by those members who attend the Annual General Meeting. If the vote is too close to determine an accurate result by this method then a secret paper ballot shall be held. A simple majority only is required.

• Notice of the place, time and date of the Annual General Meeting shall be circulated to all paid up members not less than thirty days before the time of the meeting.
• An Extraordinary General Meeting may be called by a resolution of the Committee or on the receipt of the written request of at least five members of the Club.
• Motions for the Annual General Meeting must be submitted in writing to the Honorary Secretary fourteen days before the date of the meeting.
• Nominations for all Officer positions and for replacements for retiring ordinary members of the Committee shall be submitted in writing to the Honorary Secretary fourteen days before the time of the Annual General Meeting.

All nominations, proposals or motions for the Annual General meeting must be signed by both Proposer and Seconder, both of whom must be paid up members of the Club.

What an excellent week ahead we have !

On Tuesday’s club meeting we have our very own, most excellent, Yorkshire Mick demonstrating for us. He’s All Heart is his theme and is a project well worth coming to see. It is not overly complicated but should be done carefully and well to produce a lovely item for wife/husband or girlfriend/boyfriend (not both please). 

The competition subject is an item with three colours. Feel free to paint, inlay, laminate, or scribble with a Sharpie, so long as you have made some effort then we are happy to accept your entry and the membership will vote according to their personal preference.

On Saturday we have a super demonstration by the very talented professional turner Helen Bailey, with Helen staying on to take a Masterclass on the Sunday. Tickets or Saturday are £15 for the whole day (please bring your own lunch) and Sunday tickets are £50 (also please bring your own lunch) Tea and coffee as well as the famous Irvine’s biscuits are provided both days.

August is off to a great start with Mick and Helen so please don’t miss out, come on Tuesday, enjoy the evening and get your ticket from Jimmy for the weekend event.

Rolf

Just a reminder, Covid-19 and it’s variants are still out there. Please wash your hands or use hand sanitiser, keep 1 meter apart if you can, no hugging or kissing unless you absolutely have to. Let’s not bring Covid to the workshop or take it home from the workshop.

Our next professional demonstrator will be Helen Bailey, who is visiting us on Saturday
13 August, as an all-day event, 10am – 4pm. Helen is a most excellent Professional
turner who recently featured in Woodturning magazine.
Ticket price will be £15. This is an all-day event so please bring your own canapés,
sandwiches, or flask of soup as we are not yet ready to provide lunch.
Helen Bailey will take a Master Class the following day, Sunday 14 August from 10am
– 4pm. With only 5 places available it would be wise to reserve your place with Sarah
Burns or Jimmy ASAP. Fee for this all day event is £50.

Helen Bailey https://www.helenbaileywoodturning.com/

Contact our marvellous secretary Sarah Burns (sjburns46@yahoo.co.uk) to get tickets.

Notices from our June Meeting. I forgot to get Colin to do the Show-and-tell. Given he won the raffle again he will be down to do the show-and-tell for sure in August ! We look forward to it Colin.

49 Notices June 2022

At our last club meeting I announced the sad death of Bobby Lees, and that I would notify you all of the funeral arrangements when I knew them.

Jardine’s the funeral directors have published the following:

Robert LEES
On the 8th May 2022, suddenly but peacefully whilst on holiday, Robert Lees (Bob/Bobby) beloved husband of Anne and a loving brother of Penny. Funeral service at the Dumfries Baptist Church on Thursday 26th May at 1pm. All friends are respectfully invited to attend. No flowers please. Donations if desired can be given at the service in memory of Robert. Funeral thereafter private.

I will be there and hope that one or two other members of Galloway Woodturners could attend too.

Rolf

Phil Howard entertained and enlightened us again at our May meeting with a repeat of a demonstration based on a cube, where the cube, through some kind of wizardry, becomes a three-pointed bowl, lidded pot or tealight candle holder. 

He has shared his notes in the pdf file below.

starting with a cube Phil Howard demo May 2022

Some images of the wheels demonstrated I did at the April meeting.

The ones with the five short spokes are more decorative than practical as the spokes are bamboo skewers, which are strong enough but not for children to play with. Spokes on both are 72° apart.

The jig for the solid wheels has a removable plug to keep the hub located while the remaining four holes are drilled (from the back).

I like ‘full profile’ tyres on my vehicles but it is more fashionable, especially on sporty cars, to have ‘low profile’ tyres. If you are making a Land Rover type toy car then you want the tyre part to be quite substantial, but for low profile tyres you want it much thinner, and the centre hub/rim to be correspondingly larger.

Chose the colour of your woods according to the use the wheel is being put to, namely as dark a wood as possible for black rubber tyres with a light wood for the centre to suggest an aluminium / silver metal wheel. For traction engines, trains and cart wheels you would want similar lighter woods which might be more easily painted.

Remember if you are making a toy car that might have spare wheel, strapped to the side or back, that you want to make a set of five wheels at the same time for consistency of colour. It is surprisingly quick to make a set of wheels in one go, especially if you have a set of three or more callipers set to the different internal and external diameters.  

The better weather is here, it is not quite summer yet but days are much longer and we have had Easter Holidays and the Mayday Holiday. Maybe you have been doing the Spring cleaning and feel both the workshop and yourself are refreshed, ready for some new projects. The sunshine and warmth certainly lift our spirits. For some of us we are able to quickly slip back into our old routines and habits, but please remember that others have more difficulty post-Covid, and the world is certainly not the same. Could we try and be mindful of peoples personal space and respect their choice to keep a distance, wear a mask, decline to participate in communal coffee breaks etc. If a friend takes a step back from you it may not be your aftershave that is the problem it is just that they have been used to the comfort of being 2 meters away from other people, so don’t step forward when they step back.

Handwashing and opening windows for ventilation has always been a sensible thing to do and I would encourage everyone to do this, or accept other’s choice to do so.

At our next meeting you may notice that one of the huge sections of oak has been reduced to more useable chunks, had he ends sealed and brought inside for sale. I will continue to slice up the rest over the next few weeks with my chainsaw. The wood is still ‘green’ so easier to turn, but will be prone to splitting if you are not careful. Feel free to buy and use it straight away but remember that oak contains a lot of tannin and that can make your hand go black and cause iron-based metals to rust on contact with the damp shavings. Fresh oak shavings smell lovely and there is less dust than fully seasoned wood, but if you prefer fully seasoned oak then you may have to wait another year or two. Season it yourself at home or wait for it to dry out at the club.

There is other wood on the shelves outside, and under the tarpaulin, speak to our wood prep team to see what there is available.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the next meeting.

Rolf

Gary Lowe, the Tartan Turner, will be demonstrating all day 10am-5pm on Saturday at our workshop. He was scheduled to come two years ago but Covid put a stop to all there things at the time, but he is back! and will be showing a variety of techniques such as an off centred thin rimmed bowl, rolling bottomed box or pot, carving, texturing, and a Turmkreisel (very clever little spinning top) and a bit of colouring (if it is the same as he had scheduled previously) . Gary will be teaching the colouring and texturing techniques during his Masterclass on the Sunday 10am – 5pm. You can see who Gary is, and what he produces on his web site, which is https://garylowewoodturner.co.uk/

This is a great opportunity to see an excellent and experienced demonstrator in our own workshop, so no transport or parking issues.

The All Day demo is £15, (please bring your own lunch/ sandwiches , which is excellent value given he will be packing the day with so much, and the Masterclass is also really good value at £50. There is a maximum of 5 places on the Masterclass so get your tickets from Jimmy asap – when they are gone, they are gone.

The next course will be on Saturday12th March at the Castle Douglas workshop. Derek Andrews has signed up to complete the course which he had to stop due to the Covid-19, if there is anyone else who wants to pick up where they left off I would be happy to see them on the 12th. There will be place for 3 others on this all-day course which runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm and may be the last of the all-day courses before I move on to a different format, spreading the learning over three or four sessions/ weeks.

Let me know if you are interested in the March course, or if you are interested in any subsequent courses.

Rolf

rolfbuwert@outlook.com