Many of us will know Snainton Woodturning, a family business, and the wide range of products that are of interest to us. My last order from them was just a few weeks ago. Sadly they are closing down for personal reasons and they are having to clear their stock, subsequently there are some substantial discounts to be had.

https://snaintonwoodworking.com/

Click on the link above to see what is on offer, plainly they can only sell what they have, will not be reordering, and when it is gone it’s gone.

There will be a mini lathe going on sale in Lidl branches from Sunday 15th January. It might be of interest to someone just starting their woodturning journey. P.S. the included chisels are probably close to useless.

Happy New Year One and All,

I will restart opening the workshop on Wednesday afternoons from 1.00 – 3.00pm from Wednesday 11th January.

Hope to see you there.

Happy New Year everyone!

Last year I made a new year resolution to enter every competition of 2022. I wasn’t aiming to win or anything, I just wanted to give myself a bit of a push. A year on and I think I’ve achieved the following:

1. Did more turning
2. Tried lots of things I wouldn’t have tried otherwise
3. Contributed to the interesting turnings that members can see at club meetings
4. Improved my turning enormously

I think I’ll try and do the same again in 2023 and it would be great if this inspires more members to do the same, especially if you’re only a beginner.

Remember it’s not about winning, it’s just about taking part, trying new things and improving over the year.

Good luck and best wishes for the new year,
Phil J

In case anyone is wondering, I will be opening the workshop this evening at the usual time ?

Senior/ Mature

Mick Schofield (winner)

Phil Jones (joint second place)

David Simpson (joint second place)

Ken Coates

Stephen Eccles

Junior/ Novice

Ken Powers (winner)

Finlay Mitchell

A special Christmas show has just opened in Gallery 141 at the Artists and Makers shop, 141 King Street, Castle Douglas. Phil H is a member of the co-operative that runs this shop and the shops in Kirkcudbright and Gatehouse.

A few pictures to show the range of goodies with plenty more variety in the main shop. A good place to find an unusual gift for that ‘difficult to buy for’ person.

Jimmy Kirkpatrick has a Record 320 lathe for sale. 4 years old, great condition, offers in the region of £400. Phone: 07960 982723

After this year’s AGM the committee have been able to enhance the workshop by buying six sets of turning tools, one for each of the smaller lathes, this allows us to make up a slightly larger set, for the largest lathe from the existing stock of turning tools.

Specialist tools will continue to be housed in the racks at the workbench, all the other tools will be sorted and either sold off or kept as reserves in the cabinets.

We have a ‘spare’ chuck now for the occasions when we need to use two on a workpiece or when a piece is half competed and the worker can’t take it off the chuck between sessions.

Over the next week or so Jimmy will process the new stock of abrasives into shorter rolls, he will be able to offer 120, 180, 240, 320, 400 and 600 grit velcro backed quality abrasives.

THE AGM IS WHEN ANNUAL SUBSRIPTIONS ARE DUE, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID YET PLEASE DO SO BEFORE 31ST DECEMBER, AFTER THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER COVERED BY OUR INSURANCE AND CAN NOT USE ANY OF OUR LATHES OR TOOLS.