October Notices

We understand that the Master Class with Nick Arnull went very well and was enjoyed by students and tutor alike. We then had an excellent evening demo with Nick who made a decorated box, which he presented to Roger as a thanks for his hospitality. Our thanks are due to Roger and Liz – members may not realise that when we have guest demonstrators, a Committee member often provides B&B so that the Club does not have to pay hotel bills.

October

The demo this evening is Phil H attempting to show you some thread cutting. This was suggested last year by a member which is why it’s in the Programme.

The competition item is ‘An Xmas decoration’ and the Wood of the Month is Cherry.

Sunday 26 October is Border Woodturners Open Day and the Inter Club Competition at the Community Centre, Brampton, 10am to 4pm as covered in the current Woodturning magazine. Lots to see and do.

November

The topic next month is ‘Timber conversion for woodturners’ at which we plan to have a talk and demo on chainsaws; and Bryan Jardine will bring along a range of chainsaws and accessories.

The competition item is a lidded box – extra marks if it has a threaded lid !!! The Wood of the Month is Birch.

The North of England Woodworking Show, i.e. the Harrogate Show is on 21 – 23 November. Reg Thirlwall posted that he had some free tickets available . . . . . . . .

And finally . . .

As there has been no interest in the ‘Better Bowls’ or ‘how to turn a bowl’ workshop ideas, or in a demo of the Kel McNaughton Bowl Saving system; we’ll forget about them.

There is a draft Programme for next year in the Library section of this site. Have a look and give us some feedback to any Committee member.

 

October Club meeting and opportunities

A wee reminder that the Club meeting next Tuesday, 14 October, will start at 6.30pm so that we can have the Annual General Meeting  before the actual Club meeting.

As the Club continues to grow, so does the workload on the Committee. That, combined with the Secretary’s scheduled abscence for part of next year means that we need to do some devolution of our own and spread some jobs beyond the Committee.

We have identified the following ‘opportunities’ . . . . . . .

One Minutes Secretary to take Committee Meeting Minutes when Roger is absent.

One Membership person to help Phil J maintain the membership records.

One regular Commitee member to represent members views and interests.

One or two people to run the Club Shop, opening/closing, selling items to members, keeping an eye on stock levels then telling Roger what to order.

One or two people to take charge of Refreshments on Club nights and Turning Tuesdays, bringing the milk, buying coffee/tea/biscuits as required, keeping kitchen, mugs etc clean and tidy.

One or two people to take charge of our audio/visual kit, setting up the cameras and screens, microphone and speakers, and  acting as camera persons.

We will look to fill these positions during the AGM – please consider carefully how you can help your Club to prosper.

 

Saw Table for sale

For Sale

Scheppach tku 4000 Table Saw ( now renamed as tisa) with additional sliding table carriage.

18 months old. Great machine, selling because of need for space.  £275

Technical Details:

102 mm (4”) depth of cut; 4,000 rpm cutting speed giving tear free cuts;

adjustable from -2° to +48° for all bevel and compound angle cuts.

The accessory  sliding table carriage. Perfect for accurate crosscuts and mitres. Fixed left and right angle settings are provided and the fence is equipped with an adjustable turnover stop for repeat cuts.

There is also a folding side extension for cutting panels.

And if your machine is regularly on the move, the wheel kit makes light work of transporting.

 

If you are interested please contact Roger

Help – ideas needed

We have a Committee Meeting on 7 October at which one of the items for discussion will be the Club programme for 2015. Some suggestions for the topics you would like to see covered would be very welcome.

You can contribute your ideas any way you choose, by email, phone, or in person to any Committee member.

Thank you in anticipation.

Wood Prep Day – Sunday 14 September 10am onwards

I intend to be at the workshop from 10am this Sunday to spend much of the day converting our numerous piles of timber into something that’s ready to pop onto a lathe. Everyone is welcome to come down and help and, if you’ve not seen it before, see how we convert logs into useful blanks for turning.

The main aims of the day are to:

  1. Prepare bowl and spindle blanks for courses, Turning Tuesdays and for members to buy
  2. Clear the pile of wood next to the fence by the gate
  3. Clear the various piles of wood around the workshop

This will involve:

  • Planking/milling the larger pieces with chainsaws
  • Cutting bowl and spindle blanks using the bandsaw
  • Sealing blanks using glue or wax
  • Finding/making a home to store the blanks

I expect there will be an amount of firewood generated as a result of all this so bring some bags if you want to take some away with you.

I expect we’ll be finishing by 4pm at the latest, but hopefully earlier if we get a good turn out.

Cheers,

Phil

Competition Results – September 2014

The results below are as the items were voted for and do not include the four disqualifications arising from the fact that the items were not made from beech, despite that being the one and only rule set for this month’s competition!

1. Chic Hampton 8.0

2. Phil Howard 7.7

3= Reg Thirlwall 6.9

3= Ian Robertson 6.9

3= John Twiname 6.9

6. Judith Simpson 6.6

7. David Simpson 6.4

8= Phil Jones 6.2

8= Roland Blackburn 6.2

8= Steve Young 6.2

11. Bryan Jardine 6.1

12. Bobby Carson 5.5

13. John Brown 4.9

September Newsletter

Dear All,

As we come up to our meeting next Tuesday I thought a short notice might be helpful.
The subject for demonstration is Toys and Christmas decorations which will be by Rolf and the competition item is “An item made from the wood of the month” which is beech.

On Tuesday 23rd September starting at 7pm we have an extra open demonstration from Nick Arnul.
Nick is a professional woodturner from Norfolk. He writes regularly for “The Woodturner” magazine producing 90 articles so far and his first book,” Contemporary Woodturning Techniques and Projects” complements Two Dvd’s – Platter Magic and Ying and Yang.
He is an internationally respected wood turner and earns his living teaching, demonstrating, writing, producing decorative turned wood and batches of spindles; for furniture makers, cabinet makers, joiners and builders.
He has demonstrated at numerous international and regional symposiums in America, Ireland, South Africa, and extensively across the UK. and is particularly well known for his pioneering work in creating coloured and textured projects, He is constantly in demand to teach and demonstrate around the World.

With all this in mind we are particularly lucky to have Nick with us on the 23rd.

As I said this is an open event and tickets are on sale now at £5 They can be obtained next Tuesday at the club night or by contacting a committee member.
We anticipate a good turnout for this event so please book early

On a personal note. As many of you know I have now retired and we have moved to our own house in Creetown – I have also changed my e mail
My detail are:
14 St.John Street, Creetown DG8 7JF.
01671 820832
E mail – creetownstudio@gmail.com

As I will be away for a great part of next year we are looking for someone to stand in a secretary for the year. If you can help in this way please see me to discuss what it would entail.

Keep making shavings
Roger

great show last night good presentar and he gaveout some usefull tips that we all could understand,and we could all see what he was doing, dont know if that was down to the new camera opperator or because i was at the front blocking every ones veiw ,he he   well done committee