Ask not what your club can do for you,

ask what you can do for your club

Thank you Arthur.

Arthur Young is manning the Scottish Crookmakers stall next door to ours and has offered to help out on the Woodturners’ stall when he can.

However, we are still looking for volunteers for the club stand at the Kirkcudbright Country Fair, 9^th and 10^th July.

We would like to have two or three people on the stand at any one time but at the moment the listing of volunteers is as shown below.

Please think again and, if you can, come and join us.

Let me know if you can help as soon as possible.

David

01557 870 006                                                                 d.simpson88@btinternet.com

A big thank you to all our volunteers.

 Your Club Needs You!

 Kirkcudbright Country Fair

Saturday 9^th and Sunday 10^th July

Hi everyone, I should like to encourage you to support the club by offering to help man the stand at the Kirkcudbright Country Fair as mentioned by Roger in his June notices.

It is not a difficult task, and if you could spare a little time on either Saturday or Sunday I am sure you would enjoy the experience. All you have to do is talk to the visitors to the stand about woodturning, the club, our facilities and what we offer in terms of come and try it sessions and tuition. Oh! and sell, sell sell!

Some people feel brave enough to demonstrate woodturning using the small bench-top lathe we will have in the marquee. Judith has made lots of pens and others have made other small items such as Christmas trees and mushrooms. But you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to and you don’t have to be an expert ~ the punters can relate to a beginner.

There are usually two or three of us at the stand at any one time so there will be an opportunity to have a look round some of the other exhibits.

The Fair is open each day from 10.00am to 4.30pm so I have divided the sessions as show below;

There will be some setting up required at the start and some tidying up at the end so I have added the odd 30 minutes to the middle session.

Please let me know as soon as possible if you are able to help out and which session or sessions you would be able to undertake.

Thanks on behalf of the club,

David

We hopefully have found the reason why the competition results have not been published – there was a glitch with the web site. This has hopefully been rectified and the results should now be available

Wood blank about 280mm dia by 30mm (40mm if using tenon)

Mount on faceplate with short screws

1. Bring wood to round and on the rim mark where to top of the plate will be.
2. mark a line 8mm from the rim line just marked.
3. Level up the bottom
4. Decide on holding technique (recess or tenon) and form holding position.
5. Mark the diameter of the base – as this is a plate or platter it needs to be bigger than the normal rule of thirds. In this case about 80% of the overall width. This will leave about 55mm for the outer edge.

6      Remove wood in a straight line from between the 2 lines (55mm line and 8mm line) – leave the lines don’t turn them away.

7. Mark a line half way on this cut
8. Create an ogee by cutting a slight concave on each side of the middle line.
9. Shear cut a finish on the bottom then sand.

10     Reverse wood into jaws and clean the top surface down to the top line.

11. Work out the width of the rim on this size about 30mm
12. Begin to hollow but leaving enough wood to stabilise the cutting of the rim bead.

13     Work on the bead – true up the rim. Measure the rim thickness (should be about 5mm) Measure 5mm on the top edge of rim.

14     Start forming the bead – make a small v cut with the point of a skew at the 5m mark then using the skew as a scraper form the top of the bead then move the rest and finish rounding the bottom.  Tidy up the rim.

15     Continue hollowing to a thickness of about 5mm – Sand and finish

17     If using a tenon reverse the plate and remove the tenon – sand & finish.

Tonight will be a demonstration by myself looking at turning a platter.

The competition tonight is a  Table Lamp (Shade recommended but not a requirement)

The wood of the month is Padauk  and Bryan Jardine has again drawn the short straw..

Next month- July- there is no club meeting although the normal Tuesday and Wednesday tuning will continue.

In August the Club night will be a question and answer evening with a small panel of “experts” taking your questions. Please come prepared with some interesting questions – about woodturning!

Professional Demonstration

The demonstration we had from Mick Hanbury last month was one of the best demonstrations we have had. Mick took us through various types of coloured work explaining to great effect the various steps involved (even Jake was impressed enough to buy some paint!!)  It was a great pity that attendance was low.

The next professional Demonstration is on September 24^th with Simon Hope – Please support this event – get your tickets early and not at the last minute.

Master Classes

There is one place on the Simon Hope Master Class on Sunday September 25^th. The cost for the class is £55 for the full day. If you would like to come to this please let me know asap – first come first served.

Approved Tutors

Rolf and myself took our AWGB Tutors Assessment last month and we were both awarded our Approved Tutors Award. We have no courses on at the present time although following the Spring Fling weekend we do have some enquiries.

Spring Fling – We had a reasonable time at the Spring Fling event at Kirkandrews with Rolf entertaining the crowds on his pole lathe. Sales of work brought in around £180 but this still has to be divided between the kirk and ourselves.

The next evet the club is involved in is the Kirkcudbright Country Fair on July 9^th & 10^th where will have stand and we will be demonstrating to the public. If you can help over the weekend please let David know – the more volunteers we can get to men the stall the easier it will be.

Roger.

I’m still able to add items to our latest smock order which will be ready in about two weeks. So if anyone wants a new smock (resplendent with their name and club logo) I will be taking orders at tonight’s meeting.

Can anybody cover the club stall on Sunday from 10.30am – 2pm as Rolf will be on his own with his pole lathe.

Kirkandrews Kirk is just of the coast road north of Borgue.

If you can cover please let me know asap.

Sorry for the delay but below are the notices for May

Tonight We welcome back Chris Pouncey from Sorby demonstrating some of the latest Sorby tools and gadgets.  Chris will also be selling a range of Sorby tools, usually at a discounted rate. If you have ordered anything from Chris, please make sure you pick it up tonight.

The competition tonight is an item with off centre turning.

The wood of the month is Lignum Vitae (Bryan Jardine has volunteered).

As I have had my operation delayed the Club Programme will revert it its original form.

So next month will be me turning a platter.

The Competition Item will be a Table Lamp and the wood of the month Padauk (volunteer required)

On the 22^nd of this month we have a  Professional Demonstration by Mick Hanbury from Lincolnshire.  Mick is a skilful and artistic woodturner who has been turning for over 20 years. He is listed on the Register of Professional Turners as well as being a member of Association of Woodturners of Great Britain. Over the years Mick has developed a unique style of decorative finishes to his pieces and is well known for his beautiful finial boxes, elegant spiral stem goblets, and delicately patterned platters.

Tickets are on sale from the shop – get yours Tonight

 Competition “Secretary”

Thank you to our new member Carl Burn who will be taking over the running of the competitions.  Jamie has had to stand down due to work commitments. Thanks also the Steve Dunn who also volunteered. It’s good to see members coming forward to take on rolls within the club.

 Master Classes

There is one place on the Simon Hope Master Class in September and also one left on the Nikos Siragas master Class in December

The cost for these classes is £55 for the full day. If you would like to come on any of these classes, please let me know asap – first come first served.

Spring Fling – This will be on 28^th – 30^th May and we will be taking part by having a sale of members items at Kirkandrews Kirk. Hopefully we will be demonstrating as well (weather permitting) Members are invited to attend over the weekend and provide support.

The Kirk will receive 20% of wood turners’ sales and the club 5%.

A catalogue of items and prices needs to be prepared so if members have any items they wish to sell they must be given to a member of the committee by the week before.

Roger.

I have just received the following e mail. If anyone wants to take this commission on please let me know and I will send pictures etc.

“Can You assist please?

We need spindles made for our (eight) kitchen chairs that have been chewed by puppies!

Not very glamourous or exciting but very necessary – can you suggest someone that could produce them please?

I can send examples and fit them myself if someone can produce them…..”

Club Programme.

It now looks as if won’t be going in to hospital until July in which case the Club Programme will need to be changed back to what it was originally. This means that the June demo will be a Platter and the August competition is a platter. The August Meeting will be a Question Time and the September Competition will be “Anything”, the winning pieces going forward to represent the club at the Borders Open Competition.

Competition Secretary.

Due to a change of work pattern Jamie Copeland is having to step down as Competition Secretary. We are therefore looking for a volunteer to take this on. If we do not have a volunteer the competition may have to be suspended.  If you wish to know what is involved please e mail Jamie or myself.

Robert Sorby Orders

Next month we have Chris Pouncy from Robert Sorby coming to Demonstrate. If anybody requires an order for any Turners Retreat  goodies – usually at a discount and no postage then please let me know be a return e mail. I have to have orders in by Tuesday.

 Roger