Category Archives: General

Centre Saver

Assuming Roland brings the big burr that he is working on, and we can complete the preparations, we may be able to have a go with the Kel McNaughton centre saver system next Tuesday, the 25 November. So if you want to see it in action – come to Turning Tuesday !

Olivers Woodturning

I’ve just updated our Links and Resources page with a new entry for Olivers Woodturning. It looks interesting but I haven’t tried it myself yet so have a look so if you decide to use it please let us know here how you got on.

Cheers, Phil J

nick arnull

rodger asked for comments , ithought the master class went very well i personally got alot from it whither i remember it remains to be seen ,but it was very good, the plate i made looked very good (and yes nick my wife linda was like me and said it was all right but would have looked better without the paint) sorry about that but your old enough to take the truth now,.only down side iwould see to this sort of demo is its rather dear for working folk, the night time demo was also very good iam shure alot of us enjoyed it, thanks to committie for bringing another top scalp to ower owen area thanks jake

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

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

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