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Fundraiser…help needed 27 May

Hello, all.

Having discussed it with the committee, I am proposing to organise a coffee morning +/- sandwich lunch in Kirkcudbright on May 27th.

I have made a provisional booking of St Andrew and St Cuthbert’s church hall for the day. The hall, a smaller room off the hall, and a fully equipped kitchen are available to us for the day for £60. The hall is a bright modernised building, extremely clean (I’m on the cleaning rota!), and May 27th is both the tail end of the Spring Fling, and Bank Holiday Monday. There should be lots of tourists around, so I would anticipate a good turn out.

In order to go ahead with this, I need to know how many people can help, and in what capacity. We need at least four people on the day to run a coffee morning, probably six or eight people who will do some baking the previous day, another two on the day if we are also going to serve sandwiches, which must be freshly made for safety’s sake.

It would be good if we could rustle up some turning to sell as our “lump of wood” competition turnings won’t be ready till June. Even better if we could have a turning demo in the smaller room, or possibly have-a-go penmaking? Maybe an exhibition of our best efforts (not for sale).

Any other suggestions gratefully received.

Please let me know if you or your better half can help in any way. I anticipate the event running from 10am till 2 pm, with an hour to set up beforehand and an hour to clean up after. Even if you can only be there for part of the time, you’re still welcome. Parking is freely available, and I can give directions to anyone who needs them.

Judith

May Newsletter

Dear All,
Thanks for all the get well messages, I am now, hopefully, on the mend although I do have to have more tests in the weeks to come.
I have now put together a short newsletter to cover some of the events coming up soon.
At next months meeting on the 14th May the demo is “It’s about time” and Phil Jones will take us on journey through the various turnings that can be incorporated in telling the time – not just a clock!
The competition follows on from last months demo and will be“A Hollow Form”. Following the demo there has been a great deal of questioning as to what constitutes a hollow form? The committee has addressed the question and have come up with the following definition:
“For the purposes of the competition, a hollow form is a vessel where the diameter of the opening is considerably less than the maximum diameter and the height is less than twice the diameter.”
Also please see the attached drawings which show what is required very easily.
Also in May, Saturday 25th, we have a full day demo by the professional woodworker Mark Raby, whom many of you may have seen at the Edinburgh and Harrogate shows last year. Mark will be demonstrating all aspect of finishing, how to use the various finishes and colours. As this is a subject that will be of interest to woodworkers in general so please advertise the event as widely as possible – attached is a copy of the poster.
Accompanying Mark will be his wife, Lisa, who will be demonstrating aspects of pyrography
Tickets are available £6.00 for the full day
As announced last month at the May meeting you are asked to bring along a piece of wood that will be put into a draw; from the draw whoever gets a particular piece of wood has to turn something from it that will be judged  by the club. The wood will be photographed before and after so that points can be given taking into account what the original wood was like. All the pieces will be sold to raise funds for the club. So please bring along some wood and we will see what can be made from it.
We are missing a Sorby 10mm beading and parting tool from the workshop could you please check your tool kit to see if you have picked it up accidentally – It will have Galloway Woodturners or GW on the  end of the handle.
Turning makes you dizzy
Roger

January Newsletter

Dear All,

 

Things are now moving on a pace with the new workshop. We hope to be in there by the 19th of next month.

 

We have had an offer of various chairs and furniture from the council and we are planning to pick this up on Friday. The time table at present is:

 

12:00 ish – John Twiname collects the lorry from Irvings Bakery

13:00-14:00 – load the lorry at the stores in Lochside, Dumfries

15:00-15:30 – load shelving unit at Borgue

16:00-17:00 – unload at new workshop

 

If you can help in any way please let me know.

We need people at both ends to help load & unload.

The address of the council depot is:

Lochside Court, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway DG2, UK: Show on Google Maps

 

The address of the workshop is:

Abercrombie Road Ind Est

Castle Douglas. DG7 1LH

 

We are still looking for various things such as an urn, mugs, dustbins, extension leads and many other items. If you have anything lying around which you think may be of use please let us know. Any small items please bring along to the next meeting or on Friday.

 

The next Club night is on the 12th Feb when we will be having a talk and demo on “I don’t do design” – A review of classic shapes.

The competition is one of the items demonstrated last month and to help with this Phil H  has posted the instructions for a needle case on the website: gallowaywoodturners.co.uk

Phil J Has also updated the web site with the competition results from last month.

Keep checking the web pages

Happy turning

Roger