The Saturday 25th February Better Bowls & Better Bottoms workshop, 9.30 to 16.30, will soon be upon us. This is not a training course but an opportunity to develop your skills and share ideas. There is no leader or tutor, everyone has equal status and value. Come along and try a new shape, size, thickness, or style; using dry or green wood. Alas I can’t be there as I have a family member coming to visit. Please reply to this post if you can come along so we can use the 9 lathes most efficiently.

Rolf

SATURDAY 11th MARCH – is the next all day Beginner’s Woodturning course.

One person has already signed up and I would like another two or three please as I do not intend to do any more until after the summer. The course is 09:30 until 4.30pm (or 5.30pm if you still have the energy). Students need to be full members (£40 per year) and the all day course costs £120.

email me rolfbuwert@outlook.com to secure your place.

February’s competition item was a Valentine’s Day item. Apologies for forgetting to photograph the entries. The points situation to date:

Mature category:

Ken Powers (6), Phil Jones & Mick Schofield (5), Rolf Buwert (1).

Novice category:

Findlay Mitchell (6).

The scoring system awards 6 points for 1st position, 5 for 2nd, 4 for 3rd. All other entries, including those with no votes, receive 1 point.

Since the turn of the year, only one other person has been coming to the Wednesday afternoon workshop sessions.

We have both agreed that it is not worth opening the workshop for the two of us, so I propose that after this coming Wednesday, we give it a break until Easter, or at least until the weather gets warmer.

If there’s a demand for continued opening, I’m happy to change my mind.

Best wishes,

David

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 ?