Category Archives: Programme Events and Ideas

Professional Demonstrator’s visit – Margaret Garrard 7th and 8th September 2024

We are very excited to be able to bring you Margaret Garrard RPT from North Yorkshire, one of the UK’s finest Woodturning artists. As the winner of several prestigious awards and scholarships she brings a great deal of experience and knowledge that she has gained from other members of The Worshipful Company of Woodturners and is going to share with us over the weekend.

Saturday 7th September Margaret will be holding an all day demonstration 10am to 4pm at our workshop just outside Castle Douglas, tickets ae £25 for the whole day and includes a light lunch.

The following day she will be holding a masterclass for a maximum of 5 people (you don’t need to be a ‘master’ just have a reasonabe grasp of woodturning. Margaret is the master and will educate, enthuse, support and encourage you to bring your ability to an other level). Tickets are £50 for the whole day, and also includes a light lunch.

Contact Sarah, our Secretary: Sarah Burns ( sjburns46@yahoo.co.uk ) for tickets

or our Chair: Rolf Buwert ( rolfbuwert@outlook.com )

 

In the Green – turning green wood

ISaturday 11th May, 10.00 – 16.00 ish, at our workshop.

A workshop session for Galloway Woodturners Club members.

We will cover how to :-

select a log

mount on lathe

convert into blanks

rough turn either platter/dish/bowl OR vase/hollow form

OR finish turn very thin !

discuss drying and finish turning

BRING your tools, chuck with suitable jaws, face plate or face plate ring, your lunch !

Please let Phil Howard know you are coming, email phil.howard50@btinternet.com or ‘phone 01556 610998 and leave a message if no answer.

Professional Turner Peter Osborn visits Galloway Woodturners

Tuesday 9th April 2019 (next Tuesday’s club night) sees Peter Osborn, professional demonstrator, entertain, enlighten and inspire us.

Please make a special effort to come along, and feel free to bring a friend, or spouse/partner for a most interesting demonstration.

If you want to know more about Peter a good starting point would be the web site of the Register of Professional Turners. https://www.registerofprofessionalturners.co.uk/turners/pete-osborn/

There are still a couple of places available for his Masterclass the following day Wednesday 10th April, and I would love it if you could be part of the day’s teaching by Peter. Jimmy has tickets in the shop, so message him, or see him right at the start of the Tuesday demonstration to get your ticket.

Spinning Top Tuesday

Next Tuesday 5th March is declared Spinning Top Tuesday. Come along to the workshop, usual time 7-9pm, and make a few spinning tops to help our fundraising activities.

If you don’t know how, and Rolf’s quicky demo at the last Club meeting wasn’t enough, we’ll show you how. We will have a few examples of good and not so good tops. The Club has plenty of suitable wood. Bring your own tools if you wish.

Finishing with CA workshop, Sunday 4 November

The Finishing with CA Workshop is this Sunday 4 November, 1.30 pm – 4 pm. CA or Superglue can be used as a finish on any small item, not just pens.

This is a WORKSHOP not a demonstration so bring an item to finish, or bring a piece of fine grained wood to turn as a test piece. I wouldn’t advise trying an expensive pen kit as your first attempt.

It is also a good idea to bring a glove for your dominant hand – I use an old lightweight gardening glove.

CA, safety cloth and non-stick bushes will be on sale from the Club shop.

Phil H

Better Bowls Workshops

Thanks to everyone who has previously attended one of my two Better Bowls Workshops this year.

I have had a request for another, Ladies only, workshop. This will probably happen at the end of July, or beginning of August, and I have high hopes for really good things to come from this one.

There have been a few members who I could not accommodate on the course tomorrow, so I would like to run another workshop towards the end of August or September. Have a think about this and let me know over the next few weeks if this interests you.

Rolf

Turning Tuesday, and Wednesdays

The club is open Tuesday evenings, and Wednesday afternoon and evenings for paid up Club Members to use club facilities.

The purpose is for members to use the club lathes and specialist tools in the company of other club members, and in so doing can call upon other turners for advice and assistance. These sessions are not for teaching or any form of training, classes are on Thursdays.

We are happy for non members to call in and see what we are about and see what we do, but it should be clearly understood that our insurance does not allow non members to use our equipment. Woodturning can be dangerous and we care about our members and visitors, and want them to have a fun, safe experience, therefore we would like all club members, and course participants, to demonstrate a basic knowledge of workshop safety before they use any club machinery or tools.

Visitors should therefore not expect to have-a-go when they come, but our members will be happy to show them what can be done, and if the visitors like what they see we can sign them up for a Taster Course, Introduction to Woodturning Course, or other courses as appropriate from one of our qualified tutors.

Hollowing Workshop Edition 3

There are places available on the third and final running of our Hollowing Workshop. The first session is this Sunday 23 April, the second session the following Sunday 3o April, both 13.30 – 16.30 at the Club Workshop.

Session 1 – introduction and demonstration of a range of hollowing tools, then you take them all for a test drive. Wood provided.

Session 2 – make a pencil pot or similar. Bring your own wood or buy a blank from Club stock.

Email Phil H if you fancy joining us, phil.howard50@btinternet.com .