Sorry for the delay – My computer started typing backwards – again!
Please note the date for the Sharpening workshop should be July not June as published last Tuesday.
Notices – December 2015
Tonight the demonstration is by Roger and it will be a simple box with an inlaid lid
The competition, following last month,s demonstration is a Toy Car with Turned wheels that turn!
The wood of the month is Rhododendron presented by Jake.
As we do not have a meeting in January our next club meeting will be on the 9th February and Rolf will be taking us through Easy bowls part 1
The competition, following tonight’s demo will be a box with an inlay for experienced turners and a simple box for beginners.
The wood of the month is a Banskia nut .
Next years programme is now available as well as the club nights and professional demonstrators we will be running three Workshop Tutorial days. These will be
o 13th March ~ Wood preparation
o 10th July ~ Sharpening
o 25th September ~ Boxes
Spaces on these day will be limited so please sign up as soon as possible – forms on the notice board.
The Committee has been asked about the possibility of running an afternoon session in the winter months for those who are retired. The main problem with this is getting somebody to run the session and be responsible. If you would be interested in an afternoon session please see a member of the committee and we will see if we can get a volunteer to be responsible.
Following a discussion at the committee we have decided that next year the wood of the month will be shared out among members. Jake has volunteered for this evening and Judith will be doing Bog Oak in March but we need volunteers for the other months. If we don’t get volunteers then names will go into a hat. All that is required is to talk about the merits of the wood as it relates to turning – it takes about 5 mins max and most of the information can be gleaned from books or the internet.
We now have 5 people interested in a beginners course so we will be starting a further course towards the end of January. If there is anyone who would like to join a course please see Roger.
I have had an e mail from a member of Grampian Woodturners ( Mark Cowan) who has started up a group on facebook called Scottish Woodturners and Crafts which you are invited to have a look and join if this would be of interest to you.