July
The Better Bowls workshop was on Saturday 25 July with Rolf as the Moderator. Rolf reports ‘Judith, David and Ian all either improved or made a better bowl than they had made previously. . . . It is a shame that the other two places were not filled.’
August
Many thanks to Rolf who stepped forward at the last minute to run our stand at the Wigtown Show on Wednesday 5 August.
Tonight Roger will talk about and demonstrate ‘Workholding ideas and gadgets’. The competition item is a vase with a high gloss finish and the Wood of the Month is Apple.
Tomorrow we start our exhibition and sale at the Kirkcudbright Tollbooth until 30 August. Roger and Phil H have been there today setting up. Many thanks to everyone who has volunteered to look after our show and/or demonstrate. There is a copy of the schedule on our web site and a hard copy on the Notice Board. If for any reason you can’t do your scheduled sessions, please let Phil H know as soon as you can so that we can try and get someone else to fill in. We have written some Notes to help you, get your copy from Phil H tonight.
We still need LOTS of work to sell, either donated to the Club, or on commission. Note that the Tollbooth charges a 25% commission +VAT on our total sales, and the Club will pinch 15%, so you will get 60% of the sale price. We have to provide an accurate list of the stock on sale for the Tollbooth staff so you can’t take items along and just put them out on the sales table. Hand new items to whoever is on duty for them to add them to the stock list.
September
On Saturday 5 September we welcome professional turner Philip Greenwood to the Club for a full day demo. Philip is a regular writer for Woodturning magazine and usually features projects which most turners would be able to make. Tickets on sale tonight from Phil J.
All the places on the ‘How to turn a bowl’ refresher course on Saturday 12 September went very quickly so this is fully booked. There is a Waiting List form on the Notice board. Print your name and contact info. on this sheet if you want to be told if someone cancels, or if you are interested in attending the next running of this course. We need at least three people to run the course, maximum six people.
G&S Specialist Timbers near Penrith are holding a Show on Friday 18 September and Saturday 19 September with turning and carving demos and lots of Show specials.
A further reminder that the Committee would like to see the Club take part in the inter-club competition at the Border Woodturners Open Day in October. Each club’s entry must consist of five items, no restrictions. We are asking you all to bring your best work, which needn’t be new, to our September meeting. Members will mark each item as per our regular competition, then the top five pieces will form our entry for the interclub competition. So get your thinking caps on and get turning your very finest pieces.
And finally . . .
There has been some talk about the Club running a ‘ladies only’ turning day. So, ladies if the idea appeals to you, talk to Judith ! This is the third month this idea has been in the Notices; if no-one speaks to Judith tonight we will assume that our ladies are not interested in the idea and drop the item.
We have been buying supplies from a company called Dave Biven Machinery Sales, and Roger has ordered items on behalf of individual Club members. In future, Roger will place a Club order once a month, just after each Club meeting, so if you want to order anything let Roger know before or during the Club meeting, otherwise you will have to wait up to a month until the next order is placed.