Hands on 14th August 2018

The topic of this hands on meeting was "bowl turning" all three lathes were used, some items were brought in to apply finish, and , some bowls were turned. Inexperienced members were encouraged to turn a bowl and other experienced members gave tuition and also turned bowls.

Hands on 14th August

Hands on will be about bowl turning if you have a bowl to start or finish bring it along,

Hands on 10th July 2018

Hands on for turning and sanding.

The evening was setup with the 3 lathes co that members could demonstrate some turning and sanding techniques.

Hands on 12th June 2108

Hands on Demonstrating tool sharpening

The evening was arranged so that tools could be sharpened, then, with the three lathes setup, the tools could be used.

Hands on 8th May 2018

Hands on 8th May 2018

The evening was set up for the three lathes to be used to give demonstrations and some tution on woodturning to new members.

The instructions and demonstration started with the most important item for all woodturning : SAFETY, it can easily overlooked by people new to woodturning its only natural to want to when you are intrested in woodturning, just to get started, but, it is important to get safety embeded into a hobby where machines are the main park of it.

The evening started well with the three lathes set up just before the members arrived.

Annual Schedual 2018/2019

May 8th       Hands on - for beginers tools and timber supplied
June 12th    Hands on - Sharpening Bring your tools for demo on sharpening. Lathes will be                                       available to try out your sharpened tools.
July 10th    Hands on - Lathes will be out for you to turn and finish small items (light pulls, bag                                 handles etc)
Aug 14th     TBA
Sept 11th    TBA
Oct 9th         TBA
Nov 13th     TBA
Dec 11th      TBA
Jan  8th        TBA
Feb 12th      TBA
Mar 12th      AGM

2018 AGM at March Meeting

15 Club members were present for the meeting.

Chairman’s Report

The Chairman open the meeting with concerns about the future of the club and current level of membership.

2017 AGM at February Meeting

20 Club members were present for the meeting, and apologies were received form Andy Roberts, Steve Clegg and Brian Pierce.

Treasurers report

Cliff Hurley reported an increase in the club funds at the end of the year, mainly due to the no show of two professional demonstrators whose slots were covered by club members.