October 2024 Demonstration report (Steve Heeley)

October 2024 Demonstration report (Steve Heeley)

This month’s demonstrator was Steve Heeley, Steve is a renowned Turner and a member of the Registry of Professional Turners. Steve Heeley Woodturner The October demonstration did not start off too well, as there was an issue with the cameras. The issue was that our...
September 2024 Demonstration report (Dennis Wake)

September 2024 Demonstration report (Dennis Wake)

Report for September 2024 demonstration by Dennis Wake A Three part raised bowl. Our demonstrator for the evening was Denis Wake but before we started, our chairman Ritchie announced that at the November meeting we will be running an Auction in aid of club funds the...
July2024 Demonstration report (Chris Parker RPT)

July2024 Demonstration report (Chris Parker RPT)

It was a full house for our meeting with 44 members and 1 possible new member. It’s great to see the club growing each month and members supporting our regular visiting demonstrators. We welcomed the return of Chris Parker, who earlier in the year helped us do the...
June 2024 Demonstration report, Pat Carroll

June 2024 Demonstration report, Pat Carroll

At our meeting on Thursday there was a change of plan due to the demonstrator we had booked being unable to attend due to illness. However, we did manage to get Pat Carroll from Ireland to do an Interactive Remote Demonstration. We eventually got the technology...
May 2024 Demo report (Andrew Hall)

May 2024 Demo report (Andrew Hall)

In January we did a test Interactive Remote Demonstration (IRD) with Chris Parker and after a few teething problems which we sorted, the committee decided to book well-known turner Andrew Hall, for our May meeting. 44 members came along to watch and interact with the...
Mike Wilson Sharpening demonstration report 25 April 2024

Mike Wilson Sharpening demonstration report 25 April 2024

Our Chairman Richie welcomed and introduced 4 new members now taking the club to 50 members for the year.  He also encouraged all members to enter into the monthly competition and how we would take photographs of the winners in the two classes for inclusion on the web...
Emma Cook Demonstration 28th March 2024

Emma Cook Demonstration 28th March 2024

What a great evening we had last Thursday, supported by 45 members who came to see Emma Cook aka The Tiny Turner. The Chairman welcomed the return of Emma who over the years has never ceased to treat us to fantastic demonstrations and really explains the technique...
Meeting Report 22nd February 2024

Meeting Report 22nd February 2024

Everyone must have been keen to see our demonstrator for tonight, Nathanael Griffiths, as the room was filling up early….or maybe it was also because our subscriptions for the year are due. In the end, 45 members attended. Nathanael comes from near Chester so had not...
Club Meeting 25th January 2024

Club Meeting 25th January 2024

The start of a new year for the club and a first in having both the AGM and our first I.R.D, (Interactive Remote Demonstration) This was the first time we had tried an IRD and special thanks have to go to Chris Parker well known Lancashire turner help us get it off...
28th April 2022 – Colin Smith

28th April 2022 – Colin Smith

Colin has been turning in the region of 40 years.  For many years he was the AWGB South Eastern Rep and has recently moved “North” nearer his daughter.  Moving was a fairly traumatic experience, not because of the house, etc. but many of his tools were disposed of...