Highland Woodturners Club (Scottish Charity SC053651)
Promoting the art and craft of woodturning in the Scottish Highlands
The committee minutes from the latest meeting on the 21st January 2021 are now available from the members area once logged in.
Just a reminder that the password for members will be changing shortly to access this content. You will receive an email with the details and the changeover date in due course.
After a long hiatus, the committee minutes from the latest meeting on the 29th November is now available from the members area once logged in
The minutes from the committee meeting on the 20th February are now available in the members section after logging in.
Here’s a plan of John’s parallel clamp from his build last night. I’ve increased the contrast a bit from the pencil drawing to make it clearer.
If you’d like to order one, this is the link to Axminster Tools. They also sell then through Amazon, but want £2.95 for delivery – order through Axminster and it’s free for over £30.
Axminster wood tap set
There are a number of pre-made clamps available on Amazon (Axminster don’t appear to sell them), although these have metal threads:
Amazon hand clamp search listings
If you do make one of these, please take a photo and we can upload it to the site.
As a follow on to John’s demo last night, here is the bandsaw guide. It shows the different sized blades and purposes. It’s in a .pdf format so will print out full size on A4 if you want to print it out.
The minutes from this years AGM on February 6th are now available in the members area after logging in.
Just a reminder – the members login details will be changed shortly, a notice will go up in the club with details and the date of the change.
If you experience problems logging in, remember to check your username & password is still correct. Due to ongoing attempted hacking issues on the site, the lockout for incorrect attempts will still remain at 24 hours before your connection will be allowed to try again.
The minutes from the committee meeting on the 23rd January are now available in the members section after logging in.
The minutes from the last committee meeting are now available.
There are new/updated Health and Safety Documents available;
You will need to login to view the documents.
Just a reminder that the next meeting this Thursday 31st October is Natural Edges. There will be 5 turners on the lathes, organised by Cliff Sim.
Starts promptly at 18:45.
The minutes from the last committee meeting are now available.
The new Health and Safety Documents are also available on the same page. You will need to login to view all the documents.
Remember the safety of yourself and all other users depend on each member being a personal health and safety person. Think before doing anything. Think while doing anything. Think after doing anything. And most importantly think of others.