Highland Woodturners Club (Scottish Charity SC053651)
Promoting the art and craft of woodturning in the Scottish Highlands
Start time 6.45pm
Our meeting this week, Thursday 13th April 2023 is the first of our Shield Competitions for 2023, it’s being handled by Nick Simpson and David Hobson, see below for the rules of the competition and the criteria for each category, I.E. novice, intermediate and experienced.
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Our meeting this week on Thursday 30th March 2023 was organized by Errol Levings, his subject for this meeting was mainly End Grain Turning, he had arranged for all 5 of our lathes to be working, 3 turners were doing End Grain Turning, 1 turner was making a table leg using an offset method and 1 turner was making use of an Ash Canker to make a bowl.
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Start time 6.45pm
Our meeting this week 30th March 2023, is all about end grain turning, it’s being handled by Errol Levings and he has arranged for 4 other turners and himself to man all the lathes.
End grain turning needs to be approached from a completely different way to that of face grain turning, no doubt Errol and those involved on the lathes will be demonstrating and discussing some of the changes in approach that’s required.
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Our meeting this week, Thursday 16th March 2023 was a Showtime meeting. This meeting is where the members can show and tell about anything they had made recently or in the past, the Showtime meetings have been traditionally a very successful event and this one just past was no exception, the number of exhibiters and the amount of entries was very good.
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Start time 6.45pm
Our meeting this week 16th March 2023 is a Showtime meeting. This meeting is being organized by Peter Lawrence and the Compere for the meeting will be Alec Mutch.
The usual format applies, bring any items you have made to the show and let the rest of the members see what you have been working on, do remember you are allowed to bring more than one item to the show, we would like you to say a few words about the things you have made, what they are made from and what inspired you to make them.
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Our meeting this week on Thursday 2nd March 2023 was a demonstration by Alec Mutch, his project was to make a small natural edged vase/cup from a newly felled log working it in end grain, the wood would be very wet and the use of a light source would be part of the demonstration.
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Our meeting this week Thursday 2nd March 2023 is a demonstration by Alec Mutch, I will be making an end grain turned vase using green timber and the use of a light source, this will be a solo presentation by me and you will all get a seat.
I have done one of these for the club some time back, 31st October 2019, but with all the new members who have joined our club since then I felt it was time to repeat this programme.
Here are a few pictures from that event on the 31st October 2023 to remind those who have seen it before, and to those who have not seen this being done I hope you find it interesting.
I do hope you find my demonstration both educational and entertaining, I will be bringing a few other end grain turnings with me, the purpose is to show the effects of good and bad design, I think the design of any item is very important and should be uppermost in your mind when designing your turnings.
Also in this report I can tell you that we had another Training Evening on Thursday 23rd February 2023, this was organized by Nick Simpson, there were 3 lathes in use for this training session, I was on lathe 2 with Paul Hibberd working on his bowl technique. David Ross was on lathe 3 with Stephen Dunphy working on using a skew chisel. Nick Simpson was on lathe 4 with Daniel Stewart working on a small bowl and a small scoop, assessing Daniels standard of work. All 3 pupils were assessed as progressing well.
We are looking to have a good turnout, and do remember the closing date for re-joining the club in 2023 is the 28th February 2023. The usual raffles will be on sale and there will be coffee available for a small donation.
Our meeting this week was the Pub style quiz that Nick Simpson had arranged for the 19th January 2023 that had to be postponed due to bad weather.
Continue reading “Report on our meeting 16-02-2023. Pub style quiz organized by Nick Simpson.”We have the new 2023 Club Constitution, 2023 AGM, and a couple of new committee minutes newly uploaded into the Club Documents section
Our meeting on Thursday 16th February 2023 is a Pub style quiz, it has been organised by Nick Simpson and David Hobson.
Start time of 6.45pm
The HWC Pub quiz competition will cover subjects like, Identifying Wood samples, Name Tools, Woodturning knowledge, Trivia knowledge and possibly some more topics.
As you arrive you will all be given a number, Nick and David will then select teams of 5 or 6 to be at a table, they are hoping for at least 5 tables taking part. Each table will then be given the same questions to answer, the table with the most correct answers will be the winners. There are no prizes for this quiz, it’s all just a bit of fun but with some interesting facts being gleaned along the way.
There will be a short interval half way through the competition for refreshments, tea, coffee and a few cakes etc will be provided by Richard Comfort free of charge.
All the questions have been set by Nick Simpson.
We will have the usual raffle, and a good turnout would be appreciated. Any member still wishing to pay their subscriptions in cash can do so at this meeting to Alan Geddes, do remember that if you have not paid by the 28th February that you will be considered as having given up your membership and may need to go onto the waiting list again.