Our meeting on Thursday 28th March was organized by David Hobson, David had invited Mark Sutton to do a solo demonstration on some of Mark’s favourite subjects, mainly texturing and colouring. Mark is one of the remaining founding members of this club but due to work commitments he was not able to attend although he maintained his membership throughout.
Continue reading “Report on our meeting 28-03-2024, a demonstration by Mark Sutton.”Our next meeting 28-03-2024. Organized by David Hobson. An invitation to Mark Sutton to put on a turning demonstration.
Start time 6.45pm
Our next meeting has been organized by David Hobson, David extended an invitation to Mark Sutton to put on a turning demonstration, which he has accepted to do. Mark is one of our club members and one of the initial group that founded the club in 2005.
The club was formed by a few like minded people who wanted to advance the work of the woodturner and possibly bring new people into the craft, their meeting place at that time was Charlstown Academy, Mark was also part of the group that was there when they moved to Munlochy in 2010 after securing the rent of the premises we are currently in.
Continue reading “Our next meeting 28-03-2024. Organized by David Hobson. An invitation to Mark Sutton to put on a turning demonstration.”Report on our meeting 14-03-2024.Demonstration by Alec Mutch.
Our meeting on Thursday 14th March 2024 was a demonstration by Alec Mutch on the use of Pebeo Paints in your woodturning. This was a solo demonstration by Alec who introduced the currant club to the use of these paints, it had been demonstrated before by me and others, but with a lot of the current membership being rather new to woodturning, Alec felt it was time to demonstrate the use of these paints again.
Continue reading “Report on our meeting 14-03-2024.Demonstration by Alec Mutch.”Our next meeting, 14-03-2024. Organized by Alec Mutch, working with PEBEO paints.
Start time 6.45pm.
Our next meeting is on Thursday 14th March 2024, it’s being organized by me (Alec Mutch), I’m going to demonstrate how to use Pebeo paints in your woodturnings to decorate or enhance the look of your turnings, it’s especially useful when using a fairly bland piece of wood that would normally not attract a lot of attention, the Pebeo paint lifts it into another zone altogether.
Continue reading “Our next meeting, 14-03-2024. Organized by Alec Mutch, working with PEBEO paints.”Report on our meeting 29-02-2024. The first of our Shield Competitions for 2024.
Our meeting on Thursday 29th February 2024 was the first of our Shield Competitions for 2024, Organized by Nick Simpson and assisted by David Hobson , Susan Drew , David Ross and Barry Cumming. The theme for the Competition was Honey Dippers, Pots and Lids.
Continue reading “Report on our meeting 29-02-2024. The first of our Shield Competitions for 2024.”Our next meeting 29-02-2024, our first Shield Competition in 2024. Arranged by Nick Simpson.
Start time 6.45pm.
Our meeting on Thursday 29th February is our first Shield Competition in 2024, it’s being arranged by Nick Simpson and Nick’s theme for this competition is all to do with Honey Dippers an Honey Pots.
Continue reading “Our next meeting 29-02-2024, our first Shield Competition in 2024. Arranged by Nick Simpson.”Report on our meeting 15-02-2024. Organized by Nick Simpson.
Our meeting on Thursday 15th February 2024 was organized by Nick Simpson, Nick’s theme for the evening was making wooden trinket boxes, he had organized for 4 turners plus himself to be demonstrating.
Continue reading “Report on our meeting 15-02-2024. Organized by Nick Simpson.”Our next meeting, 15-02-2024 organized by Nick Simpson.
Start Time 6.45pm.
Before we get into the details of this meeting I would like to invite those of you who would be interested in taking up woodturning as a hobby to contact us and arrange for a free visit to see exactly what the club is all about. We are on the lookout for a few new members to join the club, you can be male or female, aged over 12 years with an interest in making things on a lathe, having a lathe at this point is not a requirement. You can fill in a request on our contact page in this web site, or if you want to contact us direct you can do so by emailing me at, a.j.mutch4321@btinternet.com or our secretary Geoff Potter at, gljcjessycat@btinternet.com
This meeting replaces the published meeting after being cancelled on the 18th January 2024 due to heavy snow.
Continue reading “Our next meeting, 15-02-2024 organized by Nick Simpson.”Our next meeting, 18-01-2024 organized by Nick Simpson.
Start time 6.45pm.
Our meeting on Thursday 18th January 2024 has been organized by Nick Simpson, Nick’s theme for the meeting is for all 5 lathes to be manned and making various styles of wooden Trinket Boxes.
I’m sure we will see a few different approaches on how to make these boxes, Nick has also suggested the boxes could be decorated or made from various different woods, laminated or embellished in some way.
Continue reading “Our next meeting, 18-01-2024 organized by Nick Simpson.”Report on our meeting 04-01-2024, Organized by Geoff Potter.
Our meeting on Thursday 4th January 2024 was organized by Geoff Potter, Geoff’s theme for the evening was making bowls and platters. Geoff had arranged for 4 turners plus himself to man all the club lathes, however one of the turners was a no show so the meeting went ahead with 4 turners.
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