Category: Photos from meetings

Our latest meeting on Thursday 28th September 2023 was organized by Alan Geddes, Alan’s theme for the evening was to make wooden platters. He had all 5 of the club’s lathes in use, 4 of the members and himself doing all the turning. Although all were making platters, none of them were making similar items, there was variety in what the turners were making.

Start time 6.45pm

Our next meeting is on Thursday 28th September 2023, its being organized by Alan Geddes and Alan’s theme for the meeting is making Wooden Platters, Alan has arranged to have all 5 lathes working and making Wooden Platters.

Our meeting on Thursday 14th September was a Showtime meeting, it was organized by Errol Levings using a new format and this was to be the pilot to determine the continued use of the new format.

Start time 6.45pm.

Our next meeting is on Thursday 14th September 2023, it’s a Showtime meeting organized by Errol Levings. The Showtime meetings have been traditionally very well received, but after some discussion at committee level it was agreed that a new system be piloted with the format of these meetings and as Errol was the person tasked with handling the meeting on the 14th September he agreed to give the pilot a go.

Our meeting this week was organized by Peter Lawrence, Peter had 4 turners (including himself) working the lathes mainly making items they had practiced at home, so some of the items were started at home to be finished at the club.

Start time 6.45pm

Our next meeting is on Thursday 31st August 2023, it’s being organized by Peter Lawrence and Peter didn’t put any theme to the meeting other than the club would supply 2 blanks to all the turners who volunteered and for them to use by practicing with one blank at home the item they are to make at the club, the blanks were all Birch and would be interesting to see what they used them for at home, hopefully they will bring both to the meeting.

Our meeting this week on Thursday 17th August was a solo presentation by Alec Mutch, The subject matter was in 2 parts, the first being Long Hole Boring and the second was Threading in Wood. He explained that there would be no actual end product made at this presentation, the purpose was to show what was required and how to use the tools.

Our meeting on Thursday 3rd August 2023 was organized by Nick Simpson, Nick’s theme for the meeting was to make something from a 4″ cube of Ash wood, he arranged for 4 more turners and himself to do the Cubic Challenge, there were no hard and fast rules on what to make, it was very much up to the individual turners as to what they were to produce.

Start time 6.45pm

Our next meeting is on Thursday 3rd August 2023, it’s being organized by Nick Simpson and Nick’s theme for the meeting is to make something from a 100mm cube of Ash wood.

He has recruited 4 more turners along with himself to man all 5 lathes, he also supplied a cube of Ash wood to each of the turners, however he has not said what they should make, all he has challenged them to do is to come up with a turning that includes the 100mm cube.