One or two members told the secretary that the dates on the website were not adjusted to the change in competition date. Bob assures you that he did check when he got home and all seems to be correct. The amended dates were published on 11th March. He assumes that you may not have refreshed the page from a previous viewing.
Next Meeting. Thursday 3rd April 6.45pm.
Joint venture by Alan Geddes and Nick Simpson. 1st Shield Competition for 2025 handled by Nick Simpson. The subject matter for the competition is Money Boxes
Meeting. Thursday 20th 6.45pm
Arranged by Dave Line, he did a solo presentation on the art of segmented turning including how the layers are made up.
Membership form.
We have a new form for all members to complete and also as an application form for people who would like to join. Please click here to access it , and return to hwctreasurer@gmail.com
Bulletin for Members
Our next meeting 20-02-2025.
Organized by Barry Cumming.
Start time 6.45pm.
Barry’s theme for the meeting is spindle turning or working between centres.
Barry has all 5 lathes allocated for this meeting.
Usual raffles will also be on sale.
We look forward to seeing you all there.
Meeting 23-01-2025 organized by Nick Simpson.
Start time 6-45pm.
I was extremely disappointed to have to cancel the previous meeting on account of the weather, although the main roads were kept relatively clear the side roads were very bad, as was the car parks in the village, it was this aspect that determined whether or not the meeting could go ahead more than anything else, I felt the hall car park in particular and the short walk to the clubhouse door were dangerous and that meant we had to cancel.
Continue reading “Meeting 23-01-2025 organized by Nick Simpson.”Meeting, 09-01-2025.
Start time 6.45pm.
Our next meeting is on Thursday 9th January 2025. It has been organized by myself (Alec Mutch) and the subject matter is working with Natural Edges or inclusions, that could mean a piece of faceplate work or something made between centres, as long as some of the natural elements are left on the item that’s being made will fulfil the criteria.
Continue reading “Meeting, 09-01-2025.”Report on our latest meeting 28-11-2024. Organized by Alan Smith and Nick Simpson as a joint venture into both exhibition work and training.
Our meeting on Thursday 28th November was a joint venture by Alan Smith and Nick Simpson, Alan was in charge of the exhibition lathes, one, two and four, Nick was overseeing lathes three and five as part of the training programme.
Continue reading “Report on our latest meeting 28-11-2024. Organized by Alan Smith and Nick Simpson as a joint venture into both exhibition work and training.”Our next meeting on 17-10-2024. An EGM (Extra General Meeting.
Start time 7.00pm.
This meeting has been called by your committee to discuss and vote on the proposed change to our club by becoming a charity. This change to a charity has certain advantages for the club which will all be explained at the meeting. If approved there will be a new constitution which we have already posted on our web site, it’s largely similar in structure but goes into much more detail, do take a look.
Continue reading “Our next meeting on 17-10-2024. An EGM (Extra General Meeting.”