Highland Woodturners Club (Scottish Charity SC053651)
Promoting the art and craft of woodturning in the Scottish Highlands
Due to the inclement weather the Meeting scheduled for the 18th January 2024 has been cancelled, that’s this Thursday.
This is similar to what we have here in Lochbroom right now.
The meeting scheduled for the 1st February 2024 our AGM will be our next meeting.
The meeting cancelled for the 18th January 2024 will be re-scheduled.
The committee minutes from the 9th November 2023 are now available in the Club Documents section
Our meeting on Thursday 9th November 2023 was our 3rd Shield Competition for 2023, it was originally organized by Nick Simpson, however due to unforeseen circumstances Nick had to miss the meeting, he did delegate the responsibilities to David Hobson, who in turn was assisted by Susan Drew and Dave Hutcheson.
Continue reading “Report on our 3rd Shield Competition for 2023. Organized by Nick Simpson.”The Committee meeting minutes are now available for the meeting 14th September 2023 in the Club Documents section
Start time 6.45pm.
My (Alec Mutch’s) theme for this meeting is to demonstrate the use of pieces of equipment that are needed to deal with long hole boring and also to create threading using a thread box and tap in our woodturning.
I will show you all the equipment required for both of these subjects and some examples of threading that can assist in various applications, including making up some small jigs to help your work when threading.
Continue reading “Our next meeting 17-08-2023 a solo presentation by Alec Mutch.”Minutes from the latest meeting are available on the Club minutes and Documents Page
Minutes from the meeting on the 25th of May are now available in the Club Mnutes & Documents page
HWC Competitions 2023
There will be 2 types of competition each membership year – the traditional Christmas competition and 3 or 4 themed competitions leading to the award of the HWC Shields.
Competitors and classes: The competitions are open to all members of the HWC. Members are divided into 3 classes: Novice, Intermediate and Experienced. Allocation of entry class will be made by 3 or more members of the HWC teaching and training group (TTG) at the end of the membership year. New members who join during the membership year will be allocated a class level through discussion with 3 members of the Teaching and Training Group.
Continue reading “Competition rules 2023”New minutes from the meeting on the 30th March 2023 are available on the Club Minutes and Documents page
Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on the 2nd February 2023, this meeting would determine who would be Chairperson and who would be on the Committee for the period from February 2023 until February 2024. In addition to electing the Chairperson and the Committee there were some changes made to the Club’s Constitution this was also discussed and accepted by the membership present and to take immediate effect.
Continue reading “Report on our AGM meeting on 02-02-2023 and our Committee meeting on 04-02-2023.”