Important notice.

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.

Report on our 3rd Shield Competition for 2023. Organized by Nick Simpson.

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.

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Our next meeting 17-08-2023 a solo presentation by Alec Mutch.

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.

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Competition rules 2023

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.

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