Month: April 2023

The evening was supposed to be a hands on event so that some of the committee could set up the stand for Woodworks, However, the final decision was that Mick Denton would do a mini demonstration whilst the stand work went on.

The first item that Mick presented was an oak bowl. The blank proved to be very dry and also full of shakes but he persevered. He created a pleasing ogee shape both outside and inside, going as thin as he dared. To be honest, with all the cracks in the bowl, it was a surprise that it stayed in one piece.

To finish the time off Mick then made a finial also out of oak, showing the process up to the point of sanding. Although oak is not really the best wood to create finials (because of the open grain) the end result was really good so proved to be a worthwhile demonstration.

At the end of the evening the stand had been erected, checked for problems and dismantled ready for Woodworks so overall a really satisfactory event.

The evening was a demonstration by Geoff Warr who set about enlightening us on segmented turning. He described in detail the processes of building patterns, marking out, cutting and gluing up segmented pieces to create projects such as pens, bowls and vases. 

He then turned out a pre-prepared pot so that we could see the final parts of the process.

The techniques were of great interest and Geoff was inundated with questions and comments during the demonstration and at half time over tea and biscuits.

The April competition table was also opened for people to show their projects.

1st was a natural edge vase by Duncan Anderson.

Equal 2nd was a gavel and anvil by Gerry Coles and a box by Roger Gilbert.

3rd was a bowl by Ian Holmes.