Turning Club - 01/Jul/2017.

Woods shown included Bubinga, Yew, Sycamore, Mahogany, Oak, Spalted Beech, Ash, Golden Iroko, Walnut, Cedar and Laburnum.

Pieces showed included - an apple, a bud vase with lights and a music box in a pierced partitition - in Yew; a lattice dish in Sycamore; a guitar fretboard; a 12inch bowl in Sycamore; a salt and pepper set plus a desk tidy with pen/letter opener; a lidded box with textured lid in Oak; a sewing box with inner compartments in Walnut, spalted Beech and Golden Iroko; a dish with coin insert and a goblet form with coin insert; candle holders in Laburnum; lidded boxes with lids - in Oak plus a four cornered lidded box in Cedar; a four cornered wide rimmed dish in Sycamore with the bowl covered in Copper/Gold gilt.

Roy Boulton demo'd turning a flat bottomed bowl (a plant holder?) contained within a ring rimmed open sided box with 8 pillars in Yew.

Allen Atkins demo'd turning a natural edged dish in Yew. Tino DeJesus then demo'd turning a figurine using offset turning techniques.