Turning Club - 27/Aug/2016
Woods shown included American Walnut, English Walnut, Sepele, Apple, Maple, Olive Ash, Sycamore, Ash and Yew.
Pieces shown included a bowls in English and American Walnut and in Olive Ash; a bud vase in Apple wood, a colourful display plate, light pulls and a sphere.
Colin Brown spent a lot of time researching and rebuilding a spinning wheel starting with a pile of rotting parts.
John Stidworthy demonstrated turning a sphere - approx 3in diam.
Roy Boulton demo'd techniques for turning a mushroom - in Yew ... plus more ....
Allen Atkins - brought back last weeks' Walnut bowl - now completed - together with an offset sphere which he also demo'd. For this week he demo'd turning light pulls in Ash and Maple plus a four cornered dish in Sepele - plus more.