Turning Club - 05/Mar/2016

Woods shown included Ripple Ash, Ash, Elm, Laburnum, Juniper, Horse Chestnut, English Walnut, Walnut, Iroko, American Maple, Oak, Yew, Sycamore, Ropalo Lacewood (and acrylic).

Pieces shown - a large pedestal bowl in ripple Ash, a textured and coloured dish in Ash, flat sided but vases with inlays, a toy train, a pen in English Walnut with case in american Walnut and Boxwood, an Iroko dish with coloured and fluted outer surface, a dish in American Maple, a spider in Oak, a mantel clock in Yew plus an elegant bowl form in Walnut. A dish in Ash with an acrylic pen, a Sycamore dish plus a Ropalo Lacewood lidded box.

Allen Atkins and Roy demo'd several pieces each, including a candlestick, a bird box and techniques with more difficult wood pieces...