Turning Club - 04/Jul/2015

Woods shown included - Sycamore, Yew, Iroko, Ash, Chestnut/Hawthorn, African Blackwood, Goncalo Alves, Boxwood, Beech, Walnut and Apple.

Pieces shown included - a 50cm diameter natural edged bowl in Sycamore; an Iroko dish with a textured and coloured rim; a natural edged vase form in either Hawthorn or Chestnut and another in Boxwood; a pierced bowl in Cherry; an Ash bowl; a batch of honey dippers/spirtles in Beech, Walnut and Apple; a bottle stopper in Yew; an apple on stand plus a lidded box. A cake slice/spatula with a destroyed ceramic handle was repaired using African Blackwood - with a sample alternative in Goncalo Alves.

Roy Boulton demo'd turning an ear-ring stand (finial in progress). Allen Atkins demo'd turning a wide rimmed dish plus a hollow form.