Turning Club - 11/Jan/2014

Items included apples and pears in Goncalo Alves, Oak, softwood and Laburnum, bowls, plates and dishes in Blackheart Sassafras, Burr Jarrer, Oak, Idigbo, Mahogany, and Cherry. Also - clocks in Cherry and Burr Elm, lidded boxes in Myrtle and African Blackwood, coloured and textured dish, a pipe, a carved bird.

Laurie Burn has been creating guitars for several years - he brought a Mandola (four paired strings) and a Guitar (6 strings) - each takes some 150 manhours of work using really beautiful woods.

Roy and Allen demo'd bowls and lidded boxes and gave tuition to members and visitors.