Woodbury Woodturners Club
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Learn MoreMay 2025 Club Night Report Friday 23rd May 2025
We had a competition round with voting going on whilst John Haxell provided us with a demonstration of how to turn a wheeled vehicle. Which is in preparation for the Christmas club competition
John started by showing how to turn the body of the car, which was predrilled to provide a place to attach the wheel axles and the body of the driver
John then proceeded to show us various methods he used to produce the the wheels
everything from using a hole saw to provide simple round wheels
and turning a spindle to use as an axle
as well as putting the wheels on a designed chuck to allow them to be shaped and patterned according to the vehicle being made
John also discussed free running spindles opposed to a fixed spindle
John them passed round a partially completed car whilst we had coffee
Coffee was served and thanks for those that do this every month
and whilst we enjoyed refreshments and chatted voting for the nights competition took place
John then got our attention by showing a piece that he had already made along similar lines
Then John showed us how to complete the project by turning the cars driver
The club competition winners were
Carl Haslam in the advanced class
Richard Renshaw in the intermediate class
Keith Denning in the beginners class
Next meeting is the 19th June where we have a demonstration from Jason Breach followed closely by our annual barbecue on the 21st June. Please ask Richard Pegler for tickets.
Can you please note that there is no raffle on the 19th June
April Club Night Tuesday 6th May 2025
Stephen Long demonstrated the process he uses to make a stool
Starting by turning the seat - Stephen used a spacer to be able to mount the seat of the stool on the lathe without creating too deep a hole in the timber
The blank was roughed out but not finished as it was intended that the legs come through the top prior to finish sanding
The legs marked out and started drilling
the jig used to ensure the holes were all in the same place and at the correct angle
legs turned between centres and the position of the decoration added from a jig whilst the beads were turned using a specially shaped scraper
slots cut in the top and contrasting wedges provided a finish to the piece
The project was drawn from an article, entitled Windsor style stool leg and the leg sizes were given as
Our next demonstration is John Haxell who is doing a demonstration of a wheeled toy and there is the club competition - Please be aware that this is about three separate pieces of fruit that are different so not three of a kind
March Club Night Report Friday 4th April 2025
Welcome all, Please dont forget Emma cook will be here for the first of the invited guest speakers on 12th April 2025, 9am until 3pm
Well sorry its late but i needed to make sure that this ended up as the banner headline for the month
So March saw Tony Bennett provide us with a demonstration of how to turn fruit in time for the May Competition which is to "turn three pieces of fruit"
Again a reasonable turn out of people
Tony first discussed the size of the blanks and how he set up a profile template
with one side of the profile blank being suitable for a pear whilst the other was suitable for an apple and both were gauged to the same diameter
Tony then turned the blank with a roughing gouge
then followed this with a skew chisel to true and smooth the blank for minimal sanding
prior to rounding the end
and then using the spindle gouge to shape the body of the pear
then a clove and a stalk were added to finish the pear off
Tony them moved on to the apple which was a repeat of the pear but shaped to follow the apple profile
Again the clove and the stalk were added after finishing
I regrettably missed how the lemon was gauged and we did discuss as a group how best to finish the lemon
Dont forget the next event is 12th April, Emma cook is demonstrating