Date
Event
Presenter / Comments
10 January
Demo night
Clive Brooks of Robert Sorby will be demonstrating off centre turning
24 January
Hands on
14 February
Demo night & Elston Sawmill
Gerry Marlow - A valentine's day special - no introduction needed - this will be a very entertaining evening.
28 February
Hands on
13 March
Club AGM
Annual General Meeting - 7:00 pm start - no turning tonight, but we are having a "Bring and Buy" sale, so bring your unwanted tools, books, etc. to sell or swap.
27 March
Hands on
10 April
Demo night & Elston Sawmill
Bob Chapman - he blew us away last year with his turned spiky ball and is back again with another challenge.
19 April Saturday
ALL DAY
" An audience with STUART KING" - in memory of Les Trotter, raising funds for Diabetes UK. This is a unique opportunity to see Stuart King in the north - please support the club. £13 or £12 if you book early - partners same price! Read about it.
24 April
Hands on
8 May
Demo night & Mark Raby
Ken Allen - some of you may have seen Ken demonstrating at Turners Retreat or Craft Supplies. He has been recommended by club members. Read about it.
22 May
Hands on
12 June
Demo & Elston Sawmill
Andrew Hall - is coming down from the North East and will show us how to turn a hat. In order to complete it in the time available tonight the hat will be half size. Read about it
26 June
Hands on
10 July
Demo
Robin Wood - late substitute as Mark Raby was unavailable at the last minute - read about Robin's evening here
24 July
Hands on
14 August
Demo & Elston Sawmill
Albert Harrison - is also a magician and comes highly recommended by members who have seen him at Turners Retreat. Read about Albert's evening here
28 August
Hands on
11 September
Demo & Mark Raby
Ambrose O'Halloran - a rising star all the way from Eire who impressed everyone at the AWGB Seminar in 2007.
Read about Ambrose's evening here
Read about Ambrose's evening here
25 September
Hands on
9 October
Demo & Elston Sawmill
Unfortunately Bill is unable to join us and John Berkeley had kindly stepped in at short notice. John is well known for his thread chasing and devilishly difficult to open little puzzle boxes - should be a good night. Bill Jones - the doyen of woodturning in the UK. Well into his 80s now Bill is third generation craftsman and trade-turner - you may have seen his articles in Woodturning Magazine. He is fantastic and it is a real coup for us to get him to come up from Essex.
23 October
Hands on
13 November
Demo
Tony Wilson - Well known to club members, Tony is paraplegic and turns from his wheelchair. Disabled? Not Tony!
Read about the evening here
Read about the evening here
27 November
Hands on
11 December
Demo & Elston Sawmill
Walt Claxton - Our club chairman will turn one of his heirloom Christmas decorations - come and see how it's done.
18 December
Xmas get together
Please bring some food and drink!
Programme of events for 2008
All Demonstrations take place in the Grain Loft, from 7pm until 10pm, doors open from 6pm.
Write-ups of the demo evenings can be read here.
All Hands-on sessions take place in the Grain Loft, from 6pm until 9’ish.