Demonstrations
Demonstrations
Demonstrations are a feature of most monthly meetings and may be given by a professional turner or an experienced member and will cover a wide variety of techniques and projects.
2023 Demonstrations
January: Richard Elliott - Captive rings & Dave Moore - Clock
February: Steve James - Mallet & Tony Rogers
March: Mark Beckett RPT - Lidded box with texture & colour
April: Steve James/Richard Elliott/Dave Moore - 3 lathe demo
May: Mike Way
June: Video
July: Colin Fullbrook
August: Woodturning Clinic
September: David Moore - Scoop
October: Steve James/Richard Elliott/Roger Lear - 3 lathe demo
October: Saturday All Day Demo - Jason Breach - date TBC
November: Steve James - Colouring
December: No demo as Christmas meeting
2022 Demonstrations
January: COVID
February: Richard Elliott - The Skew
March: 3 Jack Vage - Captive Ring Lightpull
April: Steve James/Richard Elliott/Jon Arnold - 3 lathe demo
May: Mike Way - Offset Turning
June: Steve James - Colouring
July: Colin Fullbrook - Natural Edge Bowls
August: Richard Elliott - Mushroom
September: Jack Vage - TBA
October: Steve James/Richard Elliott/Roger Lear - 3 lathe demo
November: TBA
December: No demo as Christmas meeting
Jack Vage - Captive Ring Lightpull
Jack Vage demonstrated turning a light pull with a captive ring and also a small vase to match an existing one.
*note - safety screen removed for photographic purposes*
Steve James / Richard Elliott / Jon Arnold - 3 lathe demo
Steve James - natural edge bowls
Richard Elliot - bottle stoppers
Jon Arnold - mushrooms
A relaxed and social event with three experienced turners, turning at the same time.
*note - safety screen removed for photographic purposes*
Mike Way - Offset Turning
Mike Way demonstrated off centre turning techniques whilst turning a bottle stopper
*note - safety screen removed for photographic purposes*
Steve James - Colouring
Steve James demonstrated a range of colouring techniques
Richard Elliott - Mushrooms
Richard Elliott demonstrated safe ways to turn mushrooms
*note - safety screen removed for photographic purposes*
2020 Demonstrations
January: No Demo
February: Dave Moore - Natural Edge Bowl
March: 3 Jack Vage - "The Clicker"
April: COVID
May: COVID
June: COVID
July: COVID
August: COVID
September: COVID
October:COVID
November: COVID
December: COVID
Dave Moore - Natural Edge Bowl
Dave Moore demonstrated turning a natural edge bowl at our February Meeting.
Dave demonstrated how to turn a natural edge bowl from a small log/branch.
The demonstration concentrated on how to safely hold the log on the lathe, shaping the outside, creating a chucking point (tenon), reversing the log to hollow out the bowl - paying particular focus on even wall thickness throughout. He then reversed the bowl using a jam chuck to remove most of the tenon, leaving a small foot.
*note - safety screen removed for photographic purposes*
Jack Vage - "The Clicker"
Jack Vage demonstrated turning a "clicker"
Everyone was concentrating very hard to try and work out what Jack was making.... he had kept it a secret..... it was a very "can you guess what it is yet?" evening!
Very precise small parts turning, using tools made by Jack and multiple parts turned to tight tolerances.
When it was assembled and passed around - not all the audience could get it to work! Much laughter when the "secret" was revealed!
2019 Demonstrations
January: Tony Rogers/Dave Moore - Lichtenberg & Bud Vase
February: Steve James - Colouring Techniques
March: Mark Bartlett/Paul Edwards - Tool Sharpening
April: Colin Fullbrook - Spheres and Squares (square bowl)
April: Whole day with Chris Foweraker Saturday 27th
May: Surgery - turning challenges, techniwues and problems
June: Jigs and chucks
July: Colin Fullbrook - Spherical Boxes
August: Dave Moore - Hollow form without specialist tools
September: Jack Vage - Light pull with captive rings
October: Jon Arnold - Christmas Decorations
November: Roger Gubbin RPT
December: No demo as Christmas meeting
Steve James - Colouring
Steve James, demonstrated colouring at our February Meeting.
In a superb demonstration, Steve showed how the natural beauty of wood can be enhanced by colouring... how less can be more, whilst adding both colour and texture.
The demonstration concentrated on the application of iridescent acrylic paints using a variety of techniques, with the final section focusing on how best to show the results through polishing and the application of appropriate finishes.
Chris Foweraker RPT
An outstanding all day demonstration by Chris Foweraker .
Chris managed to put across in an easily digestible way (lucky for my challenged brain cells!) how to create 2 projects with just a very basic set of tools.
Something for everyone - novice & experienced alike. Great teacher & entertainer!
We all had a few “why didn’t we think of that?” moments when Chris passed on simple tips to make woodturning that little bit easier & more consistent.
