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Old News – 2022

At the 2022 AGM the club agreed unanimously to adopt the British Heart Foundation as the association’s charity for 2022, in memory of Phil Hartwell. More details of the BHF are available, you can also make a donation there. Our main charity fundraiser is selling items at the Frampton Country Fair in September, and as a result of the sales made there we have donated over £200 to the BHF.

September 2022

September’s club meeting was an excellent demonstration by Jason Breach. Jason took us ‘back to basics’ with a demonstration of many of the things he makes regularly as his ‘bread and butter’ sales items. These included an apple, a pear, a mushroom, solitaire balls and a clock in a ball. All in a couple of hours and not a box in sight!

That was because the boxes were reserved for the all-day masterclass he delivered on the Thursday to a bumper audience. Here we saw how to make an octagonal box, a ‘shell’ or ‘wobbly’ box and a satellite box. As the day went on the difficulty levels definitely increased.

April 2022

  • If you missed it at the January member’s night, John has now released his ‘Hand Thread Chasing’ video to the world on YouTube.

March 2022

  • The website has had a bit of a face-lift, including moving to a more ‘mobile-friendly’ system in the background. Hopefully you’ve noticed ! I’ve tried to check everything but if you spot any broken links then please let me know as I’ve obviously missed it !
  • Links to the recording of February’s club night are now available from the ‘members only‘ page, together with a link to Keith’s demo handout. Keith made a multi-coloured laced vase, showing all the steps involved together with tips on sourcing the components required.
  • There is now a Wood Carving horse available on the ‘for sale’ page. Contact Patrick (details on that page) if you are interested.
  • There are still some training vacancies available for the event on 17th March – Contact John Hawkswell if you are interested.
  • The free project plans page has been re-vamped so you can search for subjects, get an idea of the difficulty and see what you might be making.  Go on – give it a go!

February 2022

  • It looks like the February club night will see a return to a presence at the rugby club, but it is still dependent on the local COVID numbers.
  • The chairman has had another of his projects published in ‘Woodturning’ magazine.  Members got a sneak preview as we saw a video of the project ‘A Porcini mushroom box’ at the January club night.
  • The January club night was held over Zoom and saw a record number of contributions from members in a packed couple of hours.  The video is now available from the members only page.
  • The password for the members only page has been updated.  It is available in the January newsletter which was e-mailed to members on the 7th January.

January 2022

  • The committee have reluctantly decided that January’s meeting should be a purely virtual event over Zoom given the current levels of COVID infections.  We hope to return to physical meetings as soon as possible, but feel it would be unwise to risk adding to the current burden on the NHS at this time.  We hope you will understand.
  • This month’s meeting will be a showcase for member’s work, expected to feature (subject to availability) :
    • Making a chess set
    • Box making
    • Hand cut threads
    • A kaleidoscope (spell check is handy !!)
    • The continuing story of David’s guitar – how far has he got with it ?

Background image by Ivan Ilijas from Pixabay