Shire Woodworking Club – August 2018 Newsletter posted below. Delivery of 307 items to the therapists at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick on 26 July 2018. I need to one of these deliveries where I have items included; nothing of mine in this one unfortunately. They have requested space themed toys to be included in the […]
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Shire Woodworking Club – July 2018 Newsletter
Shire Woodworking Club – July 2018 Newsletter posted below. Quite a lot about the clubs 20th anniversary, I arrived at the Maxi Day late so missed the cake cutting and speeches. Did manage to win $15 in the raffle which was the first win for a long time. Quite interesting demo on wheel making, […]
Shire Woodworking Club – 20th Year Anniversary in June 2018
Shire Woodworking Club – 20th Year Anniversary in June 2018. I have been a member for about 15 of these years and have seen huge changes in the members and the equipment available. We were always considered as inferior at the Cubby House Woodturners; a bit strange for me as I am still a member […]
Workshop Update – Slightly Different Pen
Have been experimenting with my resin casting pressure pot and decided a good test would be for the Facebook Group – Australian Pen Turners slimline challenge. The only criteria was that you had to use a slimline mechanism. This is my submission: I cast cake toppings in resin for the bottom and dyed […]
Shire Woodworking Club – June 2018 Newsletter
Shire Woodworking Club – June 2018 Newsletter posted below. I wasn’t able to attend the May Maxi Day so all new to me. Great to see Doug celebrating his 97th birthday at the club. Would be great if the club can get a grant to buy a laser cutter / engraver; looks complicated though! Some […]
Shire Woodworking Club – May 2018 Newsletter
Shire Woodworking Club – May 2018 Newsletter posted below. Article about workshop demo; the demonstration was good but hard to convey in a article. The table lamps presented were good and quite diverse. Some good show and tell items plus me showing my small train set plus some olive pens where I imported the timber […]
Shire Woodworking Club – April 2018 Newsletter
Shire Woodworking Club – April 2018 Newsletter posted below. Article showing latest delivery to Sydney Children’s Hospital with good photos. A lot of variety in the items delivered; nothing of mine as I have been a bit slack. Profile of one of our youngest members @42 years; doesn’t drop the average much as weighted […]
Workshop update – pen organisation and disassembly
Workshop update – pen organisation and disassembly. Have been turning some different pens recently and found that I didn’t know what blanks I had worked on; the plastic drawers as below are good to keep kits and bushings in but also including blanks was a bit messy. I saw something similar the the […]