I was lucky to be in Invercargill to see an exhibition by the Southland Woodworkers Guild recently. I know a couple of the members but have never managed to get to any of their meetings or seen any of their displays. Very impressed by the quality and variety of goods on display. Some were available […]
Received this email recently: Hi Gary, My name is Anuj Agarwal. I’m Founder of Feedspot. I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog Gary @ Hugo’s Woodshop has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 50 Woodturning Blogs on the web. https://blog.feedspot.com/woodturning_blogs/ I personally give you a high-five and want to thank […]
Shire Woodworking Club – October 2017 Newsletter posted below. Unfortunately 2 long time members passed away in the last month, Alan Davis hadn’t been able to make it for a long time but Ray Schofield was only around 2 months ago. Ray was the next youngest member when I joined so I knew him quite […]
Current Cubby House Turners Woodies club newsletter below; it is a bit light this month! Interesting article about a visit to a local school Some good looking turnings for show and tell items but unfortunately no general woodwork items; for most members it is still a woodturning club. [pdf-embedder url=”http://hugoswoodshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-09-Cubbyhouse-September-17.pdf” title=”2017-09 Cubbyhouse September 17″]
Plank Competition I have spent a lot of my time on my Shire Woodworking Club plank entry; but did manage to finish it on time. See separate post regarding the making of the train set below: Pen Sales Sold a pen out on eBay out of the blue; I had forgot that I had […]
This was my entry in the 2017 Shire Woodworking Club pine plank competition: We received a dressed radiata pine plank (approximately 1500mm x 290mm x 19mm or equivalent). The main rule is: There is no restriction on the number, size, type and design of the entry providing it is used to make one or more toys […]
Shire Woodworking Club – September 2017 Newsletter posted below. Good turnout for the AGM, I am on the toy making subcommittee again. Good to see that all positions were filled before the AGM; definitely not the case in most clubs. The main committee does a great job and are very committed. Overview of the […]
Current Cubby House Turners Woodies club newsletter below. Great picture of Ray Elyard in his workshop; I have never managed to create as many streamers during one turning. Geoff Tong showing his segmented segmented lidded box that he presented at the Shire Woodworkers Club the previous week. Some good looking boxes for show and tell […]