Club Meetings from May to October 2006

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Monday 8th May 2006

Mainly a talk by Peter Sartane from Hermes Abrasives on the fascinating subject of Sandpaper

Breakfast

Member's Work Table

Member's Work Table

Bowls by Don Johnson

Monday 12th June 2006

The return of that well known turner - Ray Jones

Pictures taken during a demonstration by Ray Jones

- making a side table and a plant stand

Monday 10th July 2006

A Hands-on evening for Thread Chasing - with Nigel Maddocks and Chris Pouncy taking the lead

Member's Work Table

Member's Work Table

Chris shows how to begin

Nigel demonstrates his way

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 Jef Collingwood - Video(7Mb)

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Monday 14th August 2006

Hands-on evening for Boxes

Items by K Banwell, A J Date,   A Vickery and J Chidzey

Detail of Box

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Andrew Date -Video(6.2Mb)

Monday 11th September 2006

Working with (large) Australian Burrs - with John Davis

On the left, Chairman Nigel Maddocks starts the meeting.

The other pictures show John Davis in action.

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"Hmm! Could I have done this on my pen-making lathe?"

Monday 9th October 2006

Hands-on evening for Finishing, Colouring and Texturing

Items by Tony Vickery, Ron Budd, Dave Smith & Clive Coates

The items on the right were brought by a new member, Geoff Whetren, to show the sort of items he produces.

He has promised a talk on the subject for a future meeting.

"I wonder how he did that!"

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The first two videos show Dave Smith  working on a Banksia Nut

The third has Clive Coates showing  finishing, colouring and texturing techniques for members to try

Monday 13th November 2006

An evening with Colin Simpson

Editor of Woodturning Magazine

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