News
Welcome to the news page of our website. On this page we will try to bring you up to date news and comments on events and issues relating to our club.
2nd October 2026
Workshop Night
We’re back next Tuesday, 6th October for our popular workshop night. There will be two mini-demos from Dave Naylor and Norman Sanders, together with two tuition lathes, staffed by Angela Kelham and Peter Knights-Branch. Primarily, these lathes are for those new to turning, but if you require any turning advice or have any queries please speak with Angela or Peter.
The club shop will be open and there will be the display table for you to show others what you have been doing in your workshop. This does not have to be just turned projects, please showcase all your crafts.
We now have 12 trained sharpeners and two sharpening systems, which will be in the Jessop Room. Please visit our duty sharpeners each month for advice on how to get your tools sharp. You are welcome to bring your tools in for sharpening, free of charge. However, we now ask that you remain with you tools whilst they are being sharpened, so you gain advice which you can take back to your workshop. Tools left unoccupied will no longer be sharpened.
The two systems used on workshop nights will be the One-Way jig and the Pro-edge, which we feel are possibly the most popular systems used by members. Therefore, our guys can give advice to you on both systems.
Mick Hanbury Finishing Class
We still have a couple of vacancies at this class on Friday 20th November at Leasingham Village Hall between 12.30pm and 5pm. During the afternoon Mick will teach you how to obtain a professional finish to your turned pieces. The afternoon is an absolute bargain at just £30 per person. Please let me know if you would like to reserve a place.
Club Craft and Woodturning Show
Our main fund raiser of the year between 9.30am & 4pm on Sunday 18th October is fast approaching. There will be woodturning displays, have a free go lathe and many other crafters selling their wares. Once again we will have a grand raffle with many prizes. Mick Hanbury will be demonstrating all day and there will be excellent refreshments available to purchase, so why not come along and support your club.
If you would like to display and possibly sell some of your work, please bring it along during the morning of the show, making sure there is a sticker on the underside with your name on it and a price, if it’s for sale. If you are successful in selling, we ask that you donate 10% of the selling price to the club. You also need to take your items away with you when you leave.
North of England Woodworking show
Have you got your tickets for ‘Harrogate’? This years show is over three days, 13th – 15th November. To purchase your ticket please visit their website, http://www.harrogatewoodworkingshow.co.uk/tickets
St Barnabas Hospice Donations
As the year draws to a close, so does our commitment to make bud vases and bowls for St Barnabas.
Can we ask that you give this worthwhile cause one final push and make something they can sell in their shops. It doesn’t have to be a bud-vase or bowl, we are now asking for any turned item that you wish to donate. Please bring your donations along next Tuesday and place them on the table near to the kitchen serving hatch. Thank you.
12th September 2026
Next Club Meeting.
We’re back next Tuesday, 15th September when we welcome Stewart Furini to demonstrate to us. Stewart has been in contact with our Demonstrator Secretary, John Peberdy to say that he is planning to show the use of a router jig on a bowl and time permitting on a vase. He also intends to pass around some samples that have been coloured and then he is hoping show some of the techniques he used to create the piece he made for ‘Wizardry in Wood’ last year. It promises to be another interesting night, doors to the main hall open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. The club shop will be open in the Jessop Room from 6.45pm and there will be the usual raffle and refreshments at half-time. For those wishing to enter the club competitions the topics are; Novice – No topic and Open – Halloween.
Club Sharpeners.
We are delighted to announce that the club now has ten trained sharpeners ready to staff our popular ‘Sharpeners Corner’ on workshop nights. Congratulations to Richard Carlton. Bernard Higginson, Malcolm Husband, Edmund Lupton, Steve Mason, Malcolm Pattison, Gary Pullan and Richard Telezynski who were expertly trained recently by Mick Hanbury. These eight guys will now join Terry Bray and Dave Naylor in delivering sharpening advice to you all. The club has also purchased a Sorby Pro-edge to compliment our existing One-way grinder, so on workshop nights they can not only sharpen, but give advice to you on either system.
We will be asking that at future workshop nights you remain with your tools in ‘Sharpeners Corner’, so you can watch and learn from these guys, whilst they sharpen your tools for free. Tools left in the room unoccupied will not be sharpened until you are present.
Woodturning Weekender 8.