With the joy of Spring upon us, we’re excited to once again host Elizabeth Weber as our April 16, 2026 demonstrator for her rendition of Turning and Embellishing Boxes. Returning on the 17th of April she will be teaching Exploring Colors and Textures for nine SPSW members who have signed …
This month’s demonstration, “Airbrushing and Other Methods of Adding Color,” will be presented by a familiar face: Russell Neyman, a longtime friend of the South Puget Sound Woodturners. “I came to the conclusion very early in life that I wanted to do many different things,” Neyman said recently. “Perhaps I’m …
Michael Dresdner is a nationally known finishing, woodworking, and guitar making expert, consultant, lecturer, columnist, and author of five books, seven videos, and over ten thousand articles on woodworking, finishing and guitar making. He is the former head of research and development for Martin Guitar Company, the founding CEO of …
This month, on the evening of June 17th, we will feature Steve Sinner’s second installment of his 2-part interactive remote demonstration of his deep hollowing. This will be another Zoom presentation. During our May meeting, Steve demonstrated his method of end-grain turning to produce a vase-like hollow form. This month, …
Carl started woodworking with his grandfather as a young boy. He continued woodworking through high school, and started woodturning after seeing a turned project in a friends shop. Some of his fondest memories are working with his grandfather in his wood shop. Being able to share our passion for woodworking, …
Like so many of us, John Howard had a decades long break between being introduced to woodturning in high school wood shop classes and taking it up again. In the interim, he completed a Biology degree, served 5-years in the Army, and had a long career as a teacher dean …
