Like many woodturners, I was exposed to a lathe briefly in high school. It was fun to use the different tools and start to understand how they worked. I moved on in life and didn’t start seriously turning until about 8 years ago. My first lathe was a ShopSmith. I …
Ken took up woodturning in 2008 and has been a member of the AAW and the Woodturners of Olympia since then. He has served on the Board of the Woodturners of Olympia since he started turning and served as Club President from January 2014 through June 2018. Ken has lived …
SPSW members, check your email for the information on how to access the recording of the IRD demo Trent Bosch gave us last Thursday. This recording will only be up for a limited time so make sure to view it soon.
The American Association of Woodturners sends out a weekly newsletter to it’s members. Here is a sampling of what is in the current newsletter. TURNINGS OF THE WEEK ARTICLES OF THE WEEK TIPS OF THE WEEK
January 16th Meeting Demonstration: Dave Best, Jeff Marshall and John Howard spent a wonderful week at Arrowmont in Gatlinburg, Tennessee taking a class from Avelino Samuel. Avelino is renowned for turning beautiful urns and bowls featuring spiral carved and textured enhancements and delicate finials. Jeff, Dave, and John will present …
This month I have been asked to demonstrate small items that are quick to turn and sell well. I will do that for your enjoyment. I will attempt to illustrate how you can use the tools that you have to create nice turnings and have fun doing it. I will …
