January Demonstrator – Jay Shepard

When you are a starving artist, and don’t care for the starving part, what do you do? Get a job. So, while continuing to pursue his passion for creating art, Jay worked for the Washington State Department of Ecology – focusing on another one of his passions, the environment. At …

SPSW Members – Demonstrator Videos Available

Our chapter Librarian and resident videographer, John Jacobs, has now recorded and uploaded five demonstrations from this year’s meetings: If you are a paid member in SPSW and have registered on the website you can click on the links above, or anytime go to the Members Only area at the …

What’s Happening at Other Chapters

The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon will be meeting on November 3rd with a demonstration by Tom Willing on jam and cup chucks and Scott Trumbo from Serious Toolworks will be showing his full line of M2 turning tools. The Inland Northwest Woodturners in Spokane Valley are meeting on November …

September Membership Meeting

This month we are having our second and final Mini Symposium of the year. These events are special in that they offer the opportunity to observe several different aspects of turning and decoration at one event. They are also special in that the demonstrations are performed by our own members. …

August Meeting Demonstrator – John Shrader

This month’s demonstrator is John Shrader. Most wood is only available in flat boards. This demo will show how to make bowls from a single board using stacked rings and also how to make multiple closed forms from a single board using staved construction. I will show how the limitation …