Multi-Day Hands-On Event in Texas

So here is our SPSW sawdust session on steroids! Representatives from Dallas Area Woodturners, East Texas Woodturners, Golden Triangle Woodturners, Hunt County Woodturners, and Wood Turners of North Texas are working together to form the Trinity River Woodturners event which will host a multi-day seminar involving hands-on classes and demonstrations. The October event is to be hosted at the North Lake College West Campus and should be an exciting and educational event. Currently they will have Stations One thru Eight active thru out the day each day. Each station has four lathes for the attendees to turn the item presented for that session. Each session is a full two hours, 4 sessions each day, both days (eight in all).

In addition to the on-lathe classes they will have off-lathe classes to offer. Pen segmenting Introduction, instruction for the Rose Engine, carving and pyrography, finishes, piercing, airbrush 101, photography and more. There are also several vendors that will be at the event.

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What’s Happening at Other Chapters

This information is compiled from Northwest AAW chapter’s websites and newsletters. You should check with the specific chapter if you plan to attend one of their meetings.


The Inland Northwest Woodturners are meeting August 1st at the Riverview Wood Shop. Sam Frazier and Don Bradway will be presenting on woodturner’s safety.



The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon next meeting will be the annual club picnic and auction on August 3rd. Also, congratulations to the NWWT chapter and newsletter editor Bill Karrow for taking first place in the 2019 AAW Best Chapter Newsletter contest!


The Willamette Valley Woodturners in Salem, Oregon will be meeting on August 8th. Randal Dale will be demonstrating “Other than Round”. He will be demoing multi sided bowls, banana bowls, square turnings and other non-round items.




The Frasier Valley Woodturners Guild are on vacation until September.




The Seattle Woodturners are meeting August 8th. Don Jovag, author of two books on segmented turning will be demonstrating turning segmented wooden bangles.


The Mid-Columbia Woodturners are meeting on August 10th. Alan and Lauren Zenreich will be doing a remote demo on Eccentric Jewelry Turning- Making Pendents.



The Woodturners of Olympia will be meeting on August 13th. Larry Miller will demonstrate turning natural edge bowls.



The Northwest Washington Woodturners in Mt. Vernon are meeting on August 17th.This will be their annual potluck picnic and tool auction.

The Cascade Woodturners in Portland, OR are meeting on August 17th. This will be the club picnic.


The Beaver State Woodturners in Coburg, Oregon are meeting on August 22nd. This will be the chapter’s annual potluck picnic.


The Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild in Vancouver, B.C. are on summer vacation until September.




The Island Woodturners Guild on Vancouver Island are also on summer vacation until September.




The Southwest Washington Woodturners will be meeting on August 28th at the Friends of the Carpenter. The demonstrator for the evening has not been announced.


The Olympic Peninsula Woodturners holding will be meeting on August 28th at the Kitsap Adventist School Gymnasium. Mike Mahoney will be providing a remote video demo.

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Russell Neyman Links

If you attended the last meeting you heard Russell say he would put the links for items he used in the demo on Facebook. Those links are now on the Northwest Woodturners Lab Facebood group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/247838715833058/permalink/408766603073601/

For those that do not have a Facebook account, here are the links:

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July Demonstrator

Have you been looking for a way to make your projects something beyond just “round and brown”? This month, Russell Nyman, past president of the Olympic Peninsula Chapter, will present a program titled “The Devil is in the Details – Simple and easy embellishments to add “pizzazz” to your projects.” During this presentation, a great number of different methods for texturing, or adding simple inlays, beading, burring lines in a way that will accent your work and make it more interesting.

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Upcoming Woodturning Symposiums


AAW Symposium


The 33rd annual AAW International Symposium is being held in Raleigh, North Carolina July 11-14 at the Raleigh Convention Center. Featuring world-class turners, huge trade show, an instant gallery, two exhibitions (Continuum, Themed Member Exhibition and Traces, the POP Exhibition), live benefit auction, live POP benefit auction, AAW silent benefit auction and a youth program this is the premiere woodturning event.



Southwest Association of Woodturners


SWAT Symposium 2019 is schedule for August 23 – 25 in Waco Convention Center in Waco, Texas. Demonstrators include Andy Chen, Carl Jacobson, Donna Zils Banfield, Eli Avasera, Kurt Hertzog, Malcolm Tibbetts and Sam Angelo. There are also seventeen regional demonstrators also on tap.



Rocky Mountain Woodturning Symposium


The 21st annual Rocky Mountain Woodturners Symposium is being held at The Ranch / Larimer County Fair Grounds in Loveland, Colorado on September 13th – 15th. Demonstrators include John Beaver, Stuart Batty, Anthony Harris, Derek Weidman, Michael Alguire, Tod Raines, Michael Andersen, Vince Wilson, and Bob Franklin. There will be a vendor exhibit, instant gallery, banquet and live auction.


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Woodturners of Olympia


The 2019 Woodturners of Olympia will be held September 21st at the Thurston County Fairgrounds. Featured demonstrators are Graeme Priddle, Melissa Engler and Dan Tilden.




Turning Southern Style


The 2019 edition of Turning Southern Style, presented by the Georgia Association of Woodturners, will be held September 20 – 22 in Dalton, Georgia. Demonstrators include Nick Agar, Graeme Priddle & Melissa Engler, Mark Palma, Peggy Schmid, Frank Bowers and Mike Peace. There will also be a trade show, auction, banquet and special interest night.


Mid Atlantic Woodturners Symposium


This is the 4th annual Mid Atlantic Woodturners Association Symposium to be held October 4th – 6th at The Lancaster Marriott / Convention Center at Penn Square in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This year’s demonstrators include Mike Hosaluk, Trent Bosch, Dixie Biggs, Nick Cook, Graeme Pridle, Melissa Engler and Mark Sfirri.


Ohio Valley Woodturners Guild Symposium


Turning 2019 is being held October 18th – 20th at the Higher Ground Conference Center in West Harrison, Indiana. Demonstrators include Stuart Batty, Trent Bosch, Mark Sfirri, Al Stirt, Kimberly Winkle and Chris Ramsey. There are also 16 guest demonstrators on the schedule. There will also be a vendor show, instant gallery, banquet and auction.

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