A varied mixture of projects are keeping us all busy at the moment, some turning, chainsaw milling, domestic repairs, sign making and the arrival of an air ambulance....Read on for more:
The spring weather is taking many of us back to the workshop and projects both large and small are getting underway. Updates this week include a visit to the show at Newark, breaking concrete, postage from New Zealand and much more, including of course and Orchid from the greenhouse. Read on for more:
Lots of work going on, home improvements, furniture renovation, technological aids being made, emerging artists, there was even some woodturning and of course the odd Orchid or two. What a busy lot we are !! Read on for more:
Another busy and very diverse week with a prize winning young turners work on show, updates from an in-person demonstration at a local. club, achery equipment, a report back from an overseas event. Some of us even found some time for woodturning, whatever next! Read on for more:
A very active meeting this week with a cautionary tale regarding the need for anti-freeze, chair making, rounding planes, steam bending and formers seemed to be of interest to everyone. We also had hollow forms and, of course, a burst of colour in the shape of an Orchid. Read on for more:
As always we had a mixed bag of updates, news, new work and, of course, Orchids this week. Lots of plans and discussions going on, looks like folks are starting to return to the workshop and in some cases planning a whole new workshop!! Read on for more:
We all seem to have survived the worst of the bad weather and many of us are now harvesting the fallen timber!! We also had two visitors from Denmark on the session who were visiting Phil for a course...not sure what they were teaching him though!! Read on for more:
Well, an exciting week for many of us with a Red weather warning in force for a large number of folks. We all seem to have survived the worst of it with relatively little damage and we had some great work on show and some progress with other projects despite the weather. Read on for more:
The cold weather doesn't seem to holding people back too much. All sorts of work and projects are ongoing, we had updates on dog training, shed updates, open mic evenings and of course a number of us even had time for some woodturning...whatever next!! Read on for more:
As usual things are a bit slow to get going after the new year, however it seems that some of us are still getting out and doing things...though the bones may be creaking a little more in the recent cold spell. Some really lovely work on show this week including some items featuring turning with added pieces of woven rush work, very nice and very unsual. Read on for more:
Everyone seems to have made through the holidays and is getting on with stuff after the break. The recent weather and snow featured in some photos along with the usual mix of turning and a whole range of other topics including fault diagnosis on a laser cutter and of course some orchids to bring us all a bit of colour. Read on for more:
Seems like the festivities have not stopped many of us from getting on with things and this week we had some woodturning, some woodturning tuition being delivered. We also saw some high tech innovation making its way into the workshop and some very quick service from a supplier. Read on for more: