Ryedale Woodturners

This website is being updated from August 2022. This is an archive page.

Woodturning News 2017

10 December 2017 A brief report on the Christmas party and club competition is now on the site.

7 December 2017 A lady in Kirbymoorside contacted me to say she is wanting to sell her late husband's lathe and turning tools. She sent a couple of pictures, Update: 20 December, These items have now sold.

26 November 2017 Some pictures from the Club sale and exhibition at Thornton le Dale on Saturday 25th November. A successful day I think.

5 November 2017 A write up of the demonstration by Emma Cook, the Tiny Turner, is now on the site.

12 October 2017 A write up of John Oldham's Harry Potter wand demonstration is now on the site.

28 September 2017 A change to the programme for next week's demonstration. Tony Wilson is unwell, so Malcolm has managed to secure a visit from John Oldham, a member of the Teesside Woodturners Association. John will be demonstrating how to turn a Harry Potter wand, complete with Illuminatus charm!

12 September 2017 A write up of Mick Hanbury's demonstration is now available.

10 September 2017 I am working on a write-up of Mick Hanbury's exellent demonstration, but in the meantime a date for our diaries: club sale at Thornton le Dale is to be 25 - 26 November. Details to follow, but do get turning to provide some stock for the sale and exhibition.

1 September 2017 Malcolm received some information about two lathes for sale. A Nova DVR XP and a Hegner HDB200. More details, such as they are, on the Sales page.

31 August 2017 Full minutes of the AGM are now available.

24 August 2017 Finally a write-up of the AGM, including a few pictures of items presented in the show and tell.

16 August 2017 Apologies for the delay in information from the AGM at the beginning of the month. Busy times. To date I have made a start on the calendar for next year, with more detail to add, and there will be a write up of the AGM, including any documents that are relevant. Also the new constitution agreed in February is now on the site, apologies for not having an updated version sooner.

18 July 2017 A write-up and photos from Dick Veitch's demonstration of turning a Saturn box is now available.

13 July 2017 A quick notice from Malcolm Dayson regarding Mark Hancock demonstration:
Mark Hancock’s demonstration at Jorvik Woodturners, Earswick Village Hall, Earswick Chase, York YO32 9FY on Saturday 29 July between 1000 and 1600 hr (cost £15).
Also Malcolm provided a pdf on how to make a Saturn box from Dick Veitch. Notes and pictures from the demo will be available on the website soon.

28 June 2017 Some pictures from Sue Harker's demonstration of turning an off-centre candlestick are now on the site. Sorry, no commentary, as I was not at the meeting. Thanks to Gordon for the pictures.

14 June 2017 Terry Taylor gave a demonstration at Alba Rose nursing home in Pickering. A varied audience, including staff popping in and out, but they appreciated the tlak and being able to see the items that Terry made and passed around. At the end on the 90 minutes demonstration donations were made to Terry's regular adopted charity, the Marie Curie Trust.

12 May 2017 Pictures and a write- up of most of Steve Heeley's demonstration is now available on the site. I had to leave early so missed the last part - any contributions to complete the description of the evening welcome.

11 May 2017 Our secretary Malcolm Dayson has managed to book Sue Harker for our next club demonstration in June.

4 May 2017 Congratulations to John Whiteley, who has had a piece accepted by AWGB to go on its exhibition tour.

2 May 2017 Gordon Malan sent a report on the scout demonstration in Driffield on Saturday 22 April. Available as a pdf.

14 April 2017 A message from Gordon regarding items turned by Dick Veitch, who is visiting our club in July.

Every year, the South Auckland Woodturning Group hold an Easter Show of woodturning. The latest 2017 Show results, via the link below, show some of the stunning entries. Dick Veitch, who visits Dave Muckle’s group and Ryedale Woodturners in July this year, seems to have received a lot of top prizes! Scroll down through the images, and I’m sure you will be impressed:

http://naw.org.nz/project/easter-show-2017

8 April 2017 Pictures and a write-up from Andrew Hall's excellent demonstration are now on the site.

2 April 2017 I have added a sales page to the site. The intention is to advertise tools or other items club members may wish to sell, essentially to other club members, though anyone visiting the site can potentially purchase items. It is not to provide a sales vehicle for finished turned products. I think that would be too large a venture for a site like this.
I have put a dust extractor on the page to get things going.

12 March 2017 A write-up with a few photos of Andrew Morby Smith's demonstration is now on the site.

7 March 2017 Next month's demonstrator is Andrew Hall, well known for turning wooden hats and helmets. More recently he has been creating musical instruments which he calls "bowlkuleles". Essentially a bowl as sounding body, with a fret board and pickups for amplification. He intends to demonstrate one of these on 6 April - not to be missed!

2 March 2017 A re-vamp of the site to reflect the club's change of name. We have a new domain name - www.ryedalewoodturners.org.uk and I have tried to change all the references to Snainton Woodturning Club.

2 February 2017 An experimental "hands on night" at our new venue. A slightly different format to recent years, with only two lathes available, we had some short demonstrations by members, and some exhibitions of work and related items. Overall I think it worked well. Some photos are available.

13 January 2017 Following our first meeting in the new venue at Snainton Village Hall, some photos and brief notes on Dave Lowe's finishing demonstration are now available on the site.

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Woodturning Gallery 2017

Pouring honey pot.

A very original and unusual piece of turning spotted at the North of England Woodworking Show at Harrogate this year (2017). It was on the West Riding Woodturners stand, and had won first prize at the club competition in January 2017. It was turned by club member Phil Jackman. A clearer photo is on the WRWG club website - look in the monthly club competitions, Jan 2017.

Spheres and sphere turning jigs made by Tony Langthorne

Club member Tony Langthorne brought along his sphere turning jigs and some examples of what they produce to the October meeting.

A timber durability chart from woodworkersruk.co.uk

Two items displayed at the club meeting in March 2017

A sycamore platter by John Kershaw and a burr by John Whiteley

Club move to Snainton Village Hall

The first gathering at our new venue - Snainton Village Hall - in January 2017. The audience was watching club professional Dave Lowe demonstrate different finishing products.

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