Tag: HWA

  • HWA July meeting

    This month Mark Hancock came to demonstrate what he termed a ‘rocking vessel’ What this actually means is a hollow form, with no flat base. So rather than standing up in a conventional way, they roll around, or ‘rock’ to a natural resting point.

  • HWA June 1st – Fancy Turning with David Springett

    This months demonstration was by professional turner David Springett. He is author of a bunch of books about wood turning. And he also brought a long a lot of examples of his work.

  • Most improved novice

    It’s amazing just how good I feel about being given this cup. I’ve been going to the club for a little under a year now. Which means I’ve been wood turning seriously for about a year also. It’s nice to find I’m not the only one who thinks I’ve improved.

  • HWA January project – Wine bottle coaster

    Whilst it may seem a little late, due to the snow the February wood turning meeting got canceled and I got more time to complete the challenge set by Bill to make a wine bottle coaster.

  • HWA January meeting – Adrian Smith off-centre turning

    A new year and already we’ve had the first good woodturning demonstration. This month Adrian Smith gave the demo on off-centre turning. There are a few signs which indicate someone takes woodturning seriously, one such sign was present on Adrian Smith… his own work smock with his name stitched on breast.

  • Candle snuffer, take 2

    For this month’s HWA meeting my challenge had been set as a candle snuffer. I had already made one, exactly as it had been shown in the instructions I was given. But the second candle snuffer I made, I decide to make articulated.

  • Hampshire woodturners – September

    This month’s wood turning group was a pretty good one, both for the demo and for my ‘haul’. 

  • Bottle stoppers

    Last month’s project given to the newbies by Harry at the Hampshire woodturners group was to make bottle stoppers.