Monthly Meetings. Not held in July and August.
Meeting Night - Second Wednesday of The Month
Please bring along some of your own turning work for our "show and tell" table. If you want to bring along a failed project for discussion that is good too, or a piece of wood that has presented a challenge. We can all learn from mistakes and challenges.
Learning to turn better and smarter is what the Kingston Woodturners is all about.
Visitors welcome: First Visit Free. Annual Membership $25
Usually meetings are held at the Woodworking shop of Frontenac High School at 1789 Bath Road. Kingston, Ontario. The shop can be located by entering the front doors, proceeding ahead to a T, turn left and it is the third door on the left. Meetings start at 7 pm.
Our next meeting will be on September 8, 2010.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010: Ken Waller will demonstrate how he makes his plates and platters.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010: Nelson Freedman will show how he makes lidded boxes.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010: John Williams will discuss work holding devices for the lathe both before and after the work is turned.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010: JP Belliveau will demonstrate simple turnings including spinning tops.
Wednesday, January, 2011: Volunteer demonstrators are needed. Let us know of your interests and skills.
Past Meetings information: What has been done and demonstrated.
Wednesday, June, 2010: Ken Waller will demonstrated jewellery making.
Wednesday, May, 2010: John Williams will demonstrated twice turned vase forms.
Wednesday, April, 2010: John Downs demonstrated segmented turning.
Wednesday, March, 2010: Keith Notley demonstrated inside out turning
Wednesday, February, 2010: Alan Lacer demonstrated. Challenge: thin walled turning.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010: Herb Salter demonstrated thin wall turning. Challenge was a self made tool.
Wednesday, December 10, 2009: Lance Besharah demonstrated making hollowing tools.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009: Ken Waller demonstrated making ornaments. The monthly challenge was a hollow form
Wednesday, October 28, 2009: Paul Ross from Bloomfield Chalet Woodcraft demonstrated on woodturning techniques, specifically on hollow turning. Check Paul's site at: http://www.chaletwoodcraft.com/ or click on the blue letters. Challenge to be announced.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009: Wood finishing with Minwax brand products. No challenge provided.
Summer - No meetings at the school but maybe some get togethers elsewhere - will be announced. Valley woodturner picnic August 29 is highly recommended, free to Kingston Woodturners and very informative. Check the Valley Woodturners site for more information.
June 17, 2009 meeting was held at the Mac Lachlan Woodworking museum.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009: Stone inset. Challenge is turned "sculptural form".
Wednesday, April 29, 2009: Nick Agar demonstration. (Nick is known for his woodturning sculpture.) Challenge is a small turning
Wednesday, March 25, 2009: Turning miniatures. Challenge is a sharpened tool.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009: Tool sharpening workshop from various demonstraters - expect conflicting opinions. Bring in a few tools that need sharpening, or tools that you find are a challenge to sharpen well. Challenge is a "winged" bowl.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009: Nelson Freedman demonstrated how he makes his "winged" bowls. Challenge table was a home-made tool.
