CHESTNUTS WOODTURNERS

A BRANCH OF THE ASSOCIATION OF WOODTURNERS OF GREAT BRITAIN

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RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS

January 2023

Brian Mansfield gave us a very interesting evening showing us some of the things he has made as a Pattern Maker. Brian has made all sorts of patterns. To enable metal items to be cast. He had to take care that he new the shrinkage of the metal after casting to get the final item to be the right size.

February 2024

Brian Partridge showed how to make a clock out of a piece of wood from the Sutton Hoo boat project. This could not be fully completed due to the time need to do the final finishes. Bot the techniques were shown on another clock.

                  SUTTON HOO WOOD                                                           FINISHED CLOCK

March 2014

Mike Savager started an evening showing us a glass tube and two small pieces of wood. He started turning the wood and made sure that the wood would fit on the top and bottom of the glass. He then painted parts of the wood black at which point he put one of the pieces of wood into a very interesting machine that then started to electronically put a picture on the wood. It was an electronic pyrography machine.The final activity was to attach an incense burner on the top and light the burner giving a wave of incense into the room. Wow thank you Mike for something very unusual and different.

September 2014

Tic Challis showed us how she used her various capabilities to make the most interesting creatures. She turned she stitched she coloured and used pyrography to make most unusual animals.

January 2025

Shaun showed us the making of a shallow dish which he then thinned down a number of times and showed us how to recover if you have a breakthrough. It happens to all of us occasionally. But it was really thin.

April 2025

Mike Favager showed us how to make a pepper grinder. This was more complicated than we expected as the mechanism was more difficult to turn for. It was also a problem to fit it in so that it would not drop out when used. Thank you Mike for an interested evening.

January 2026

Shaun Clifford gave us a very interesting demonstration making a pot out of the not easiest wood. He shoed us a number of tool that he used to get the required finish and also to make the hollowing the inside. He started the inside by using a drill to give the depth and room to use his tools. He showed us how to  enhance the top with a black ebony ring and then followed this with the area just below with some random spots. Well done Shaun for a nice evening.