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The Northwest Woodturners in Beaverton, Oregon will be meeting on October 5th at the former Hollywood video store at the mall. The meeting will feature Steve Newberry demonstrating off-center turning.
The Southwest Idaho Woodturners are moving their October meeting to the 8th to accommodate a presentation of new Sorby turning products. The SWIWTA are also [...]
Photos from Eric Lofstrom’s thin wall demo in July and photos from Larry Miller’s stacked threaded boxes demo in August.
In case you missed it, the September Newsletter has been added here.
For members, the August 2012 board of directors meeting minutes have been added.
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We had a great demonstration last night by SPSW member Eric Lofstrom. Eric mentioned some resources on his website, which can be found and ericlofstrom.com. Eric is also one of our mentors and you can contact him from the mentor contact form
This promises to be a very interesting evening with our own Eric Lofstrom. Eric will be demonstrating the turning of translucent (extremely thin walled) bowls. Eric has proven to be an extremely gifted teacher in that his presentations are professional and presented in a manner that they are easily understood by the entire group. Be [...]
We have a fantastic all day demo scheduled for Friday, May 4th, beginning at 9:00. The demonstrator is Dixie Biggs.
Windswept
Dixie Biggs lives in Gainesville, Florida, and has been a full-time studio woodturner/artist since 1989. Having a background in biology from the University of Florida and a love of gardening, much of her [...]
We still have space available for this Thursday’s demo with David Belser.
On Thursday, March 29th we host David Belser, http://davidbelser.com/ . David will be sharing with us his sources of creativity and his fearless attitude to try new concepts. He will demonstrate how his use of un-conventional mediums of holding wood for turning, [...]
This message is from Communication Director Bill Wood
The Fife School District is closed tomorrow (Thursday, January 19th) so our meeting is cancelled.
Remember there is no Sawdust Session this month.
The Saturday sessions with Stephen Hatcher will go on as scheduled. I believe that there are still some slots available for these sessions. [...]
How long have you been turning and what interested you in wood turning to start with? I have been turning since January 2002. I saw a demonstration at the Sumner Woodworker Store on how to turn a pen & letter opener set and couldn’t believe how fast a finished product could come from a [...]
This month is the last of this year’s Mini-Symposiums. These have proven to be extremely popular events. This is the time to learn some of the techniques which you have been wondering about. As always, we will have several demonstrations set up around the room. You are welcome to attend one or all. Now is [...]
While perusing back issues of the SPSW newsletter, the Chips & Shavings, I came upon a great tutorial written by SPSW Vice-President Eric Lofstrom on the proper use of the Spear Point Scraper.
“Do your drool over fine curves? Are you sanding out ridges & transitions in your Turnings?
Many turners have difficulty blending curves [...]
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