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Upcoming May 4th Demo

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 [...]

Open Spaces for Demo with David Belser

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 [...]

SPSW January Meeting 1-19-2012

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 [...]

SPSW Member Profile – Eric Lofstrom

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 [...]

October Membership Meeting

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 [...]

Spear Point Scraper

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 [...]

April 15, 2010, Eric Lofstrom!

15th – Membership Mtg Eric Lofstrom (click for his web site) 17th – Sawdust Session 27th – Board Mtg Les Johnson’s