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May Meeting – Show and Tell & Expert Panel

The May meeting will consist of two major items: an extended show and tell session and a question and answer session conducted by a panel. The panel will consist of Pat McCart, Dave Schweizer, Paul Crabtree, Ted Bartholomew, Jim Cotter, and Bill Wood. The panel will act as a sounding board for your questions, [...]

April Demonstrator – John Beaver

While the focus of my demonstration is on my unique “wave” technique, my goal is for the audience to see a lot of tips and tricks that can be applied to their own designs. The genesis of my work comes from the ability to deconstruct and reconstruct a turned vessel in a number of [...]

March Membership Meeting

This month we are having our first Mini-Symposium of 2012. We have a great lineup of demonstrators from our club. Take a look at the list below and be prepared to learn something new that you can take back to your own shop.

Please don’t forget that at every Mini-Symposium Andy Firpo has a [...]

John Beaver Coming in April

4 x 9 Cocobolo #5 Niche Awards 1st Place AAW Symposium Recognition

How would you like to learn techniques for creating a wave pattern in your turned bowls? The South Puget Sound Woodturners has an exciting opportunity for you to attend a day-long demonstration by woodturning artist John Beaver on April 20th.

January Meeting – Second Try

The following message is from Communications Director Bill Wood

OK Folks, Here we go again.

The good Lord willing and the crick don’t rise, and we don’t have snow, ice, and high winds, we will have a meeting this month on Thursday, January 26th.

The doors will open at 6:00 and the festivities will [...]

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 [...]

January Demonstrator – Stephen Hatcher

Stephen Hatcher, past President of the South Puget Sound Woodturners chapter of the AAW, has demonstrated widely including 8 symposiums. Stephen has taught numerous week-long classes on woodturning at Arrowmont, Canyon Studios, John C. Campbell, and The Marc Adams School. This month Stephen will present an overview of techniques he uses in the shop [...]

What’s New on the SPSW Website

Several pages have been added recently.

If you were able to attend the November membership meeting you saw a very interesting presentation on gold and silver inlay given by John Shrader. Photos from John’s demonstration have now been added in our galleries.

If you like to know what your SPSW Board has been up [...]

December – Christmas Party

It is time again for our annual Christmas Party. We have changed the format a little this year. There will be prizes for everyone and drawings for some of the items our fantastic vendors have provided to us.

This year we will have a sit down potluck dinner. Everyone is encouraged to bring their [...]

What’s New on the SPSW Website

Recently added to our website:

The July Board of Directors minutes and the August Board of Director minutes.

Pictures from the outstanding demonstration by Tones Briggs on rice bowls at the September membership meeting.

The October [...]