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March Mini-symposium Photos

We had an outstanding turnout for last month’s mini-symposium with a great line-up of demonstrators. Photos have been posted in the gallery under Club Events.

April Newsletter

In case you missed it, you can find the April newsletter posted under the Newsletters link.

Oldfield Show and Sale

This year marked the [...]

What’s New on the SPSW Website

We have added photos from the Stephen Hatcher demonstration in January as well as the handouts he provided. Photos are under Galleries/Demonstrators, handouts under the Learning Center.

Photos have also been added of show and tell from our 2011 membership meetings. You can find these under Galeries/Show and Tell/2011.

In case you missed it, [...]

February Demonstrator – Carol Zandell

This month we have another member teaching us. It is always so much fun to have Carol Zandell as our demonstrator. Her whimsy and turning skills combine for an always enlightening and informative experience. – Dan Stromstad

I like to turn small, fun, tricky or just plain weird things on the lathe. As most [...]

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 [...]

December Chapter Business

SPSW members, at the membership meeting this Thursday we will have a couple items of business to take care of.

First, we have to have elections. Here is a list of the positions on which we will be voting. The person in parenthesis is the current candidate for that position. We will open [...]

SPSW Continues to Grow

Membership Director Jarred Hoffpauir reported at the SPSW Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday that membership has now passed the 200 member mark! This is a reflection of the outstanding lineup of quality demonstrators, the willingness of our mentors to share, the opportunity to get hand-on practice with a mentor at the monthly sawdust [...]

November Demonstrator – John Shrader

Once again we are fortunate to have John Shrader as this month’s presenter. Many of you probably remember John’s presentation from last November. It was certainly one of the best presentations of the year.

In John’s words – “I try to convey a feeling of grace and elegance with my work. I love the [...]

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 [...]

What’s New on the SPSW Website

There have been several items added this week:

Photos from the 2011 SPSW Picnic & Wood Auction

Photos from the demonstration by Dan Ackerman at the August membership meeting

The handout for the all day demonstration by Avelino Samuel

Finally, if you are not on our mailing list, here is the September [...]

September Demonstrator – Tones Briggs

“Tones” (AKA-Dennis Briggs):

Woodturning for me began back in 1998 after meeting Ted Bartholomew at a turning exhibit at Seattle Center. I attended one of Ted’s Saturday classes and was immediately hooked. Subsequently I have had the opportunity to attend a number of symposiums, meet a number of great woodturners, as well as having [...]