Good afternoon fellow SPSW members! As mentioned at the last meeting our AAW Liason Kent Horton has obtained a discount code for the upcoming AAW Virtual Symposium. The livestream will occur June 4 - 7, 2026 and the videos will be available until September 24th. The Virtual Symposium registration page is https://www.aawsymposium.org/virtual and the discount code is SPSWTV2026. You need to register by April 30th to take advantage of the best fee.Also mentioned at the meeting was an upcoming Figured Maple w ...Continue Reading

Good afternoon fellow SPSW members. I appologize for the late delivery of the Zoom link for tomorrow's meeting. I was cleaning up our members mailing list.South Puget Sound Woodturners is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Elizabeth Weber - Turning and embellishing boxes Time: Apr 16, 2026 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83067117785?pwd=jI6StrWbTgnUqE2gqLvfeYCt9YdLuo.1 Meeting ID: 830 6711 7785 Passcode: 631048 --- One tap mobile +16892781000,,83067117785#,, ...Continue Reading

Good evening fellow SPSW members. This month is a special treat when we again host Elizabeth Weber as our demonstrator for the evening. Elizabeth last visited us two years ago when she demonstrated Carving a Wave Leaf Bowl. Paid SPSW members can find the video recording of that demonstration in our members area under Monthly Demonstrator Videos.This month Elizabeth will be demonstrating Turning and Embellishing Boxes. We will also have the membership table and store sales abailable. See the attached newsletter for ...Continue Reading

This request from Jimmie Allen was too late to get into the March Newsletter.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Due to us having so many products and limited space to transport, it would be helpful to know if there is something specific you want us to bring for you - especially CBN wheels and Oneway Products. We're intending to only bring one each of these products unless we hear otherwise.You can email us at 4info@d-waytools.com or call/text to 360 689-45 ...Continue Reading

Hello fellow SPSW members! This month is our first mini-symposium of the year. There are several demonstration stations, member engagement, D-Way tools and more. Check the attached newsletter for details. Also, there are opportunities in the newsletter for anyone that would like to volunteer to help make our club even better. ...Continue Reading

South Puget Sound Woodturners is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Doug Reynolds version of John Beaver style Wave-bowl Time: Feb 19, 2026 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/89412022860?pwd=3nilUlANNzetlO0dEJVyj2CanaVeat.1 Meeting ID: 894 1202 2860 Passcode: 374065 --- One tap mobile +12532050468,,89412022860#,,,,*374065# US +12532158782,,89412022860#,,,,*374065# US (Tacoma) Join instructionshttps://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/89412022860/invitations?signature=d_ ...Continue Reading

Good afternoon fellow SPSW members. This month we have our own Doug Reynolds giving us a presentation on turning a John Beaver style wave bowl. It looks to be a really informative presentation.Attached you will find this month's newslwetter. You can read more about Doug's presentation and the goings on in the club. ...Continue Reading

South Puget Sound Woodturners is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Rick Rich - Turmkreisel & Spinning Top Time: Jan 15, 2026 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/85950993154?pwd=6wrRLxURyMoZUA6Y1su6XlXkb9NT7V.1 Meeting ID: 859 5099 3154 Passcode: 448620 --- One tap mobile +12532050468,,85950993154#,,,,*448620# US +12532158782,,85950993154#,,,,*448620# US (Tacoma) Join instructionshttps://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/85950993154/invitations?signature=AAHB7mk3CeVr ...Continue Reading

Greetings fellow SPSW members. We hope that you enjoyed the "Turning Resolutions in 2026" potluck. Our regular January meeting is upon us and we have a great presentation on the schedule. Rick Rich is going to show us how to turn a Turmkreisel & Spinning Top. Rick is the current President of the Southwest Washington Woodturners and has been a demonstrator for us in the past. This should be an entertaining and educational demonstration.Also at this month's meeting we are going to review and put up ...Continue Reading

Greetings fellow SPSW members. Mark Gilbert, Ed White, John Howard and I have been reviewing and making recommended updates to our Chapter Bylaws. I have attached 2 PDF files: the markup of the Bylaws showing the proposed before and after wording along with comments and a clean copy of the proposed Bylaws with all of the proposed changes incorporated.The proposed revised Bylaws will look like there is a significant amount of change, however a large part of these revisions are grammatical (extra spaces, missing spaces, i ...Continue Reading