What’s New on the SPSW Website

September Membership Meeting Photos from Tones Briggs ornament demonstration have been added to the gallery under Demonstrators. The October Newsletter If you missed this month’s Chips & Shavings, it has been added under Newsletters. Board Minutes For SPSW members, the September 2012 Board of Directors meeting minutes are posted under …

October Membership Meeting – 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 …

What’s Happening at Other Chapters

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 …

Segmented Woodturners Symposium Discount

One of the featured demonstrators listed in yesterday’s post about the Yellowstone Woodturners Symposium is Malcolm Tibbetts. Malcolm is a leading practitioner of segmented turning and is the current President of the Segmented Woodturners virtual chapter of the AAW. As we’ve previously posted, the Segmented Woodturners are holding their 3rd …

Threaded Pewter Collar

The Northeast Florida Woodturners Association (Jaxturners) have posted the video of their February 2012 meeting demonstration on YouTube. In this video Keith Larrett demonstrates casting, turning, threading and texturing a pewter collar in a hollow form. You can watch parts 2 & 3 of this demo and their other videos …