Newsletters by West Bay Woodturners

We post our woodturning newsletters about the club activities every month. If you would like to contribute to our newsletters please send your content to newsletter@westbaywoodturners.com. Thank you!

Woodturners Newsletter, July 2024

June Program: piercing demo by Dave Vannier. President’s challenge: turn two or more detailed spindles as identical as you can manage.
Woodturners Newsletter, June 2024

May Program: spindle demo by Bob Bley and Claude Godcharles. President’s challenge: bring in a turned piece that shows the natural edge from the tree log.
Woodturners Newsletter, May 2024

April Program: ornamental turning live demo with Brad Bond. President’s challenge: turn a lidded bowl or canister
Woodturners Newsletter, April 2024

March Program: Finishing Part 2 – Finish types and application. President’s challenge: turn a thin-walled bowl
Woodturners Newsletter, March 2024

February program: Finishing Part 1 – Sanding and prep. President’s challenge: make a nice platter.
Woodturners Newsletter, February 2024

January program: Extended show and tell. President’s challenge: A turned tree or a mushroom, inspired by Kelly’s November demo.
Woodturners Newsletter, January 2024

December program: Holiday Potluck! President’s challenge: bring an ornament for the raffle.
Woodturners Newsletter, December 2023

November program: Bending a tree: off-center turning with Kelly Smith. President’s challenge: A Holiday ornament or gift item.
Woodturners Newsletter, November 2023

October program: “Grind, Grind, Grind” — a follow up from Tina’s demo where we had many discussions around the types of grind. President’s challenge: Show a turning with something you learned from Tina’s presentation on Advanced Basics for Bowl Turners. It could be about tool positioning, body motion, etc.
Woodturners Newsletter, October 2023

September program: demo and presentation by Tina Chou on “Advanced Basics for Bowl Turners”. President’s challenge: bring a piece that shows a turned texture, either chatter, Sorby texturing tool, or any other.
Woodturners Newsletter, September 2023

August program: joint picnic with SVW at Cuesta Park. President’s challenge: bring a dish to picnic and a turned item for our show & tell table.
Woodturners Newsletter, August 2023

July program: Jon Bishop on using the Sorby texturing tools. President’s challenge: make a finial, either to fit a hollowed piece, an ornament, or by itself.
Woodturners Newsletter, July 2023

June program: Don Bonnett demonstrated his techniques for turning finials. President’s challenge: A staved goblet, regular goblet or any staved turning.
Woodturners Newsletter, June 2023

May program: Eric McCrystal with a talk on making staved goblets. President’s challenge: bowl with a perfectly smooth and ring free inside transition.