Woodturners Newsletters

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

Woodturners Newsletter, May 2024

April Program: ornamental turning live demo with Brad Bond. President’s challenge: turn a lidded bowl or canister
WBW Newsletter, August 2023

Next Meeting Wednesday August 9,? pm at Cuesta Park:615 Cuesta Dr, Mountain View, CA 94040 Program No program in August as we have a picnic at Cuesta Park in Mountain View. NOTE: the date has been changed from our regular third Wednesday to second Wednesday, on August 9. President’s challenge: Bring a nice dish for…
WBW 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, 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.
Woodturners Newsletter, May 2023

April program: Kirk Deheer on fixing transitions. President’s challenge: ?
Woodturners Newsletter, March 2023

February program: Fixing defects with bowties, sawdust fills, resin, stitches, etc. by Claude Godcharles, Bob Bley and others. President’s challenge: Something you made with mystery wood.