bigfish
13th October 2008, 11:18 PM
Hello all.
Tonight I went along to the ACT Woodcraft Guild (of which I am a relatively new member) to their Monday night Woodturning SIG.
Luckily for me, it was raining cats and dogs and only a few people turned up. We had a discussion on the finer (and some less fine) points on the design of bowls with a couple of members bringing examples of their "good bowls" and "bad bowls" and explaining why they held that particular view.
For someone whose turning experience amounts to a a few pens, it was quite interesting and educational.
The real high point of the evening though, was some one on one tuition by some of the longstanding members of the Guild. I learnt a great deal about technique in a very short space of time and now feel a lot more confident that my practice will generate more than sawdust and shavings.
For any other newcomers out there, I cannot recommend highly enough that you should make every effort to join your local guild or club. Not only will you get expert advice and tuition to get you heading in the right direction, you'll also destroy a whole lot less wood.
To those present at tonight's meeting, my heartfelt thanks.:2tsup:
Now to go and sweep up a very big pile of fluffy shavings!
Cheers,
Alan
(PS. Brag alert on - Nice to have Richard Raffan on hand to give me some pointers!):D
Tonight I went along to the ACT Woodcraft Guild (of which I am a relatively new member) to their Monday night Woodturning SIG.
Luckily for me, it was raining cats and dogs and only a few people turned up. We had a discussion on the finer (and some less fine) points on the design of bowls with a couple of members bringing examples of their "good bowls" and "bad bowls" and explaining why they held that particular view.
For someone whose turning experience amounts to a a few pens, it was quite interesting and educational.
The real high point of the evening though, was some one on one tuition by some of the longstanding members of the Guild. I learnt a great deal about technique in a very short space of time and now feel a lot more confident that my practice will generate more than sawdust and shavings.
For any other newcomers out there, I cannot recommend highly enough that you should make every effort to join your local guild or club. Not only will you get expert advice and tuition to get you heading in the right direction, you'll also destroy a whole lot less wood.
To those present at tonight's meeting, my heartfelt thanks.:2tsup:
Now to go and sweep up a very big pile of fluffy shavings!
Cheers,
Alan
(PS. Brag alert on - Nice to have Richard Raffan on hand to give me some pointers!):D