Jimmy presented a lot of great turning information to the guild members.  He explained his methods and why he does things the way he does.  He was gracious [...]]]> Today was an amazing day for the Simcoe Woodturners Guild.  We had the great pleasure to be able to host Jimmy Clewes for a full day demonstration.

Jimmy presented a lot of great turning information to the guild members.  He explained his methods and why he does things the way he does.  He was gracious to point out that the methods he uses are his methods and they are not the only way of doing things.

Sharing his experience as a professional turner, Jimmy explained how and why we can get into troubling situations and how to work out of them by learning what we are hearing in and from the wood and tool.

The projects that he showed us included his interpretation of an oriental winged box and an African drum box.  He also showed us how to turn a goblet.

Here are a few action shots from the day.

The time for the event is 9:00 until 3:00 and will include a lunch.

The cost for the event is $30 for members and $35 for non-members.

Please contact Aubrey, Taylor or Kelvin if there are [...]]]> Just a reminder to all members that the Jimmy Clewes demonstration will be held at the usual meeting site.

The time for the event is 9:00 until 3:00 and will include a lunch.

The cost for the event is $30 for members and $35 for non-members.

Please contact Aubrey, Taylor or Kelvin if there are any other questions.

Feel free to leave a comment if you don`t have their e-mail addresses.

Kurt Hertzog will be conducting hands-on workshops in the Toronto region with possible evening sessions at interested nearby guilds.

Present bookings (except Sunday) are at Artistic Wood with Peter Steenwyk [...]]]> The following information was sent to us courtesy of Peter Steenwyk of Artistic Wood and Tool Supply.  His link is also in our `Suppliers` list.

Kurt Hertzog will be conducting hands-on workshops in the Toronto region with possible evening sessions at interested nearby guilds.

Present bookings (except Sunday) are at Artistic Wood with Peter Steenwyk at 540 Coronation Dr Scarborough.

Nov  9  Changed to Christmas ornaments   2 openings
Nov 10 Fundamental pen turning 3 openings
Nov 11  Advanced pen turning 2 openings
Nov 12  TBA
Nov 13  (Sunday) All day demo at Humber College Various topics
Nov 14  Christmas ornaments sold out
Nov 15  Building a pen from scratch.

Cost for day hands-on is $100

Sunday demo at Humber is $45

Lunch included at all sessions.

Call Peter  at 416 876 3500

John  at 416 241 8654  (long distance 1 800 551 0192)

You can also view information about Kurt at his website: kurthertzog.com

Final preparations are underway for the Jimmy Clewes demonstration at the end of the month.

A large thanks is in order for Peter Steenwyk.  He donated a Doug Thompson gouge and handle .  It will most likely be raffled off in a special raffle.  [...]]]> A lot of information was hand out at this month`s meeting.

Final preparations are underway for the Jimmy Clewes demonstration at the end of the month.

A large thanks is in order for Peter Steenwyk.  He donated a Doug Thompson gouge and handle .  It will most likely be raffled off in a special raffle.  Details to follow.  Peter also presented some information about having Kurt Hertzog at his shop for individual lessons.  Information will be posted later.

A tri-fold flyer is now available, if members would like to hand them out for guild promotion.

Kelvin Stuart made an announcement for anyone interested in presenting at the January meeting for the periodic mini-demos styled meeting.

Thanks to Ted Robinson, this month`s demonstrator.  He presented a method of turning a bowl from a board.

Here is his presentation material:

Bowl From A Board Theory

Bowl From A Board

Bowl From A Board-II

As usual, the meeting can be viewed on dvd also.  It will be in the guild library for access at the next meeting.

          [...]]]> This was the first meeting back after a long hot summer and the show and tell table has shown that some of us put the yard work aside and made plenty of time for turning. Our demonstrator was Shawn Hermans who was showing us how he makes Singapore Balls.

Here are the winners in order of appearance:

Novice category:

1. Serge Moisev

2. Brett Dixon

3. Susan Pritchard (sorry about the unfocused picture)

Advanced category:

1. Rudi Schafron

2. Robert Reid

The winners were selected by a ballot from the members and the critique was [...]]]> The Annual Guide Challenge was held this month.  Those that participated were given a few blocks of wood that were supplied by the guild.  The rules are posted on the Challenge page if you are interested to see what the are.

The winners were selected by a ballot from the members and the critique was done by our own Ray Young.  Here are some pictures of the entries.

Here are a few pictures of the event.

Also, don’t forget that the annual Guild Challenge will take place at the June meeting.  Please refer to the Challenges page for all of [...]]]> Just a reminder that the annual President’s barbeque will precede the June monthly meeting.  It will start at 6 p.m. with the monthly meeting to commence at 7 p.m. as usual.

Also, don’t forget that the annual Guild Challenge will take place at the June meeting.  Please refer to the Challenges page for all of the rules.