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Monthly Show & Tell Session

  • March 21st, 2024
  • Zoom session opens about 6:30 PM
  • Meeting begins at 7:00 PM


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02 - Feb 2024 - Show & Tell

Join the fun and camaraderie of a WGNC Show & Tell Session.  Sessions are designed for all experience levels and are a safe and respectful place to show your work, solicit input and advice and request help on those pesky problems we all run into.

All WGNC members and their guests are welcome to spend an evening with fellow woodturners as we explore and share members' projects, ideas, issues and yes, even those shop disasters.  We love to see what members are doing, so please join us each month for our monthly Zoom Show & Tell Session. 

We hope to see you for this month's always enjoyable, entertaining and interactive session.


Remember, you do not have to have a completed project to participate.  These sessions are designed to explore techniques and methods used, so whether you have a completed piece, a practice piece or simply "idea boards", all are welcome for sharing and discussing with other members.

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Upcoming Events
A Look Ahead

💥Wood Sale - Saturday March 23rd, 2024💥


Need Wood? WGNC has the Wood!

Spring is near and once again, WGNC is happy to announce the accumulation of  quality turning blanks at significant savings.  As a member, this inventory will be available to you for purchase on Saturday March 23rd.

The inventory consists of 3", 4" and 6" spindle stock, roughed out bowls and bowl and platter blanks in a variety of wood species.  All turning stock is currently stored at our storage unit in Raleigh. 




The Specifics of the sale are as follows:

When:

Saturday, March 23rd, 9:00 AM to Noon and 1 PM to 3 PM


Location:

WGNC Storage Unit at Ample Storage, 5212 Old Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC


Terms:

Cash or Check only. Please bring small bills to make correct amount if using cash


Logistics:

The sale will be done within two appointment periods. Members can pick to sign up to come between 9 AM and Noon or  between 1 PM and 3 PM.    A sign-up sheet has been created on the WGNC website.  To choose your time period, click here.

On the sale day, arrive some time within your designated time period .  On arrival,  follow the instructions sent to you on the registration confirmation email.


Any questions, please contact WGNC at woodturnersguildnc.com




The Bull City Woodshop
Emerging Turner Resources
Breakout Sessions

The Bull City Woodshop is a non-profit, youth-centered program that guides individual development, fosters community connection, and cultivates creativity through woodworking. 

 

We offer after school programs for students, day-time classes for alternative school students, and evening and weekend classes for adults to teach woodworking. 

 

We are currently looking for woodturning volunteers in two specific opportunities:

1) Weekly: Our student program consists of multiple levels of hands-on learning and accomplishment. We would like to include a woodturned project in each level, but in order to accommodate this, we need a woodturner available for each class. Our class schedule is Mondays and Thursdays 1-3pm and Mondays-Thursdays 4:30-6:30 pm. We currently run 3 semesters per year: Jan-May, June-Aug, Sep-Dec. This commitment would be once per week for appx 2.5 hours. Our January semester starts on January 22nd. 

 

2) We are piloting a program in partnership with Havenhouse in Raleigh. We would like to offer community service hours to teens who need to accomplish these hours. They can learn the skill of woodturning and then donate the items they make in order to qualify their time as community service. This would be a once a month commitment for appx 4-5 hours on a Saturday. 

 

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Part of the learning process for every turner is to be exposed to all the questions and answers other turners have already experienced. Because when you are first starting out you might not even know what questions to ask, you just are eager to get started and see the chips fly!

Here are some of the questions that might emerge:

·  What lathe and tools do I need as a beginner?

·  How do I sharpen tools and how often?

·  If I don't have a lathe, can I rent one?

·  What wood should I start out using?

·  What speed should I turn at?

·  Are there any safety concerns I need to be aware of?

·  Are there woodturning classes available?
·  Is there someone who can guide me on this journey?


......and the list grows as your adventure begins with woodturning. It is for these reasons that WGNC has created the "Emerging Turner" section of our website.

To explore the “Emerging Turner” sections just select any of the eight menu items found in the “Emerging Turner Resources” menu.

As a starting point, we suggest you take a look at “New Member Resources”.  This page gives you an overview of all the sections and links to each section. To review, click here.

Breakout Sessions are Back


WGNC is happy to announce the return of Breakout Sessions. To enhance the value of these sessions to members, we have established a coordinator to help identify topics, hosts and schedules that are aligned with the interests of members.

As Session details are confirmed, the information will be posted on this web page so that a member can look at available subjects and associated details, and then when a topic of interest is found, simply click on the button to sign up.

Breakout sessions are generally free of charge and are offered on a first come first serve basis.  Scheduled sessions will be created as Events and will show up on the Home Page in the "A Look Ahead" table, on the "Events Calendar" and on the "Breakout Session" selection under the "Resources" menu .

To learn more about: 
   - How to join a breakout session
   - How to Host a breakout session
   - Review the Breakout Session Schedule
Click here.
 And in other news:

Welcome Members
Welcome New Members!



2024 Breakout Sessions Off to Great Start

On Saturday February 3rd, WGNC held it's first breakout session of the year in Ted Ross's shop (thanks Ted!)  The topic for this breakout was "Chuck Maintenance" and the topic drew a lot of member interest.
There were ten members who participated the session, with Jeffrey Danneman, Norm Cloutier and Ted Ross demonstrating and helping members disassemble, clean, perform maintenance and lubricate the chucks that the members brought to the session.  The session was very productive and a lot of fun was had by all.

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02/03/24 Breakout Session - Chuck Maintenace


More breakout sessions are on the planning board, so check back often to see what's coming up.  You can check the calendar by clicking here





WGNC T-Shirts available for sale:
T-Shirts are available to members at any in-person Demonstration or Show and Tell event.
For full details, pictures and availability, please click here.