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2023 Member Recognition

Learn to evaluate your work with purpose and intent.

We are pleased to announce that WGNC has just launched a Members Only Classified Ads app on the website.

AAW Symposium Volunteer

Enclosed is the information that you need to sign up to be a volunteer at the AAW Symposium in Raleigh NC June 4-7, 2026. You do not need to be a member of the AAW, or even a woodturner, to sign up!

Artsplosure - The Raleigh Arts Festival

April Demo - Woodturning Kaizen with David Chapin

Our March demonstrator is Raleigh Lockhart, a long-time member of the Rocky Mountain Woodturners and an
accomplished instructor, demonstrator, and artist with
decades of experience behind the lathe. Raleigh will be
demonstrating one of his most recognizable projects, the
Sycamore Leaf Bowl.

Matt will Discuss and Demonstrate Advanced Tool Sharpening, Use and, Control.

Members present their finest Tips, Tricks and Jigs.

It's that time of year again. A time when we reflect on the year, give thanks and show our appreciation to the people that enrich our lives. Please come and join our Holiday Party and socialize with your fellow woodturners!

Creating Small Projects with Rita and Norm

While working in our shops, we woodturners sometimes tempt disaster. The very nature of standing in front of a lathe with a hunk of wood balanced between two points spinning anywhere from 300 to 4,000 RPM, attacking it with a hunk of strong steel is, naturally, anathema to safety.