Welcome

Berkshire Woodturners Association is open to woodturners of all abilities and interests: absolute beginners to masters alike. All are very welcome.

The club draws in members mostly from Central and East Berkshire, South Oxfordshire and South Buckinghamshire. Club nights are held every third Wednesday at Priestwood Community Centre, Bracknell, RG42 1TU at 7pm.

All club night demonstrations are now ‘hybrid’. So in addition to attending in person, members have the option of seeing demonstrations from home, streamed live on Zoom. Sessions are also recorded using our new modern high resolution audio visual equipment. Very useful if you are away on holiday so you can catch up afterwards and never miss any of the excellent top quality demonstrations. Indeed several members have now joined us from quite far afield and they access most club night demonstrations over Zoom. We also hold regular Zoom coffee morning drop ins open to any member and also host regular hands on workshops.

News

  • 16th April 2025 Club Meeting
    Demonstrator: Club member Harvey Grimwood. Demonstration: Sphere making using the maths method, followed by explaining and demonstrating the versatility of the Robert Sorby Eccentric Chuck. Competition Theme: Something you could find on the HMS Victory. Photo Gallery is now available. Competition Scores have been updated. Harvey in Action
  • 19th March 2025 Club Meeting
    Demonstrator: Chris Parker (In person). Demonstration: Texturing, using Sorby texturing tools plus air-brush colouring techniques.  He is also planning to create a decorated box with an off-centre lid using a home created chuck.  Competition Theme: A ‘one handed tear off ‘ kitchen roll holder. Photo Gallery is now available. Competition Scores have been updated.
  • 19th February 2025 Club Meeting
    Demonstrator: Club “interactive event”. Demonstration: Fun with Skews. Competition Theme: 3 legged Plant stand/stool. Photo Gallery is now available. Competition Scores have been updated. Some of the skew efforts from the evening…
  • 15th January 2025 Club Meeting
    Demonstrator: Gary Lowe (IRD broadcast over Zoom and also within the clubhouse). Demonstration: “Saturn” Bowl. Competition Theme: Cruet Set. Photo Gallery is now available. Competition Scores have been updated.
  • 18th December 2024 Club Meeting
    Club Xmas event. Gary Rance demonstrated turning a Bell ornament. Club members then attempted to turn a replica. These were the results…

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