Club Report

2025 started with our club AGM. President John Smith welcomed everyone and explained that everything would be on screen for everyone to see. He encouraged everyone to ask questions as it was their club. Club Chairman, Mike Delves, said that 2024 had been a successful year for the club. We had excellent demonstrators visit us,…

Despite the inclement weather we had another excellent turnout of club members for our final meeting of 2024. It was a relaxed evening that gave everyone the chance to chat over a cuppa and a mince pie, followed by our now famous Christmas Raffle. Thanks to the generosity of members, there were plenty of prizes…

What better way to conclude our 2024 demonstrations, and premier our new demonstration equipment, than to have Steve Gordon demonstrate how he creates his thin stemmed laburnum flowers. Steve has recently displayed his flowers at the AWGB Seminar, and had a set purchased by the Daniels Collection, so we were privileged to have him show…

At our November meeting we proudly unveiled our new demonstration set up to club members. Mike Delves opened the meeting and explained to everyone that it had been a longstanding wish of the committee to replace our old equipment, which was no longer fit for purpose. Mike said that the club had received a donation…

Last weekend saw the club attend the Bonded Warehouse Open Weekend at Stourbridge with our show stand for two days of woodturning magic. This has been one of our regular shows over the years and we had another great weekend (despite the rain on Sunday morning). As usual we had fantastic support from our club…

Thursday night was our last Hands On and Turning Clinic of the year and it was great to see so many club members and visitors turn up. There was plenty going on to keep people’s attention, the three club lathes where in operation, the members work table had an excellent display of work, the last…

Last weekend the club were once again out and about demonstrating the heritage craft of woodturning. This time our outdoor stand was at the Belbroughton Scarecrow Festival, and it gave members of the public the chance to see woodturning up close and ask members questions. Despite a weekend of mixed weather, there was plenty of…

On Sunday 15th of September Burcot Woodturners had their stand at the 76th Forest of Arden Ploughing and Hedging Match, which this year was held in Studley. Our Outdoor Events co-ordinator Mike Crockett led the team comprising of Trevor Cocks, Bruce Turley, Roger Street, Paul Phillips and Alan Thompson, as they demonstrated to the public…

At our September meeting we welcomed Mike Luck to the club to give a demonstration on applied copper decoration. The evening was yet again well attended, with over 50 members and visitors coming along to see Mike’s demonstration. Mike gave a very interesting demonstration which combined the use of Milliput putty around the copper to…

ASTWOOD BANK CARNIVAL  Firstly, I would like to thank all of the club members who took time to come along and support the club at Astwood Bank Carnival. It was great to see so many people turn up and lend a hand or have a go on the lathes. I would especially like to thank…