Monthly updates and reports from the club secretary and their team.
Despite a later start than we had anticipated, due to being locked out of the hall, we had a well attended evening for our February meeting. Thankfully, when we did get into the hall the heating was on and everyone warmed up quickly. As a replacement for Wolfgang’s demonstration we had a Super Sized Hands…
We were due to welcome Wolfgang Shultz Zachau as our guest demonstrator for our February meeting. Unfortunately, Wolfgang had an accident with his planer and is still being treated for the injury which means that he will not be able to give his demonstration. Instead of Wolfgang’s demo we will now have a Super Sized…
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…
The Annual General Meeting of Burcot Woodturners will take place on Thursday 2nd of January 2025 at Burcot Village Hall, Alcester Road, Burcot Meeting to start at 7.15pm Proposals and motions for the Annual General Meeting must be submitted in writing to the Honorary Secretary a minimum of 14 days before the date of the…
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…
On the back of the recent shows and our Hands On evenings, I wanted to remind everyone to follow a couple of basic Health and Safety rules when using the lathe or equipment. If we can obey these simple rules, then it will ensure that we all enjoy our club nights and outdoor events without…
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…