Events

9.10. for those interested in sharing car rides, please meet at the Club Rooms 9.15 travel to 9 .30am - Rex Hall, 5 Yorkshire Road, Silverdale 10.15 travel 10.30       David & Lynda Watson,     92 River Road,  Opposite Parana Park. 11.15     leave your cars & walk to 11.20     Dennis & Rosemary Whittle, 10 Riro Street 11.40     […]

Lake Taupo Jamboree – Wairakei School, Wairakei, Taupo Yes it’s that time again! Limited spaces so first in best dressed. The registration fee covers entry to the event along with morning teas and lunches on Saturday and Sunday, you will have to fend for yourself on Friday however there will be tea, coffee and biscuits […]

Manawatu Woodworkers Guild Inc. Central Districts Woodwork Expo May 16th, 2021. Held in the Bell and Barber Halls in Waldergrave Street, Palmerston North. The doors open to the public at 9am. Setup for retail stall holders and competing Guilds is either on Saturday 15th from 1pm or earlier on Sunday morning. There is a door […]

Presenting a unique opportunity to learn from four of New Zealand’s very best woodcrafter’s. The Waikato Guild of Woodworkers is pleased to announce our 2021 Demonstration Day. Come along and watch Geoff Irving, Roger Dean, Fred Irvine and Keith Lang demonstrate elements of woodturning, carving, embellishment plus much more. Waikato Guild members please bring a […]

Our speaker for this month is Bruce Dobson. He will be describing the turning tools that he makes, many of which are in use by guild members. We all benefit from Bruce's skilled craftmanship, his intimate knowledge of the purpose of each tool he creates and the creative flair of his final product.

Blair Giles from The Toolshed will be speaking on power tools for woodturning. His talk will be illustrated by a video showing the manufacturing of power tools in a Chinese factory.

The next workshop and demonstration will be on sharpening tools. Demonstrators will include  Bruce Dobson, Keith Lang on sharpening chizels and drills and other specialised equipment.

Terry Scott, of Timberley, will be our demonstrator this month. He is not to be missed with a witty and polished delivery. He will be bringing his shop with him and we suggest that if you have any special requests that you email him at [email protected] .

This is always an enjoyable occasion. Put it in the diary now and come along to join in and support our members.

Our meeting will be different this month. We will have a discussion of and please bring examples of: Your favorite tool or item Your most unusual tool or item A jam chuck you use A tip or idea you would like to share with members A piece of work you would like help with or […]

8.50     for those interested in sharing car rides, please meet at the Club Rooms 9.00     travel to Cambridge 9 .30    Roger Dean             91 Tennyson Street.  Roger always surprises the club members with his latest creation. Come and see where it is all done. 10.20      travel 10.30      Barry and Dot Harding                18 De La […]

Saturday 26th March there will be a working bee at Evan Fuller's sheds, 508 Rutherford Road, Orini. Starting at 9.30 am to cut up timber to be used for wig stand making. We need your help to sort the timber, cut it , then cart it to another property to store in a shed. Please […]