The following selection of photographs do not do adequate justice to the excellent
display of turned items from club members during the exhibition of work at the Turned
30 Exhibition and Demonstration held at Trowbridge Town Hall from 15th to 20th May
2017. As well as the static display club members also demonstrated their lathe skills in
the foyer of the town hall. Exhibitors were: John Aitken, Colin Aylesbury, Chris Brown,
Bernard Bunn, Colin Bushell, George Charlton, Ken Crittle, Dave Dowding, George
Flowers, Mike Giddings, Sandy Grant, John Holloway, Joe Kerrawn, Andy Millar, Pete and
Mo Moncrieff-Jury, Alan Reed and John Saffin.
New Items
Skep pot in stabilised elm burr with a bee finial made from walnut and mahonia
Pete Hatherell - May 2021
Turned from a green poplar log.
The lantern glass is a food storage
jar The lid of the jar is fitted under
the turned top and has the battery
box for LEDs fixed to it.
Total height is 80cm.
Pete Hatherell - May 2021
Colin Bushell has submitted this extremely novel design, spawned from a Christmas Cracker
Novelty…..
What do you do with that tape measure that you had won in a Christmas Cracker. I had two and
for some time I was stumped for ideas. A while ago I was watching one of those antique
programmes, Bargain Hunt or similar, when a miniature tape measure holder came up and I
thought I would have a go at making one of these. I spent some time thinking about it and
sketched out some ideas. Here are some of my ‘fag packet’ sketches.
To make the drum, containing the tape, a little more friction free I had a piece of flexible, carbon
fibre, tent pole I cut and drilled to the required size which seems to have worked. I also had to
wind the tape on a spindle to calculate the inner dimension. I used a piece of oak for the main
construction and a piece of walnut for the handle. The inner end is screwed to the drum and to
stop the tape from being wound into the drum a attached a little stop to the tape.
Anyway here are the finished photos. My Granddaughter is the custodian.
Joe Kerrawn has been busy during Lockdown, creating all manner of turned work. Here are just a few examples
of his fine pieces!
This pair of matching Urns have been turned from Oak staves.
The tops of the bodies have been laminated and the lids turned.
The two “standard” bowls were turned from one Ewe log face to face. The open Bowl was finished with a dome bristle brush, while
the enclosed on was given a hard wax oil treatment.
Please contact Joe directly if you need more information on his techniques and finishing
Here we have got a couple of fantastic examples of segmented
turned bowls created by Alan Reed.
Alan says, ”The wood is mainly offcuts and I am not sure exactly what all of it is, but the light coloured wood is Ash”
The unusual double natural edged bowl was turned from a piece of green Holly.
