High Peak Wood Turners

06/06/2026

Our June competition entries were few in number but high on quality. In the General turners section Cliff Windsor earned second place with a lovely dish, and Jim Palmer was in first place with a tea-light holder in Zebrano.

The advanced competition project was a long stemmed Goblet. Second place went to Bill Quinn with a tall goblet made from Ash, and first place was David Henson with a wood /resin goblet.

06/06/2026

Our June meeting yesterday was greatly enhanced by our demonstrator Kate Kitchen https://www.facebook.com/KateCraftyLass/

Kate demonstrated woodturning small animals, ideal for our upcoming Romiley Show. Kate weaved in a great mix of personal stories and humour. Accompanied by her mum, Julie, Kate also brought along products from Black Bull Timber which went down well with our members.

03/06/2026

Donated Items for Sale

At our meeting on Friday 5th June, we will have the following items for sale.

23/05/2026

Whaley Bridge open studios this weekend is part of High Peak open Studios event.
Great to see Peter Nelson Woodturner in Whaley bridge today.

02/05/2026

The first meeting in our new venue last night, (Torkington Centre), was a bit chaotic. We managed to set up and test out our demonstration equipment and camera kit. We have a lot more space so we're able to spread out around the room.
The half time refreshments worked well.
Thanks to Sandy Gibson for testing the demonstration setup.

The general turner competition 1st place was awarded to Jim Palmer and 1st place in the advanced turners section went to Heather Bagnall.

25/04/2026

Our hands on night was relocated to Peter Nelson Woodturner 's workshop. A select group of Cliff, Mike, Brian, Bill and Peter explored using the Skew chisel with varying degrees of success!
Thanks to Peter for the tuition and hospitality.

11/04/2026

I visited the Northern Woodturning event today. A great vibe and some excellent woodturning on display. The show continues on Sunday 12th April. Well worth a visit.

01/04/2026

Our April meeting, (held on 27th March), was a show and tell and we had some educational discussions. The general turners competition was won by Mike Jones, and the Advanced turners topic of a hollow form was won by Derek Horner, with David Henson second and Sandy Gibson third.
Thanks to all who contributed to this evening.

28/03/2026

For those interested in the segmenting jig I found this youtube video to be a good explanation. The first part is for a single fence jig, the second part covers the two fence jig.

Go to www.segeasy.com for Wedgies, tutorials, and downloads

08/03/2026

HPWT attended the Brookside Miniature Railway Charity day today. The day is in support of the Francis House Children's Hospice https://www.facebook.com/hospiceuk.

Our aim was to attract new members to our club, and to share our sales on the day with Francis House Children's Hospice. We raised £102, £51 of which will be donated.