Vermont Woodturners Guild

November Club Meeting
2024-11-20 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465

November Sawdust Session
2024-11-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465

October Club Meeting
2024-10-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465

Workshop: Bowl Turning for Beginners
2024-10-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
This introductory workshop is for those with no turning experience, who would like to give it a try to see if it is something they would like to pursue. Our goal is to demystify the lathe and turning process. Our focus will be on learning techniques, and not on producing a finished piece.
Workshop content includes:

Safety
Parts of the lathe
Attachment methods
Choice of woods
Grain orientation,
Tools and techniques for shaping both the inside and outside of the bowl

All tools and materials will be provided. Wear work clothes and close-toed shoes.

October Sawdust Session
2024-10-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465

Workshop: Ultimate Ice Cream Bowl
2024-09-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
You will learn the history of the design and manufacture of the Ultimate Ice Cream Bowl. You will learn the step by step process of turning and finishing your own UICB and you will also leave with a dry turned UICB blank ready for finishing. And always remember: You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream.

September Club Meeting
2024-09-18 06:30 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465

Workshop: Rolling Pins
2024-09-17 18:00 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
We’ll produce a classic rolling pin from start to finish. It’s a fairly straightforward spindle turning project and we’ll focus on turning technique, form, finish, and a sanding trick to get a flat, smooth surface. All material provided. Bring your skew if you have one.

Live Edge Bowls
2024-09-14 09:00 - 12:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
This introduction to live edge bowl turning will focus on orienting and mounting green side grain blanks, and the techniques used to retain the natural edge while turning. Tool selection and safety considerations will also be discussed. All materials will be provided.

Workshop: Skewing A Round: Getting Comfortable with the Skew Chisel
2024-09-07 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-20 18:00 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
Let’s all get past our fears and dislike of the dreaded Skew chisel! Learn to love this most important tool for spindle turning. We’ll tackle practical uses and sharpening, so you can feel more confident using this fundamental spindle turning tool. Materials provided. BYOS: Bring Your Own Skew so we can make sure your grind and attitude are in good order.

September Sawdust Session
2024-09-04 17:00 - 20:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465

Club Picnic
2024-08-17 12:00 - 17:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
Picnic starts at noon; Michael Mode will have a demo afterward. Come and join us.

August Sawdust Session
2024-08-07 17:00 - 20:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465

Workshop: Pens
2024-08-03 09:00 - 12:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
This Workshop will cover the process of making a single barrel pen from start to finish. Students will learn how to prepare, turn and finish wood blanks. The student will leave with a pen they made themselves. $15 material fee.

Workshop: Platters
2024-07-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
Making plates and platters from dimensioned dry lumber as thin as ¾”. This workshop will cover both functional and aesthetic design considerations, chucking, and techniques for minimizing sanding. All tools and materials provided. The photo shows a white oak platter with a wide rim enhanced with brown fiber reactive dye.

Workshop: Intermediate Bowl Gouge Techniques
2024-07-23 18:00 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
Most turners can make a few basic cuts with their bowl gouge but are not using the full range of this versatile tool. This workshop will cover a broad range of useful cuts and their application to different forms. It will also include sharpening, bevel options, and techniques for achieving clean cuts and reducing sanding. All material provided. Tools also provided, but participants are encouraged to bring their favorite bowl gouge(s).

July Club Meeting
2024-07-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
TBD

Workshop: Burning and Coloring with Shou Sugi Ban Technique and Pigments
2024-07-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
This workshop will cover several ways to enhance your turnings with color, carving and wood burning. Bring in a turning (or a few) you would like to embellish. All other materials will be provided. The photos show example using milk paint, wood burning, photosensitive dyes, and fabric reactive dyes.

July Sawdust Session
2024-07-03 17:00 - 20:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465

Workshop: Embellishments
2024-06-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465

June Club Meeting
2024-06-19 18:30 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
Coring available before the meeting

Russ Fellows Memorial Service
2024-06-09 13:00 - 17:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
Hosted by: Bob Coates, Whitney Fellows, Sally Fellows
Location: The House; 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT 05465

June Sawdust Session
2024-06-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465

May Club Meeting
2024-05-15 18:30 - 21:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465

Coring
2024-05-15 04:30 - 18:30 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
For two hours prior to the May Meeting our Oneway Coring System will be setup on one of the lathes and someone trained in its use will be available to core pieces for members.

May Sawdust Session
2024-05-01 17:00 - 20:00 | Russ Fellows Woodturning Center, 26 John Davis Dr, Jericho, VT, 05465
Our first Sawdust Session at the Russ Fellows Woodturning Center!

April Club Meeting
2024-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | CVU, 369 C V U Rd, Hinesburg, VT, 05461
Last meeting at CVU until the fall.
The meeting will start with show and tell: if you wish, please bring an item to share with the group. It can be a success or failure, advice needed or advice to give. We are trying to structure show and tell more like a sawdust session where we stand around, share, and chit-chat, versus standing up and presenting to the whole group. Hopefully, that will expedite show and tell, as well as encourage some of our newer turners to share their projects.
Next, we will have our popular raffle. If you want to participate, please bring $2 to enter. If you have anything to raffle, as always, we welcome it! That could be a bowl blank, or a log, or anything a fellow turner might be interested in. We will also share some club updates at this time.
We will be treated to a presentation by Andy Duling on off-center handle turning. Please see the attachment linked here for information. Andy has asked if a few people could bring a roughing gouge to allow people to have hands-on practice.

January Club Meeting - Remote Demo
2021-01-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Club Meeting, United States
Phil Rose will be leading a remote demo this month. Phil is known for his thought-provoking wood-based art that starts life on a lathe but may be embellished with wood burning, dye, fused glass, or other delightful techniques. Some of his current work is inspired by thoughts of wave patterns and abstract shapes, as well as creating common objects with different wood. Phil strives to separate the mechanical aspects of woodturning from the physical results, inspiring views to not only admire the art but also wonder how it was created. Phil often says, “While I do generate ideas of art forms I would like to create, ultimately the wood needs to tell me what it wants to become for its second life.”
Remote Demo: Have a beautiful burl – or keep thinking about buying one – but you aren’t sure how to take it from raw form to finished artwork? In this demonstration I will take three different burl shapes and show the progression from raw burl form to an “obvious” stopping point – where you will already know how to proceed. It may be finishing “just like a bowl,” or “just like a vase,” and so forth. The idea is to see as many options as possible to help as many woodturners go from bump on the side of a log to finished piece as possible.

During the demo, Phil will show finished pieces and the raw forms the came from, examine different examples and discuss what to think about and potential approaches. Discussions will include turning without a tenon, burl edge up vs. burl edge down, advanced methods of natural edge, and a deep-V vase.
