The Chicago Woodturners sponsors Bowl and Spindle classes for members, at a greatly reduced price. These feature teachers and mentors from the club ranks and are held at the Chicago School of Woodworking, where we [...]
On November 14, 15 and 16, 2025, Nine members of the Chicago Woodturners (Gary Klien, Big Country, Rich Nye, Dawn Herdon-Charles, Marie Anderson, Nathan Ward, Kurt Wolff-Klammer, Jim Reynolds, Frank Magnifico and Andy Kuby) met [...]
On November 22, 2025, CWT held another of it’s almost annual spindle turning classes for members. These are designed to help our members advance their turning skills at a reasonable cost. The classes are given [...]
The Chicago Woodturners lost a good friend and valuable member on June 21, 2025. Michael was the driving force behind our upgrades to the audio-visual systems. He was generous with equipment as well as knowledge. [...]
Turn -On! Chicago (August 1-4, 2024) is over but Nick Agar, one of the Demonstrators, was able to spend the next weekend with us in a hands-on class. He is a master of carving and [...]
The Chicago Woodturners again present Turn-On! Chicago, August 1-4, 2024, at the Crowne Plaza, Northbrook, Illinois. The registration for this can’t miss event is open to everyone. Check out the website Turn-On! Chicago This year’s [...]
The Fox Valley Gallery of Wood at the Batavia Boardwalk Shops is in it’s third season on the Board walk. John Dillon, Rich Hall-Reppen, Rich Nye and I were very fortunate to be part of [...]
This year Clint Stevens and I continue with teaching at the Chicago School of Woodworking, the Winter session began January 9, 2023. We are fortunate to generally have full class which keeps Clint and I [...]
With the new year we expect to be a bit more diligent in keeping the site up to date. The pandemic is an easy excuse but the fact is we just got lazy. Piper, our [...]
The Chicago Woodturners once again were part of the Oakton College Empty Bowls fund raiser for local Food pantries, held December 3, 2022. CWT also held their own fundraiser at the Batavia Boardwalk Shops earlier [...]
