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 [...]
The Bowls are building up as I work through the piles of blanks during our quarantine. I am fortunate to work alone in a studio connected to my home so social distancing is not an [...]
The Chicago School of Woodworking Spindle-Turning Seminar was held on Saturday, January 18, 2020, with three new turners. Harry, John and Bill each spent the day learning the basics of spindle turning and then using [...]
December 8, 2019, Rick, Jody, Alan, Scott and Jordan spent the day at the Chicago School of Woodworking turning pens and bottle stoppers for holiday presents. Most of them had never done this before so [...]
Max Brosi Master Class at the Chicago School of Woodworking July 22, 2019. Max is an excellent teacher – not surprising, since that is his day job. He assisted seven of us in turning a [...]
I attended a master class with Graeme Priddle and Melissa Engler, sponsored by the Chicago Woodturners at the Chicago School of Woodworking, June 2-4, 2019. They are the masters of embellishment and telling a story [...]
A recent commission for two oversize baseball bats required me to join to big Powermatic Lathes into one supersized lathe. Almost five feet tall, the bats took all of the available length and two turners. [...]
On May 4th, seven newer members of the Chicago Woodturners participated in an all-day spindle turning class. During the day, everyone practiced the musical scales of woodturning, beads and coves. We then reinforced these skills [...]
