About Cheam Woodturners
Cheam Woodturners was formed in October 1999 to promote the art and craft of woodturning in the South London/North Surrey area.
We meet on the third Wednesday of every month covering a wide range of topics, with demonstrations and discussions together with a range of regularly used woodturning accessories for sale and a raffle and are always delighted to see interested newcomers.
For more details about the club, email the Secretary, Tim McCoy via our contact page.
We are associated with the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain (AWGB), and encourage all our members to join.
Membership
Our members include amateur and professional turners, all of whom are happy to share their skills and experiences. There is a wide age range and we have several female members as well as the rather larger number of men.
Click here to view Cheam Woodturners Association Constitution
Activities
Alongside our monthly meetings Cheam Woodturners undertake other activities including arranging occasional trips to shows, taking stalls at local craft fairs and tree harvesting.
Competitions
The Frank Clarke competition (in memory of our founder and chairman), is held annually and has three categories, beginner, intermediate and advanced. Rules for this competiton can be found here.
Woodturning pleasure
“To start with, woodturning may seem a little daunting. However anyone, from nine to 90, male or female, with a modicum of manual dexterity, can learn to turn successfully. Given a reasonable degree of application it will only take most beginners a few hours of practice to learn to make simple but attractive objects which provide immense satisfaction.
The great pleasure which can be derived from wood turning stems from two things. One is that, while very satisfying results can be obtained with relatively little experience, learning and improvement can go on for the rest of a lifetime. The other source of pleasure is that hand turning brings the maker into a very close and intimate relationship with his material. Turners get to know wood as few other people can.”
(quote taken from the free E-book An Introduction to Woodturningby Brian Clifford).
This website contains a wealth of information about all aspects of woodturning
