June 2013

John Stinson gave us a fascinating and wide ranging demonstration and talk about using a pole lathe and green wood turning. He covered the full process from felling a tree to making a chair and demonstrated traditional spindle-turning using a shaving horse and pole-lathe. The demonstration included a range of topics related to working wood out-doors, including making your own green woodworking tools.
John has a 5 acre wood near Cranleigh and runs practical courses there – see page 3 for more details of courses he is running this summer.