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Derwent Woodturning Club has a membership of between 20 and 30.
Our objective is to promote the woodturning craft. We do this primarily through our twice monthly meetings.
Anybody interested in finding out more about the craft and having a taster is encouraged to come along to one of our meetings. If you do pay us a visit please make your self known to one of the committee.
See further down this page for details of the committee.
Membership and Charges
The club is open to new and old woodturners alike, and to those who may be just considering taking up this craft.
Annual membership is £50. New members are welcome at any time.
There is a charge of £5 for each meeting attended payable on entry.
Free tea & coffee during the evening.
Meetings
Derwent Woodturners meetings are held at Sharpes Pottery museum, 23 West Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9DG. Details of how to find us can be found by clicking here.
Meetings start at 18:30, but the venue is open from 18:00 to deal with registration etc. and finish around 21:00.
For full details of meetings please click here.
Free tea and coffee is served part way through the meeting.
Members currently travel to club meetings from far flung parts of South Derbyshire, Staffordshire and the Midlands so those members wishing to reduce costs through car sharing may find other members in their locality.
Demonstration night wih Richard Findley
Woodturning Blanks
Woodturning blanks are usually to be found for sale (courtesy of David Winter) at meetings when there is no guest demonstrator.
Club Committee
Derwent Woodturning Club is run by a committee elected annually at the AGM. The committee currently comprises two people. To contact any committee member please use the contact form.
Nick White
Nick White
Nick joined Derwent Woodturning Club in 2022 and was elected on to the committee at the 2023 AGM as Technical & Safety Officer. Nick’s working life, after attending agricultural college, was in pig breeding and production, initially managing a number of farms and then in 1991 became self-employed as an independent consultant providing advisory visits, data analysis, staff training, building design, etc., throughout the UK and some occasional overseas work. Wood working and DIY has been a hobby from an early age, initially learnt from his father, and has since progressively developed a well-equipped workshop, to which a small second-hand lathe was added after attending a day of training with a professional wood turner whilst on holiday in Devon, and realising that this was a subject that he would like to add to his portfolio. Progress was slow initially, mainly due to lack of available time, but the interest in turning has continued to grow and joining the club and mixing with other turners was a logical step to take in that development.
David Booth
David is a vintage car enthusiast and ...
Merchandise
The club has an arrangement for the supply of polo shirts and sweat shirts. Follow this link to get to the order form.
Members wishing to place an order should print off and complete a copy of the order form. This should be returned to Nick White.
Orders will only be placed with the supplier periodically so there will be a delay on delivery.
Payment will only be required when the club has received the order from the supplier.
Any queries to Nick White or via the contact form.
