Grahamstown Woodworkers

October 2016

At the October meeting, held in the Masonic Hall, courtesy of the Freemasons, Peter Breetzke gave a talk, with musical accompaniment,on the course on turning wooden recorders that he attended in Cambridge, UK.

Wouter Holleman starts the meeting in the Masonic Hall	Peter Breetzke shows some early recorders
An early square recorder (see downloadable plans below)	Results of some preliminary turning practice
The real thing!	Complete at the end of the course
The course venue near Cambridge, UK	The course brochure
Peter with course presenter Tim Cranmore	Peter and his co-attendee
The workshop	More views
Recorder parts	Discussing the detail
More boxwood parts	Very large recorders
Final tuning

Download the recorder article.

Peter's talk was followed by a presentation by Billy de Klerk on the "Working with Wood" exhibition held recently in George and which he, Andrew Stevens and Rob Moss attended. Some highlights from the meeting of the Association of Woodturners of SA (AWSA) that formed part of the exhibition are given below.