Woodturner's Guild of Ontario

for the advancement and promotion of the craft of woodturning

This Thursday, April 24th is our next Skills Night.
Inspired by Easter, the project will be
Turning Eggs.



Richard Pikul’s article, "Eggs Over Easy" can be found on the Techniques page (click here).

In addition to providing easy to follow instructions and photos, it includes links to other articles and a video.


WGO will provide the wood, or you can bring your own Tools (sharpened):

  • Spindle Roughing gouge
  • Spindle gouge (1/2” or 3/8”) – a bowl gouge is an O.K. substitute (1/2” fingernail type grind preferred)
  • Skew chisel (optional)
  • Parting tool (1/8”)
  • Scraper suitable for smoothing spindle turnings – a 3/4” or 1” skew chisel will work (optional)
  • 1.75” parting gauge or calipers (optional)
  • Awl
  • Pencil

Do not bring sandpaper

Please note that safety rules will be rigorously enforced:

  • Safety glasses (at minimum) must be worn for small spindle turning
  • Full face shield must be worn for larger pieces or cross grain turning
  • All jewellery must be removed
  • Loose long sleeves must be tied off or rolled up
  • Tool rests may not be moved or adjusted while lathe is running
  • No sanding during skills night turning sessions

Thursday April 10th
Jim Williams demonstrated turning Beer Steins

Jim is a relatively new member to Kawartha Woodturner’s Guild but he has obtained a great deal of experience and knowledge in a very short time. He just started turning in 2019 and at that time attended a hands on retreat in Texas. Later in 2020 he did one on one classes with Chris Ramsey in Kentucky and in 2022 he also did classes with JoHannes Michelson in Vermont. All of this has helped to hone his skills in making unique wooden hats. He has attended a number of AAW regional symposiums to further his woodturning education and his pieces were featured in the AAW Journal in Oct 2022. You can find out a bit more about Jim and his work from his website and Facebook page.

Also, this month, we’re trying out a new twist on Show & Tell.
I’m calling it “a blast from the past”: Woodturning is a journey; our skills improve, we learn new techniques and the things that inspire us change.
Bring in one of your older pieces and tell us something about your journey.

For those of you who are unable to attend in person, we are hopeful that you will be able to join via Zoom.
A Zoom Invitation is available from Juanita

Beer Steins Beer Steins

Thursday March 6th
Our demonstrator was Steve Mushinski with an introduction and demo to Irwin Siedman's Emerging Bowl Technique.

Steve Mushinski has been a member of the WGO for 25 years.

He retired last year, from a varied career as an electrician spending most of his time in Automation and IT. Last assignment included Project Management specializing in robotics and welding. And he has demo'd locally and international with his late wife Sharon turning and embellishment technique of marbling. Studied and also taught at Arrowmont School of arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg TN.

There is a 1 page document on this technique Here

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The Woodturner's Workshop
Brian Clifford's woodturning resources

This site was built by Brian Clifford over many years and features many articles, plans and videos that are of interest to novice and advanced woodturners alike. Brian has decided to retire and was going to allow the site to lapse; however, the WGO has agreed to host it on his behalf to ensure this great resource continues to be available. Please have browse and enjoy it here

Mark's Amazing Finds

Mark 's latest finds can be found (March 31st/25) here

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