Category: woodturner profile
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Profile of an old woodturner – Philip Mcleod
Where do I start with Woodturning? Perhaps it all started in my home town of Casino in 6th Class when I was 12 years old, my teacher decided the boys in the class should build a model yacht. It took many weeks of cutting with hand saws, using a rasp to get the shape and…
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How and why i became a woodturner – Charlie george
Hi there, ‘wood-be’ wood turners. My wife has been encouraging me to join a men’s shed for some time. Then I saw an advertisement in the local paper regarding a “Men’s shed” in Malabar and made a phone call to enquire about it. I had a lengthy conversation with Mario Dato. Mario briefly explained…
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Eastern Region Confers Life Membership
At the December meeting of Eastern Region Woodturners it was decided to confer Life Memberships to two of our oldest members. MR GRAHAM TILLY Member Number (47). Graham was born in Murraybridge S.A. He started his working life as a High School Maths Teacher. Eventually becoming a Maths lecturer at Sydney University. It was during…
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Graham Tilly
MR GRAHAM TILLY Member Number (47) Graham was born in Murraybridge S.A. He started his working life as a High School Maths Teacher. Eventually becoming a Maths lecturer at Sydney University. It was during this period that he really got going as a turner. With access to the Ultimo TAFE, lunch times were spent in…