A not for profit association for wood turners who connect and learn from other turners
Chapter - American Association of Woodturners Chapter - International Association of Penturners
Chapter - Southwest Association of Turners
Our next meeting will be October 24, 2024
at Grace Northridge Church
2659 Eisenhauer, San Antonio, TX 78209
We will begin at 6:30 PM.
Waukeene Vinson will demonstrate his art of making extreme offset Christmas trees.
A MUST SEE - just in time for Christmas
"My Goal is to teach turners, of all skill levels, to turn a 5-section offset Christmas Tree. This offset turning will be turned between centers with a Tenon and chuck instead of between centers, with a 4 prong Drive"
5 section 3/4" tree
7 section 1-1/12" tree
INTRODUTTION
My career consisted of working in refineries and construction; first as a Pipefitter, Welder, later as a Maintenance Planner. My main hobby was fishing. I was an avid fisherman and pursued it regularly anywhere we vacationed. Any wood working I did consisted of repairs and remodeling around the house or for friends and family. At some point I acquired a Shop Smith and began playing around with the lathe. In 2008 preparing for retirement I joined a woodturning club. (Coastal Bend Woodturners, Corpus Christi, Texas) But when I retired in 2009, my time was spent remodeling the house and traveling with my wife. I still played with the lathe when I had time, in July, 2012 my wife bought me a 1624 Nova lathe. Everyone in the family got a turned pen for Christmas that year. I was hooked!
I began to attend woodturning symposiums and talk to other wood turners. This and trial and error made up the bulk of my early training. Wood turning videos from the club gave way to YouTube. As I gain experience, my woodturning education still relies on other woodturners and woodturning venues.
I am now rewarded with the joy of mentoring, teaching and demonstrating the art of wood turning at other woodturning clubs and woodturning hands-on retreats.
Our mission is to promote wood turning for the novice to the advanced turner.