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THE VALLEY WOODTURNERS CLUB IS DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF WOODTURNING AS A FUN AND CREATIVE HOBBY.
Please join us at our next Hybrid meeting on February 21st, 7pm
In person location: CONFEDERATION EDUCATION CENTER (Directions)
Zoom link (for remote participation) and information on restrictions and processes will be sent to your email registered with the Association
February Demonstration: Turning an Urn
Please contact the Club President (email) for more information.
In person location: CONFEDERATION EDUCATION CENTER (Directions)
Zoom link (for remote participation) and information on restrictions and processes will be sent to your email registered with the Association
February Demonstration: Turning an Urn
Please contact the Club President (email) for more information.
Valley Woodturners Receives Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant
October 18, 2022
Valley Woodturners Inc. is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) grant under OTF’s Resilient Communities Fund. This $7,100 grant is enabling us to rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19 by procuring audio-visual equipment and services to adapt club activities with hybrid in-person / online meetings and demonstrations to better connect members and community, both during and after the pandemic.
Le Ottawa Valley Woodturners Inc est fier d’annoncer qu’il est l’heureux récipiendaire d’une subvention du Fonds pour les communautés résiliantes de la Fondation Trillium de l’Ontario. Cette subvention de $7100 lui permettra d’adapter la livraison de ses activités en réponse aux besoins changeants de ses membres face aux répercussions du Covid. L’aide financière servira à l’achat d’équipements et de services audiovisuels permettant au club de livrer ses activités en mode hybride, en personne et en ligne, et ainsi rejoindre l’ensemble de ses membres et permettre leur interaction continue.
Valley Woodturners Inc. is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) grant under OTF’s Resilient Communities Fund. This $7,100 grant is enabling us to rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19 by procuring audio-visual equipment and services to adapt club activities with hybrid in-person / online meetings and demonstrations to better connect members and community, both during and after the pandemic.
Le Ottawa Valley Woodturners Inc est fier d’annoncer qu’il est l’heureux récipiendaire d’une subvention du Fonds pour les communautés résiliantes de la Fondation Trillium de l’Ontario. Cette subvention de $7100 lui permettra d’adapter la livraison de ses activités en réponse aux besoins changeants de ses membres face aux répercussions du Covid. L’aide financière servira à l’achat d’équipements et de services audiovisuels permettant au club de livrer ses activités en mode hybride, en personne et en ligne, et ainsi rejoindre l’ensemble de ses membres et permettre leur interaction continue.
Congratulations to benjamin villeneuve - the 2022 winner of the mcgee award!
Check out the 2022 McGee Award Winner on our Challenges page with the winning turned piece from our club's 2022 McGee Award Challenge! Start planning out your entry for the OVW 2023 McGee Award Challenge - winning piece is normally selected in April/May!
check out the club's recent show and tell galleries, along with highlights from our artisans
results of the covid-19 challenge!
After watching the April global concert organized by Lady Gaga in recognition of the front line workers, Malcolm Zander thought that the Club members talent and passion could be put to work to do the same, From his idea stemmed what we referred to as our Covid19 challenge to turn small objects that would be offered to local front line workers.
Several members met the challenge and the club delivered 144 beautiful pieces to our local grocery chain Farm Boy to distribute to their front line workers. In addition to putting their heart into it, to ensure the sterility of the finished products, members sanitized and placed their donation into a clear plastic bag.
Bravo Valley Woodturners for your generous gesture!
Several members met the challenge and the club delivered 144 beautiful pieces to our local grocery chain Farm Boy to distribute to their front line workers. In addition to putting their heart into it, to ensure the sterility of the finished products, members sanitized and placed their donation into a clear plastic bag.
Bravo Valley Woodturners for your generous gesture!
The spring wood turning course has been postponed until further notice, likely until the fall of 2020.
CALCULATOR FOR SHOP AIR CIRCULATION/FILTRATION
There is a FREE app called Sycorp Calc that will help you figure out what kind of CFM your equipment needs to be to clear the room's air however many times a minute. Most turner shops try to aim for 6 times a minute.
For example a shop measuring 14' x 20' x 8' with a 6 times per minute air exchange would require a CFM of 572 CFM (from the calculator). You should therefore be looking for an air circulation unit with a minimum of 600 CFM.
The app is FREE so no reason to look the other way. Your lungs will thank you.
https://www.sycorp.ca/mobile-apps/.
For example a shop measuring 14' x 20' x 8' with a 6 times per minute air exchange would require a CFM of 572 CFM (from the calculator). You should therefore be looking for an air circulation unit with a minimum of 600 CFM.
The app is FREE so no reason to look the other way. Your lungs will thank you.
https://www.sycorp.ca/mobile-apps/.
WINNER OF “THE 2019 MCGEE AWARD" CHALLENGE
Marian McGee with the winning entry submitted by Michel Bertrand.
See the many great submissions for the McGee Award Challenge that were submitted at the club meeting in May on the Challenges page! Congratulations to Michel Bertrand for his winning entry!