Workshops
I've been turning for 1 year.
Our normal meetings are 2 1/2 hours (Sat AM) and are business, show n tell; sometimes a bring back and a demo or two.
Quarterly, the meetings go 5 hours. Shortened front end, with about 4 hours devoted to individual choice. Instead of 1 or 2 lathes, we get out all 5, plus the sharpening station. Everyone is encouraged to bring his/her tools and projects for help. Each demonstrator has a project available to demo, if no one brings a problem. One of those projects last time was turning the Christmas Tree Topper from the Sept AAW mag.
Yes, we do take a half hour in there for a brown bag lunch.
The hands on has given me the confidence to go home and apply what I've watched and then practiced.
John Nicholas
South Kansas Woodturners