Who We Are

Welcome to Gold Country Woodturners

We are a group of woodturners who live in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills concentrated around Grass Valley and Nevada City, California. We share our work, methods, new ideas, and demonstrate tools and techniques with each other and in our community. Between meetings we are available to help each other, gather wood, and search out learning and teaching opportunities. We are an active chapter of the American Association of Woodturners with approximately 75 members.

Through the year, we schedule several hands-on workshops on various topics and work to help our members achieve their woodturning goals.

Our general meetings focus on education, sharing our woodworking journey and fun. To keep the business stuff to a minimum at general meetings we have a monthly board of directors meeting that handles most of our business stuff and all members are invited to attend. See Club Events for meeting schedule.

We welcome new members of all skill levels, and visitors who want to explore becoming a woodturner. GUESTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO ALL MEETINGS!

Want to know more about woodturning? See HERE

Women In Turning

Women in Turning (WIT) is the newest committee of the AAW, bringing together women worldwide who share a passion for woodturning.

Member Cheryl Lewis is the Gold County Woodturner's liaison with the AAW. To learn more about WIT click the logo.

Recap of September Meeting - Cheryl Lewis - What She Learned

Cheryl received a Gold Country scholarship to attend Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado for a week-long session with David Ellsworth. She highlighted her experience and emphasized the learning opportunities one experiences in attending workshops given by professional turners. "Don't be intimidated or think your turning skills are not adequate, you learn so much from the interaction with the demonstrator and all the attendees."

She also did a great job on the bowl she started and then finished in her shop.

Show & Tell - September 2019

Shavings Session Sept.4, 2019

Guide to a Startup Woodturners Shop for Under $1,000.

Jerry Hall initiated this guide a few years, as of Nov. 2017 it is up to date and Jerry will continue to keep it up to date.

Also available is a Turners Reference Guide which describes basic tool, their use and sharping guidelines and lots of other turning tidbits.

Monthly Meeting

All the details

Map and Directions

A Day of Live Demonstration of Woodturning by

DAVID ELLSWORTH

Open to the public, register below.

Beads of Courage Boxes

Instructions

Consider joining The American Association of Woodturners and receive the American Woodturner and access to all past articles and hundreds of vetted videos.

Upcoming events

Christmas Holiday Pot Luck Dinner

11 Dec 2019 5:30 PM

Nevada City Elks Club, 518 Highway 49, Nevada City, CA

Videos of Past Club Demonstrations

The above link accesses the Club YouTube channel

Cosmic Cloud Videos

At the Sept meeting Neal DeVore showed a platter which he colored using iridescent colors, see links to two YouTube videos below

Tim Yoder - Cosmic Cloud
Gary Lowe - Cosmic Cloud

Woodturning Videos

From As Wood Turns: Quick and Easy Padauk Plate

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