Hills Woodworkers Inc - Promoting Fine Woodwork

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Next meetings

Climate: If, for Mount Barker, the forecast maximum temperature is 35 degrees or higher, or there is a Catastrophic Bushfire Alert in place on the meeting day, our meeting will NOT be held.

Cost: Members are expected to pay $5 per meeting they attend to cover incidental costs. Refreshments (tea and coffee etc) are available.

Visitors: Always welcome. After a couple of sessions, we will discuss your interest in joining HWI. If you plan to come, it would help us if you contact us beforehand so we know to expect you.

Working sessions (first Saturday of each month):

Date: Saturday, 7 December (then Sat, 4 January 2025)
Time and place: 10:00 – 3:00 pm, Laratinga Community Shed, Mount Barker. Map here
Objective: To work on projects (blanks not provided), ask questions, discuss approaches, and learn new skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. Club resources (including library, instructions for projects etc) are also available.
Sharpening: We also have sharpening equipment for member use or to have other members sharpen their chisels for them.
See here for some more details.

Club meetings (third Sunday of each month):

Date: Sunday, 8 December 2024 – this is our club Christmas function – see below (we then start 2025 on Sun 19 January)
Time and place: 12:00 midday, Laratinga Community Shed, Mount Barker (then back to our usual schedule of 1:00 – 4:00pm at Laratinga). A map is here.
Theme: We will set a theme for each meeting. Members are encouraged to bring items that reflect the theme and discuss them
Show and tell: We welcome samples of your work to see and discuss at Show & Tell. Also, bring your questions
Demonstrations: Come and see how it’s done and get some ideas. Maybe have a go yourself.

2024 Christmas celebration

Our Christmas celebration for members will be held on Sunday 8 December, at Larantinga. This will replace our usual meeting on the 3rd Sunday of the month in December. Spouses and partners welcome. Bring your own food and refreshments (Laratinga permits the responsible consumption of a beer or red wine). We will have BBQ facilities.

Please let the Club Secretary know if you are coming.

News

HWI gets a permanent home – August 2024. Our first meeting there was in September 2024

We are very pleased to announce that we now have a permanent home at the Laratinga Community Shed, Mount Barker. Our sincere thanks to the Mount Barker Community Centre for supporting us in this.

We can store much of our equipment there, be able to hold more meetings, and expand our activities. We look forward to member’s input on activities they would like to see and how we can use this great opportunity

Grant from Rotary Club Stirling – June 2024

We are very pleased to have received a grant for the majority of the cost of purchasing a Robert Sorby ProEdge sharpening system from the Stirling branch of Rotary Australia. Thanks very much!

The Sorby proEdge is a very versatile sharpening system. With the appropriate accessories, it can sharpen many edged tools, including woodturning chisels, straight-edged joinery and carpentry chisels, hand plane blades, and more.

The sharpening process is well-defined and retains bevel angles easily and well. The tool is robustly built and expected to serve club members for many years.

Club members can benefit from this sharpener by bringing their tools to club meetings and using the tool, either with a trained person doing the work for them or by learning how to safely use the tool themselves.