Masters of the Lathe II

Join us on August 23rd, 2025, for the return of our popular Woodturning Event: Masters of the Lathe – This time around, we have a brand-new line up + we have increased the number of demonstrators! You won’t want to miss this one…

Join us on Saturday, 23rd August for Masters of the Lathe II – the Woodturning event of the year! This event will feature a wealth of well-known Woodturners all demonstrating at this FREE event, hosted on-site, at Yandles inside our dedicated Woodturning Marque! From bowls to hollow forms, goblets to boxes, we are assembling an A-Team of top demonstrators to showcase their skills on the lathe. Supported by Record Power, each Woodturner will have their own lathe & will be demonstrating throughout the day.

Join us & see these masters in action, live & always free!

Special guests:

• Emma Cook RPT – The Tiny Turner

About Emma:

Internationally Known for well executed turnings with carvings and colour such as her ‘cupcake’ boxes and resin pendants.  In 2024 Emma was made Chair of the Registered Professional Turners (RPT) and hopes to actively promote the profession across the UK.  Emma will be showing how turning can be enhanced with Jo Sonja finishes.

• Colwin Way RPT

About Colwin:

West Country Based woodturner Colwin has been turning for over 40 years and is best known for his skew chisel work, turning wooden fruit and replicating german turnings such as smokers and nutcrackers.  Colwin will be demonstrating skew chisel projects and some green turning

• Mick Hanbury

About Mick:

Mick started his career as a cabinet maker where he made all manner of artefacts. Around 25 years ago, Mick took to woodturning and since then has grown in stature to be one of the finest artistic turners in the world. Mick will be turning a decorative shield, goblets and boxes

• Katie Armstrong RPT

About Katie:

Although the youngest demonstrator at this event Katie an abundance of skill and a professional attitude.  A Graduate of the Emerging Turner’s Programme, Katie likes to turn big projects (including a 6ft finial for a windmill) and square bowls.  Katie will be demonstrating square bowls and some skew projects.

• Steven Gordon RPT

About Steven:

Former antique restorer, furniture maker and production turner Steven is a prolific turner with a passion for sharing his skills and knowledge.  Steven is the vice-chair of the Association of Woodturners of great Britain (AWGB) and champions the therapeutic nature of turning.  Steven will be thread chasing and turning his laburnum ‘Flowers’

• Dan Tarrant RPT

About Dan:

Our ‘resident turner’ Dan has been turning for about 10 years and is one of our woodturning tutors.  He specialises in everyday items such as breadboards, plates and lamps.  He is a regular demonstrator at clubs and is also a Graduate of the Emerging Turners Programme.  Dan will be demonstrating bud vases, oval spindle turning and light pulls

• Paul Ridler RPT

About Paul:

Our long term woodturning tutor Paul has been turning for over 30 years and works with a lot of London based designers.  During this event Paul will be teaching ‘taster’ sessions in our Record Power sponsored training room.  These can be booked following this link courses

• Stephen Rickets

About Stephen:

Stephen is a blind woodturner.  Stephen Ricketts took up the craft from scratch after losing his sight when he was 50, and now helps others at Llanelli Woodturning Club to develop their skills. Stephen has won numerous prizes in competitions and will be demonstrating how he turns despite being visually impaired

• Stuart Mortimer RPT

About Stuart:

A turner for over 50 years Stuart’s work often features some form of spiral work, an example is his popular twisted goblet first produced in 1969 and his twisted hollow form with a twisted finial, his work is collected throughout the world by private collectors and museums alike. He was commissioned to make 6 finials for the celebration thrones for her Majesty the Queen, the thrones are now in the Permanent Royal Collection. Stuart will be demonstrating his popular spiral work in various forms.

• Richard Strutt – Record Power

About Rich:

Richard will be demonstrating for Record Power, showing off the new range of products, including the new Carbide Tools & Victory / VersaLock using the Record Power Herald Lathe. Want to know more about these new tools? Come down & chat with Rich & see the new tools in action!

Local Clubs:

• Martock & District Woodturners

With the Woodturning event of the year here at Yandles, local Woodturning Club, Martock & District Woodturners will be in attendance with a stand to discuss with like-minded people looking to join or just chat about Woodturning + offering some demonstrations throughout the day.

• AWGB

Head of the AWBG, Steve Gordon will be here, demonstrating during the event

Demo Lathe Sale!

With our pro-demonstrators in action for the day, we will be providing brand-new lathes for them all to use! The Record Power Coronet Herald  – these lathes will be up for grabs at a heavily discounted rate! Your chance to grab a bargain on a lightly used lathe, for one day only, used by a pro turner on the day!

Supporting Brands:

• Record Power
• Klingspore
• Planet Plus
• Beaufort Ink
• GMC
• Jo Sonja

Woodturning Techniques – new for 2025 Book in advance

Come & try out some woodturning techniques inside Yandles Training Room under the guidance of Paul Ridler RPT. We will be hosting some unique sessions inside our training room, with only 4-spaces on each session, be sure to book in advance to avoid disappointment. Please note, these Woodturning sessions are aimed at woodturners with at least a basic level of experience.

Book your NEW 2-hour slot with RPT Paul Ridler, Paul will be in our training room, with 4-herald lathes in action. Try your hand at some new techniques or improve on existing ones. Choose from:

• Texturing & Decoration Techniques 10am-12pm Click Here to book
• Natural Edge / Green woodturning 1pm-3pm Click Here to book
• Tool Sharpening Masterclass (1-hour) 3:30pm – 4:30pm Click here to book

Please note, these must be booked in advance 

New Products

A great event to see & get hands-on with some of Record Power’s newest products, including:

• The innovative Sabre-300 Bandsaw – on display & on demo!
• Upgraded Sabre-350 & 450 – on display & on demo!
• Cobra bandsaw scroll guide systems – on display & on demo!
• New Woodturning Tools including the carbide tools – on display & on demo!
• VersaLock Jaws & Victory Chuck – on demo!

What to expect:

• Completely Free Event
• Open to all
• Hosted inside a dedicated marquee, inside the Timber compound
• Offers on Record Power
• Live demonstrations from a wealth of Woodturning pro’s
• Friendly, helpful advice
• Free Parking: Despite ample free parking on site, depending on the number of visitors, the car park is likely to fill up, so we will be allowing access to the field; however, parking will be at your own risk

Times:

10am-4pm

For more information, call us on 01935 822 207 / email [email protected]

To view the FULL RANGE of Record Power available at Yandles, CLICK HERE