| Date | Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 5-7, 2024 | The Woodworking Show | The club normally provides demonstrators for the Woodworking Show at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, MD. You can either attend as a show goer or sign up with the club as a demonstrator at the BAT booth. You can check the show website at: https://www.thewoodworkingshows.com/event/trade-show-baltimore-maryland-2024/ |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Club Meeting | We will have a live in-house demo by local professional turner Mark Supik. |
| Feb 10, 2024 | Open Turning Session | The club will be having an open turning session for Club Members at the Woodcraft store. If you're a club member and don't have a lathe, here's an opportunity to use the the club lathes. Bring your own wood stock (or buy some wood at Woodcraft) and your tools. Experienced club members will be there to help with questions. |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Club Meeting | We will have a live in-house demo by Jeanne Ureno. She's a very talented pyrographer (woodburner) artist and will be demonstrating how you can enhance your turnings using woodburning. NOTE: the mtg date has changed from Feb 14 to Feb 21 due to Feb 14 being Valentines Day. |
| Mar 15-17, 2024 | ACC Show | This show is a must "go to" for the wide variety and quality of hand-made craft items on display and sale. The club has not yet been invited to demonstrate at the American Craft Council show at the Baltimore Convention Center. |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Club Meeting | Tod Raines will demonstrate how to do coring. |
| Apr 10, 2024 | Club Meeting | Its time for Show-n-Tell ! Time to show off your latest and greatest creation or flop. We'd like to see it all! 🙂 |
| May 8, 2024 | Club Meeting | A demo by Allen Alexopulos, a local turner/artist. Allen will be demoing “embellishing beyond painting and pyrography”. You can find his website here. |
| May 23 to 26, 2024 | AAW Annual Woodturning Symposium | BAT members are urged to check out the AAW National Symposium to be held in Portland, OR. For more details Click Here. |
| Jun 12, 2023 | Club Meeting | We will be featuring a live demo on turning hollow forms from suggested beginners' tools to video hollowing. |
| July 10, 2024 | No meeting in July | We have decided to skip the July meeting. Many members are off on travel and attendance is typically low, so we have decided to not have a meeting in July. |
| July TBD, 2024 | Harford County Farm Fair | Our club will have a booth and be demonstrating at the Harford County Farm Fair. |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Club Meeting | Show off your favorite tool and/or jig. |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Club Meeting | Our own club member Andy Arconti will be talking about sanding and finishing. Two very important steps after turning. |
| Sept 20-24, 2024 | MAWTS | BAT members are urged to check out the Mid Atlantic Woodturning Symposium being held in Lancaster, PA. For more details: Click Here. |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Club Meeting | Tim Moore will be demonstrating the fine art of making ornaments. You can checkout his web page here. |
| Nov 13, 2024 | Club Meeting | It's Show-n-Tell night !! |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Club Meeting | Holiday Party ! |
| Jan TBD, 2025 | Woodworking Show | The Woodworking Show is held at the Cow Palace at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. The club has a booth there and demonstrates woodturning to the show attendees. Members can sign up for a shift as a demonstrator or as a booth greeter. For more info about the show, Click Here |
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Meeting Time & Location
Meetings are normally held the second Wednesday of each month starting at 7:00pm. Check this page for dates, times, and agenda. Sometimes the meeting date will change for special events.
The Baltimore Area Turners meet at the Woodcraft store in Timonium. The address is:
Woodcraft
15 W. Aylesbury Rd.
Suite 700
Timonium, MD 21093
Typical Meeting Agenda
- Introduce new members and guests
- Old club business
- New club business
- Raffle donated items
- Member Show and Tell – or -Demonstration