The Turner´s House in Wadköping

Närkes Woodturners´ Association, which was formed in 1989, is a voluntary organisation, which aims to provide interest in woodturning with a chisel and other closely related crafts such as bending and bowing techniques and coopering.

The Association works in conjunction with educational organisations to provide courses and set up study groups in the above subjects, arranges trips for members to exhibitions of craft work and also takes part in exhibitions which promote woodturning both as a method of working and as a cultural feature.

The Association - probably the only one of its kind in the country - currently has about sixty members and is open to anyone who is interested and who wishes to support its aims. Further details about membership can be obtained from the Association’s representatives in the turner’s house.

The Turner's House is - with few exceptions - open every day throughout the year between l0am and 5pm.

Work produced by the members is on show and for sale in the Turner’s House. In the workshop Association members give practieal demonstrations of turning.

Pole lathe from a 14th Century German illustration. Note the springy pole above the lathe. The piece of work moved backwards and forwards with the help of the rope. Such primitive lathes were used right up to the beginning of the 20th Century.