March 2026 - Rose Engines Rock

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At the February meeting we welcomed Arthur Kingdon, president of the Society of Ornamental Turners. In a departure from the ‘plain turning’ that members engage in, Arthur was presenting the practices of ornamental turning and demonstrating on a rose engine which he had built himself. The main difference between the two types of turning is that in plain turning the workpiece rotates and the tool is presented to the spinning work whilst in ornamental turning the workpiece which has previously been plain turned is stationary and the rotating cutting tools are presented to the work on slides