Guild Information

A bit about the SAWG

The Guild is based in South Auckland New Zealand and has a current membership in excess of 110 turners with ages ranging from 10 to over 80.

The objective of the guild is to further the development of our members, and provide an environment for them to learn from and teach others.

The guild is fortunate to have amongst its membership, several competent turner/demonstrators, and their input, combined with the resources that our committee call upon, provide members with a varied and continually challenging programme.

For Further information about us, Download this pamphlet

Please select this link to download a membership form

What we do

Meeting formats are structured, and feature announcements, discussion, showing of turned items brought by members on the "table", and the "activity" of the night. This activity may be a demonstration of woodturning, a slide show, a competition, or hands-on for all members to use the lathes.

On a monthly basis, a project is demonstrated at the first meeting of the month and all members are urged to create the project item so that their work can be shown and critiqued at the last meeting of the month.

As we now have our own clubrooms, we run activities on weekends, and other nights of the week. Check out our Programme for details

The guild and individual members arrange and participate in several exhibitions and sales of woodturning throughout the year, both independently and in conjunction with other guilds in the Auckland area.

At irregular intervals during the year, the guild executive arranges for visiting woodturners from within New Zealand or overseas, often in conjunction with the National Association of Woodturners, to take extended evening or full day demonstrations and training sessions.

In addition, the guild members support turning in the local high schools by providing assistance and expert help to teaching staff. Each year the guild runs a training programme for turners of all levels. Please click on this link to download a MS Word file containing some preliminary information including costs . More will follow as it becomes available

Where we meet and when

We meet at our club rooms in the Papatoetoe Stadium Community Centre, Tavern Lane, Papatoetoe at 7:00 pm. We meet every Wednesday of the New Zealand High School term.  For those who wish to make use of the machinery, do some shopping, or get a little extra advice, the doors open at 5:00. Follow this link to find out how to get there

Contacting the Guild

If you are interested in joining the guild or you would like further information, please email any of the following or alternatly, please select this link to download a membership form

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Contact the Guild Executive

Please note, some of the executive do not have email, and mail for them will be forwarded to the Webmaster for manual distribution